Lectures and seminars

CTIS Seminar: Shared Texts - The Role of Literal Theatre Translations in the Performance Process

14:00 - 15:30 29 November 2018
‘Literal translation’ is a problematic term that tends to be associated with word-for-word translation and regarded as a lower level of translation activity. In English-speaking theatre,…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof Philip Alexander (Manchester), "The Problem of Philo and the Epistle to the Hebrews Revisited"

14:00 - 16:00 29 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…

Professor Richard Riley: Sample size requirements for developing a multivariable clinical prediction model

14:00 - 15:00 29 November 2018
The next HeRC seminar will be on Thursday 29th November at 2pm. The speaker will be Professor Richard Riley from the Centre for Prognosis Research at Keele University; the title and…

Sébastien Houde (ETH Zurich)

13:00 - 14:15 29 November 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

CGP Seminar with Linda Åhäll and Cristina Masters: Mapping Misogyny in Global Politics

15:30 - 17:00 30 November 2018
Linda Åhäll (Keele) and Cristina Masters (Manchester) speak on mapping misogyny in global politics. Linda Åhäll's research concerns the interplay between gender politics and ideas…

Scientific Seminar of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research

13:00 - 14:00 3 December 2018
Date: Monday 3 December 2018 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Kathryn Steel – "Phenotypic, molecular and functional characterisation of T cells in inflammatory…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Professor David Mills - University of Oxford

16:00 - 18:00 3 December 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 3rd of December 2018 Professor David Mills University Of Oxford "One million PhDs”: Epistemic politics and doctoral education in Africa In…

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Women's Empowerment and Intra-household Food Allocations in Agricultural Households in Bangladesh - Prof Uma Kumbhampati

15:00 - 16:15 4 December 2018
Speaker: Prof. Uma Kumbhampati, University of Reading Abstract: An abstract will be available closer to the time of the seminar. Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. Join us for this…

HCRI Research Series: 10 Years of HCRI, Jessica Field

16:00 - 18:00 4 December 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…

May Fourth Activism, Natural Disaster, and 1920s Groundwork for Maoist Class Struggle - Dr Pierre Fuller, University of Manchester

12:00 - 14:00 4 December 2018
The Manchester China Institute Lunch Time Seminars Series 2018-2019 Dr Pierre Fuller Lecturer in East Asian History- University of Manchester Tuesday 4th December 2018, 12:00-14:00pm…

PhD Talks

17:00 4 December 2018
Linnea Kuglitsch, “Music, Flowers, [and] Open Air”: An Archaeology of Natural World at the American Lunatic Asylum, c. 1840-1914 Emma Tollefsen, The Clue is in the Bone: Curating the Iron Age Dead in Britain

Professor Spiros Denaxas: Data-driven tools for Disease Prognosis

11:00 - 12:00 4 December 2018
Professor Spiros Denaxas, University College London, will be delivering a talk on Tuesday 4 December. Find the details below: Data-driven Tools for Disease Prognosis Professor Spiros…

The Linnean Society: Irene Manton Lecture 2018

17:00 - 19:00 4 December 2018
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health in collaboration with The Linnean Society will host the 2018 Irene Manton lecture at The John Rylands Library. The lecture celebrates and…

Brilliant bacterial biominerals: From early Earth survival to modern biotech solutions

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2018
Our speaker is Professor Vernon Phoenix from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Bacteria play a key role in the generation of…

CGP Seminar with Victoria Basham: A Tale of Two Cities? Insecurity and Terror at London Bridge and Grenfell Tower

14:30 - 16:00 5 December 2018
Victoria Basham (Cardiff University) speaks on insecurity and terror at London Bridge and in regards to Grenfell Tower. Victoria Basham’s research interests lie in the field of critical…

CI Film Club

15:00 5 December 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…

Colloquium: Progress in fusion reactor design

15:00 - 17:00 5 December 2018
Dr Elizabeth Surrey, Technology Programme Leader at Culham Centre for Fusion Technology, presented on progress in fusion reactor design at the first University of Manchester at Harwell…

Digital Trust and Security Guest Lecture Series - Chris Hankin

13:00 - 14:30 5 December 2018
CNI and Cyber Security This talk will review the current cyber threat landscape in critical national infrastructure and cyber-physical systems more generally. We will describe the…

Engaging students: what we have learnt using Twitter, Facebook, Piazza and Blackboard Discussion Boards (Teaching Online Workshop Series)

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2018
Engaging students: what we have learnt using Twitter, Facebook, Piazza and Blackboard Discussion Boards

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