Lectures and seminars

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

Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi (Bank of England)

16:15 - 17:45 24 October 2017
Title: TBA

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Tim Ingold: 'The Creativity of Habit'

17:00 - 19:00 24 October 2017
This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled in the new year.

Responding to Emergency Crises - Personal Reflections

17:00 - 18:30 24 October 2017
For this seminar, we are joined by Gareth Owen from Save the Children. We are experiencing an era of great global uncertainty and staggering inequality where the most marginalised…

All Aboard the Baltimore Poo Poo Choo Choo: Human Waste, the Environment, and Injustice in Neoliberal America

17:00 - 19:00 25 October 2017
Research seminar by Graham Mooney, associate professor of the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University

CSEP Senior Seminar Series. Individual findings in research: to return or not to return?

14:00 - 15:00 25 October 2017
Individual findings in research: to return or not to return? Professor Ruth Chadwick (University of Manchester, School of Law)

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 25 October 2017
Philip Leifeld, University of Glasgow Polarisation in the social sciences? A statistical analysis of co-authorship networks Academic collaboration in the social sciences is, arguably,…

CIDRAL Performance-Lecture: Judaica Project: 'Bodies of Song'

16:30 - 19:00 26 October 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. The Judaica Project is an AHRC-funded project that proposes and tests a new method…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Enrico Terrinoni: 'Awaking the “plultiple”: translating Joyce’s Finegans Wake into Infinitalian'

14:00 - 15:30 26 October 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Enrico Terrinoni (Professor of English Literature, Università per Stranieri di…

CTIS Seminar: Enrico Terrinoni, "Awakening the ‘Plultiple’: Translating Joyce’s Finnegans Wake into Infinitalian"

14:00 - 15:30 26 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: Mi Ja Wi (MWRC/Nazarene), “What Must We Do?: The Path to Salvation in Luke’s Gospel?”

14:00 - 16:00 26 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…

Global Development Institute Annual Lecture with Prof Dani Rodrik

17:00 - 18:30 26 October 2017
The Global Development Institute is pleased to present Prof Dani Rodrik of Harvard University to present the Global Development Institute Annual Lecture. Prof Rodrik will discuss the…

Public History Seminar “Humanitarian relief, internationalism and child refugees"

16:00 - 17:30 26 October 2017
Joy Damousi (Melbourne) “Humanitarian relief, internationalism and child refugees: The Spanish Civil War and the global campaign of Esme Odgers”

Public lecture: Casualty! A Twentieth Century History

18:00 - 19:30 26 October 2017
Thanks to the long-running TV show Casualty and the more recent Casualty 1900s, the British viewing public is familiar with the very different look and feel of hospital casualty departments…

Tyndall Manchester Seminar by Dr Matthew Cotton: Can Fracking be fair?

13:00 - 14:00 26 October 2017
Can fracking be fair? Dr. Matthew Cotton, University of York The development of unconventional fossil fuels using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques raises issues…

MARG Lecture Series - Marcos Coronel, PICO - Proyecto de Interés Comunal

13:00 - 14:30 27 October 2017
Marcos Coronel, PICO - Proyecto de Interés Comunal (Communal Interest Project), “Social Empowerment Infrastructures: Contingent Devices for Collective Transformation in Emerging Contexts” - introduced by Leandro

Dr. Cláudia Regina Plens (Federal University of São Paulo): State Violence in Brazil: A Study of Crimes of May 2006 in the Perspective of the Transitional Justice and Forensic Anthropology

14:00 - 16:00 30 October 2017
Cláudia Regina Plens (archaeologist, Federal University of São Paulo) will present the preliminary results of the research “State Violence in Brazil: A Study of Crimes of May 2006 in…

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