Campus visit/tour, Seminar

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.

Gregory Scott (Edinburgh) - "Destructing and Reconstructing Buddhist Sacred Places in Modern China"

16:00 - 17:30 12 February 2015
The Religions and Theology seminar series continues.

Music Research Seminar: ‘Renaissance roots and baroque “affetti” in the sacred music of Alessandro Scarlatti’

16:15 - 18:00 12 February 2015
Speaker: Luca della Libera (Rome) ‘Renaissance roots and baroque “affetti” in the sacred music of Alessandro Scarlatti’

Ovid’s Sibylline Visions

16:55 - 18:30 12 February 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Print and Materiality in Early Modern World: Three different lectures at one event

17:00 - 19:00 12 February 2015
John Rylands Seminar on Print and Materiality in the Early Modern World 2014/15 interdisciplinary seminar series John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester • Dr Sara Barker,…

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 - 15:20 12 February 2015
Translation and creativity Speaker: Kirsten Malmkjaer, University of Leicester

Why do voters prefer politicians in power?

12:00 - 13:30 12 February 2015
Special Democracy and Elections seminar The Incumbency Bias: When the Wisdom of the Crowd Fails by Catherine De Vries, University of Oxford The incumbency advantage is a well-documented…

Alternative Metrics for Research Assessment

13:00 - 14:00 13 February 2015
This talk will describe a range of web-based metrics that can be used as impact indicators in various contexts. Although less robust than citation counts, they can sometimes be used…

Open Lecture on the work of a Shadow Minister with Lucy Powell (MP)

11:00 - 12:30 13 February 2015
Policy@Manchester and the Parliamentary Outreach Service present the Lucy Powell (MP for Manchester Central) open Lecture on the work of a Shadow Minister, at the University of Manchester.…

Social Anthropology Seminar - ‘’cows, beef and identity politics in contemporary India” - Dr James Staples, University of Brunel, London

13 February 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 23rd February 2015 Dr James Staples, University of Brunel, London ‘’COWS, BEEF, AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA” The fact that debates…

Why Facebook won't get you anymore friends

15:00 - 16:00 13 February 2015
Invited Speaker

Pressure-driven cell movement through a 3D matrix

12:00 - 13:00 16 February 2015
Fibroblasts migrating in three-dimensional (3D) matrix change how they move in response to the elastic behavior of the material surrounding them. Linearly elastic environments, such…

Resistance to Zionism as Educative Practice

17:00 - 18:00 16 February 2015
A Talk on Resistance to Zionism as Educative Practice - Part of Middle Eastern Studies Departmental Seminar Series, 2014-2015. In analysing the relations between Jewish-Israeli society…

Social Anthropology Seminar - "The Business of Being Kind in Russia"

15:00 - 17:00 16 February 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 16 February 2015 Dr Melissa Caldwell, University of California, Santa Cruz "The Business of Being Kind in Russia" In Russia over the past ten…

Africa's Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality (Devt@man seminar series)

16:30 - 18:00 17 February 2015
Devt@man seminar series: Africa's Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality, Professor Padraig Carmody (Trinity College Dublin). Development@Manchester is the flagship seminar series…

All-Aboard the Poo-Poo Choo-Choo: Biosolids, Public Health, and Environmental Justice in Post-War America - Graham Mooney

13:00 - 14:00 17 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…

Clash Narratives in Context: What Really Drives the Science and Religion Debate

16:00 - 17:00 17 February 2015
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminars Series Feb-May 2015. …

Jesús Gómez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): 'La comicidad dialógica de Sancho Panza en el Quijote de 1615' (in Spanish)

17 February 2015
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese Seminar Series. Abstract: Algunas diferencias entre las dos partes del Quijote. La reacción de la escritura cervantina frente al apócrifo de Avellaneda.…

Bacterial RNA and DNA interference

12:00 - 13:00 18 February 2015
Part of the Leaders in Science Lecture Series, hosted by the Faculty of Life Sciences.

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: On the Affect of Language (with Denise Riley)

10:00 - 12:00 18 February 2015
All welcome, no booking required. CIDRAL Theory Intensive On the Affect of Language with Denise Riley (UEA), Jackie Stacey (CIDRAL) and Janet Wolff (EAC) Readings: Riley, Denise,…

English Literature Show and Tell with Liam Harte, Rebecca Pohl, and Janet Rogerson

12:00 - 13:00 18 February 2015
English Literature Show and Tell with Liam Harte, Rebecca Pohl, and Janet Rogerson

Fundamentals and Applications of Dose Rate Reduction Technology in Boiling Water Reactors

13:00 - 14:00 18 February 2015
The presentation forms part of the Dalton Seminar Series. Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity for questions/discussion and light refreshments will be available afterwards.

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 18 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…

Internal Seminar Series | Changing illness representation via imagery information to improve patient understanding of rheumatoid arthritis and adherence to treatment

12:00 - 13:00 18 February 2015
'''Host:''' School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work '''About the event:''' The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social work run internal research seminars every month. Presenters…

‘Fundamentals and Applications of Dose Rate Reduction Technology in Boiling Water Reactors’

13:00 - 14:00 18 February 2015
A presentation will be given by Dr Tsuyoshi Ito from Hitachi Ltd, Japan entitled: ‘Fundamentals and Applications of Dose Rate Reduction Technology in Boiling Water Reactors.’ Following…

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