School of Social Sciences

MANCEPT research seminar - Thursday 17 March - Ashwini Vasanthakumar - University of York

16:00 - 18:00 17 March 2016
Dear all, The next MANCEPT research seminar will be on Thursday 17 March, when Ashwini Vasanthakumar (York) will give a presentation titled “Epistemic Privilege and Victims’ Duties…

'Living the Weather: a study in the socio-atmospherics of everyday life' - BSA conference stream plenary

09:30 - 10:30 7 April 2016
Professor Jennifer Mason is giving the plenary session of the Families and Relationships stream at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference, held at Aston University, 6-8 April 2016.

Social Anthropology Seminar - 11th of April 2016 - Professor Peter Gow (University of St Andrews)

16:00 - 18:00 11 April 2016
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 11th April 2016 Professor Peter Gow – University of St Andrews “The Ghosts of Neighbouring Peoples : On the Freudian concept of the uncanny” …

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Social connections and health in older adults: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

16:00 - 17:30 12 April 2016
Abstract: Social connections play an important role in health and well-being across the life course. As individuals age, they experience a number of changes to their social networks…

A Good Start? The European Citizens’ Initiative and Participatory Democracy in the EU

14:00 - 15:00 13 April 2016
A Good Start? The European Citizens’ Initiative and Participatory Democracy in the EU

JMCE Seminar - Dr Elizabeth Monaghan - Good Start?

14:00 - 15:00 13 April 2016
You are warmly invited to the next JMCE Seminar: Dr Elizabeth Monaghan (University of Hull) A Good Start? The European Citizens’ Initiative and Participatory Democracy in…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 13 April 2016
Daniel Tischer, University of Manchester A networked anatomy of the CDO bubble In the talk I will present our analysis of the emerging CDO market prior to 2008 using a network approach.…

Subhasish M. Chowdhury (University of East Anglia)

17:00 - 18:00 13 April 2016
Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-battle Contests

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop: Prof Christian Belzil

16:15 - 17:45 14 April 2016
Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop

MANCEPT research seminar - Thursday 14 April - Fiona Wollard - University of Southampton - Talk title: Harming your foetus: Pregnancy and difficult deontological distinctions

16:00 - 18:00 14 April 2016
Talk title: Harming your foetus: Pregnancy and difficult deontological distinctions. Abstract: Most contemporary discussion of maternal behaviour treats mothers who fail to act…

The Department of Philosophy invites you to their Philchat Conference - Friday the 15th of April 2016

12:00 - 17:00 15 April 2016
PhilChat Conference 2016 In association with Minorities and Philosophy UK A conference in philosophy looking at issues in disability, gender and race. Date: 15th April 2016 Talks:…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday the 18th of April 2016 - Dr Angela Torresan (University of Manchester)

16:00 - 18:00 18 April 2016
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 18th of April 2016 Dr Angela Torresan – University of Manchester Title: The views of Vidigal: Commodification and gentrification in a Rio de…

Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop: Dr Stefan Ambec

12:00 - 13:00 19 April 2016
Title: Decarbonizing electricity generation with intermittent sources of energy Abstract We examine the impact of public policies that aim to decarbonate electricity production by…

Marcello Oreste Fiocco (UC Irvine): Metaphysics and Radical Ontology

15:00 - 17:00 19 April 2016
Abstract: I characterize *metaphysics* as a unified discipline, one that provides the basis for all inquiry. This discipline has a distinctive problem, arising from the needs of a…

Francesco Nava (LSE)

17:00 - 18:00 20 April 2016
Title: TBA

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 20 April 2016
Jerome Drevon, University of Manchester

Pankhurst Politics Seminar: Implications of 2016 Welsh Assembly Elections

12:30 - 13:30 20 April 2016
In this talk Rob Ford and Nerys Evans discuss the recent history of the Welsh Assembly to date and the forthcoming Assembly elections in May. Both speakers will examine the significance…

Perspectivism and Totality in Computer Games and their Constitution of Subjectivities

14:00 - 15:00 20 April 2016
Computer games have variously been described as a ‘paradigmatic media of Empire’ (Dyer-Witheford & de Peuter, 2009, p.xv), as ‘allegories for our contemporary life under the protocological…

Econometrics and Applied Economics Workshop: Prof Frank Kleibergen

16:15 - 17:45 21 April 2016
Econometrics and Applied Economics Workshop

MANCEPT research seminar - Thursday 21 April - Steve Hood - University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 21 April 2016
The next MANCEPT research seminar will be on Thursday 21 April, when our very own Stephen Hood will speak about “Four Reasons for Competition.” The seminar starts at 4pm in the Arthur…

Fabrizio Zilibotti (University of Zurich). Networks in Conflict: Theory and Evidence from the Great War of Africa.

14:00 - 15:00 22 April 2016
Fabrizio Zilibotti holds the Chair of Macroeconomics and Political Economy of the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich. He is the President of the European Economic Association.…

Politics Peace Lecture 2016: Srdja Popovic - How To Topple Tyranny

15:00 - 16:30 25 April 2016
Join the University of Manchester’s Politics department for an afternoon with one of the world’s renowned nonviolent democracy campaigners. Srdja Popovic led the Serbian nonviolent…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Prof Veronica Strang (University of Durham)

16:00 - 18:00 25 April 2016
Title: Comparative Values: water serpent beings and human-non-human relations Abstract Beliefs in water serpent beings were, at one time, ubiquitous in human societies, and they…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Estimating the Uncertainty in the Local Authority Mid-year Population Estimates

16:00 - 17:30 26 April 2016
Abstract: Each year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces mid-year population estimates for each local authority. In the years following the Census, these are produced…

Working Beyond the Border: Labour Standards and EU Trade Agreements

14:00 - 15:00 27 April 2016
Working Beyond the Border: Labour Standards and EU Trade Agreements

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