Conferences

Technical Skills Day

09:30 - 16:00 30 March 2017
The Fourth Technical Skills Day will be held in the seminar room and lounge of the AV Hill Building on Thursday 30th March; this is an all-day event that includes informative seminars…

Contemporary Spanish Screen Media and Responses to Crisis and Aftermath

10:00 31 March - 15:30 1 April 2017
This conference will explore the diverse ways in which Spanish screen media has responded to the recent economic crisis. Since 2008, the economic context of precariousness and its…

‘Comment is free, but facts are sacred’: The Guardian in Local, National, and Global History

09:00 - 17:30 6 April 2017
Keynote speaker: Martin Wainwright, journalist, author and former Northern Editor of the Guardian. This conference celebrates the rich history of the Guardian (formerly Manchester…

PhilChat Conference: Race, Gender and Class in Philosophy

12:00 - 17:00 28 April 2017
PhilChat is a conference for undergrads, aimed at promoting the voices of underrepresented groups in philosophy. The conference ran last year for the first time, to great success. This…

William Blake: The Man from the Future

12:30 - 16:30 5 May 2017
William Blake, the most protean figure in British culture, is always in the process of being re-born, re-worked and re conceived. It is simply a fact of historical life that he is an…

Faithful Attitudes: The Role of Faith in Our Lives

15 - 16 May 2017
Overview: This call for attendance is for a forthcoming research workshop to be held at the University of Manchester. The workshop title and theme is ‘Faithful attitudes: The role of…

SEED PGR conference - 'Emerging Challenges in the Age of Uncertainty'

15 May 2017
The conference is on 15th May, Monday in Barnes Wallis Building (No 9 – University Map). This year’s theme is ‘Emerging challenges in the age of uncertainty’. Staff and PGR in SEED…

The Profession We Want: Practical Ways to Improve Philosophy

09:30 15 - 16:30 16 May 2017
The discipline of philosophy has for a long time been a needlessly difficult environment for women and the members of other groups, and some progress has been made, especially over…

National Teachers and Advisers Conference

09:30 - 15:30 17 May 2017
The 2017 National Teachers and Advisers Conference (NTAC) will take place on Wednesday, 17 May 2017 from 9.30am to 3.30pm at The University of Manchester. This one-day conference will…

Aid, Conflict and Peace: collaborative research symposium

19 May 2017
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute is hosting ‘Aid, Conflict and Peace: collaborative research symposium’. This multidisciplinary conference will bring together researchers…

Everyday Revolutions in Southern and Eastern Europe - Day 1

09:00 - 15:30 19 May 2017
Inspired by the centenary of the 1917 Revolution, the event promises to explore the contemporary pertinence of the idea of revolution in Southern and Eastern Europe. Moving beyond questions…

Manifest Reality

10:00 - 17:00 24 May 2017
A workshop with Lucy Allais exploring themes from her recent book Manifest Reality: Kant's Idealism and his Realism (OUP, 2015) *Please note the change of location and time-table*…

Ten years of the Companies Act 2006

09:00 - 18:00 8 June 2017
Join us for this one-day conference hosted by The University of Manchester and Queen Mary University of London. After almost ten years of deliberations since the announcement of the…

Wars of Position: Marxism and Civil Society International Conference

8 - 10 June 2017
‘In Russia’, wrote Antonio Gramsci, ‘the State was everything’ and ‘civil society primordial’; in the highly-developed West, civil society formed ‘permanent fortifications’ which the…

Documenting, understanding, and addressing ethnic inequalities

20 - 21 June 2017
CoDE are holding a major two-day conference in Manchester to discuss the outcomes of its first four years of work. The ambitious intention of the conference is to bring a wide range…

Conference: ISLAMIC PSYCHOANALYSIS / PSYCHOANALYTIC ISLAM

26 - 27 June 2017
ISLAMIC PSYCHOANALYSIS / PSYCHOANALYTIC ISLAM University of Manchester, 26-27 June 2017 This international conference organised by the College of Psychoanalysts – UK with the support…

Pharmacy Education Conference 2017

09:30 - 16:30 26 June 2017
We would like to welcome all those who have an interest in pharmacy undergraduate education to the fourth Pharmacy Education Conference on 26th June 2017 in Manchester. This conference…

'Archival Afterlives', The 2017 John Rylands Research Institute Conference

27 - 29 June 2017
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ‘Archival Afterlives’: Postwar Poetry in English 2017 John Rylands Research Institute Conference 27-29 June 2017, University of Manchester EXTENDED DEADLINE:…

48th BACG Annual Conference

18:00 27 - 13:00 30 June 2017
In 2017, the annual meeting of the British Association of Crystal Growth (BACG) will take place in Manchester, from 27th to 30th of June. We are preparing an exciting programme comprising…

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in Biology, Medicine and Health: Partnerships and Perspectives

12:00 - 16:00 26 July 2017
Public Contributors, Public/Patient Representatives, staff and students with an interest in patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) are invited to join us to celebrate…

The 12th Annual International Ethnography Symposium

29 August - 1 September 2017
The Annual Ethnography Symposium is a leading international forum for debate and dialogue on the theory, practice, and form of ethnographic work. It was established in 2005 at the University…

CEAS Research Showcase Day

4 October 2017
Come along to the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science’s Research Showcase Event to find out how our current academics and researchers are developing innovative solutions…

World on the Move: Migration, Societies and Change

30 October - 1 November 2017
The University of Manchester’s Migration Lab invites proposals for papers, workshops, exhibitions and performances which respond to the theme of ‘migration in the context of uncertainty…

From Liberal Studies to Innovation Research: Celebrating 50 years of science and innovation policy and management research at the University of Manchester

3 November 2017
In 2017 the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and marking over 50 years of science and innovation policy and management studies at the…

Culture & International Mental Health Conference 2017: Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention

09:00 - 16:30 8 November 2017
The Global Mental Health and Cultural Psychiatry research group is pleased to announce that the 7th Culture and International Mental Health Conference will return to Manchester on Wednesday…

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