Lectures and seminars

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Holly Morse (Manchester), "Biblical Bathing Beauties: Ways of Seeing Bathsheba and Susanna in 16th and 17th Century Painting"

14:00 - 16:00 1 February 2018
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…

History Seminar "New Deal Liberalism and the Origins of the American Warfare State"

16:15 - 17:30 1 February 2018
History Research Seminar presented by Prof. Andrew Preston (Cambridge): “New Deal Liberalism and the Origins of the American Warfare State”

Investigating the collaborative role of endothelial sugars (glycosaminoglycans) and chemokines in leukocyte migration and inflammatory disease

11:00 - 12:00 1 February 2018
“Despite recent advances, inflammatory disease remains a significant global health problem causing extensive pain and comorbidity in patients. Recruitment of inflammatory leukocytes…

Lovell Lecture: Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell

19:30 - 21:00 1 February 2018
The Curious Case of the Pulsating Star Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell We’re absolutely thrilled to be welcoming Jocelyn Bell Burnell to Jodrell Bank for our first Lovell Lecture…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Prof. David Thomas, "Christology in the Early Islamic World"

16:00 - 17:30 1 February 2018
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.

GDI Lecture with Dr Ha-Joon Chang: 'Are some countries destined for under-development?'

16:30 - 18:00 5 February 2018
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series and the Post-Crash Economics Society is pleased to present Dr Ha-Joon Chang, University Reader, University of Cambridge, toexplore the…

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…

Spatters and Lies: Technologies of Truth in the Sam Sheppard Case, 1954-1965

16:00 - 17:30 6 February 2018
CCCJ Seminar Programme 2017/18 (in collaboration with Methods@Manchester) In this talk I focus on the contrasting forensic regimes involved in the celebrated 1955 trial and 1965…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Tim Ingold, 'The Creativity of Habit'

17:00 - 19:00 7 February 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity Tim Ingold (Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Aberdeen), will deliver a public lecture…

Dr Gustavo Carvajal (Universidad Finis Terrae): ‘Indigenous People in Recent Chilean Cinema: Patricio Guzmán's El Botón de Nácar’

17:00 - 18:30 7 February 2018
Location: Arthur Lewis Boardroom (2nd Floor)

Letting off steam: New insights into volatile saturation and magma degassing

13:00 - 14:00 7 February 2018
Join Madeleine Humphreys from Durham University for her seminar on volatile saturation and magma degassing. Dissolved magmatic gases (volatiles) are one of the most important controls…

ManReg Seminar: Regulating housing tenures after Grenfell

13:15 - 14:15 7 February 2018
Regulating housing tenures after Grenfell Professor Dave Cowan (Bristol University) and Professor Helen Carr (Kent University). ManReg (Manchester Centre for Regulation, Governance…

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…

Baroness Hale gives the 2018 Christabel Pankhurst Lecture

17:30 - 19:30 8 February 2018
The 2018 Pankhurst Lecture will be delivered by The Right Honourable The Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE PC FBA and is entitled: 2018 – A Year of Anniversaries 2018 is the anniversary…

CTIS Seminar: Jan Van Coillie, "Nibble, nibble like a mouse/ Who is nibbling at/ the source text’s house? Fairy tales in translation"

14:00 - 15:30 8 February 2018
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…

EAC Research Seminar: 'George Eliot in the Biblioteca Magliabechiana', Dr. Ruth Abbott (Cambridge)

17:00 - 18:30 8 February 2018
EAC Research Seminar: Dr. Ruth Abbott (Cambridge) will present a lecture entitled 'George Eliot in the Biblioteca Magliabechiana.' Dr. Abbott will be introduced by PhD candidate in…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Peter Oakes and Dr. Todd Klutz (Manchester): CBS Project Committee Meeting: Discussion of Collaborative Projects for Funded Research Bids

14:00 - 16:00 8 February 2018
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…

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