School of Social Sciences

Philosophy Research Seminar - welcome for incoming MA/PhD students

14:00 - 16:00 11 May 2017
This seminar, which will include talks from a member of staff and a current PhD student, will form part of the School Welcome Event for those holding MA and PhD offers. 14.00-15.00…

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…

The 2017 Dorothy Emmet Lecture

18:00 - 20:00 15 May 2017
The Philosophy Department is proud to present the 2017 Dorothy Emmet Lecture: Sherri Irvin, “Resisting Body Oppression: An Aesthetic Approach”. The lecture is aimed at the general…

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…

D & E and CMIST seminar: Gendered Institutional Change: The Case of the Women and Equalities Committee in the UK Parliament

16:00 17 May 2017
Democracy and Elections, and CMIST joint seminar. Abstract Change at Westminster is rarely easy. This is especially so when reforms are ‘effective’; when they affect the relationship…

Department of Politics - JMCE Seminars

14:00 - 16:00 17 May 2017
Department of Politics JMCE Seminars Wednesday 17 May 2017, 14:00 @ TBC Speaker: TBC Title: TBC

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars - Ian Bruff - University of Manchester

15:30 - 17:00 17 May 2017
Ian Bruff, Manchester University The antinomies of neoliberalisation Details to follow

Screening of 'Simondon du Desert' and discussion with Pascal Chabot

14:30 17 May 2017
Screening of Pascal Chabot's film about the French philosopher, Gilbert Simondon. Free, all welcome.

Working with the Conservatives in the European Union: an insider’s view

14:00 17 May 2017
Working with the Conservatives in the European Union: an insider’s view

Prof Peter Redfield, Aftermaths: Equipment for Living in a Broken World (Hallsworth Visiting Professor)

16:15 - 18:00 22 May 2017
In this presentation I will consider two forms of aftermath: the afterlives of theories and the aftereffects of modernist infrastructure and expertise. As such I am less interested…

2017 MICRA Annual Public Lecture – Ready for Ageing Now?

17:30 - 19:00 23 May 2017
2017 MICRA Annual Public Lecture Ready for Ageing Now? Lord Geoffrey Filkin CBE, Chair of the Centre for Ageing Better From MICRA and the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub In 2013,…

Development Economics Seminar (Internal): Katsushi Imai (University of Manchester)

13:00 - 14:00 23 May 2017
Title: Aspirations and educational poverty traps across generations. Abstract: This paper empirically tests whether there exist any ‘aspirations failure’ and poverty traps in education…

CGP Cluster Seminar Dates 2016-17: Semester 2 - Lene Hansen (Copenhagen)

15:30 24 May 2017
Lene Hansen (Copenhagen) TBC Details to follow :

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*…

Sociology Research Seminar: ‘Curious Connections: On the relational and personal life significance of donating egg and sperm’ by Dr Petra Nordqvist

14:00 - 15:00 24 May 2017
You are warmly invited to the May Sociology seminar, given by Dr Petra Nordqvist, Sociology. The seminar will take place on the 24th May, 2-3pm, in the Arthur Lewis Boardroom. The…

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