School of Social Sciences

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

Institute for Fiscal Studies

16:00 - 18:00 24 October 2017
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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,…

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…

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series: Model-Based Pre-Election Polling for National and Sub-National Outcomes in the US and UK

15:00 - 16:30 31 October 2017
Dr Ben Lauderdale, London School of Economics. Abstract: We describe a strategy for applying multilevel regression and post-stratification (MRP) methods to pre-election polling. Using…

Health at work in the shadow of Brexit

14:00 - 15:00 1 November 2017
Health at work in the shadow of Brexit

Professor Bard Harstad (University of Oslo)

13:00 - 14:30 1 November 2017
Title: Pledge-and-Review Bargaining Abstract: With pledge-and-review bargaining, as stipulated in the Paris climate agreement, each party submits an intended nationally determined…

Santiago Sánchez Páges (King's College London)

16:15 - 17:45 2 November 2017
Title and Abstract: TBC

ESRC Festival of Social Science

4 - 11 November 2017
The University of Manchester, University of Salford and Manchester Metropolitan University are pleased to bring you this year's ESRC Festival of Social Science! There are lots of events,…

Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 6th November 2017 Dr Morten Pedersen – University of Copenhagen

16:00 - 18:00 6 November 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 6th November 2017 Dr Morten Pedersen – University of Copenhagen Sublime Doubt. How Conservative Danish Christians Struggle to be True to Themselves…

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series: Female Alpha Earners: An Investigation into Gendered Norms and Hierarchy in Britain

15:00 - 16:15 7 November 2017
Guest speaker: Dr Vanessa Gash, City, University of London Abstract: This paper concerns itself with the relationship between gendered norms and gendered economic inequalities. While…

Ralph Luetticke (UCL)

16:15 - 17:45 7 November 2017
Title: TBA

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 8 November 2017
Daniel Tischer, University of Manchester Friendship relationship formation in Year 1 students The project we are presenting here seeks to combine network data and psychometric profiles…

Arthur Lewis Lecture

18:00 - 19:15 9 November 2017
This year's Arthur Lewis Lecture will be given by acclaimed author and Guardian journalist Gary Younge, and will be followed by a wine reception. Click the 'Book your ticket' link on…

Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 13th November 2017 Dr Jonas Tinius – Humboldt University of Berlin

16:00 - 18:00 13 November 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 13th November 2017 Dr Jonas Tinius – Humboldt University of Berlin Back to the Future Heritage: On Palatial Space and Anthropological Collaboration…

Timo Boppart (IIES)

16:15 - 17:45 14 November 2017
Title: TBA

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 15 November 2017
Daniel Allington, University of Leicester Mapping the political Twittersphere Who follows British politicians on social media? Who stood with Ken Livingstone online? What would it be…

Research Seminar: Prof Sophie Grace-Chappell (Open University)

15:15 - 17:00 15 November 2017
Title: No More Heroes Any More Abstract: In this paper I discuss the connected notions of heroism and admiration. I suggest that the paradigm case of admiration is the case where we…

The EU's future after the French and German Elections

14:00 - 15:00 15 November 2017
The EU's future after the French and German Elections

Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 20th November 2017 Professor Emma Tarlo – University of London

16:00 - 18:00 20 November 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 20th November 2017 Professor Emma Tarlo – University of London Human Crop: The Awkwardness of Other People's Hair Hair is something intimate…

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series "Parental nonstandard shifts in the United Kingdom"

15:00 - 16:15 21 November 2017
Dr. Afshin Zilanawala, University College London Title: Parental nonstandard shifts in the United Kingdom Abstract: Evening, night, and weekend work (hereafter referred to as nonstandard…

Joshua Aizenman (USC)

16:15 - 17:45 21 November 2017
Title: TBA

GPE Cluster Research Seminar - 22 November 2017

15:30 - 17:00 22 November 2017
GPE cluster research seminar will be given by Alessandra Mezzadri (SOAS). Details below: The Sweatshop Regime: Garments, exploitation and labouring bodies made in India Drawing…

Morgan Centre seminar: Place and belonging at Claremont Court

14:00 - 16:00 22 November 2017
Place and belonging at Claremont Court: Researching place and belonging using architectural and social science methods Sandra Costa Santos and Nadia Bertolini (Architecture and Built…

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