Lectures and seminars

Chinese Studies Seminar Series: 'Taiwan's 2016 elections; what will change?’

17:00 - 18:30 9 December 2015
All are welcome to attend the next talk in the Chinese Studies Seminar Series. Dr Jonathan Sullivan will be delivering the talk: 'Taiwan's 2016 elections; what will change?’ Time:…

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’

Finance seminar by Rohit Sonika, University of Exeter Business School

14:00 - 15:30 9 December 2015
Buyback Persistence, Dilutive Stock Options

Is Utilitarianism All That Bad A Doctrine for Egalitarians? - The Global Development Seminar Series

16:30 - 18:00 9 December 2015
The Global Development Seminar Series Is Utilitarianism All That Bad A Doctrine for Egalitarians? Co-sponsored by the Social Theory and Development Histories Research Group The literature…

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…

The EU’s Response to the Financial Crises in Ireland and Cyprus

14:00 - 15:00 9 December 2015
The EU’s Response to the Financial Crises in Ireland and Cyprus by Dr. Adonis Pegasiou (University of Cyprus)

Voters in Context: Lessons from the UK General Election of 2015 for understanding political change

14:00 - 17:00 9 December 2015
This seminar will present a series of working draft chapters for the prospective 2015 British Election Study book, from the BES team. We will provide original insights into how citizens…

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Matt Collins (Chester) - "Abandoning the Quest for the Historical Teacher: History and Ideology in the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls"

14:00 - 15:00 10 December 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies. 90 minutes followed by tea.

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…

One-seed, two-seed, three-seed? Reassessing ancient theories of generation

16:55 - 18:30 10 December 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Pericytes: from embryology to the clinics

13:30 - 14:30 10 December 2015
CCB Autumn Serminar Series 2015

Quatuor Danel Seminar: 'Masters of Composition 1'

14:30 - 15:30 10 December 2015
Workshop performances and discussion of new works by the University's Masters students.

Research Seminar on Ocean Energy and Engineering - Professor Peter Stansby

12:00 - 13:00 10 December 2015
Research Seminar on Ocean Energy and Engineering - Professor Peter Stansby In this Research Seminar the developments in wave energy and tidal stream energy over the past year will…

Smart specialisation - an innovation driven strategy for economic diversification

14:00 - 15:00 10 December 2015
Smart Specialisation (SS) is probably the single largest attempt ever of an orchestrated, supranational innovation strategy to boost economic growth through economic diversification,…

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)…

Endotype discovery needs unified phenomarker-biomarker models

12:00 - 13:00 14 December 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Autumn Seminar Series 2015

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…

Manchester Pharmacy School Seminar Series 2015/16

12:30 - 14:00 14 December 2015
'''Host:''' Manchester Pharmacy School Presentation title: To be confirmed Speaker(s):TBA The seminar series held in MPS is primarily designed to be of interest to staff and students…

MCCIR AZ GSK Update Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 14 December 2015
Mast cell-mediated regulation of T cell activities Rajia Bahiri Mast cells (MCs) are recognized to participate in the regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses. Owing to…

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY SEMINAR - MONDAY 14TH DECEMBER 2015 - RUPERT STASCH (CAMBRIDGE)

16:00 - 18:00 14 December 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 14 December 2015 4:15-6:00pm (Tea and Coffee will be available outside the boardroom at 4:00pm) Dr Rupert Stasch, University of Cambridge …

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…

CMIST afternoon seminar: Domain Prediction of Complex Indicators – Model-based Methods and Robustness

16:00 - 17:30 15 December 2015
Small Area (Domain) prediction of complex indicators for example, deprivation and inequality indicators typically relies on micro-simulation/model-based methods that use regression…

Nuclear-proof communications? Telecommunications emergency planning and NATO’s Cold War signal exercises

13:00 - 14:00 15 December 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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