Lectures and seminars

Development Economics Seminar: Chris Woodruff (University of Oxford)

13:00 - 14:00 2 May 2017
Title: What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka. Abstract: When households increase their deposits in formal bank savings accounts, what is the…

Seminar: Renato Faccini (Queen Mary)

16:15 - 17:45 2 May 2017
Title: TBA

TAPIR: Conservation in the highlands in Costa Rica

18:30 - 19:30 2 May 2017
Join us for a fascinating lecture on Tapirs being given by Esteban Brenes-Mora, the founder and director of Nai Conservation: a research group focused on mammals from the Highlands…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Lauren Berlant on Precarity

10:00 - 12:00 3 May 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme, 'Precarity'. Professor Jackie Stacey (English, American Studies and Creative Writing) will lead a seminar for postgraduate students…

Department of Politics - JMCE Seminars

14:00 - 16:00 3 May 2017
Department of Politics - JMCE Seminars Wednesday 3 May 2017, 14:00 @ TBC Speaker: TBC Title: TBC

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars : Adrienne Roberts - University of Manchester

15:30 - 17:00 3 May 2017
Adrienne Roberts, Manchester University. Critically Interrogating Women's Entrepreneurship Initiatives in Pakistan: Reflections on Gender and Class Details to follow

Glycosaminoglycan Engineering: Towards Novel Polymers, New Tools, & Next-Gen Therapeutics

11:00 - 12:00 3 May 2017
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), a class of polysaccharides that includes hyaluronan, heparin and chondroitin, are essential macromolecules in mammals. GAGs have therapeutic potential in…

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Keith Brown, TBA

13:00 - 13:50 3 May 2017
History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Keith Brown, TBA

Masterclass: Judith Walkowitz

10:00 - 12:00 3 May 2017
Judith Walkowitz (Professor Emerita History, Johns Hopkins University and Simon Visiting Professor 2017) will lead a masterclass. All MA and PhD students in the School welcome, on…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 3 May 2017
Lorien Jasny: Using Networks to Measure Belief Change in Collaborative Environmental Management Collaborative management initiatives are increasingly being used in environmental…

Research IT Grant Support Clinic

15:00 - 16:00 3 May 2017
We offer a range of services to University researchers such as high performance computing and software consultancy, but how do you know if these services are relevant to you and your…

Art History Seminar: Prof David Lomas - Imaging Art and Medicine

17:30 - 19:00 4 May 2017
Prof David Lomas (University of Manchester): Imaging Art and Medicine: A Skeleton in My Cupboard

Ehrhardt Seminar: Paul Middleton, 'Confronting Violence in the Apocalypse: Reading Revelation through the Brick Bible'

14:00 - 16:00 4 May 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: 4 May - Stefan Hanß ‘Hair, Social Order and Cultural Encounters in Early Modern Germany’

16:15 - 17:45 4 May 2017
Stefan Hanß (The University of Cambridge) ‘Hair, Social Order and Cultural Encounters in Early Modern Germany’

Inaugural Lecture of Prof. Constantinos Theodoropoulos

15:00 - 16:00 4 May 2017
The School of CEAS would like to invite you to attend the Inaugural Lecture of Prof. Constantinos Theodoropoulos, "Integrated systems approaches for the sustainable bioproduction of fuels and added-value chemicals"

Professor Saskia Sassen, Geographies of expulsion

16:30 - 18:30 4 May 2017
The Global Development Institute and the School of Social Sciences invite you to see Professor Saskia Sassen, Professor at Columbia University, for a lecture on Geographies of expulsion…

Roman interiors: how to reconstruct the furniture and furnishings of the Roman house

17:00 - 18:30 4 May 2017
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

The G. L. Brook Memorial Lecture in Middle English

17:30 - 19:00 4 May 2017
Prof. Daniel Wakelin (Oxford), ‘Healing the scab: resisting materials in late medieval books’. Prof. Wakelin is a fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford and the author of Scribal Correction…

Whitworth Studies: Professor David Lomas - A Language of Flowers: Modern Artists and the Botanical Imaginary

17:30 - 21:00 4 May 2017
Whitworth Studies aims to encourage and support a wide range of research projects between the Whitworth and Art History and Visual Studies (AHVS), artists, other parts of the University…

Blurring Genres Network: Recovering the Humanities for Political Science and Area Studies

10:00 - 16:30 8 May 2017
Programme: 10.00am Welcome and Opening Remarks Professor Rod Rhodes, University of Southampton. 10.15am Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice Chancellor, Buckingham University. “What history do…

Brexit: Politics and British Constitutional Law - The JMCE Annual Lecture 2017

15:00 - 16:30 9 May 2017
Prof. Brazier is one of the country’s most respected constitutional lawyers. He was the Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Public Administration Committee for its inquiry into…

British Colonialism and Shi‘i Activism in Iraq: State Formation, Resistance, and Disenfranchisement

16:30 - 18:00 9 May 2017
This talk addresses Shi‘i activism as it relates to British imperialism in Iraq during and after World War One. Research for this paper is based on the writings of Shi‘i clerics and…

Development Economics Seminar: Sai Ding (University of Glasgow)

13:00 - 14:00 9 May 2017
Title: Fiscal policy volatility and capital misallocation: Evidence from China. Abstract: Can a demand-side macroeconomic shock be a driver of capital misallocation in China? Using…

CIDRAL Masterclass: Erik Reinert: The History of Economic Policy: A Long Run Perspective in the Age of Trump and Brexit

10:00 - 12:00 10 May 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme, 'Precarity'. Erik Reinert will lead a masterclass entitled The History of Economic Policy: A Long Run Perspective in the Age of…

Sustainability Seminar Series – Influencing and Persuading Skills for Sustainability: Seminar for all. With AMBS and Dr. Emma Gardner

12:00 - 14:00 10 May 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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