Lectures and seminars

Annual Linnean Society Lecture

16:00 - 18:00 6 December 2016
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health presents the Annual Linnean Society Lecture. Join us for a celebration of contributions made by women to Natural Sciences, in memory of…

Determining the genes that are important in susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis post GWAS

12:30 - 13:30 6 December 2016
This is part of Genetic Medicine Seminar Series Stephen Eyre - Determining the genes that are important in susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis post GWAS

Manchester Metallurgical Society presents Macro-Segregation in Large Steel Ingots Lecture

06:30 - 08:00 6 December 2016
The Manchester Metallurgical Society (MMS) presents: Speaker: Ed Pickering, The University of Manchester Title: Macro-Segregation in Large Steel Ingots All Welcome Buffet available from 6.00 pm

PEM Research Seminar-HELPING PLACES ADDRESS CHANGE & UNCERTAINTY: EXPERIENCE from EUROPE

17:00 - 18:00 6 December 2016
HELPING PLACES ADDRESS CHANGE & UNCERTAINTY EXPERIENCE from EUROPE

Regulating the Innovators: Reputation, Reputation, Reputation

16:30 - 18:30 6 December 2016
In September 2016, the birth of the world’s first baby created from ‘3 parents’ was announced. The medical team which oversaw this procedure could not carry it out in their home jurisdiction…

Trials of early intervention in autism: what they can tell us about developmental process and treatment effectiveness

11:00 - 12:30 6 December 2016
The ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD) continues its seminar series this month with a talk by Professor Jonathan Green, Professor of Child…

'A hunger for truth’: desire and temptation in late Victorian science

13:00 - 15:00 7 December 2016
In this presentation, Léjon Saarloos (Leiden University) will argue that the categories of ‘desire’ and ‘temptation’ were important to the ways Victorian men of science perceived, disputed,…

Accounting seminar by Stephen Walker, Edinburgh Business School

14:00 - 16:00 7 December 2016
Accountants and the Pursuit of the National Interest: A Study of Role Conflict during the First World War

Deepening engagement in learning: a question of identity?

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2016
The Sarah Fielden Seminar Series in the Manchester Institute of Education

English Literature Research Seminar: Florence Impens, (UoM), 'Elaine Feinstein, Marina Tsvetaeva, and The Art of Translation'

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2016
Florence Impens, (UoM), 'Elaine Feinstein, Marina Tsvetaeva, and The Art of Translation'

GDI Lecture series: Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change: Keeping Our Heads above Water

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2016
The Global Development Lecture Series brings together scholars involved in cutting edge research on international development. It aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion, providing…

Kirsty Hooper (University of Warwick), ‘Genealogy, Mobility and Family History in the Anglo-Hispanic Atlantic’

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2016
Venue: A114

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 7 December 2016
Fei Gao, Northeastern University, Shenyang

Technicians Seminar Series: TE@M ( Technical excellence @Manchester) Manchester Technical networking, up and coming events and Christmas social

13:00 - 14:00 7 December 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…

Why we need chaos, silence & boredom in public and patient engagement

16:00 - 17:00 7 December 2016
Everyone seems to agree that public engagement with science, technology and medicine is important. It enables public dialogue, promotes robust outcomes for research, and empowers…

"Epigenetic signalling pathways in liver fibrosis"

13:30 - 14:30 8 December 2016
Gene Expression, Chromatin and Signalling Autumn Seminar Programme Andrew Sharrocks

Alex Hartley - Reflections on Utopia and Post-Studio Art Practice

17:30 - 19:00 8 December 2016
The lecture will use examples of my own work to discuss utopian ideas within current post-studio art practice, including 'Nowhereisland', my ten-year artwork that culminated in a new…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Perspectivism

12:00 - 14:00 8 December 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Winter 2016 programme, 'Possible Worlds'. Perspectivism Professor Lúcia Sá (Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies) will be discussing the work…

Dr Anne Kirkham 'Hark the Herald - Angels in the John Rylands Library’s Books of Hours'

18:00 - 19:30 8 December 2016
Dr Anne Kirkham, Anne Kirkham (Art History & Visual Studies, The University of Manchester) will lecture on Angels in the John Rylands Library’s Books of Hours

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Hugh Pyper (Sheffield), ‘Alban Berg’s Wozzeck: A Case Study in Changing Cultural Perceptions of the Bible'

14:00 - 16:00 8 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…

History Research Seminar: Philipp Schofield (Aberystwyth), ‘Identifying the Impact of Famine in the Medieval English Countryside’

16:15 - 17:30 8 December 2016
History Research Seminar: Philipp Schofield (Aberystwyth), ‘Identifying the Impact of Famine in the Medieval English Countryside’

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Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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