Lecture

BP Annual Lecture delivered by Dr Angela Strank: Energy Science and Technology at the Frontiers

17:00 - 19:00 24 November 2015
In this lecture, BP’s head of downstream technology and chief scientist will look at how collaboration is advancing energy technology, with particular reference to the University of…

Iran's nuclear program and international law

17:30 - 19:30 24 November 2015
Iran's Nuclear Program and International Law Prod Dan Joyner will go through the history of the diplomatic crisis between Iran and the West concerning Iran’s nuclear program, and…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: James Paz (UoM) 'Slow Scholarship and the Craft of Old English Translation'

17:00 - 19:00 25 November 2015
James Paz (UoM) 'Slow Scholarship and the Craft of Old English Translation'

The Royal Economic Society Public Lecture: Does Starbucks Pay Enough Tax?

3 December 2015
How much tax do large multinational firms pay? Where do they pay it and where should they pay it? Professor Rachel Griffith will discuss some of the empirical evidence and the implications…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Fred Schurink (UoM)

17:00 - 19:00 9 December 2015
Fred Schurink (UoM) ‘Plutarch in Renaissance England: Politics, Literature, Lives’

Networking event: Focus on Nutrition, Trauma and the Elderly – opportunities to improve clinical care

17:30 - 19:30 9 December 2015
The Inflammation and Repair Domain wants to bring together clinicians and researchers to develop new collaborations in translational research across The University of Manchester faculties…

Disaster Dialogue: Gender in Disaster Risk Reduction

17:30 - 19:30 10 December 2015
The Disaster Dialogue series, hosted by HCRI, is a regular multi-disciplinary forum that responds to the urgent challenges posed by disaster events, including their interface with climate…

Inaugural Sir Lawrence Bragg Lecture

13:25 - 14:30 10 December 2015
The University is set celebrate the 100 years since Sir Lawrence Bragg was awarded his Nobel Prize in Physics with a day-long programme of activities. An important part of the celebrations…

The Impact of Researching the History of World War I in the Middle East and the Persianate World

15:00 - 16:15 11 December 2015
A panel of 'Practioners' joining us from a variety of UK Government bodies will discuss the impact that academic research on the history of World War I in the Middle East has on the…

“This war will not remain local” How the First World War came to the Middle East

16:30 - 18:00 11 December 2015
Keynote Lecture for the "Expectations and Realities: How the First World War arrived in the Middle East and the Persianate World" conference convened by Dr Oliver Bast (SALC, History)…

Jodrell Bank, the Dawn of the Space Age & the Birth of Radio Astronomy Heritage Lecture

19:30 - 21:00 14 December 2015
Launch of ‘70 Years of Jodrell Bank’, a year-long celebration On December 14th 1945, Bernard Lovell first switched on his radar equipment at Jodrell Bank. He had been granted permission…

A Quest for Solidarity in a Fractured Europe

17:30 - 19:30 15 December 2015
This roundtable event will include commentaries from speakers, and an engaged discussion with the audience. Register for this event here: https://mediterranean-refugee-crisis.eventbrite.co.uk…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Mary Poovey: Some Lessons of History: Why Economists Failed to Anticipate the Great Recession

17:00 - 19:00 13 January 2016
Professor Mary Poovey will lecture as part of CIDRAL's Semester 1 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Finance and the Market. This lecture explores the relationship…

Massimiliano Fuksas: Emotion - Strategy

18:00 - 19:30 22 January 2016
A public lecture by Massimiliano Fuksas, one of the most renowned Italian architects. Studio Fuksas, led by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, is an international architectural practice…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: John Connor (Colgate University) ‘Romantic Woolf’

17:00 - 18:30 3 February 2016
John Connor (Colgate University) ‘Romantic Woolf’

70th anniversary lecture series: Jodrell Bank, the Moon and the Space Race

19:30 - 21:00 4 February 2016
On 4th February 1966 Jodrell Bank intercepted signals from the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft which had landed on the Moon the previous day. and printed them on a borrowed newspaper fax machine.…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Cecile Sandten (Chemnitz) ‘Postcolonial Invocations: The Poetics of Location and Dislocation in a Selection of Bombay Poems’

17:00 - 18:30 10 February 2016
Cecile Sandten (Chemnitz) ‘Postcolonial Invocations: The Poetics of Location and Dislocation in a Selection of Bombay Poems’

Oracular Narrative: Timing and Truth Telling. Exploring mythic forms of prefigurement and prophecy in contemporary fiction inspired by Greek tragedy and the Arabian Nights.

17:30 - 19:30 11 February 2016
The John Rylands Institute is honoured to welcome Marina Warner to deliver the Institute’s Annual Lecture on Thursday, 11 February 2016. A writer of fiction, criticism and history,…

Pilkington Lecture in Art History

17:30 - 19:30 11 February 2016
Professor David Freedberg, Warburg Institute, London 'Art History and Neuroscience: the Challenge for the Humanities'

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2016: Professor Michael Marrus (Toronto) - "Lessons of the Holocaust"

17:15 - 19:00 15 February 2016
The first Bogdanow Lecture in Holocaust Studies 2016. Michael Marrus is Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous books including…

Where Next for the UK and the EU? An Irish perspective

16:30 - 17:30 15 February 2016
A special joint event by the JMCE/EDIC and the European Movement ***The event is free and open to all***

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2016: Professor Michael Marrus (Toronto) - "Lessons of the Holocaust"

17:15 - 19:00 16 February 2016
The second Bogdanow Lecture in Holocaust Studies 2016. Michael Marrus is Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous books including…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: François Hartog: Towards a New Historical Condition

17:00 - 19:00 17 February 2016
Professor François Hartog will lecture as part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. Might recent and unfolding…

Global Development Institute Launch - Winnie Byanyima

17:00 - 18:30 17 February 2016
Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Global Development Institute on 17 February 5.00-6.30, at The University of Manchester. The launch will feature a keynote lecture on addressing…

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture: Prof. Jackie Pearson (Manchester), ‘Speaking with the Supernatural in Early Modern England’

17:00 - 19:00 17 February 2016
Annual Stachniewski Memorial lecture hosted by the Division of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing in association with UMUCU. Prof. Jackie Pearson (Manchester), ‘Speaking…

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