Lectures and seminars

A life of a woman in politics

17:00 - 19:00 9 March 2017
The School of Law is delighted to welcome the Right Honourable Dame Margaret Hodge to deliver the annual Pankhurst Lecture. Margaret Hodge was the first elected Chair of the Public…

Brian Bell (Kings College London)

16:15 - 17:45 9 March 2017
Title: The Burden of Legacy Costs: Evidence from Pension Black Holes Abstract Who pays for the costs that arise from legacy employment arrangements? We create a unique dataset that…

CANCELLED: CTIS Seminar: Ruth Bush, "African Literature and the Post-capitalist Imaginary: Reading Tram 83"

14:00 - 15:30 9 March 2017
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…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Professor Joseph Vogl: Financial Governance

17:00 - 19:00 9 March 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme 'Precarity'. Joseph Vogl (Professor of Modern German Literature, Cultural, and Media Studies, Humboldt-University Berlin) will…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Loveday Alexander (Sheffield), 'Orality and the Gospels'

14:00 - 16:00 9 March 2017
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: Charles West (University of Sheffield) ‘“A long and a dark tale” – Clerical Exemption before Becket.’

16:15 - 17:45 9 March 2017
Charles West (University of Sheffield) ‘“A long and a dark tale” – Clerical Exemption before Becket.’

Silvanos Mudzvova: Acting Up in Zimbabwe

18:00 - 19:30 9 March 2017
Silvanos Mudzvova is a Zimbabwean playwright, theatre director, filmmaker and activist. Through a range of different creative strategies, he has for several years been involved in…

The four-legged getaway car: donkeys and their owners in papyri from Roman Egypt

16:55 - 18:30 9 March 2017
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Vital Topics: Cyber Security - Five dominating trends

17:45 - 20:00 9 March 2017
Can you trust your digital footprint anymore? In recent times, high profile email hacks have ruptured reputations and caused tremors which have, without exaggeration, altered the course…

Fighting for Europe

14:00 - 15:00 12 March 2017
A special event co-organised by the Manchester JMCE, Manchester for Europe and the UoM European Affairs Society Professor Grayling is the Master of the New College of the Humanities…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 13th March 2017 - Dr Alanna Cant – University of Kent

16:00 - 18:00 13 March 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 13th March 2017 Dr Alanna Cant – University of Kent On The Object Itself: Oaxacan Woodcarvers And The Allure Of Their Art Current scholarship…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar- Frozen or Malleable: Political Ideology in the Face of Economic Hardship

16:00 - 17:30 14 March 2017
Abstract: To what degree do people adjust their political ideology in response to deteriorations in their material circumstances, such as job loss or negative income shocks? To answer…

Department of Politics - The JMCE Annual Lecture

16:00 14 March 2017
Department of Politics - The JMCE Annual Lecture (THE JMCE ANNUAL LECTURE) Tuesday 14 March 2017, 16:00 @ TBC Speaker: Jeffrey Franks (Director of the IMF Europe Office and Senior…

Environmental Economics Seminar: Souvik Datta (University of Glasgow)

13:00 - 14:00 14 March 2017
Title: The impact of indoor solid fuel use on the stunting of Indian children Abstract: About half of Indian children under the age of three years are stunted. We use data from the…

Philosophy Research Seminar - Jules Holroyd (Sheffield)

15:00 - 17:00 14 March 2017
Title *Implicit Bias, Self-Defence, and the Reasonable Person Abstract *The reasonable person standard is used in adjudicating claims of self-defence. In US law, an individual may…

Seminar: Ludo Visschers (Edinburgh)

16:15 - 17:45 14 March 2017
Title: TBA

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture: Maxine Peake in conversation about Shakespeare and politics

17:15 - 19:00 14 March 2017
* PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT! * PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE The 2017 Stachniewski Memorial Lecture will take place on the 14 March, 2017. Maxine Peake will be…

The IMF and the Eurozone Crisis: troublemaker or trouble-shooter?

16:00 - 17:30 14 March 2017
You are cordially welcome to this JMCE special event: The IMF and the Eurozone Crisis: troublemaker or trouble-shooter? A special JMCE event Dr. Jeffrey Franks Director of…

Critical Global Politics - CGP Cluster Seminar - Semester 2

15:30 - 17:00 15 March 2017
Critical Global Politics - CGP Cluster Seminar - Semester 2 Berit Bliesemann de Guevara (Aberystwyth) Raising Silent Voices Details to be advised

Finance seminar by Jaideep Oberoi, Kent Business School

14:00 - 16:00 15 March 2017
Robustly modelling the scale and shape dynamics of stock return distributions

Geography Research Seminar: Dr. Julie Durcan (University of Oxford) - Landscape dynamics and change on the Ghaggar-Hakra floodplain, India: implications for the Indus Civilisation

16:00 - 17:30 15 March 2017
Title: Landscape dynamics and change on the Ghaggar-Hakra floodplain, India: implications for the Indus Civilisation Abstract: The area around the ephemeral Ghaggar-Hakra River system…

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Katia Chornik, 'Collecting and archiving music histories from political detention centres in Pinochet’s Chile (1973-1990)'

13:00 - 13:50 15 March 2017
History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Katia Chornik, 'Collecting and archiving music histories from political detention centres in Pinochet’s Chile (1973-1990).'

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 15 March 2017
Speaker: Paolo Campana is a University Lecturer at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge. His work specialises in organised crime and forms of extra-legal governance.…

Sociology Seminar 15 Mar 2-3pm- 'Eating out in three English cities: casualization and social division' by Alan Warde, Jessica Paddock and Jennifer Whillans

14:00 - 15:00 15 March 2017
You are warmly invited to the March Sociology seminar. To be held on Weds 15th March 2-3pm in the Hanson Room, HBS. The seminar will be given by Prof Alan Warde, Dr Jessica Paddock…

Sustainability Seminar Series – Health and Wellbeing: How do our buildings and greenspace contribute to our wellbeing and infrastructure resilience? With Dr Jeremy Carter and Kelly Watson

12:00 - 14:00 15 March 2017
Sustainability Seminar Series – Energy, Well-Being, Biodiversity, Food, Travel & More Launching in January 2017, the Sustainability Seminar Series seeks to present opportunities for…

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