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Tuesday Talks – at the Whitworth - On Tuesdays from 26 January - 1 March 2016

11:00 - 12:30 1 March 2016
Tuesday Talks return to the Whitworth Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary…

IBBMH Research Seminar Series | Professor Rachel Calam

12:45 - 14:00 7 March 2016
Speaker: Rachel Calam. Professor of Child and Family Psychology at The University of Manchester, will talk about a number of studies which illustrate the potential value of using evidence-based…

CIDRAL Talk: Alvise Sforza Tarabochia: Basaglia and Lacan

14:00 - 16:00 8 March 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. It is co-organised with the Manchester Psychoanalytic Matrix.…

Supporting Women with postnatal depression in Pakistan: Collaboration across continents

12:00 - 13:00 9 March 2016
This presentation will explain how collaborations between researchers based in UoM and those based in Pakistan are able to work together to explore the experience of maternal depression…

Contested Syria, Contested Knowledge: Insights, Challenges, and Lessons from Research and Grassroots Reporting

17:30 - 19:00 10 March 2016
Multiple conflicts continue to be fought in Syria, and the devastation wrought by five years of violence inflicted by states, and then non-state groups, continues to mount. It can seem…

The People's Galleries

18:00 - 19:30 10 March 2016
Giles Waterfield will talk about the development of art galleries and exhibitions in Britain during the long nineteenth century, with especial emphasis on Victorian Manchester. Giles's…

UK: China’s Best Partner in the West?

13:00 - 14:00 14 March 2016
The UK presents itself to China as "best partner", in a way that recalls, somewhat unfortunately, the 'most favoured nation' terminology of the nineteenth century. Whilst some voices…

A Risk Assessment Approach to Organised Crime and Human Trafficking

15:00 - 16:30 15 March 2016
Abstract: The risk posed by organized crime is a central concern of governments and markets around the world. Various manifestations of organised crime, including…

Information Event for Industry Engagement Fund - MRC Proximity to Discovery

10:30 - 13:00 21 March 2016
Following the successful implementation of Phase 1, the Business Engagement Team is pleased to announce that we have been awarded £250,000 from the Medical Research Council to deliver…

IBBMH Research Seminar Series | Dr Roger Webb

12:45 - 14:00 4 April 2016
Speaker: Dr Roger Webb. Presentation title: Self-harm and suicide among UK primary care patients: evidence from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Dr Roger Webb, Reader…

LuCiD Seminar - The Evolution of Linguistic Structure: where learning, culture and biology meet

11:00 - 12:30 5 April 2016
The Evolution of Linguistic Structure: where learning, culture and biology meet Simon Kirby (University of Edinburgh) Tuesday 5th April 2016, 11 - 12.30, Room 1.001 Roscoe Building,…

‘Understanding Pain – bottom-up versus top down’ – Ben Seymour

15:00 - 17:00 8 April 2016
Ben Seymour is an outstanding neurologist and neuroscientist who has pioneered the application of computational modelling to the functional brain imaging of pain perception. His interests…

Japanese maps and European collectors: Why they were made and why they were collected?

17:00 - 19:00 14 April 2016
We are excited to welcome Professor Peter Kornicki, who will talk about the production of maps in Japan during the Edo period and their appearance in European collections, such as the…

The Politics of Wounds: Front line treatments during the Great War.

17:30 - 19:00 14 April 2016
The Museum of Medicine and Health presents an ‘Artefact Talk’ by Dr Ana Carden-Coyne, Senior Lecturer in War and Conflict and co-Director of the Centre for the Cultural History of War…

Expressing priorities: A new practitioner tool for domestic abuse perpetrators

14:00 - 15:30 20 April 2016
Recent research in Wales suggests that the group of domestic abuse perpetrators causing the most harm is likely to include some combination of serial, high-risk and repeat…

Faculty Research Series

12:30 - 14:00 20 April 2016
12:30 – 2:00pm (lunch 12:30 – 1:00pm; presentations 1:00 – 2:00pm) Michael Smith Lecture Theatre (lunch in lounge area) Hosted by Institute of Population Health and School of Psychological…

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 17:00 25 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Monday 25: 12noon Orang-utan Hairy tree porcupine Aye-Aye Volcanic ash Polar bear 2pm Gharial (Gavialis…

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 16:00 26 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Tuesday 25 April 12noon Harpy eagle Archaeopteryx Phantasmal frog Reindeer moss Garden tiger + wall brown…

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 20:00 27 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Wednesday 27 April 12noon Another bird? dodo Mammoth Starfish trilobites 3pm Willow bark seed banks woolly…

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 16:00 28 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Thursday 28 April 12noon Neanderthals Strawberry poison dart frog Green turtle Hawaiian goose Poison dart…

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 16:00 29 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Friday 29 April 12noon Grey wolf Scarab beetle Horseshoe crab Pangolin red panda 3pm lichen carcharodon…

Black lawyers matter

19:00 - 20:00 5 May 2016
Examining the under-representation of young black men studying law. Considering the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system upon African Caribbean men, why are so few…

IBBMH Research Seminar Series | Professor Matthew Lambon Ralph

12:45 - 14:00 9 May 2016
Speaker: Professor Matthew Lambon Ralph Presentation title: The neural basis of semantic memory and its disorders If you are attending, please email Dr Pearl Mok pearl.mok@manchester.ac.uk…

Get A Head and Get Ahead: 'Self-help' Science of Phrenology

17:30 - 19:00 12 May 2016
The Museum and Medicine and Health, in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Manchester invite students and staff as well as members of the public to the latest events…

A Public Affair – Patient centred education and social responsibility

14:00 - 16:00 17 May 2016
Manchester Medical School is delighted to invite you to ‘A Public Affair – Patient centred education and social responsibility’ an event to celebrate the innovative work of Manchester…

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