School of Social Sciences

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…

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series - seminar postponed

15:00 - 16:30 13 February 2018
This seminar will take place on 6 March 2018 (strike action allowing) Dr Anne McMunn, University College, London Abstract: Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. All welcome. No registration…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 14 February 2018
Lampros Bouranis, School of Mathematics and Statistics & Insight Centre for Data Analytics, University College Dublin, Ireland Bayesian model selection for exponential random graph…

Morgan Centre seminar: Singlehood and the violence of temporal normativity - Kinneret Lahad

14:00 - 16:00 14 February 2018
All welcome to our Morgan Centre seminar, given by Kinneret Lahad (Tel Aviv University). Coffee from 2pm for 2.15pm start. Singlehood and the violence of temporal normativity Abstract:…

Philosophy Research Seminar: Prof Kevin Mulligan

15:15 - 17:00 14 February 2018
Title: Misleading Pictures, Temptations, and Metaphilosophy: Marty and Wittgenstein Abstract: One of the most distinctive features of Wittgenstein's reflections on philosophy is his…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Beyond Jasmine Gates: A Palestinian Family's Life Story against Erasure

15:00 - 17:00 14 February 2018
Room Booked: Uni Place_4.211 Date(s): Wed 14 Feb 2018 - Wed 14 Feb 2018 Time: 15:00 - 17:00 Beyond Jasmine Gates: A Palestinian Family's Life Story against Erasure This project…

Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 19th of February 2018 Professor Erdmute Alber – University of Bayreuth

16:00 - 18:00 19 February 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 19th February 2018 Professor Erdmute Alber – University of Bayreuth The Invention Of Kinship In Colonial West Africa Critical debates on the…

Tiziana Terranova. The Hypersocial Diagram: Digital Media and Social Computation

17:30 - 18:30 20 February 2018
Many critiques of social media target their model of the social as being ideological in constructing a communal platform devoid of collectivity and antagonism, a pacified techno-sociality…

Zsofia Barany (Sciences Po)

16:15 - 17:45 20 February 2018
Title: Biased Technological Change and Employment Reallocation

Critical Global Politics Cluster Seminars Semester 2, 2017-2018 - Wed 21 Feb - Roger Mac Ginty (University of Manchester)

15:30 - 17:00 21 February 2018
Wednesday, Feb 21, 3.30-5 ALB G30/31 Roger Mac Ginty (University of Manchester) Connecting the home and the international: Circuitry as an analytical tool Description : To be advised

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