Lectures and seminars

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Luka Kronegger

16:00 - 17:30 20 May 2015
Luka Kronegger, University of Ljubljana

Morgan Centre Dialogue: Dormant Things

15:30 20 May 2015
Sophie Woodward will initiate discussion by talking on the theme of ‘Dormant Things’. Houses are full of things we keep hold of but no longer use; some things that have accumulated…

Sources of alienation in schooling : a classroom focus

17:00 - 18:30 20 May 2015
Sarah Fielden Seminar series Manchester Institute of Education open to all staff.students and members of the public Email shelley.darlington@manchester.ac.uk to reserve a place

Tackling vulnerability and building resilience: reflections on the key messages from the 2014 Human Development Report

12:00 - 13:30 20 May 2015
'Tackling vulnerability and building resilience: reflections on the key messages from the 2014 Human Development Report' A BWPI, IDPM, EWERC, MBS and FairWRC Seminar by Khalid Malik,…

Teaching with social media: an experiential approach

13:00 - 14:00 20 May 2015
This seminar is part of the Teaching and Learning seminar series. …

War and Peace in Contention: Neutrality after the Great War

17:30 - 19:30 20 May 2015
International Law and First World War - Lecture Series War and Peace in Contention: Neutrality after the Great War Dr Stephen Neff from University of Edinburgh Dr Stephen Neff will…

Sexuality Summer School: Public Lecture with Sarah Schulman (CUNY): “Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility and the Duty of Repair”

17:00 - 19:00 21 May 2015
“It is not only that we may not choose with whom to cohabitate, but that we must actively preserve the unchosen character of inclusive and plural cohabitation; we not only live with…

The EIN1 long non-coding RNA controls the EGF-inducible gene expression programme/GORAB protein - linking intra-Golgi trafficking and extracellular matrix homeostasis

13:30 - 14:30 21 May 2015
CCB Spring Seminar Series 2015

The science and art of scientific advice

16:00 - 17:30 21 May 2015
In October 1964, Sir Solly Zuckerman was appointed the first UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA). Fifty years on, scientific advice has never been in greater demand; nor it…

Lineage-specific processes of genome diversification

11:00 - 12:00 22 May 2015
Special CEB Semina See http://sites.temple.edu/liberles/ for further details of David's research. If you’d like to meet with the speaker, he will be available all day on the 22nd.…

CoDE_Seminars@CMIST

13:00 - 14:00 26 May 2015
Title: Negative politics: the conformity, struggles and radical possibilities of youth culture in outer East London Dr Malcolm James, University of Sussex Drawing on a two-year ethnography…

Lovell lecture - First light

19:30 - 21:00 26 May 2015
Professor Jim Dunlop, Institute of Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh. Professor Dunlop will talk about how recent advances in observational astronomy, especially the refurbishment…

Measles, Medicine and Morality on Trial: The Story of Wellcovax, 1959-1969

13:00 - 14:00 26 May 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…

Whisker movements as a window into attentional processing in the rat

13:00 - 14:00 26 May 2015
This seminar is part of the Future Leaders in Sensory and Computational Neuroscience series, showcasing the best early career researchers in the field. …

Dalton Seminar Series - Hot topics in environmental science; how microbes hitch a lift on the nuclear fuel cycle

12:00 - 13:00 27 May 2015
A presentation will be given by the University’s Prof Jonathan Lloyd from the School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences entitled: ‘Hot topics in environmental science;…

False Discovery Rates

14:00 - 15:00 27 May 2015
This seminar is part of the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Theme seminar series David Colquhoun, FRS is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at University College, London. David’s research…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Adam Stevens

16:00 27 May 2015
Adam Stevens, University of Manchester Network analysis in the study of gene:environment interactions: the integration of genomic, environmental and social data The interactions…

Raphael in the Sistine Chapel

12:00 - 13:00 27 May 2015
The Sistine Chapel is most famous for Michelangelo's frescoes, as well as those by Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio, and Rosselli. Raphael's contribution, the sumptuous tapestries…

Veena Das Public Lecture: The Limits of the Human

15:30 - 18:00 27 May 2015
Veena Das Public Lecture 4-6 pm (teas and coffees from 3.30), John Caskin Lecture Theatre, Martin Harris Building.

Bridging the gap between urban transport needs and policy in India

11:00 - 13:00 29 May 2015
The rapid growth in motor vehicle ownership and activity in India is causing a wide range of serious (and intensifying) socio-economic, environmental, health and welfare, and resource…

Seminar: Bridging the Gap between Urban Transport Needs and Policy in India' with Professor Madhav Badami

11:00 - 12:00 29 May 2015
The Global Urban Research Centre (GURC) is pleased to welcome Professor Madhav Badami (McGill University) who will present on 'Bridging the Gap between Urban Transport Needs and Policy…

MCCIR AZ GSK Update Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 1 June 2015
Control of intestinal Treg induction by integrin ?v?8 on dendritic cells TM Fenton1, MJ Lehtinen2, MA Travis1 1Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research and Wellcome…

Polls, politicians and pundits: the inside story of GE2015

12:00 - 14:10 1 June 2015
Staff and students are invited to join Democracy and Elections, the hub for electoral politics at The University of Manchester, for the inside story of GE2015 as told by the experts…

A free lunchtime Seminar on ‘Brain Imaging in Mental Health’

13:00 - 14:00 2 June 2015
'''When?''' 2nd June 2015 '''Where?''' Room 2.19, Kilburn Building, University of Manchester. ''' *''' '''Time?''' 1pm- 2pm Manchester Informatics are pleased to announce that…

Whose ‘Turn to Europe’? The UK, Australia and space research at Woomera, 1964-1971

13:00 - 14:00 2 June 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…

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