Lectures and seminars

Ericka Beckman (Illinois) 'Rubber/Oil/Banana: Latin American Literature in the Global Commodity Order'

17:00 - 19:00 16 October 2013
This talk focuses on the ways in which Latin American literature has represented and understood the region's dependent role in the global commodity order. Focusing on examples from…

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…

Interpretations of Nero

17:30 - 19:00 16 October 2013
Classical Association Meeting

Music during Wartime (WW1 Centenary Lecture Series)

17:00 - 18:00 16 October 2013
This lecture will explore the different ways in which music was used during WWI: as a way to express feelings about the enemy; as a means to rally the troops; and as a way to commemorate…

Susan Lanser on "How to do the Sexuality of History"

17:00 16 October 2013
This event, featuring Professor Susan Lanser of Brandeis University, is cosponsored by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture and the Division of English, American Studies,…

The Human Brain Project and SpiNNaker

13:30 - 14:30 16 October 2013
This month saw the launch of the EU ICT Flagship Human Brain Project, an ambitious €1B programme to unlock the secrets of the human brain. At Manchester, we are bringing the SpiNNaker…

A French Intifada? How France is importing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict(CJS Seminar Series) - Mark Hecker

16:00 - 17:30 17 October 2013
Mark Hecker (IFRI, Paris) discusses the role of France in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The second in the Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar Series.

Dramatic Means and Ideological Ends in Euripides' Ion

16:55 - 18:30 17 October 2013
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Research Seminar - 'Exterminate All the Brutes': Settler Colonialism and the Future of Endangered Races

16:00 - 17:30 17 October 2013
Autumn Term Research Seminars 'Exterminate All the Brutes': Settler Colonialism and the Future of Endangered Races Sadiah Qureshi (Birmingham) All are welcome. Events end around…

The 'Spiritual' Gospel: Revisiting the Gospel of John in the Light of the Study of Spirituality [Manson Memorial Lecture 2013] - Andrew Lincoln

14:00 - 16:00 17 October 2013
The Centre for Biblical Studies presents this year's Manson Memorial Lecture. 90 minutes followed by tea.

Subtypes of topics in two Australian languages

16:00 - 18:00 22 October 2013
LEL Research Seminar talk.

[POSTPONED] CIDRAL open event: Professor Ella Shohat (NYU) ‘The Sephardic-Moorish Atlantic’

17:00 - 19:00 22 October 2013
Currently postponed owing to illness

A Defence of the Counterfactual Account of Harm

14:00 23 October 2013
A talk and discussion by Craig Purshouse, a PhD student at the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law.

development@manchester: Will REDD work for people?

16:30 - 18:00 23 October 2013
development@manchester seminar series Topic: "Will REDD work for people? Learning from the distributional implications of Payments for Ecosystem Services" Speaker: Dr Esteve Corbera…

Everyday Peace : the extraordinary peacemaking skills of so-called 'ordinary' people

17:30 - 18:30 23 October 2013
Details to be confirmed

Everyday Peace: the extraordinary peacemaking skills of so-called "ordinary" people

17:30 - 20:00 23 October 2013
Professor Roger Mac Ginty joined the University of Manchester in 2012 as Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) and the Department…

Geography Research Seminar Series

15:30 - 17:00 23 October 2013
A geography of islands and island geography

ICON Lecture | Early Embryo Decisions around Conception Can Last a Lifetime

12:30 - 14:00 23 October 2013
'''Host:''' Institute of Human Development '''Speaker:''' Professor Tom Fleming, University of Southampton '''About the event:''' Brought to you by the University of Manchester,…

Lunchtime Seminar - 'Their Differrent Manner of Life? Centre, Periphery and the Highlands in Restoration Britain' - Allan Douglas Kennedy

13:00 - 14:00 23 October 2013
Lunchtime Seminar Series "Their Different Manner of Life? Centre, Periphery and the Highlands in Restoration Britain" Allan Douglas Kennedy Manchester historians present their…

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