Lectures and seminars

Arnaud Chevalier (Royal Holloway)

13:00 - 14:15 22 November 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

CoDE Seminar: White Lines: Race, Place and Belonging in the Post-Industrial Periphery

12:00 - 13:00 22 November 2018
The talk focuses upon young people and everyday forms of belonging in ‘post-Brexit’ Britain. It is argued that some of the ideas surrounding superdiversity and everyday multiculturalism…

CTIS Seminar: Translator Styles - Do they exist and do they matter in the digital age?

14:00 - 15:30 22 November 2018
Translation is a complex cognitive activity and – like any other human activity – is characterised by individuality and diversity. Do translators differ in the way they actually translate?…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof Loveday Alexander (Sheffield), "Social Networks, Legal Aliens, and the Shape of the Church in Acts"

14:00 - 16:00 22 November 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…

From hand-dug wells to present day: the history and technology of drilling and well stimulation

17:00 - 18:00 22 November 2018
This week's AAGP speaker is Professor Jonathan Craig, Senior Vice President, Exploration Strategies & Professional Areas, ENI The horizontal & multi-lateral wells and high-pressure…

Impact and benefits of treating hearing and vision problems for people living with dementia

13:00 - 16:00 22 November 2018
Hearing and vision impairments cause difficulties with daily living activities for people living with dementia and impact on communication. The SENSE-Cog Sensory Intervention is a…

International Men’s Day: Prostate Cancer: Bench to Bedside

14:00 - 16:00 22 November 2018
Prostate Cancer: Bench to Bedside 2.00-3.00 Professor Simon MacKay (Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences) 3.00-3.15 Dr Debayan…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Matthias Revers, "Who Can Say What, About Whom, and How? The Informal Regulation and Politics of Speech"

16:00 - 17:30 22 November 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.

‘Sunil Janah, the famine holocaust, and the development of a modern ocular aesthetic 1943-56,’ History Research Seminar: Dr. Emilia Terracciano

16:15 - 17:30 22 November 2018
Emilia Terracciano (Ruskin School of Art, Oxford) ‘Sunil Janah, the famine holocaust, and the development of a modern ocular aesthetic 1943-56’

Lawfare: the law against democracy

17:00 - 18:00 26 November 2018
Dr. Rafael Valim is a visiting Professor from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo. His lecture will consider the negative impact of “Lawfare” in Latin-American countries, and particularly…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Rina Arya - Art and Communication, University of Huddersfield

16:00 - 18:00 26 November 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 26th November 2018 Professor Rina Arya - The University Of Huddersfield The significance Of Purity Rites In The Cultural Appropriation Of Hindu…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Patrick O'Brien: 'Britain's Wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France and their Contribution to the Consolidation of the First Industrial Revolution'

16:00 - 18:00 28 November 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's Autumn 2018 programme in association with History and Economics and with financial assistance from The Manchester School (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679957).…

Digital Trust and Security Guest Lecture Series - Lucas Cordeiro

13:00 - 14:30 28 November 2018
In the last two decades, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used in various military and civil applications, such as armed attacks, training targets, aerial surveillance, journalism,…

Dr Ilya Yablokov (Leeds University) will present his new book "Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in the Post-Soviet World".

16:15 - 17:30 28 November 2018
Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War, but Russian politics are rife…

Dr Patricia Novillo-Corvalán (Kent): 'Contradictory Solidarity: Tagore, Victoria Ocampo, and South-South Cultural Relations'

17:00 - 18:30 28 November 2018
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies seminar series. Venue: Uni Place 3.209. Contradictory Solidarity: Tagore, Victoria Ocampo, and South-South Cultural Relations…

EAC Research Seminar: DOUGLAS CLARK (ENGLISH, MANCHESTER) AND EDWARD CLOUGH (AMERICAN STUDIES, MANCHESTER)

17:00 - 18:30 28 November 2018
EAC Research Seminar Series, Autumn 2018 28 NOVEMBER, JO TAYLOR (MANCHESTER) 'DEEP MAPPING THE LAKE DISTRICT WITH LITERARY GIS' 5PM, SAM ALEX A7

GDI Lecture with Phil Woodhouse: How can irrigation contribute to agricultural growth in Africa?

16:30 - 18:00 28 November 2018
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof Phil Woodhouse, Global Development Institute to discuss "How can irrigation contribute to agricultural growth…

GPE Seminar with Genevieve LeBaron: Explaining Patterns of Labour Protection and Exploitation in the Global Tea Supply Chain with Evidence from India

15:00 - 16:30 28 November 2018
Genevieve LeBaron (University of Sheffield) speaks on explaining patterns of labour protection and exploitation in the global tea supply chain with evidence from India. Genevieve…

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Peter Oakes: "New Testament, Empire and Economics - From archaeology via audience lives to interpretation of texts."

17:00 - 18:00 28 November 2018
Economics offers a route into understanding the New Testament as a set of texts written for non-elite audiences in the first century Roman empire. “Let every person be subject to the…

Inke Näthke seminar: From molecule to tissue dynamics and beyond: the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli protein in epithelial biology

11:00 - 12:00 28 November 2018
Professor Inke Näthke established key functions of the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) protein beyond its role in Wnt signalling. APC is the major tumour suppressor for cancers in…

Lecture Patrick K. O'Brien: Britain's Wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France and their Contribution to the Consolidation of the First Industrial Revolution

16:00 - 18:00 28 November 2018
Lecture by a leading economic historian

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