Lectures and seminars

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 20 - 15:00 26 September 2014
Emotion perception and the translation process Speaker: Severine Hubscher-Davidson, Aston University

Rebuilding Britain: Planning for a better future - Planning and Environmental Management Seminar Series 2014/15

16:00 - 17:00 22 September 2014
The Planning and Environmental Management 2014/15 Seminar Series is about to start with the first seminar next week. The seminar, entitled “Rebuilding Britain - Planning for a better…

Torture and laughter: Political incarceration and the art of performing happiness in an urban Indian prison

16:00 - 18:00 22 September 2014
This paper explores the politics of prison art through oral testimonies of former female cadres of a Maoist-Naxal uprising in 1970s India. It specifically focuses on guerrilla women…

Vital Topics - Jim O’Neill in conversation with Andy Bounds

17:45 22 September 2014
Economist, Jim O’Neill in conversation with Andy Bounds, North of England Correspondent and Enterprise Editor at the Financial Times This event brings together in conversation, economist…

Arthur Lewis Centenary Public Lecture and Mural Unveiling

18:30 - 20:00 23 September 2014
'The complex and changing world economy' by Professor Jim O'Neill world renowned Economist and Honorary Chair of Economics. Times and locations Unveiling of the Arthur Lewis Mural…

CMIST Seminar :: Introducing PhD Seminars @ CMIST

12:00 - 13:00 23 September 2014
CMIST students will present their ongoing work. Light lunch will be provided. To be held in room 2.07 in the HBS building from 12pm to 1pm.

Dying to be beautiful: The medical exception, culpable doctors and harmful enhancement? Alex Mullock and Danielle Griffiths

24 September 2014
Medical lawyer Alex Mullock of the School of Law and social scientist Danielle Griffiths ISEI provide a seminar on this subject - open to all.

Free Public Talk on China: World War 1 and China

24 September 2014
2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War One, a war which significantly reshaped the world in the 20th century. This talk aims to explore this wartime encounter…

Philosophy research seminar: Christy Mag Uidhir

16:00 - 18:00 24 September 2014
Philosophy research seminar: Christy Mag Uidhir

Recognition, reduction and redistribution of unpaid work in the context of development (Devt@man seminar series)

16:30 - 18:00 24 September 2014
Devt@man seminar series: Recognition, reduction and redistribution of unpaid work in the context of development, Professor Diane Elson (University of Essex). Chaired by Tanja Bastia.…

SCI Seminar Series - Dr Maurie Cohen - Be Careful What You Wish For: The Empty Promise of the “Sharing Economy”

16:00 - 17:30 24 September 2014
Abstract Proponents of sustainable consumption have long endorsed the attenuation of societal commitments favoring product ownership and the corresponding ascendency of exchange relationships…

SEED Annual Lecture - "The fabric of space: water, modernity and the urban imagination"

16:00 - 18:00 24 September 2014
The relationship between water and modernity is not the domain of just one or even a few disciplines: established areas of research in engineering, environmental history, and urban…

Chronic parasite persistence in the GI tract as a new paradigm in American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)

12:00 - 13:00 25 September 2014
part of the Manchester Immunology Group Seminar series

Ehrhardt Seminar: Peter Oakes - ‘Our Politeuma is in Heaven’ (Phil. 3:20): Institutions and Identity in Jewish and Roman Contexts

14:00 - 16:00 25 September 2014
The Ehrhardt Seminar from the Centre for Biblical Studies. 90 minutes followed by tea.

How public policy can stimulate the capabilities of firms to innovate in traditional industry through academic engagement: The case of the Swedish food industry

13:00 - 14:00 25 September 2014
This paper provides a detailed, longitudinal case study of university-industry interactions in the Swedish food industry, from the 1990s to the present, analyzed as a case where public…

GM AHSN Technology Innovation Challenge | Nutrition and Hydration | Launch Event: Manchester Metropolitan University

10:00 - 12:00 26 September 2014
'''Host:''' Institute of Inflammation and Repair '''About the event:''' The events are to launch the Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Networks Innovation Call in the research…

The Frontiers of Microcredit

16:00 - 18:00 26 September 2014
Lecture by Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Dhaka. Co-author of forthcoming book: The Theory and Practice of Microcredit

Death in Chapel Orchard: exclusion, reappropriation, and children’s perceptions of a changing environment

15:00 - 17:00 29 September 2014
How do children relate to their changing environment? Drawing on ethnographic research in East Anglian primary schools, this paper looks beyond the presumption that children are disconnected…

Findings from a research program on scientist's research collaboration

14:00 - 15:00 29 September 2014
Focusing on a multi-year research program on the dynamics and effectiveness of academic researchers' research collaborations, the presentation draws from interview and survey data to…

MICRA Seminar: 'What pensions crisis?'

14:00 - 17:00 29 September 2014
MICRA Seminar: 'What pensions crisis?' From MICRA and the Frailty, Resilience and Inequality in Later Life (fRaill) project Followed by reception and launch of MICRA and Age UK…

CoDE Seminar :: Equality and Group Identity Revisited

13:00 - 14:00 30 September 2014
CoDE Seminar :: Equality and Group Identity Revisited. Professor Tariq Modood (Bristol).

Brain Imaging in Mental Health

13:00 - 14:00 1 October 2014
This seminar is part of the Technicians Seminar Series. Abstract: Twenty years ago modern brain imaging techniques were hailed as likely to revolutionise psychiatry. This talk will…

Morgan Centre Seminar: Divorce Practices and Forms of Femininity at the End of a Customary Marriage

16:00 1 October 2014
Abstract This paper explores women’s practice of compliance and resistance of oppression built into the racialised and gendered social structure of customary marriages in South Africa.…

Research Matters: Disadvantage and Poverty research showcase - Narrowing the attainment gap: discourses of theory, policy and practice

12:00 - 14:00 1 October 2014
This seminar will showcase the recent, current and future research of the Disadvantage and Poverty thematic programme of research in MIE.

Sociology seminar series - Workplace raids and fines: The (un)intended consequences on undocumented migrants and ethnic enclave employers

13:45 - 15:00 1 October 2014
Employer sanctions, in the form of raids on businesses thought to be employing people who do not have permission to work in the UK and fines for those businesses found to be employing…

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