In this season we take a look at some classics of differential geometry, namely Willmore surfaces and the Willmore flow. These are critical points of the \(L^2\)(\(d\mu\))-norm of the mean curvature of a smooth closed immersion, and the corresponding gradient flow (with respect to the \(L^2\)(\(d\mu\)) metric). We plan to cover some further back history, then Bryant’s contribution, Simon, Riviere (and others), then Kuwert-Schätzle. Recordings are below and may also be found at the YouTube Playlist