Lectures and seminars

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…

CIDRAL Roundtable: Matt Houlbrook

17:00 - 19:00 4 December 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Date: 4 December 2017 Place: Samuel Alexander Building,…

CIDRAL Roundtable: Matt Houlbrook

17:00 - 19:00 4 December 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Date: 4 December 2017 Place: Samuel Alexander Building,…

Controlling Business Cartels

16:00 - 17:30 4 December 2017
CCCJ Seminar Programme 2017/18 (in collaboration with Methods@Manchester) Business cartels cause severe financial damage and harm consumer trust; cartel enforcement authorities use…

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’.…

CLACS/PILAS Fieldwork in Latin America and the Caribbean Research Workshop

09:00 - 17:00 5 December 2017
A one-day, interdisciplinary postgraduate workshop for those who either have experience or plan to carry out research in or related to Latin America and the Caribbean. The workshop…

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…

Dora Marsden Lecture: Professor Morag Shiach, 'Modernism, Meaning, and Magic: "Trying to Learn to Use Words"'

17:00 - 18:30 5 December 2017
The annual Dora Marsden Lecture will be given this year by Professor Morag Shiach. Her talk is entitled 'Modernism, Meaning, and Magic: "Trying to Learn to Use Words."' The event is…

Ethnography of Senior Leadership

12:00 - 13:30 5 December 2017
Alliance Manchester Business School's Health Services Research Centre are hosting a series of research seminars. This seminar will draw on Dr Michael D. Fischer's ethnographic study…

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

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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