Lectures and seminars

'Interpretative Delirium': Coincidences, Premonitions and Paranoïa in Surrealism and Contemporary Art

17:00 - 18:30 21 May 2014
Dr Dezeuze is Lecturer in Art History at the Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design Marseille-Méditerranée, France. She publishes extensively about contemporary art and is a regular contributor to Art Monthly.

'The Literary Mission of Luis Muñoz (ca.1594-1646)'

17:00 - 19:00 21 May 2014
Over the course of a thirty-year literary career, the licentiate Luis Muñoz (b. ca.1594; d. 1646), a bureaucrat at the courts of Habsburg kings Philip III and Philip IV, published the…

Mitchell Centre Seminar: Paola Zappa

16:00 - 17:00 21 May 2014
Title: Bringing the organization back in: coupling and decoupling formal and informal processes in organizations

Neurodegeneration: from mechanisms to medicines

12:00 - 13:00 21 May 2014
Gene Regulation and Cellular Biotechnology - Spring Seminar Series 2014

Public Lecture. Seeing Madness: Insanity, Media, and Visual Culture hosted by Prof. W.J.T. Mitchell, Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago, and Editor of Critical Inquiry

16:00 - 18:00 21 May 2014
Public Lecture. Seeing Madness: Insanity, Media, and Visual Culture hosted by Prof. W.J.T. Mitchell, Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago, and Editor of…

Sodium channels, brain development and breast cancer

13:00 - 14:00 21 May 2014
Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar Series 2014

Ecuador Today: The productive revolution through education and human talent

17:00 - 19:00 22 May 2014
Ecuador Today: The productive revolution through education and human talent *PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE AND VENUE - apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. A talk by Dr. Juan…

Higher-order chromatin architecture in differentiating ES cells / Mitochondrial - nuclear communications: a role for the mitochondrial hydroxylase Clk-1.

13:30 22 May 2014
Fanni Kohlmeier, (Jackson Lab) Tereza Andreou, (Whitmarsh Lab)

Sustainable Consumption Institute Seminar: Prof Frans Berkhout - Co-design and co-production of knowledge: the new engagement agenda in science

16:00 - 17:30 22 May 2014
The social contract with science has changed over the last 30 years. Agenda-setting, practices in science and the making of knowledge claims have all been reshaped by a changing relationship…

Gluocorticoids, DNA damage and cancer

13:00 - 14:00 23 May 2014
Part of the Endocrinology and Diabetes seminar series

Magical Amulets as Miniature Statues: The Evidence of the Greek Magical Papyri

15:00 - 16:30 23 May 2014
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar, in association with the John Rylands Research Institute

Voices in the Waiting Room

11:00 - 12:30 23 May 2014
This seminar will consider how healthcare staff use their voices in noisy environments. A particular focus is on whether vocal qualities can improve communication with older people in waiting areas.

Jasbir Puar: A Body With New Organs: Becoming Trans, Becoming Disabled

12:00 - 14:00 26 May 2014
This public lecture is part of the Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised annually since 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC). The SSS brings international…

Professor David Vogel - The Politics of Precaution: Comparing the regulation of health, safety and environmental risks in Europe and the United States

16:30 - 18:00 27 May 2014
Public lecture by Professor David Vogel based on his award-winning monograph, 'The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United…

Valerie Traub: Anatomy, Cartography, and the Prehistory of Normality

16:00 - 18:00 27 May 2014
This public lecture is part of the Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised annually since 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC). The SSS brings international…

‘To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? That is the question’: Measles, risk, and making sense of medical uncertainty

13:00 - 14:00 27 May 2014
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Lunchtime Seminar Series which is open to students, staff and members of the public. …

Inspiration for future final year projects and how to benefit from them

13:00 - 14:00 28 May 2014
This seminar is part of the Teaching and Learning seminar series. …

Mitchell Centre Seminar: Kyoko Tominaga

16:00 - 17:00 28 May 2014
Temporary Cluster and Social Movements: Coalition Building among the Social Movement Organizations in the Global Justice Movement This presentation shows the network among the social…

Research Matters: Will the real me please stand up? Investigating the link between accent and identity

12:00 - 13:00 28 May 2014
The conscious decision to modify one’s accent in some way is arguably a widespread practice in society, often a decision based on a desire to avoid perceived negative judgement by others…

Sensory perception in the mammalian host: Guiding invasive fungal growth and rational antifungal design

12:00 - 13:00 28 May 2014
Gene Regulation and Cellular Biotechnology - Spring Seminar Series 2014

Structure and Function Modelling in Ion Channels

13:00 - 14:00 28 May 2014
Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar Series 2014

‘Spectroscopic Investigations for the Chemical Bond Properties of the Actinide-Soft Donor Complexes and Application for Molecular Design of New Ion Recognition Ligands’

15:30 - 16:30 28 May 2014
The seventh seminar of the Dalton Nuclear Institute Seminar Series will be held in the Chemistry Building, GE005 (ground floor) at 3:30pm on Wednesday, 28th May, 2014. This will be…

I kappa B kinase (IKK) and regulation of dendritic cell function in immunity and tolerance

12:00 - 13:00 29 May 2014
This seminar is part of the Special Seminar Series …

Learning from the South Korean Developmental Success: Effective developmental cooperation and synergistic institutions and policies

14:30 - 16:30 29 May 2014
UNRISD and KOICA Seminar and Book Launch. 'Learning from the South Korean Developmental Success: Effective developmental cooperation and synergistic institutions and policies.' Thursday…

Neurogenesis and migration in the peripheral nervous system

11:00 - 12:00 29 May 2014
My group is interested in the early development of neurons. We have established the developing cranial sensory ganglia in chick as an easily accessible model to address questions relating…

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