Lectures and seminars

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 16th October 2017 Dr John Hartigan – University of Austin, Texas

16:00 - 18:00 16 October 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 16th October 2017 Dr John Hartigan – University of Austin, Texas Expanding the Ethnographic Subject: Labs, Gardens, and Horses John Hartigan…

Zoe Sofoulis: Gender and Infrastructure - feminism, philosophy, and the knowledge ecology of urban water

16:30 - 18:00 16 October 2017
Zoë Sofoulis, from the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, is an interdisciplinary researcher who initially worked in science fiction and cyberfeminist studies,…

David Rezza Baqaee (LSE)

16:15 - 17:45 17 October 2017
Title: TBA

ART HISTORY: Dr Alixe Bovey (Courtauld Institute of Art), 'Giants and the City: Mythic History as Material Culture in Medieval London'

17:30 18 October 2017
Alixe Bovey is a specialist in the art and culture of the later Middle Ages, with particular interests in illuminated manuscripts, pictorial narrative, and the relationship between…

Designing Dams That Don't Cost The Earth: Public lecture with Professor Bill Adams, University of Cambridge

17:00 - 18:30 18 October 2017
Throughout history, people have dreamed of harnessing free-flowing rivers for human benefit. Dams for flood control, water supply, irrigation and power generation have been constructed…

EU Climate Policy at a Time of Crisis

14:00 - 15:00 18 October 2017
EU Climate Policy at a Time of Crisis

Honoured in the breach: Unpaid wages as a business model

15:30 - 17:00 18 October 2017
Alliance Manchester Business School's Work and Equalities Institute presents the second in a series of research seminars: Abstract The seminar will present some of the results of a…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 18 October 2017
Mark Tranmer Glasgow Quantitative Methods Group University of Glasgow. Network, school and country variation in adolescents’ health behaviour: a multilevel analysis of data from six…

Research Seminar: Prof Francois Recanati (Institute Jean Nicod)

15:15 - 17:00 18 October 2017
Title: Fictional, Metafictional, Parafictional Abstract: Fictional uses are the uses of fictional proper names (e.g. ‘Sherlock Holmes’) one finds in the fiction in which the names…

What is crowdsourced data?

13:00 - 14:30 18 October 2017
CCCJ Seminar Programme 2017/18 (in collaboration with Methods@Manchester) Crowdsourcing involves harnessing the information and skills of large crowds of people into one collaborative…

What is crowdsourced data?

13:00 - 14:00 18 October 2017
Crowdsourcing involves harnessing the information and skills of large crowds of people into one collaborative project. Advancements in technologies allow for larger scale participation…

Autumn lecture Manchester Medieval Society: Catherine Casson on 'Speculation, Compassion and Capitalism: Insights from Medieval English real estate markets'

18:00 19 October 2017
Autumn lecture Manchester Medieval Society: Catherine Casson on 'Speculation, Compassion and Capitalism: Insights from Medieval English real estate markets'

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Alejandro Tantanian: 'Private and Public Cultural Management in Argentina: Complementary or Opposing Models?'

17:00 - 19:00 19 October 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Alejandro Tantanian (Artistic Director of the Teatro Cervantes – the Argentine…

CTIS Seminar: Louise Fryer, "Audio Description and the Psychology of Immersion"

14:00 - 15:30 19 October 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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Andrew T. Lincoln (Gloucestershire), 'The Reception of Jesus in John 21'

14:00 - 16:00 19 October 2017
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

Public History Seminar “Towards a Social History of Money in Modern Life"

16:00 - 17:30 19 October 2017
George Gosling (Wolverhampton) “Paying the Hospital and Other Stories; or, Towards a Social History of Money in Modern Life”

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: William Barylo, "Studying Young Muslims in Europe: French Theories, Anti-Utilitarian Sociology and Religion as an Ecosystem"

16:00 19 October 2017
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

Representations of Syrian Refugees in the Turkish Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis

16:00 - 18:00 19 October 2017
This paper investigates the representation of Syrian asylum seekers in the Turkish press. The research sample includes news reports, columns and visuals published between 2011 and 2015…

SEED Annual Social Responsibility Lecture: 'BME experiences in higher education: inclusion, equity and social justice'

16:30 - 18:15 19 October 2017
SEED's annual Social Responsibility Lecture will see Professor Kalwant Bhopal using her research to discuss BME experiences in higher education. Kalwant is Professor of Education…

Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 23rd October 2017 Dr Ammara Maqsood – University of Manchester - Please note this has been cancelled until further notice

16:00 - 18:00 23 October 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 23rd October 2017 Dr Ammara Maqsood – University of Manchester Please note this has been cancelled until further notice

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