Events at The University of Manchester

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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…

Commuting patterns and urban expansion of neighbourhoods in the Beijing metropolitan region: a spatial perspective - Professor Cecilia Wong, University of Manchester

12:00 - 14:00 13 November 2018
The Manchester China Institute Lunch Time Seminars Series 2018-2019 Professor Dr Cecilia Wong School of Environment, Education and Development - University of Manchester Tuesday…

‘Never listen to your sister!’ the story of Antibiotic on Antibiotic Drug Resistance: One student, one campus, one world

13:00 - 14:00 13 November 2018
Dr Roger Harrison is co-founder and Chair of the university-student partnership ‘Action on Antibiotic Drug Resistance: One student, one campus, one world’. Taking a social movement…

China’s international relations and harmonious world: time, space and multiplicity in world politics - Dr Astrid Nordin, University of Lancaster

16:30 - 18:00 14 November 2018
The Manchester China Institute Evening Seminars Series 2018-2019 Dr Astrid Nordin University of Lancaster Wednesday, 14th November 2018, 4:30-6:00pm Common Room A, Whitworth Building…

Dr. Niamh Thornton (University of Liverpool) 'Violence on Screen: Desecrated Bodies and Popular Imaginings of Mexico'

17:00 14 November 2018
Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar.

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…

The 100th Anniversary of the Occlusion Process in Extratropical Cyclones

13:00 - 14:00 14 November 2018
Our speaker is Professor David Schultz from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Manchester. On 18 November 1919, meteorologist Tor Bergeron was…

Ageing process in astrocytes and the progression of Alzheimer's disease like pathology

15 - 21 November 2018
As part of a British Council UK-Israel Lectureship project, Stuart Allan will be hosting Professor Dan Frenkel from Tel Aviv on Wednesday 21st November. Dan will be giving a seminar…

CTIS Seminar: Interpreting in the 21st Century: How the use of technologies has revolutionised the interpreting world

14:00 - 15:30 15 November 2018
Interpreting dates back from antiquity when interpreters were used as mediators between different languages and cultures. Until the mid-1970s, interpreting was occurring solely in a…

Lee Lozano: Breakdown - Jo Applin

17:00 - 18:30 15 November 2018
As part of the Art History and Cultural Practices seminar series, Dr Jo Applin will be discussing the work of Lee Lozano. Jo Applin is a Reader in the History of Art at The Courtauld…

Sefi Roth (LSE)

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

‘Hidden from History: Women of Aktion in the German Revolution 1918/19’

18:00 - 20:00 15 November 2018
A talk by Dr Corinne Painter and Prof Ingrid Sharp (University of Leeds) 6pm on 15 November 2018 In: University Place 2.219 Followed by a wine reception Corinne Painter and Ingrid…

MaRMN External Seminar - Nanoscale control of MSC growth and differentiation

13:00 - 14:00 16 November 2018
Professor Matthew Dalby from the University of Glasgow will present on 'Nanoscale control of MSC growth and differentiation'.

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…

Biomass Energy with CCS: unlocking negative emissions

13:00 - 14:00 20 November 2018
There is growing and significant dependence on biomass energy and carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in future greenhouse gas emission scenarios in global integrated assessment models.…

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…

Curating Celts: views from an exhibition

17:00 20 November 2018
Manchester Centre for Archaeology and Egyptology Research Seminar

HCRI Research Series: 10 Years of HCRI

16:00 - 18:00 20 November 2018
HCRI celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a rich programme of events. Join us for our research seminar series featuring current and alumni colleagues, and current and alumni postgraduate…

Morgan Centre seminar on intergenerational support and housing in Poland

15:00 - 16:30 20 November 2018
Mateusz Halawa, Marta Olco?-Kubicka To help the daughter in her mortgage: Practices of intergenerational support among Warsaw’s young homebuyers In Radom, a city 60 miles from Warsaw…

CI Film Club

15:00 21 November 2018
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students once again from October! The club is providing a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural discussions…

Departmental Seminar: Dr Marie Guillot (Essex)

15:00 - 17:00 21 November 2018
Title *TBC Abstract *TBC

JMCE Seminar Series - Dr. Rachel Minto (University of Cardiff)

14:00 - 15:00 21 November 2018
Wednesday 21 November 2018, 14:00 @ University Place, 6.206 Speaker: Dr. Rachel Minto (University of Cardiff) Title: Re-wiring European Networks post-Brexit: Continuity and change from a multi-level perspective

The biogeochemistry of glaciers and ice sheets on Earth: lessons for Mars

13:00 - 14:00 21 November 2018
Our speaker is Dr Jon Telling from the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University. Coffee and tea will be available after the seminar in the first floor foyer of the Williamson Building.

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