Seminar

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…

Checking the Juggernaut’s Motor: A Mechanical Account of the Limits of Markets | Dr Stephen Hood | University of Manchester

16:00 - 17:30 1 October 2014
Political Philosophy Seminar - 45 min presentation followed by Q&A

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Tom Snijders

16:00 - 17:30 1 October 2014
The Wonders of Specification Possibilities of Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models for Network Dynamics The Stochastic Actor-Oriented Model for Network Dynamics (SAOM), as implemented…

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…

Transport Politics, Policies and Persuasions

17:30 - 19:00 1 October 2014
Rail (and now road) Regulations : the changing role of the ORR

Ehrhardt Seminar: Ben Williams (JRRI) - Early Modern Jewish and Christian Readers of Midrash

14:00 - 16:00 2 October 2014
The Ehrhardt Seminar from the Centre for Biblical Studies. 90 minutes followed by tea.

GM AHSN Technology Innovation Challenge | Nutrition and Hydration | Launch Event - Salford University

12:00 - 13:30 2 October 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…

History Research Seminar - Chris Wickham, ‘Administrators’ Time: the social memory of the early-medieval state in Iraq and China

16:15 - 18:30 2 October 2014
History Department Research Seminar, 2014-15 All Welcome! Chris Wickham (Oxford), ‘Administrators’ Time: the social memory of the early-medieval state in Iraq and China

Katan Alder (Manchester) - "Power and Empowerment: Hinduism, Nationalism and Seva (Service) in Contemporary India"

16:00 - 17:30 2 October 2014
The Religions and Theology seminar series.

Manchester Immunology Group Seminar 2nd of October - Prof. Francesco Colucci

12:00 - 13:00 2 October 2014
Dear everyone, In the next seminar of Manchester Immunology Group our guest Prof. Francesco Colluci from the University of Cambridge will present a talk 'The Double Life of Killer…

Novel channels for reaching, treating and motivating underserved smokers to quit smoking

16:00 - 17:15 2 October 2014
'''Host:''' School of Psychological Sciences Tobacco use is the leading cause of death in the UK. Smoking rates are particularly high among low income and underserved groups, such…

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 - 15:20 2 October 2014
Challenging beliefs about cloud computing and big data Speaker: Anne-Charlotte Perrigaud, Catholic University of Rennes

Two tales of governing collaboration in Europé: ESF and its member organisations

13:00 - 14:00 2 October 2014
One of the most persistent changes in the governance of public science in Europe since the 1990s has been the shift in most countries to a greater reliance on competitive allocation…

"Ecosystem effects of ocean acidification”

11:00 - 12:00 6 October 2014
ABSTRACT: I am investigating areas of the seabed that are already acidified by carbon dioxide, so that we can see which organisms thrive and which are most vulnerable. To do this I…

CANCELLED! The hospital and the hospital: cross-hatched spaces and entangled infrastructures in global health research

15:00 - 17:00 6 October 2014
Please note that today's seminar has unfortunately been cancelled due to train cancellations from Edinburgh. We hope to reschedule!

HCRI Speaker Series with Jane Cocking

14:00 - 16:00 7 October 2014
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) Speaker Series is a regular student-focused forum that draws on the expertise of a range of academics, researchers and practitioners…

It's All Relative: Staff-Visitor Relations Set Against Physical Sciences In Chinese And British Science Museums

13:00 - 14:00 7 October 2014
This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lunchtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes…

Manchester Poverty Masterclass: The challenges of poverty reduction in Brazil and Africa

12:00 - 14:00 7 October 2014
The Manchester Poverty Masterclass - A series of lectures for PhD students and staff. "The challenges of poverty reduction in Brazil and Africa" - Dr Fabio Veras Soares, International…

“A School for Manhunters”: Northwestern’s Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, 1929-1938

16:00 - 18:00 7 October 2014
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminars Series Oct-Dec 2014. …

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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