Lectures and seminars

Social Anthropology Seminar - John Gledhill - The University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 28 November 2016
John Gledhill – The University of Manchester The enduring contradictions of policing in Brazil: ethnographic and structural perspectives Brazil offers a spectacular example of a…

The WTO Law in international (dis)order

17:00 - 19:00 28 November 2016
The Manchester International Law Centre is happy to welcome Mr. Victor do Prado, who is currently the Director of the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee Division in the WTO to…

Hunting cancer in the blood

12:30 - 13:30 29 November 2016
This is part of Genetic Medicine Seminar Series Professor Caroline Dive - Hunting cancer in the blood

PEM Research Seminar-SELECTION by HOUSE PRICES: THE AFFECT of GRAMMAR SCHOOL CATCHMENTS on HOUSE PRICE DYNAMICS

17:00 - 18:00 29 November 2016
SELECTION by HOUSE PRICES: THE AFFECT of GRAMMAR SCHOOL CATCHMENTS on HOUSE PRICE DYNAMIC

Seminar: Vito Polito (University of Bath)

16:15 - 17:45 29 November 2016
Title: Population Ageing, Social Security and Fiscal Limits

Star Carr – the end!

18:00 29 November 2016
Archaeology Research Seminar

(Important! Cancelled) The economic crisis and the environment in Europe

14:00 - 15:00 30 November 2016
This event has been cancelled! Speaker: Dr. Charlotte Burns (University of York) Title: The economic crisis and the environment in Europe

Dr. Rebecca Jarman: Bolivarian Landslides: Disaster, Revolution and the Future in New Venezuelan Narratives

17:00 - 18:30 30 November 2016
Venue: Arthur Lewis, G0.19

Finance seminar by Alberta Di Giuli, ESCP Paris

14:00 - 16:00 30 November 2016
Board members' media connections and access to financing

Geography Research Seminar: Penny How (School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh) The power of images: examining glacier calving processes in Svalbard using photogrammetric techniques

16:15 - 17:30 30 November 2016
Abstract: Predictions of future sea level rise are currently hindered by our limited understanding of how ice is transferred to the ocean. Here, new techniques in time-lapse photogrammetry…

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Kristy Ironside, ‘ “Workers long-held dream”: the Cold War and the abolition of taxes in the Soviet Union 1959-1962’

13:00 - 13:50 30 November 2016
Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Kristy Ironside, ‘ “Workers long-held dream”: the Cold War and the abolition of taxes in the Soviet Union 1959-1962’

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 30 November 2016
Gaelle Aeby, University of Manchester Pluralization of personal networks across three European countries This presentation investigates the diversity of personal networks across three…

Royal Economic Society - 2016 Annual Public Lecture

17:30 - 20:00 30 November 2016
'In Search of the Perfect Match – the economics of picking our partners and jobs' - Professor Philipp Kircher (The University of Edinburgh)

Technicians Seminar Series: Professor Richard Grencis - Parasitic worms – for better, for worse…

13:00 - 14:00 30 November 2016
The technician’s seminars are popular and generally well attended, covering a wide range of research topics with FBMH. This event is to promote general interest across faculty. The…

"Different roles for Runx transcription factors in metastatic and non-metastatic breast cancer" and "Ribosomal RNA modification and its impact on mitochondrial function"

13:30 - 14:30 1 December 2016
Gene Expression, Chromatin and Signalling Autumn Seminar Programme Andrew Sharrocks

Achilles Tatius: Bellies, Births, and Bastards

16:55 - 18:30 1 December 2016
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

CTIS Seminar: Prof. Helle V. Dam and Prof. Karen Zethsen, Aarhus University, "The Translator as the Central Figure – a realistic or an idealistic model?"

14:00 - 15:30 1 December 2016
The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series brings researchers from across the UK and Europe to the University of Manchester to present on their work. These…

Degui Li (University of York)

16:15 - 17:45 1 December 2016
Title: Semiparametric Ultra-High Dimensional Model Averaging of Nonlinear Dynamic Time Series Abstract: We propose two semiparametric model averaging schemes for nonlinear dynamic…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. James R. Davila (St. Andrews), ‘Roles of Angels in 1 Enoch and the Hekhalot Literature'

14:00 - 16:00 1 December 2016
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public, with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute…

Society of Legal Scholars’ Centenary Lecture

18:00 - 20:00 1 December 2016
The Law School will be hosting the Society of Legal Scholars’ Centenary Lecture on Thursday, December 1, 2016. Lady Justice Arden has agreed to deliver the lecture entitled, “Why…

Division of Psychology & Mental Health research seminar - Postnatal depression: from epidemiology to development of culturally sensitive interventions

12:45 - 14:00 5 December 2016
Research seminar by Professor Nusrat Husain, Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Manchester. If you are attending, please email Dr Pearl Mok (pearl.mok@manchester.ac.uk) as soon as possible.

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Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum