Here are links to various papers aviable on the web that are relavent to the course. Click on the link at the end to go to the a web page where you can download the paper. Many of the articles are on JSTOR and you will have to access them from MIT.

1. (math-ph/9811024) Ribbon Graphs, Quadratic Differentials on Riemann Surfaces, and Algebraic Curves Defined over $\bar Q$ by Motohico Mulase, Michael Penkava. Front
2. "Mapping class groups" by Nicolai Ivanov Ivanov
3. Real Analytic Structures on the Moduli Space of Curves by Michael Wolf, Scott Wolpert: American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 114, No. 5. (Oct., 1992), pp. 1079-1102. JSTOR
4. On Obtaining a Positive Line Bundle from the Weil-Petersson Class by Scott A. Wolpert: American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 107, No. 6. (Dec., 1985), pp. 1485-1507. JSTOR
5. On the Weil-Petersson Geometry of the Moduli Space of Curves Scott Wolpert American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 107, No. 4. (Aug., 1985), pp. 969-997. JSTOR
6. On the Homology of the Moduli Space of Stable Curves by Scott Wolpert: The Annals of Mathematics, 2nd Ser., Vol. 118, No. 3. (Nov., 1983), pp. 491-523. JSTOR
7. On the Symplectic Geometry of Deformations of a Hyperbolic Surface Scott Wolpert The Annals of Mathematics, 2nd Ser., Vol. 117, No. 2. (Mar., 1983), pp. 207-234. JSTOR
8. The Fenchel-Nielsen Deformation by Scott Wolpert: The Annals of Mathematics, 2nd Ser., Vol. 115, No. 3. (May, 1982), pp. 501-528. JSTOR