School of Social Sciences

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…

D&E Cluster Roundtable: Applying for postdoctoral fellowships and grants

15:30 - 17:00 7 November 2018
Join Prof. Ed Fieldhouse, Dr. Rosie Shorrocks and Prof. Maria Sobolewska for a round-table event on applying for postdoctoral fellowships and grants. This event is aimed at early career…

Departmental Seminar: Professor Stephen Gardiner (University of Washington)

15:15 - 17:00 7 November 2018
Title *Ethics and Intergenerational Climate Extortion Abstract *This paper argues (i) that extortion is a clear threat in intergenerational relations, (ii) that the threat is manifest…

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…

MANCEPT Cluster Seminar with Fred Hjorthen: Humanitarian Intervention and Contextual Permissibility

16:00 - 17:30 7 November 2018

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 7 November 2018
Mario L. Small, Harvard University Understanding Personal Networks: On the Limits of Big Data and the Perils of Common Sense When people seek emotional support, how do they decide…

Regimes of Exploitation and Inequalities

14:00 - 15:00 7 November 2018
The lecture will give an overview of the main issues addressed in the book Inequality and Democratic Egalitarianism (Manchester University Press, 2018) which I co-authored with Norman…

Toman Barsbai (St Andrews)

13:00 - 14:15 8 November 2018
Title and Abstract: TBC

Toman Barsbai (St Andrews)

13:00 - 14:15 8 November 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

Pandemic Outbreak!

9 - 14 November 2018
Simulate a fictional pandemic outbreak starting in Manchester and spreading globally! 2018 marks 100 years since the devastating influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. The risk of new lethal…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Hannah Brown - Anthropology, University of Durham

16:00 - 18:00 12 November 2018
To be advised shortly

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Statistics and the Law - Prof Philip Dawid

15:00 - 16:15 13 November 2018
Speaker: Prof Philip Dawid, University of Cambridge Abstract: It might appear that the concerns of Statistics and those of Law have little common ground, but in fact both disciplines…

GPE Seminar with Anne Engelhardt and Madelaine Moore: Materialist theories and analyses of contemporary social movements

15:00 - 16:30 14 November 2018
Anne Engelhardt (Kassel) and Madelaine Moore (Kassel/St Marys) discuss materialist theories and analyses of contemporary social movements. Anne Engelhardt's work focuses on Critical…

MANCEPT Cluster Seminar with Ben Colburn: Responsibility and socio-relational autonomy

16:00 - 17:30 14 November 2018
Dr Ben Colburn's main research interests are in political philosophy and ethics, with a particular emphasis on the nature and value of autonomy and its importance in liberal political…

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:30 14 November 2018
David Schoch, University of Manchester Networks of Leveling Ties Social networks can be made of various kinds of ties, but (often implicit) assumptions embodied in network-analytic…

Sefi Roth (LSE)

13:00 - 14:15 15 November 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Jamie Wintrup - Anthropology, University of Oslo

16:00 - 18:00 19 November 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 19th November 2018 Dr Jamie Wintrup - The University Of Oslo Transcending The Ethical Dilemmas Of Humanitarianism: American Christian Missionaries…

CMI Afternoon Seminar: How do voters perceive and interpret the national economy? - Dr Martin Bisgaard

15:00 - 16:15 20 November 2018
Speaker: Dr Martin Bisgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark Abstract: An abstract will be available closer to the date of the seminar. Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45 in 2.07. Join us…

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