COW Seminar

The COW seminar is an algebraic geometry seminar, so called because it originally met in Cambridge, Oxford or Warwick. The COW has since grown and meetings, of which there are several each term, are now held in locations across the United Kingdom.

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Upcoming Meetings

Further details of upcoming meetings may be obtained by clicking on the meeting in the list below. Details for the next meeting may also be obtained by clicking on the link in the navigation bar.

• COW in Warwick - Thursday 27th November 2025

  The next meeting of the COW is planned for Thursday 27th November 2025 at the University of Warwick. The meeting is expected to start at 2pm.

  Speakers:
  • Jarosław Buczyński (IMPAN)
  • Ben Davison (Edinburgh)
  • Daniel Huybrechts (Bonn)

Organisers

General organisation of the COW seminar is currently carried out by a small group of cowherds, consisting of:

• Timothy Logvinenko (Cardiff)
• Navid Nabijou (Queen Mary University of London)
• Alan Thompson (Loughborough)

For the first 25 years of its existence, the COW seminar was run by Miles Reid (Warwick) and Gregory Sankaran (Bath), who still maintain an active interest in its organisation. Other former members of the organisational team are Anne-Sophie Kaloghiros (2017 - 2024), Clélia Pech (2017 - 2020), Alastair Craw (2020 - 2023), and Nicola Pagani (2023 - 2024). We also have an extensive network of local organisers, who assist with the planning of meetings.

But Where Are All the Cows?

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