Lectures and seminars

Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar: Roman Vater (Oxford) - "National Alternatives to Zionism: The Case of the Young Hebrews, 1939-1976"

16:00 - 17:30 18 February 2016
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

CIDRAL Postgraduate Event: Seminar with François Hartog

10:00 - 12:00 18 February 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. Professor François Hartog (EHESS) will hold a seminar for…

CTIS Research Seminar: Bringing the Message to LGBT Youth around the World? Online Activism, Translation, Cultural Work

14:00 - 15:30 18 February 2016
In this talk, I reframe debates on the global emergence of LGBTQ+ movements as questions about translation. I return to theorisations of power within Translation Studies to push against…

Diodorus Siculus’ ‘Slave War’ narratives: writing social commentary in the Bibliotheke

16:55 - 18:30 18 February 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

Ehrhardt Seminar: Richard Britton - "From Semiotics to the Sword: Islamic Extremism and the Violence of Christ"

14:00 - 16:00 18 February 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

February half term: Meet the Expert

13:00 15 - 13:45 19 February 2016
A chance to meet one of our resident scientific and engineering experts, find out about their work and quiz them about what they do and their knowledge of Jodrell Bank. If you have…

Macrophages - Tissue Specialisations and Functions

12:00 - 13:00 18 February 2016
MIG Seminar Series

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…

Translating Feminist Literary Theory into Arabic

12:00 - 13:30 18 February 2016
A public lecture within the framework of a British Academy funded partnership between the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies at Manchester and the Department of English…

How can health psychology help improve the lives of older people?

14:00 - 16:30 19 February 2016
MICRA Seminar Health Psychology is concerned with understanding thoughts, feelings and behaviour in relation to health and illness. The Manchester Centre for Health Psychology was…

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management in Brazil: The Impact of British Investment, 1875 -1914

13:00 - 14:00 22 February 2016
This paper looks at the impact of British innovation, entrepreneurship and management on Brazilian economic development from 1875 to 1914, a period when Britain was the main foreign…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Katherine Swancutt (King's College London)

16:00 - 18:00 22 February 2016
Title : Religion through the Looking Glass: Fieldwork, Biography and Esprit de Corps in Southwest China and Beyond This paper is an exploration into the excess of fascination with…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Sex by numbers: what statistics can, and can't, tell us about sexual behaviour.

16:00 - 17:30 23 February 2016
Abstract: How often, with whom, and doing what? The statistics of sexual behaviour can be riveting, but can we believe them? I will look at examples ranging from pre-nuptial pregnancy…

Development Economics Seminar

01:00 - 14:00 23 February 2016
Development Economics Seminar- Dr. Mehdi Chowdoury, University of Bournemouth

Disease, professionalisation and research; creating a prison medical service in Victorian England - Laura Sellers (University of Leeds)

13:00 - 14:00 23 February 2016
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…

Integrins in haematopoiesis: What is the impact of alpha4 integrin on stem cell and progenitor survival, migration and compartmentalisation?

12:00 - 13:00 25 February 2016
MIG Seminar Series

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