School of Social Sciences

Fists of Defiance: Tommy Smith 50 years after Mexico '68

18:15 - 20:00 12 October 2018
The 'Black power salute' of African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during the 200m medal ceremony at the 1968 Mexico Olympics is one of our age's iconic images. To celebrate…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Professor James Thompson - University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 15 October 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 15th of October 2018 Professor James Thompson University of Manchester Grandchildren of Hiroshima and the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb…

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Assume nothing. Benchmarking the numeracy levels of UK social science undergraduates

15:00 - 16:15 16 October 2018
Speaker: Paul Foss, National Numeracy Abstract: Social science undergraduate students typically do not see themselves as requiring data skills. Many new entrants to higher education…

Departmental Seminar: Dr Catharine Abell

15:00 - 17:00 17 October 2018
Title *Fictional Entities Abstract *Do fictional entities exist? I argue that they do. They are social objects. I draw on theories of social objects to identify their existence and…

JMCE Seminar Series 2018-19 SEMESTER I - peaker: Dr. Kathryn Simpson (Manchester Metropolitan University)

14:00 - 17:00 17 October 2018
? Wednesday 17 October 2018, 14:00 @ University Place, 6.206 Speaker: Dr. Kathryn Simpson (Manchester Metropolitan University) Title: Making Sense of Brexit – The Political and Policy…

Making Sense of Brexit: The Political & Policy Implications for the UK’s Devolved Administrations (Dr. Kathryn Simpson - MMU)

14:00 - 15:00 17 October 2018
Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) Seminar

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 17 October 2018
Carl Nordlund, Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University The anatomy of integration: mapping the networks of inter-ethnic family formations in Sweden, 1968-2012 Looking…

Thilo Huning (York)

13:00 - 14:15 18 October 2018
How Britain Unified Germany: Endogenous Trade Costs, and the Formation of a Customs Union Abstract: We analyze the foundation of the German Zollverein as an example how geography…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Ammara Maqsood - Anthropology, UCL

16:00 - 18:00 22 October 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 22nd of October 2018 Dr Ammara Maqsood University College London The social life of rumors: uncertainty in everyday encounters between the military,…

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Dynamic Bayesian Adjustment of Anticipatory (Current-time) Covariates: Disentangling Causation and Misclassification - Prof Gebrenegus Ghilagaber

15:00 - 16:15 23 October 2018
Speaker: Professor Gebrenegus Ghilagaber, Head of the Department of Statistics, Stockholm University, Sweden Abstract: Anticipatory covariates, such as educational level and social…

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 24 October 2018
Ana Oliveira, ISCTE-IUL DINÂMIA'CET - IUL and IS-UP Do it together again: networks, flows and spaces in the creation of music careers in the Portuguese independent scene This project…

Giovanni Mastrobuoni (Essex, Collegio Carlo Alberto)

13:00 - 14:15 25 October 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

Metaphysics of David Lewis in Context

09:00 - 17:15 29 October 2018
Schedule: 9.00-9.30 Coffee, tea, biscuits 9.30-10.45 Michaelis Michael ‘Lewis and Ontological Commitment: His Debt to Quine’ (UNSW) 10.45-12.00 Anthony Fisher ‘Lewis and Modal Realism’…

Mind & Language Seminar with Hili Razinsky

14:00 - 16:00 30 October 2018
Hili Razinsky, 'Ambivalence'. Abstract: Ambivalence characterises a person as having two opposing attitudes: she maintains both and each is maintained by her as standing in conflict…

Departmental Seminar: Dr Samuel Lebens (Haifa)

15:15 - 17:00 31 October 2018
Title *The Paradox of the Preface, Wittgenstein's Ladder, and Negative Theology Abstract *A number of theologians are committed to God's being, in some important sense, beyond description.…

ESRC Festival of Social Science Launch event

17:30 - 19:00 31 October 2018
Come along to the launch of the Manchester 2018 ESRC Festival of Social Science, at the stunning Fossils' Gallery at the University of Manchester! You'll hear about some of this year's…

Symposium on Fraser MacBride's On the Genealogy of Universals

15:00 - 18:00 1 November 2018
3 - 6pm 1st November Arthur Lewis Building (ALB 2.016/7) University of Manchester Contributors: Peter Simons (TCD), Roger White (Leeds), Kevin Mulligan (Lugano), Sam Lebens (Haifa),…

JMCE - 'Brexit & European Citizens' Rights': An Information Evening with Lord Callanan

16:00 - 17:30 2 November 2018
The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence -- in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the U.K. and the Committee for Italians Abroad (COM.IT.ES.)…

ESRC Festival of Social Science

3 - 10 November 2018
Manchester and Salford's contribution to this year's ESRC Festival of Social Science is a collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and Salford and Manchester Metropolitan…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Emiko Saldivar - UC California, Santa Barbara

16:00 - 18:00 5 November 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 5th of November 2018 Dr Emiko Saldivar University of California, Santa Barbara Mestizaje Reloaded: Racial politics after the Multicultural turn…

Reimagining the future for older people living in Greater Manchester: ESRC Festival of Social Science event

14:00 - 16:30 6 November 2018
‘Ageing in place’ is a policy strategy which helps older people to keep healthy and connected to their neighbours and to stay living for as long as possible at home. It promotes new…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Robert J.Gordon - "THe Gluckman Enigma"

17:00 - 20:00 6 November 2018
Social Anthropology Lecture THE ENIGMA OF MAX GLUCKMAN Tuesday, 6th of November 2018 By Professor Robert Gordon Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and African Studies, University…

CGP Seminar with Roberta Holanda Maschietto: Grasping subjectivities of power in the analysis of peacebuilding

13:30 - 15:00 7 November 2018
Roberta Holanda Maschietto (University of Coimbra) speaks on grasping subjectivities of power in the analysis of peacebuilding. Roberta Holanda Maschietto is a post-doctoral researcher…

JMCE Seminar Series 2018-19 SEMESTER I - Speaker: Dr Rosa Maria Fernandez (University of Chester)

14:00 - 15:00 7 November 2018
Wednesday 7 November 2018, 14:00 @ University Place, 6.206 Speaker: Dr Rosa Maria Fernandez (University of Chester) Title: National Interests as Barriers for Sustainable Energy Transitions in Europe

JMCE Seminar: National Interests as Barriers for Sustainable Energy Transitions in Europe (Dr Rosa Maria Fernandez - University of Chester)

14:00 - 15:00 7 November 2018
The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) is holding a truly informative Seminar with Dr Rosa Maria Fernandez on how national interests act as barriers for Europe's Transition…

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