The summer school will be centered around Grothendieck's theory of local cohomology. There will be twenty-four lectures, aimed at graduate students with basic knowledge of commutative algebra/algebraic geometry. These will be supplemented by problem and discussion sessions.
The focus area of the workshop lies at the intersection of commutative algebra, homological algebra, algebraic geometry, and algebraic topology. Local cohomology has been a flourishing area of activity; while a classical topic, it has natural ties with étale cohomology, the topology of algebraic varieties, D-modules, tight closure theory, and the cohomology of groups.