Lectures and seminars

CIDRAL Roundtable: 'The Culture of Business in the Middle Ages: Themes, Approaches and Sources'

17:00 - 19:00 18 April 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity This roundtable will include Georg Christ (History, University of Manchester), Rory Naismith (History,…

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

En route to more perfect crimes? On Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies’ anonymity and their use by offenders

13:00 - 14:30 18 April 2018
CCCJ Seminar Series 2017/2018 Illicit markets, whether online or offline, bring together offenders looking to buy and sell goods (ex. illicit drugs, endangered species, stolen financial…

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…

SEED Sixth Form Lecture: How does accent change our identity? Can it decide our future?

16:30 - 18:00 18 April 2018
Dr Alex Baratta presents an insightful lecture about how we change our accent and language to fit the environment we are in, and how this could be beneficial or detrimental to our identity.…

Social isolation and older BAME communities

10:30 - 15:00 18 April 2018
Older BAME (Black, Asian and Minority ethnic) residents experience social isolation on a number of fronts for a variety of reasons. This seminar will discuss findings from recent research…

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…

All Our Futures - Creating a Healthy Built Environment for Older People

12:00 - 16:30 19 April 2018
The next seminar of the MICRA Seminar Series All Our Futures - Creating a Healthy Built Environment for Older People, occurs on Thursday the 19th of April from 12:00-16:30 in G306B,…

Brook Lecture: Prof. Anthony Bale (Birkbeck), ‘Some Medieval English Pilgrims’ Books’

17:00 - 18:30 19 April 2018
The Annual Brook Lecture will this year be delivered by Prof. Anthony Bale (Birkbeck) on the topic, ‘Some Medieval English Pilgrims’ Books’.

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…

Economic Growth: Geopolitical game or addressing global inequalities? Public Lecture by Lord Meghnad Desai

18:00 - 19:30 19 April 2018
Lord Professor Meghnad Desai will give a free public lecture at The University of Manchester followed by a Q&A with the University's Professor Diana Mitlin - academic lead for the Global…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. David Law (Manchester), "Moses at the Movies"

14:00 - 16:00 19 April 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 ‘“11-13” Paris: A transdisciplinary research program about memory of terrorist attacks’

16:15 - 17:30 19 April 2018
History Research Seminar presented by Prof. Denis Peschanski (Paris I): ‘“11-13” Paris: A transdisciplinary research program about memory of terrorist attacks’

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Rachel Muers, "The Un/Deserving Poor: Social Class and Theological Ethics"

16:00 - 17:30 19 April 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.

Methodist Studies Seminar

09:30 - 17:00 20 April 2018
The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University, and the Manchester Wesley Research Centre have worked in partnership for several years. In 2012, the centres…

Brexit and the North West

13:00 - 14:00 22 April 2018
Wajid Khan became Labour’s newest North West Member of European Parliament in June 2017. In European Parliament Wajid sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs; the Subcommittee on Human…

HCRI Research Seminar Series - Billy Tusker Haworth: Volunteered geographic information and community disaster resilience

16:30 - 18:00 23 April 2018
The HCRI Research Seminar Series is open to HCRI staff and students, and other University of Manchester colleagues and students for whom the topic of the seminar is relevant. Billy…

MIOIR Seminar: Shaz Ansari, Cambridge Judge Business School

12:30 - 14:00 23 April 2018
The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research runs a series of regular seminars given by visiting speakers to Manchester, discussing key issues in science, technology and innovation…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Judith Walkowitz, 'Feminism and the Politics of Prostitution in the 1980s: A Tale of North and South'

17:00 - 19:00 24 April 2018
This event is co-hosted by History at the University of Manchester and CIDRAL. Judith Walkowitz (Professor Emeritus in History, Johns Hopkins University), will deliver a public lecture…

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