School of Social Sciences

CMI Afternoon Seminar Series

15:00 - 16:30 10 April 2018
Dr Nikolas Mittag, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI) Abstract: Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. Join us for this event, which…

Marxism and Religion

10:00 - 16:30 12 April 2018
Marxism is having a mini-revival in the context of the 2008 economic crash. A new generation of radical scholars appear to be inspired by aspects of the Marxist tradition and are theorising…

2018 Dorothy Emmet Lecture

16:00 - 18:00 17 April 2018
The Philosophy Department at the University of Manchester is proud to present the 2018 Dorothy Emmet Lecture: Professor Marya Schechtman (University of Illinois at Chicago) "The way…

Yota Deli (Glasgow)

16:15 - 17:45 17 April 2018

Critical Global Politics Cluster Seminars Semester 2, 2017-2018 - Wednesday 18th of April - Veronique Pin-fat - University of Manchester

15:30 - 17:00 18 April 2018
Wednesday, April 18 3.30-5pm ALB G30/31 Veronique Pin-Fat University of Manchester The horror of love and the love of horror in IR: Spectacles of violence as ethical encounter

Is France having a moment? The 2017 French electoral series and the populist challenge to the Fifth French Republic

14:00 - 15:00 18 April 2018
Is France having a moment? The 2017 French electoral series and the populist challenge to the Fifth French Republic

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 18 April 2018
Giulia Berlusconi, National University of Ireland, Alberto Aziani, Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Transcrime, Milan, and Luca Giommoni, Cardiff University. Cocaine supply…

Valentina Zagaria, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at London School of Ec - Wednesday 18th April, 4-6 pm, at University Place 2.217

16:00 - 18:00 18 April 2018
Title of the event: Visiting Postgraduate Seminar Department of Anthropology, University of Manchester Invited speaker: Valentina Zagaria, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at…

Daniele Massacci (Bank of England)

16:15 - 17:45 19 April 2018
Title: Testing for Regime Changes in Large Dimensional Factor Models Abstract: We develop a new test for regime changes in large dimensional threshold factor models. We rely on an…

Personhood and Selfhood: The Narrative Self

19 April 2018
The second in a Royal Institute of Philosophy conference series on Personhood and Selfhood at the University of Manchester. Keynote speaker: Professor Marya Schechtman (The University…

Rachel Ngai (LSE)

16:15 - 17:45 24 April 2018
Title: TBA

Why Charts Matter

15:00 - 16:30 24 April 2018
Alan Smith OBE, Data Visualisation Editor at the Financial Times Abstract: The worlds of academia and journalism arguably share one historical publishing trait: the primacy of text…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 25 April 2018
Pietro Panzarasa, Queen Mary University, London Interdisciplinarity and specialisation: Network perspectives on scientific success As the increasing complexity of large-scale research…

The Politics Department - GPE Seminar - Macroprudential Regimes and the Politics of Social Purpose

15:30 - 17:00 25 April 2018
Dear all The next GPE seminar will be on the 25th April. Here are the details. Andrew Baker University of Sheffield Macroprudential Regimes and the Politics of Social Purpose …

Camille Landais (LSE)

16:15 - 17:45 26 April 2018
Title and Abstract: TBC

Youth Mobilisation and the (anti)-Brexit Campaign: where next?

18:00 - 20:00 27 April 2018
Youth Mobilisation and the (anti)-Brexit Campaign: where next?

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Negotiating Digital Rights - Public Attitudes on Online Privacy and Targeting, at Home and at Work

15:00 - 16:30 1 May 2018
Professor Ariadne Vromen, University of Sydney Ariadne Vromen is Professor of Political Sociology in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney…

Critical Global Politics Cluster Seminars Semester 2, 2017-2018 - Wednesday May the 2nd - Lauren Wilcox - University of Cambridge

15:30 - 17:00 2 May 2018
Wednesday, May 2 3.30-5 ALB G30/31 Lauren Wilcox University of Cambridge War Beyond the Human

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