Campus visit/tour, Seminar

Patent use in the UK

13:00 - 14:00 9 February 2015
Patents as an institution combine incentives for the production of technological knowledge (by granting temporary monopolies) with incentives for diffusion of that knowledge (usually…

Social Anthropology Seminar - ‘’Containment and Contagion : on the gender of sin in contemporary Catholicism’’

15:00 - 17:00 9 February 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 09 February 2015 Dr Maya Mayblin, University of Edinburgh ‘’Containment and Contagion : on the gender of sin in contemporary Catholicism’’ This…

The Somewhat Wild Show: Effects of feralisation on brain and behaviour in guppies

12:00 - 13:00 9 February 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series 2015 Predation is a critical factor affecting the success of species introduced to novel environments and the feralisation of…

A biophysical approach to understand the crosstalk between cytoplasmic streaming and the dynamics of the cytoskeleton (in the Drosophila oocyte)

15:30 - 17:00 10 February 2015
Our main research aim is to investigate the creation of cellular asymmetries in the Drosophila oocyte, and its relation with the fluid mechanical properties of the cytoplasm. The major…

A priceless break in the monotony of things: The Princess Parkway as a prototypical British motorway (1929-1939)

13:00 - 14:00 10 February 2015
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…

Cooperation and Equality Seminar: Alex Barber (Open), 'Equality & Roles'

13:00 - 14:30 10 February 2015
Seminar organised by the Cooperation & Equality project. More information: http://thomassmit3.wix.com/cooperation-equality

Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST - James Laurence - Is it Diversity or Segregation (or both) that is Harmful for Social Cohesion? A Preliminary Investigation

12:00 - 13:00 10 February 2015
The Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST events showcase the work of Manchester-based early career researchers. In this instalment, which will is held ay lunchtime, James Laurence (CMIST,…

Philosophy Research Seminar - 'The Claimability of the Human Right to Subsistence'

15:00 - 17:00 10 February 2015
Abstract: The naturalistic conception of human rights takes human rights to exist independently of specific institutional arrangements. The human right to subsistence is often said…

Bodily Property: The Future of Human Biomaterials?

16:00 - 18:00 11 February 2015
Dr Muireann Quigley will give this weeks combined Senior Seminar/ School of Law Research Seminar

CIDRAL Theory Intensive on Spivak (with Anastasia Valassopoulos, EAC)

14:00 - 16:00 11 February 2015
All welcome, no booking required. CIDRAL Theory Intensive on Spivak with Anastasia Valassopoulos (EAC, Manchester) Readings pdfs available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/16ahmgl5th2cj7h/AADAcwjk…

CJS Seminar: David Newman (Ben Gurion University) - "Rethinking Borders: Deterritorializing the Two State Solution"

16:00 - 17:30 11 February 2015
Centre for Jewish Studies seminar

Critical Global Politics Research Cluster and Centre for Chinese Studies

14:00 - 16:00 11 February 2015
Critical Global Politics Research Cluster and Centre for Chinese Studies Joint Research Seminar ‘Sino-Russian Border Architecture: Mimesis, Orientalism, Gigantism’ Franck Billé, University…

English Literature Research Seminar: Daniel Katz (Warwick), 'As it is now, Just a little different: On Ben Lerner'

17:00 - 18:30 11 February 2015
English Literature Research Seminar 2014-15 Daniel Katz (Warwick) 'As it is now, Just a little different: On Ben Lerner'

Global Political Economy research cluster seminar, Dr Meera Sabaratnam (SOAS)

15:30 - 17:00 11 February 2015
'Towards a de-colonial political economy? Re-thinking international statebuilding in Mozambique'

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 11 February 2015
If you are unable to come to one of our University open days, you can join us for a guided visit of the campus on a Wednesday afternoon. Guided visits include a presentation on the…

Informal settlements and housing provision: where are Latin American governments heading?

17:00 - 18:30 11 February 2015
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Seminar Series: 'Latin America: The Potential of the Global South?' Co-organised with the Global Urban Research Centre (GURC). Venue: University Place 4.212

Losing the Hearts and Minds: Public Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration

14:00 - 15:00 11 February 2015
A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence seminar. Open to all.

Lunchtime Seminar: Paul Oldfield: 'The Tyrant Kings of Medieval Sicily'

13:00 - 14:00 11 February 2015
History Lunchtime Seminar All Welcome! Dr Paul Oldfield: 'The Tyrant Kings of Medieval Sicily' Feel free to bring your lunch.

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 11 February 2015
Robert Hellpap, Nuffield College, University of Oxford Enis Bicer, University of Bremen “Triadic homophily” - The role of (inter-)connected actors for inter-ethnic friendship formation…

Sociology Seminar: Laura Fenton and Feng Zhu

13:45 - 15:00 11 February 2015
Our first seminar of 2015 showcases the work of two of our PhD students. All staff and students welcome. Tea, coffee and biscuits from 1.45pm. 'Earning a drink? The Alcohol-Work Connection…

The cell biology of killer cells: from lysosomes to cilia

12:00 - 13:00 11 February 2015
Part of the Leaders in Science Lecture Series, hosted by the Faculty of Life Sciences.

Ehrhardt Seminar: Gergely Juhász (Liverpool Hope): Early-Modern English Afterlife Beliefs and Exegesis: The Debate between William Tyndale and George Joye on Translation 'Resurrection'

14:00 - 15:30 12 February 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates. Followed by tea.

The Whitworth

Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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