Lectures and seminars

Bee-Keeping at the Museum

13:00 - 14:00 12 November 2014
This seminar is part of the Technicians Seminar Series. “Bee-keeping at the Museum” Sally Thelwell and Sam Sportun are relatively new Museum beekeepers and will tell you about their…

CLACS Seminar: 'Risk perceptions and responses in disaster prone contexts: unsettling the binary between 'experts' and 'laypersons' in Cochabamba, Bolivia’

17:00 - 18:30 12 November 2014
Centre for Latin American Cultural Studies seminar series. Venue: Samuel Alexander Building S1.7

Developments in Contemporary Art in 21st Century China

13:00 - 14:00 12 November 2014
China's art scene is one of the largest and most prolific in the world. This talk outlines the development of art in China in the past ten years. The discussion will include the cultural…

Eleanor K. Jones: 'Abaixo a Prostituição! Viva Moçambique!: Sex Work and Sex in Mozambican Independence Discourse'

17:00 12 November 2014
Part of the Spanish and Portuguese seminar series. Time: 5pm. Venue: Samuel Alexander W3.13 Abstract: Based on archival fieldwork conducted in Maputo in summer 2014, this paper explores…

Gut Hormones and the regulation of appetite - Dr Kevin Murphy, Imperial College London

13:00 - 14:00 12 November 2014
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research Theme Seminars

History Lunchtime Seminar: James Connolly, 'The French experience of German occupation in northern France during the First World War'

13:00 - 14:00 12 November 2014
History Lunchtime Seminar James Connolly, 'The French experience of German occupation in northern France during the First World War'

Is all Reproduction Morally Wrong?

14:00 - 16:00 12 November 2014
Prof Rebecca Bennett will deliver this week's seminar, on the question of when reproduction is morally permissible and when - if ever - it isn't.

Making a difference through effective technical assistance

12:00 - 13:00 12 November 2014
'''Host:''' School of nursing, Midwifery and Social Work '''About the event:''' The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social work run external research seminars every month. Presenters…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Alberto Caimo

16:00 - 17:30 12 November 2014
HBS G6 Alberto Caimo Efficient Bayesian computation for exponential random graph models Powerful ideas recently appeared in the literature are adjusted and combined to design improved…

Open Space - PGR seminar: Sebastian Juhnke & Matt Thompson

14:00 - 16:00 12 November 2014
Open Space aims to facilitate dialogue between advanced PhD students, early career researchers and academic staff across the School of Environment, Education and Development and the…

Research Matters: Current issues and future directions in school-based social and emotional learning - a meta-analysis

12:00 - 13:00 12 November 2014
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Runx transcription factors in breast cancer

12:00 - 13:00 12 November 2014
CCB Autumn Seminar Series

Should Consent Matter for Legitimacy? | Dr Enzo Rossi | University of Amsterdam

16:00 - 17:30 12 November 2014
Political Philosophy Seminar - 45 min presentation followed by Q&A

Standards in Multiple Authorities: revisiting the transatlantic divide

14:00 - 15:00 12 November 2014
A Manchester JMCE seminar on the current trade negotiations between the EU and the USA.

WW1 Open Lecture Series: The Archaeology of the Great War

17:00 - 18:00 12 November 2014
A talk by Dr Melanie Giles (Department of Archaeology) - part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures open lecture series "The Different Faces of WW1". Archaeology can provide…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Alan Garrow (Sheffield) - Streeter’s ‘Other’ Synoptic Solution: The Matthew Conflator Hypothesis

14:00 - 15:50 13 November 2014
Identifying God/Identifying Israel, in the Jewish Canon

Elizabeth Howie, Art Historian: "The Condemned Man and the Corpse: Barthesian Madness and Roger Ballen’s ‘Outland’"

17:00 - 18:30 13 November 2014
The daughter of a psychoanalyst, Howie takes on the Roger Ballen’s controversial black and white photography, with a focus on his pictures of Plattelanders, the socially and economically…

Peter Liddel (Manchester) 'The dynamics of decrees in fourth-century Athens'

16:55 - 18:30 13 November 2014
The Department of Classics & Ancient History runs a regular research seminar, which meets weekly during termtime throughout the academic year. Papers are given by local speakers (including…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Masters of Composition

14:30 - 15:00 13 November 2014
A workshop of new string quartets by Masters students at the University

Robert Beckford (Canterbury Christ Church) - "Is David Starkey right? Or has the Jamaican Bible Movement lost its mind? Language, Theology and Pedagogy"

16:00 - 17:30 13 November 2014
Religions and Theology seminar series.

The Myth of American Omnipotence: Strength and Limits of US Influence in Iran during the Johnson Administration (1963-1969)

17:30 - 19:00 13 November 2014
MIHAN - The Manchester Iranian History Academic Network presents an International Guest Lecture. American involvement in the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in August…

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