Seminar

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshops: Adam Rosen

16:15 - 17:45 12 March 2015
“Generalized Instrumental Variable Models, with Application to the Analysis of Treatment Effects” Abstract: In this talk I will present an overview of joint work with Andrew Chesher…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Walter Houston - "Justice and Righteousness: A Concept and Its Contexts"

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

Geoffrey Cantor (Leeds) - "Religion and the Great Exhibition of 1851"

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

Herodotus’ last logos: the end of the Histories and the end of the Atheno-Peloponnesian Wars

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

Music Research Seminar: 'Roger Marsh: in conversation'

16:15 - 18:00 12 March 2015
Speaker: Roger Marsh (University of York) In conversation with Kevin Malone about his new work for Vaganza (to be premiered on 13 March)

Print and Materiality in the Early Modern World: Three lectures in one evening

17:00 - 19:00 12 March 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. Sessions will be…

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 - 15:20 12 March 2015
Before we even begin:The challenges of gaining ethics approval for interpreting research Speaker: Jemina Napier, Heriot-Watt University

Whitworth Studies seminar: Viktor Wynd

17:15 - 18:30 12 March 2015
In his recent book, Viktor Wynd’s Cabinet of Wonders, the filmmaker John Waters comments: ‘An insanely delightful how-to guide on becoming a mentally ill, cheerily obsessive eccentric…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 16th March 2015 - Professor Harri Englund - University of Cambridge - “Forget the Poor: Radio Kinship and Exploited Labour in Zambia”

15:00 - 17:00 16 March 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 16th March 2015 Professor Harri Englund - University of Cambridge “Forget the Poor: Radio Kinship and Exploited Labour in Zambia” With a focus…

Social Networks: Linking Form with Function in Animal Societies

12:00 - 13:00 16 March 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series 2015 Animal societies develop from interactions and relationships that occur among individuals within populations. The fundamental…

The Manuscript Collection of John Hutton and its Provenance

18:00 - 19:00 16 March 2015
In 1842, the collection of 50 Islamic manuscripts belonging to John Hutton of Marske in Yorkshire were presented to Christ’s College, Cambridge. This paper traces the provenances of…

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Sin Yi Cheung - Gender Pay Gap in Wales: occupational segregation or part-time penalty?

16:00 - 17:15 17 March 2015
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Sin Yi Cheung from Cardiff University will deliver a talk entitled 'Gender Pay Gap in Wales: Segregation and part-time penalty – do low-waged…

Chinese Medicine, Early Japan, and the Appropriation of Knowledge

13:00 - 14:00 17 March 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…

LRG1 as a context-dependent regulator of retinal vascular disease

12:00 - 13:00 17 March 2015
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Seminar Series - Donald Ward and Joy Wang

“Weaponising Cinema”: Hollywood, the OSS, and the Logistics of Perception

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

English Literature Research Seminar: David Shuttleton (Glasgow), 'Seminal Weakness and Steel’d Nerves: Male sexual disorders in Dr William Cullen’s "Consultations" (1760-1790)'

17:00 - 18:30 18 March 2015
English Literature Research Seminar David Shuttleton (Glasgow) Seminal Weakness and Steel’d Nerves: Male sexual disorders in Dr William Cullen’s ‘Consultations’ (1760-1790)

Global Political Economy research cluster seminar, Dr Chris Rossdale (RHUL)

15:30 - 17:00 18 March 2015
'Militarism, Anti-Militarism and the Politics of Resistance: An Ethnography'

Knowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies: A patent citation analysis

13:00 - 14:00 18 March 2015
Speaker: Ralf Martin (Imperial College London) Abstract: How much should governments subsidize the development of new clean technologies? We use patent citation data to investigate…

Neiva Vieira de Cunha (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro): 'New conflicts in the margins of the city: public policies in the favelas in Rio de Janeiro'.

17:00 - 18:30 18 March 2015
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Seminar Series: 'Latin America: The Potential of the Global South?' Venue: Arthur Lewis Boardroom

New conflicts in the margins of the city: public policies in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro

17:00 - 18:30 18 March 2015
Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies seminar series 2014-15 Latin America: the potential of the Global South?

Sociology Seminar: 'Two worlds of retirement? Exploring the impact of labour market exit on health' Dr Martin Hyde

14:00 - 15:00 18 March 2015
There is increasing concern about possible widening inequalities in health amongst the older population. There is a growing body of work on the relationships between patterns of labour…

The Origin of Complexity

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

‘A Drone’s eye perspective of radiological clean up around Fukushima.’

13:00 - 14:00 18 March 2015
As part of the Dalton Seminar Series a presentation will be given by Dr Tom Scott from Bristol University entitled: ‘A Drone’s eye perspective of radiological clean up around Fukushima.’…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Mi Ja Wi - "Is the Responses Humans Give to the Offer of Salvation Necessary? Reflections on Luke 7 and 15

14:00 - 15:30 19 March 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates. Followed by tea.

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 - 15:20 19 March 2015
Public Service Interpreting and its humanitarian roots: Archive research on refugee reception and resettlement in mid-late 20th century Britain Speaker: Rebecca Tipton, University of Manchester

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