School of Social Sciences

Global Political Economy and Critical Global Politics Clusters’ Research Seminar - ‘The British Rebalance to Asia: Promises and Prospects’ - OLIVER TURNER (Hallsworth Research Fellow, UoM

15:00 - 18:00 3 February 2016
Dear colleagues Just a reminder of the joint Global Political Economy and Critical Global Politics Clusters’ Research Seminar at 3pm on Wednesday 3rd February, in 5.207 University…

Politics Seminar - The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: is this a first step towards a sino-centric regional order?’ - Dr Silvia Menigazzi

16:00 - 17:30 3 February 2016
Dear colleagues You are cordially invited to a seminar jointly hosted by the Politics DA and the Centre for Chinese Studies: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: is this…

Dorothy Emmet Lecture: "Nature's Handmaiden, Art"

18:00 - 20:00 4 February 2016
Philosophy at the University of Manchester presents the inaugural Dorothy Emmet Lecture: a public lecture by Prof. Catherine Elgin (Harvard University), "Nature's Handmaiden, Art".…

Politics - MANCEPT research seminar - Liam Shields will present on “The Importance of Being Parents”

16:00 - 18:00 4 February 2016
Dear all, The next MANCEPT research seminar will be on Thursday 4 February, when our very own Liam Shields will present on “The Importance of Being Parents”. The seminar starts at…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Piers Vitebsky (University of Cambridge)

16:00 - 18:00 8 February 2016
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 08 February 2016 Dr Piers Vitebsky, University of Cambridge Title: “Changing forms of loss and redemption in Tribal India" During the 1970s,…

The Global Political Economy research cluster seminar - After Austerity: The Financialisation of the Welfare State - Wednesday 24th February - 3pm

15:00 - 18:00 8 February 2016
Dear colleagues The Global Political Economy research cluster invite you to the following seminar, which takes place at 3pm on Wednesday 24th February in 4.212 University Place: …

CANCELLED: CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Work-life balance and class: in search of working-class work-lives

16:00 - 17:30 9 February 2016
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this seminar has had to be cancelled. We hope to rearrange this seminar for a future date. Abstract: The common conclusion from work-life studies…

Democracy and Elections seminar: 'Benefits of Diversity: why do political parties recruit women and BME MPs and what does it mean for representation?'

15:30 10 February 2016
Benefits of Diversity: why do political parties recruit women and BME MPs and what does it mean for representation?' With Dr Maria Sobolewska With party diversity high on the agenda…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 10 February 2016
Robert Young, University of Glasgow Adolescent peer networks and mental health: Studying the influence of online and in-person peer networks on young people’s mental health. The talk…

The Truth about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

14:00 - 15:00 10 February 2016
Dr. Gabriel Siles-Brugge (University of Manchester)

‘Can brands save the world?’ On the ethical projects of commercial communications

14:00 - 15:00 10 February 2016
Corporations increasingly draw upon notions of sustainable consumption to address consumers, employees and other stakeholders. The paper draws upon primary research into the commercial…

Politics - MANCEPT Research Seminar - Presented by Billy Christmas “Toward Methodological Anarchism”

16:00 - 18:00 11 February 2016
Dear all, The next MANCEPT research seminar will be on Thursday 11 February, when our very own Billy Christmas will give a presentation titled “Toward Methodological Anarchism”. The…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Why God is Watching: Supernatural Punishment and the Evolution of Cooperation

16:00 - 17:30 15 February 2016
Abstract: Amidst the dazzling diversity of religions across the world, certain elements stand out as common to them all. One of the most widespread and powerful is belief in supernatural…

JMCE Event - Seminar - Where Next for the UK and the EU? An Irish perspective - Ambassador DANIEL MULHALL

16:30 - 17:30 15 February 2016
You are warmly invited to this special JMCE Event: Where Next for the UK and the EU? An Irish perspective Ambassador DANIEL MULHALL (Irish Ambassador to the UK) 15 February,…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Prof Signe Howell (University of Oslo)

16:00 - 18:00 15 February 2016
Title: ”Seeing, Knowing, Being, Acting: Chewong animism and human anthropomorphizing” Drawing on ethnographic material from Chewong, a hunting, gathering and shifting cultivating…

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***

Environmental and Resource Economics Seminar CANCELLED

13:00 - 14:00 16 February 2016
Environmental and Resource Economics Seminar Speaker: Torben Klarl (University of Augsburg) CANCELLED

Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop: Dr Torben Klarl

13:00 - 14:00 16 February 2016
Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop https://www.uni-ulm.de/mawi/mawi-wiwi/mitarbeiter/dr-dr-habil-torben-klarl.html

Stacie Friend (Birkbeck): The Real Foundation of Fictional Worlds

15:00 - 17:00 16 February 2016
Abstract: I argue that judgements of what is ‘true in a fiction’ presuppose the Reality Assumption: the assumption that everything that is (really) true is also fictionally the case,…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 17 February 2016
Bruce Edmonds, Manchester Metropolitan University How can we check Social Network models and measures? Agent-base modelling as the next level test after face validity. All social network…

MANCEPT research seminar - Thursday 18 February - “Beyond Reforms: Implementing the Responsibility to Protect” - Bola Adediran (University of Manchester)

16:00 - 18:00 18 February 2016
Dear all, The next MANCEPT research seminar will be on Thursday 18 February, when our very own Bola Adediran will give a presentation titled “Beyond Reforms: Implementing the Responsibility…

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