Lectures and seminars

Arachne and Thersites: genre and social class

16:55 - 18:30 26 September 2013
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Ehrhardt Seminar: Covenant and Election in Pre-Sectarian Compositions from Qumran - George Brooke

14:00 - 16:00 26 September 2013
The Ehrhardt Seminar for Staff and Postgraudates (from all over the place!). 90 minutes, followed by tea.

Left Behind, Left Below: Parodies of the Apocalypse in Popular Culture (Religions and Theology Seminar Series) - Andrew Crome

16:00 - 17:30 26 September 2013
The massive success of the "Left Behind" novels in 2000s America helped to cement the idea of the "rapture" as a key part of US popular culture. In recent years a number of parodies…

Musicology Forum: 'The Concert Hall in the Twenty-First Century'

16:15 - 17:45 26 September 2013
A joint-forum to kick off the new semester, with Manchester staff Caroline Bithell, Ricardo Climent, Gavin Osborne and Thomas Schmidt.

Louise D'Arcens speaking on "Comic Medievalism: How and Why We Laugh at the Middle Ages"

17:00 - 18:30 2 October 2013
This is the first in the English department's series of public seminars on literature-related topics. Louise D'Arcens of the University of Wollongong is our first speaker. All welcome.

Avoiding the Destruction of the Third Temple: Separating State and Religion in Israel (CJS Seminar Series) - Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor

16:00 - 17:30 3 October 2013
Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor opens the 2013/14 Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar Series.

Ehrhardt Seminar: Social (Dis)Order among NT Authors - Gerald Downing

14:00 - 16:00 3 October 2013
The Centre for Biblical Studies Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates.

Musicology Forum: 'Music and Torture in Chilean Detention Centres: Conversations with an Ex-agent of Pinochet's Secret Police'

16:15 - 17:45 3 October 2013
Recently appointed Leverhulme postdoctoral fellow, Dr Katia Chornik, presents a paper reflecting on recent fieldwork undertaken in Chile.

Narratives of Violence: Historicizing Representations of Child Combatants in African Conflict, c. 1980-2010

16:00 - 17:30 3 October 2013
This is the first talk in the History Research Seminar series of 2013-14. Dr. Stacey Hynd of Exeter University presents on Child Combatants in African conflicts followed by drinks with the speaker in a nearby pub.

The Lyre's Paradox in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes

16:55 - 18:30 3 October 2013
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Museology Research Seminar: Whitworth Art Gallery: 21st Century Art Gallery in the Park

17:00 - 18:30 7 October 2013
Maria Balshaw is Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, part of the University of Manchester, and the Manchester City Galleries. As Director of these two major institutions, holding…

Prognostic Radiology | Seeking biomarkers of tumor pathophysiology to enhance therapeutic outcome

12:30 - 14:00 7 October 2013
'''Host:''' Biomedical Imaging Institute '''Title:''' BII SYMPOSIA/SEMINAR PROGRAMME 2013/14- Prognostic Radiology: seeking biomarkers of tumor pathophysiology to enhance therapeutic…

Grand Round Lecture | Professor Kay Marshall

13:00 - 14:00 8 October 2013
'''Host:''' Institute of Human Development '''Speaker:''' Professor Kay Marshall, Manchester Pharmacy School '''About the event:''' The talk will include some functional pharmacology…

Germany and the Approach of War in 1914: (WW1 Centenary Lecture Series)

17:00 - 18:00 9 October 2013
Although a number of recent publications have attempted to lessen Germany’s responsibility for the First World War – the ‘erosion of the German paradigm’ as Samuel Williamson has put…

ICON Lecture | Insulin Resistance, Growth and the Modern Model Organism H.sapiens

12:30 - 14:00 9 October 2013
'''Host:''' Institute of Human Development '''Speaker:''' Dr Rob Semple, University of Cambridge '''About the event:''' Brought to you by the University of Manchester, supported…

Jean Grugel (Sheffield): ‘Latin America's Post Neoliberal Political Economy: Breaking with Dependency’

17:00 - 19:00 9 October 2013
Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), University of Manchester, in collaboration with University of Lancaster and University of Liverpool 2013-14 Regional Seminar…

Composers' Forum

16:15 - 17:45 10 October 2013
Composers' Panel Discussion: 'The Creative Process'

Ehrhardt Seminar: Purity in Paul - Sarah Whittle

14:00 - 16:00 10 October 2013
The Centre for Biblical Studies Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates. 90 minutes followed by tea.

Moses Gaster's 'Romanian Bird and Beast Stories' (1915) and its treatment of Romanian sources (Religions and Theology Seminar Series) - Maria Haralambakis

16:00 - 17:30 10 October 2013
Maria Haralambakis from the University of Manchester presents the second in the R&T seminar series.

Seneca's Letters

16:55 - 18:30 10 October 2013
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

“Particle Physics – Answers and Questions” lecture by Prof Brian Cox

18:00 - 20:30 10 October 2013
ScienceGrrl inaugural “Because Science is for Everyone” public lecture Professor Brian Cox’s lecture will cover our current knowledge of Particle Physics and the questions that remain…

CIDRAL Masterclass with Professor Rey Chow (Duke)

09:30 - 11:00 11 October 2013
With Felicia Chan (Drama and Screen Studies): 'Postcolonial Visibilities: Thinking between Cultures and Media'? Readings for the masterclass are Chapters 1 and 7 from Rey Chow, Entanglements,…

CIDRAL open event: Professor Rey Chow (Anne Firor Scott Professor of Literature at Duke) ‘Woman, Repression, and the Classic "Spring in a Small Town"’

16:30 - 18:00 11 October 2013
NB: event free but booking required via Cornerhouse website: http://www.cornerhouse.org/film/film-events/cffuk-keynote-woman-repression-and-the-classic-spring-in-a-small-town-2 With…

The Strathearn riverside project? Excavations at Leadketty, Perth and Kinross.

17:00 - 18:00 15 October 2013
Abstract coming soon.

FairWRC Seminar Series: Intergenerational Balance, Mandatory Retirement and Age Discrimination in Europe

13:00 16 October 2013
Due to unforeseen circumstances this seminar has been rescheduled from 9th October. This paper addresses the rather vexed question of intergenerational balance, a balance which has…

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