For zoom details contact Christian Kaiser (kaiser@mpim-bonn.mpg.de).
We'll motivate the notion of p-adic shtukas starting from modular forms and then introduce a device called the local model used to study the geometry of their moduli spaces. We'll conclude by mentioning some of the work we've recently done on these local models.
Links:
[1] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/de/taxonomy/term/39
[2] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/de/node/158