Algebraic Surfaces: Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in

Lectures: A. Beauville: Surfaces algébriques complexes. F.A. Bogomolov: The theory of invariants and its applications to some problems in the algebraic geometry. E. Bombieri: Methods of algebraic geometry in Char. P and their applications. Seminars: F. Catanese: Pluricanonical mappings of surfaces with K² =1,2, q=pg=0. F. Catanese: On a class of surfaces of general type. I. Dolgacev: Algebraic surfaces with p=pg =0. A. Tognoli: Some remarks about the "Nullstellensatz"