School of Social Sciences

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

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…

Mitchell Centre Seminar series

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

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…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Paolo Heywood - University of Cambridge

16:00 - 18:00 4 December 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 4th December 2017 Dr Paolo Heywood – University of Cambridge ‘“All the difference in the world”: the nature of difference and different natures’.…

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series

15:00 - 16:30 5 December 2017
Prof. John Copas, University of Warwick Title: Meta analysis and the curse of publication bias Abstract: Publication bias is a major threat to the validity of the meta analysis of…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 6 December 2017
Mathias Mejeh, UZH Zurich The Detection of Plot Structures within the Field of Inclusive Education In recent years Inclusive Education has become a highly discussed issue all over…

Politics What are We Doing Seminar - Reflective Equilibrium and the Objectivity of Reason and Performance, Space and Spectatorship: The Practice of Fieldwork in International Relations

14:00 - 15:00 6 December 2017
Please find below details of the next ‘What are we doing?’ seminar, building on the successful events in 2016-17. These seminars seek to have an informal, open discussion about…

Research Seminar: Dr Richard Christian (Manchester)

15:15 6 December 2017
Title: TBC Abstract: TBC

Joana Naritomi (LSE)

16:15 - 17:45 7 December 2017
Title and Abstract: TBC

Department of Politics Workshop Politics of Life and Death

10:00 - 16:30 13 December 2017
Department of Politics Workshop Politics of Life and Death In recent years, a number of concepts have been developed in International Politics and beyond to think through the relationship…

Brexit and Citizens Rights Settled Status and Alternative Proposals

18:30 - 20:30 18 December 2017
DESCRIPTION Jointly organised by Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE), INCA UK, an Italian welfare advice centre (supported by the charity ITACA) and 'The3million' (t3m),…

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series

15:00 - 16:30 19 December 2017
Prof. Piet Bracke, Ghent University Abstract: Educational health differences are consistent findings in social epidemiology and health sociology. The well-educated almost always fare…

Personhood and Selfhood: Social Personhood

16 January 2018
The first in a Royal Institute of Philosophy conference series on Personhood and Selfhood at the University of Manchester. Additionally sponsored by the AHRC North West Doctoral Training…

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series: The Effects of Skills Underutilization and Unemployment on Hiring Decisions

15:00 - 16:30 23 January 2018
Dr Robin Samuel, University of Luxembourg Abstract: Research suggests negative effects of unemployment and skill underutilization on subsequent labor market outcomes. Among others,…

Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 29th of January 2018 - Dr Angela Torresan – University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 29 January 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 29th January 2018 Dr Angela Torresan – University of Manchester Guto and Graça: Ethnographic Films And Storytelling It may be tautological to…

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series: Balancing the Local and the Universal in Maintaining Ethical Access to a Genomics Biobank

15:00 - 16:30 30 January 2018
Dr Catherine Heeney, University of Edinburgh Abstract: The presentation will draw upon work completed with my colleague, Dr Shona Kerr based upon our experience of working with the…

Economic Convergence in the Eurozone: Coming Together or Drifting Apart?

14:00 - 16:00 31 January 2018
A special JMCE event. ***The event is free and open to all, but registration is essential*** https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/economic-convergence-in-the-eurozone-coming-together-or-drifting-apart-tickets-41946470021

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 31 January 2018
Marco Bastos, University of London and Duke University’s Network Analysis Center Exogenous Factors Affecting the Topology of Online Social Networks: Geographic Propinquity, Specialized…

Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 5th of February 2018 - Dr James Suzman - University of Cambridge

16:00 - 18:00 5 February 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 5th February 2018 Dr James Suzman – University of Cambridge Title : Welcoming Back Original Affluent Society Hunter-gatherer studies and along…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 7 February 2018
Zsofia Toth, University of Nottingham and Jan Dul, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) – Underlying logic, data analysis approach and potential synergies…

Sociology seminar 7th Feb 2-3pm Dr Rob Meckin

14:00 - 15:00 7 February 2018
You are warmly invited to the first Sociology Seminar of 2018, to be given by Dr Robert Meckin. Title: Embodied and situated engagement with possibilities: anticipating biotechnological…

“Nuclear Weapons: Mishaps, Mistakes and Madness” A Politics talk by Bryan Kelly, CND Peace Education

13:00 - 14:00 7 February 2018
There will be a talk on nuclear politics by a visiting speaker on 7 February. “Nuclear Weapons: Mishaps, Mistakes and Madness” A Politics talk by Bryan Kelly, CND Peace Education…

Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 12th February 2018 Professor Webb Keane – University of Michigan

16:00 - 18:00 12 February 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 12th February 2018 Professor Webb Keane – University of Michigan Everyday Ethics and the Possibility of Critique Critique is an assertion of…

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