Lectures and seminars

Ehrhardt Seminar: Stephen Barton (Manchester/Durham), "Jesus on Justice, Mercy, and Social Wellbeing in Constitutional Perspective"

14:00 - 16:00 23 November 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…

HCRI Landmark Lecture with Pierre Carli - The 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks: Medical Management and Lessons Learned

17:30 - 19:30 23 November 2017
HCRI is pleased to welcome Pierre Carli as the guest speaker at our 2017 Landmark Lecture. In 2015, the city of Paris was the target of a number of terrorist attacks, including a series…

Lucie Gadenne (Warwick)

16:15 - 17:45 23 November 2017
Title and Abstract: TBC

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Jonathan Dunn, "Inaugurated Eschatology as a Basis for Ethics in North American Evangelical Theology"

16:00 - 18:00 23 November 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.

Tyndall Seminar- Supporting climate change adaptation in rural Tanzania: is promoting resilience in transitional communities sufficient?

13:00 - 14:00 23 November 2017
In this talk Susannah will draw on current research she is leading in collaboration with NGO partners in Tanzania, which focuses on the design and evaluation of integrated approaches…

Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 27th November 2017 Dr Insa Koch – University of London

16:00 - 18:00 27 November 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 27th November 2017 Dr Insa Koch – University of London 'Personalising the state: class and coercion at Britain's margins'? Accounts of the contemporary…

Rui Pedro Esteves (Oxford)

16:15 - 17:45 28 November 2017
Title: TBA

Art History Masterclass with T. J. Clark: 'Picasso and Misogyny'

14:00 - 16:00 29 November 2017
Visiting Pilkington Professor in Art History, T.J. Clark (Professor Emeritus in Modern Art, University of California, Berkeley) one of the most influential art historians of the past…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Tristan Burke on Jacques Rancière: 'The Politics of Aesthetics'

14:00 - 16:00 29 November 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Tristan Burke (University of Manchester) will lead a theory intensive for postgraduate…

Critical Global Politics (CGP) Research Seminar - Dr Elena Barabantseva

16:00 - 17:30 29 November 2017
Critical Global Politics (CGP) Research Seminar Wednesday November 29th 2017 4.00-5.30pm Arthur Lewis Building, Room 2.016/7 (Boardroom) ‘Chasing Borders In China: (Infra)Structures…

GDI Lecture: Prof William Ferguson on collective action, inequality and development

17:00 - 18:30 29 November 2017
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof William Ferguson, Grinnell College to deliver the Adrian Leftwich Annual Lecture. Prof William Ferguson will…

Innovative Qualitative Methods for Researching Everyday Life (with SRA North and Midlands Evening Seminar)

18:00 - 19:30 29 November 2017
The SRA has teamed up with Methods@Manchester to co-present an evening of networking, discussion and thought-provoking presentations. Professor Sue Heath (co-director of the Morgan…

Invitation to inaugural lecture with Professor Caroline Bithell

17:00 - 18:00 29 November 2017
You are invited to attend Caroline Bithell's professorial inaugural lecture. The title of the lecture is: "Bridges and Brokers: Musical Renaissance and the Politics of Heritage in…

Mitchell Centre Seminar series

16:00 29 November 2017
Paul Widdop, Leeds Beckett University

Prof. Ludi Simpson (Manchester), ‘Social and Demographic Inequality within Latin America and the Caribbean’

17:00 - 18:30 29 November 2017
Ludi Simpson is Honorary Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research.

Research Seminar: Will Turner and Katherine Lowe

17:00 - 18:30 29 November 2017
This week we present two 20-minute papers: Will Turner, Lecturer in American studies, will present "Strange Fruit: Chester Himes's Harlem Cycle and the Pitfalls of Canon Formation."…

Royal Economic Society 2017 Annual Public Lecture

15:30 - 18:00 29 November 2017
The Royal Economic Society will be hosting one of the countries’ most inspiring economists, Professor Stephen Machin, to give the next RES Annual Public Lecture this autumn at The University…

Santiago Fouz (Durham University), ‘The Films of Bigas Luna’ (title tbc),

17:00 - 18:30 29 November 2017
Santiago Fouz (Durham University), ‘The Films of Bigas Luna’ (title tbc),

Art History Seminar: 'Hazlitt on Turner and Blake' - T.J. Clark (Professor Emeritus in Modern Art, University of California, Berkeley)

17:30 - 19:00 30 November 2017
Visiting Pilkington Professor in Art History, T.J. Clark (Professor Emeritus in Modern Art, University of California, Berkeley), will present a lecture entitled: '"I have said to the…

CTIS Seminar: Samuel Läubli, "Post-editing in Theory and Practice"

14:00 - 15:30 30 November 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 George Brooke (Manchester/Chester), "Aspects of Education in the Sectarian Scrolls from the Qumran Caves."

14:00 - 16:00 30 November 2017
Presentation of Festschrift to Philip Alexander (Manchester) following George Brooke's presentation. The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free…

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