Lectures and seminars

'Sir Arthur Lewis - A Biography', guest lecture and book launch by Paul Mosley

16:30 - 18:00 24 February 2014
Why are poor countries poor? How can they get out of the poverty trap? Sir Arthur Lewis (1915-1991) was the first person to answer these questions in a systematic way. He was also…

Breathing and locomotion in birds

15:00 - 16:00 24 February 2014
Ecology, Evolution and Computational Biology Seminar Series

Peter Tickle EECB Seminar

15:00 - 16:00 24 February 2014
Breathing and locomotion in birds

The structure of illegal firearm acquisition networks in Quebec

16:00 - 18:00 24 February 2014
Presented by the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice and Illicit Markets Research Group, this lecture presents the first results from a recently completed survey of incarcerated…

Implementing optical telegraphy: a case study of R.L. Edgeworth’s Telegraphic Establishment, 1797-1805

13:00 - 14:00 25 February 2014
This is seminar is part of the CHSTM Lunchtime seminar series Implementing optical telegraphy: a case study of R.L. Edgeworth’s Telegraphic Establishment, 1797-1805. Abstract Optical…

“Nurturing mindfulness in schools: Advancing the science and practice of awareness and caring in education”

17:00 25 February 2014
'''Host:''' School of Environment, Education and Development During the last decade there has been great interest in how practices related to mindfulness can help to nurture the development…

“‘Seeing and Being Seen': Egyptian Women, Revolutions, and the Staging of a Shifting Public Sphere"

17:00 - 18:30 25 February 2014
This lecture will focus on the role of Egyptian women in the visual public sphere during the inter-war period in the 20th century, as well as their extended role during and after the…

'El predimionio del gris: la evolución de las actitudes de la poblacion bajo el regimen de France'

17:00 26 February 2014
Spanish and Portuguese research seminar Claudio Hernandez Burgos (Postdoctoral Fellow in History, University of Leeds and Granada) 'El predimionio del gris: la evolucion de las actitudes…

Between Realism and Representation: Cinema and Society in the Middle East

16:30 - 18:00 26 February 2014
This seminar will open up discussion on cinema in the Middle East as a popular means of visual representation, and how cinema has in particular displayed as well as celebrated the vital…

Harry Lesser 'Can Illness be Motivated?'

14:00 26 February 2014
Seminar given by Harry Lesser which will be of interests to those studying healthcare ethics and law. Open to all.

History Lunchtime Seminar - Professor Frank Mort 'On Tour with the Prince of Wales: Monarchy, Empire and Celebrity Culture in the 1920's'

13:00 - 14:00 26 February 2014
History Lunchtime Seminar - Spring Term 2014 Manchester Historians present their work in an informal setting, feel free to bring your lunch. Wednesday 26th February - Professor Frank…

Human Metabolic Disease: Lessons from Experiments of Nature

12:00 - 13:00 26 February 2014
This seminar is part of the Leaders in Science Lecture Series.

Low-carbon synergy and social intelligence - the internal logic of a transition pathway?

16:00 - 17:30 26 February 2014
ABSTRACT While remote villages in India are destroyed by aluminium ore mining, used cans pollute our streets and communities. But in a free-market society, disposable ‘stuff’ seems…

Pilkington Visiting Lecturer

17:15 26 February 2014
Pilktington Visting Lecturer: Charlemagne and the Image Politics of the Body

Presentation of ‘My Learning Essentials’ – The Library’s new comprehensive training programme.

13:00 - 14:00 26 February 2014
This seminar is part of the Teaching and Learning seminar series. …

Sustainable city betrayed? Calgary's neoliberal sustainability politics and its consequences

16:00 - 18:00 26 February 2014
A cities@manchester, Geography and Planning & Environmental management seminar with special guest speaker Dr Byron Miller (University of Calgary). Followed by Q&A and drinks reception.

CJS Seminar: Aron Sterk (SOAS): "Jews in the Latin West in Late Antiquity: Forgotten Communities and Texts"

16:00 - 17:30 27 February 2014
The Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

Ehrhardt Seminar: Alex Samely, "The Analysis of Ancient Jewish Literature: A Database Approach"

14:00 - 16:00 27 February 2014
The Ehrhardt Seminar series from the Centre for Biblical Studies continues. 90 minutes followed by tea.

Mithridates the Great and the Freedom of the Greeks

16:55 - 18:30 27 February 2014
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Protein Expression Facility.Manchester Protein Structure Facility

09:30 27 - 16:30 28 February 2014
This is part of the Special Seminars series Thursday 27th Seminar Sessions and Friday 28th February (LG10 – MIB)(Please Register) 9.50 Welcome - Introduction Dr. C. Levy…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: The Hot Seat

14:30 - 15:30 27 February 2014
Selected star students are put into the hot seat with the Quatuor Danel in quartet and quintet movements.

Regenerative medicine by somatic stem cells: the paradigm of epithelial stem cells

12:00 - 13:00 27 February 2014
This seminar is part of the Special seminar series …

Threads of Memory: Re-witnessing the Nazi Camps Through Translation

14:00 - 17:00 27 February 2014
Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies Seminar Series

Women Political Leaders, Corruption and Learning: Evidence from a Large Public Programme in India - Lecture by Vegard Iversen

16:30 - 18:00 27 February 2014
India has a national policy of randomly allocating village council headships to women. We use this to identify the impact of female political leadership on the governance of projects…

‘Recent trends in CO2 emissions and sinks and their implications for global climate projections’

16:00 - 17:00 27 February 2014
The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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