Lectures and seminars

American Studies Seminar with Ivy Wilson (Northwestern)

12:00 - 14:00 2 May 2018
An interactive lunchtime seminar with Ivy Wilson. Dr Wilson will lead a discussion, in preparation for which it would be helpful to read Kodwo Eshun's article “Further Considerations…

Centre for Social Ethics and Policy: Biomedical Jurisprudence PGR Work in Progress

10:00 - 13:00 2 May 2018
Programme: 10:00 Ed Horowicz (Year 2 BMJ) - Gender Identity of Children and Conditions Relating to Sexual Health within the ICD-11: Lessons to Learn from an Intersex Perspective 10:45…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Michael North, 'Connected Oceans: Seas as Media of Global Exchange'

17:00 - 19:00 2 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity. Hallsworth Visiting Fellow, Michael North (Professor of Modern History, University of Greifswald),…

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

From atoms to planets: Understanding planetary magnetic records using multiscale and multidimensional microscopy

13:00 - 14:00 2 May 2018
Join us for this School of Earth and Environmental Sciences research seminar with guest speaker Joshua F Einsle. Traditional paleomagnetism focuses on the measurement and characterisation…

GDI Lecture with Dr Sara Dorman: Understanding Zimbabwe: from liberation to authoritarianism

16:30 - 17:30 2 May 2018
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Dr Sara Dorman, The University of Edinburgh, to discuss Zimbabwe: from liberation to authoritarianism Zimbabwe’s…

Geography Department Research Seminar: Dr Murray Gray (School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London)

16:00 - 17:30 2 May 2018
Geography Department Research Seminar Geodiversity and its role in geosystem services, geoconservation and other ‘geos’ Dr Murray Gray (School of Geography, Queen Mary University…

Lecture "Hieroglyphics of Blackness"

17:00 - 18:30 2 May 2018
Henry "Box" Brown Inaugural Lecture in American Studies by Dr Ivy Wilson (Northwestern)

Morgan Centre seminar: 'Temporal atmospheres: the micro-politics of power at Smithfield Market, London'

14:00 - 16:00 2 May 2018
Speaker: Monica Degen (Brunel) and Camilla Lewis (Manchester) Exploring the changing feel of place, this paper offers a detailed account of the micro-politics of power at Smithfield…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Joshua Bloor (Nazarene Theological College/MWRC), "he Picture of Dorian Gray: Cosmological Defilement in Hebrews 9:23"

14:00 - 16:00 3 May 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 ‘Senses at the Altar: Affect, Touch, and Memory in Late Medieval Liturgical Practice’

16:15 - 17:30 3 May 2018
History Research Seminar presented by Dr. Matthew Champion (Birkbeck): “Virtuous banking: ‘economical reform’ at the late 18th-century Bank of England”

History Seminar: Postgraduate Research Showcase

16:15 - 17:30 3 May 2018
Sihong Lin – The Empire Strikes Back: Byzantine Diplomacy in the Age of Constans II (641–668) Tom Wroblewski – Symptoms of demonic possession in early modern England Xuan Zhao – Cameralism,…

Joint lecture with MANCASS: Michael Wood ‘The Lady of the Mercians: Aethelflaed (d. 918), daughter of Alfred the Great’

18:00 - 19:30 3 May 2018
Joint lecture with MANCASS: Michael Wood ‘The Lady of the Mercians: Aethelflaed (d. 918), daughter of Alfred the Great’

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Frances Knight (Nottingham), "From City to Garden City: Religion and the City in the Victorian and Edwardian Age"

16:00 - 17:30 3 May 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.

Rodrigo Cacho (University of Cambridge): ‘Locating Early Modern Spanish American Poetry’

16:30 - 18:00 3 May 2018
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies seminar series.

CIDRAL Masterclass: Michael North, 'Cultural Exchanges'

10:00 - 12:00 8 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity. Hallsworth Visiting Fellow, Michael North (Professor of Modern History, University of Greifswald),…

CIDRAL Masterclass: Michael North: Cultural Exchanges

10:00 - 12:00 8 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, Constraints of Creativity. Michael North (Professor in Early Modern History, University of Greifswald and Beijing Normal University)…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Pierpaolo Antonello: 'Bruno Munari’s Political Aesthetics'

17:00 - 19:00 8 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity. Pierpaolo Anontello (Reader in Italian Literature and Culture, University of Cambridge) will deliver…

John Rylands Research Institute Annual Lecture with Jeanette Winterson

18:00 - 19:00 8 May 2018
Please note that the date of this event has changed. “Reading the Future: Books, power, people, robots, and Dante” The John Rylands Library was founded by Enriqueta Rylands in memory…

GDI Seminar: A tale of two elections - Prospects for democratic consolidation based on recent experiences in Ghana and Kenya

16:00 - 17:30 9 May 2018
Speakers: Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Professor Karuti Kanyinga, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi Recent…

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