School of Social Sciences

MA Politics Conference 2016

15 December 2016
The conference will showcase the best Masters level research in Politics in the UK. We want to encourage students to think of themselves as researchers and have a chance to experience…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 30th January 2017 - Dr Chika Watanabe – University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 30 January 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 30th January 2017 Dr Chika Watanabe – University of Manchester Imprecise Numbers : Managerial and Experiental Knowledge in a Japanese NGO in…

CMIST afternoon seminar: “A Tale of Two Parasites”

16:00 - 17:30 31 January 2017
In this talk, I will first make some general comments about the role of statistical modelling in scientific research, distinguishing between empirical and mechanistic models. I will…

Critical Global Politics - CGP Cluster Seminar - Semester 2

15:30 - 17:00 1 February 2017
Dear colleagues The Critical Global Politics cluster research seminar series begins on Wednesday 1st February when we welcome Ben OLoughlin. Ben O'Loughlin is Professor of International…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 1 February 2017
Speaker: Dominika Czerniawska Title: Structural holes and tie redundancy in scientific exchange networks On some fundamental level, we can think of scholars as actors possessing,…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 6th February 2017 - Dr Casey High – University of Edinburgh

16:00 - 18:00 6 February 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 6TH February 2017 Dr Casey High – University of Edinburgh Anthropological Collaboration and Social Transformation in Contemporary Amazonia My…

Philosophy Research Seminar - Lubomira Radoilska (Kent)

15:00 - 17:00 7 February 2017
Title *Self-Effacing Reasons for Action and the Epistemic Condition on Responsibility Abstract *In this talk, I explore how and why a class of self-effacing reasons for action might…

Department of Politics - JMCE seminars

16:00 - 18:00 8 February 2017
Department of Politics - JMCE seminars Wednesday 8 February 2017, 16:00 @ TBC Speaker: Prof Dr Michael Gehler (Institut für Geschichte, Universität Hildesheim) Title: The European Union: A new post-modern Empire?

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars - Andrew Baker - Sheffield University - This event has been cancelled

15:30 - 17:00 8 February 2017
Andrew Baker is unfortunately ill so the seminar this afternoon (8th Feb) is cancelled. Apologies. The next GPE seminar will be on the 8th March with Silke Trommer (Manchester) and JP Singh (Edinburgh).

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 8 February 2017
Speaker: Stephen Pryke, Senior Lecturer at UCL Title: Using SNA to understand self-organising communication and information exchange networks in a £600BN rail infrastructure project…

Politics Critical Global Economy Seminar - Stabilizing the System: The New Macroprudential Political Economy - Andrew Baker - University of Sheffield

15:30 - 17:00 8 February 2017
Politics Critical Global Economy Seminar Stabilizing the System: The New Macroprudential Political Economy Andrew Baker University of Sheffield Room to be confirmed

Seminar: De-colonial computing - CANCELLED

14:00 8 February 2017
Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. Speaker: Mustafa Ali (Open University) More details to follow This is a Critical Investigations of Digital Culture Seminar, organised…

Sociology Seminar 8th Feb, 2-3pm ALB Boardroom by Laura Fenton

14:00 - 15:00 8 February 2017
You are warmly invited to the first Sociology seminar of 2017, given by Laura Fenton, Sociology. Laura's talk is entitled: 'Beyond 'Mother's Ruin': Re-conceptualising the Socio-Moral…

The European Union: A new post-modern Empire

16:15 8 February 2017
The European Union: A new post-modern Empire

MANCEPT Research Seminar Semester 2 - Dr Phil Parvin (Loughborough) - ‘Democracy Without Participation: A New Politics for a Disengaged Era’.

16:00 - 17:30 9 February 2017
Dr Phil Parvin (Loughborough) will give a paper on, ‘Democracy Without Participation: A New Politics for a Disengaged Era’. Democracy Without Participation: A New Politics for a Disengaged…

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