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CIDRAL Public Lecture: Mark Payne (Chicago): 'Occupation and Mentation in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction'

17:00 - 19:00 2 April 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Mark Payne (Professor of Classics, University of Chicago) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'Occupation…

Colloquium: Machine learning and big scientific data: What can AI do for the facilities?

15:00 - 17:00 2 April 2019
Professor Tony Hey, the Chief Data Scientist at the Science and Technology Facilities Council at Harwell, presented at the second University of Manchester at Harwell colloquium. There…

Joy for Ever: How to use art to change the world and its price in the market

29 March - 9 June 2019
In 1857 John Ruskin (1819-1900) delivered one of his most important public lectures in response to the Great Art Treasures exhibition in Manchester, the largest art exhibition ever…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: ‘Theorizing Catastrophe’ led by Mark Payne (Chicago)

13:00 - 15:00 3 April 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Mark Payne (Professor of Classics, University of Chicago) will lead a Key Ideas seminar entitled ‘Theorizing…

Constitutional Law, Federalism and Human Rights in Argentina

17:00 - 18:00 3 April 2019
On Wednesday 3rd April, Prof Pablo Gutierrez, an expert in Public Law at the Universidad Nacional del Comahue (Argentina), will deliver a presentation entitled 'Constitutional Law,…

EAC Research Seminar: John Plotz (Brandeis) 'Laughter is from Mars: Science Fiction as Satire and Game'

17:00 - 18:30 3 April 2019
John Plotz is a professor of English at Brandeis University who specializes in Victorian literature and the novel. He is the author of The Crowd: British Literature and Public Politics…

Schuster Colloquium - Professor Lucie Green - Origins and Impact of Space Weather

15:00 - 16:30 3 April 2019
What is the Schuster Colloquium? The Schuster Colloquium is organised by the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Manchester. It takes place about half a dozen times…

Adaptive testing using Möbius (Maple TA) (Teaching Online Workshop Series)

13:00 - 14:00 15 April 2019
Adaptive testing using Möbius

MARG 2019 Lecture series "Corporate Sustainability: The Global Cement Industry and Its Approach to Architectural Culture" by Dr. Kim Föster

12:30 - 14:30 24 April 2019
MARG 2019 Lecture series "Corporate Sustainability: The Global Cement Industry and Its Approach to Architectural Culture" by Dr. Kim Föster

GDI Lecture Series: The business of forced labour in global agricultural supply chains with Prof Genevieve Le Baron

17:00 - 18:30 1 May 2019
The Global Development Institute is pleased to present Professor Genevieve Le Baron speaking on the business of forced labour in global agricultural supply chains. This lecture will…

The G. L. Brook Memorial Lecture in Middle English: Prof. Corinne Saunders (Durham), 'Imagination and Revelation: Thinking Voices and Visions in Medieval English Writing'

17:30 - 19:00 2 May 2019
The Brook Lecture, part of the English and American Studies seminar series, honours the memory of G.L. Brook, Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature at Manchester…

CI Poetry Talk: The Charm of Chinese Culture

15:00 - 17:00 7 May 2019
Chinese culture has a long history, profound knowledge, and endless charm. Be part of this public talk and get to know more about Chinese literature, Chinese poetry, as well as China’s…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Dominique Rogers (Antilles): Between Racialization and Appropriation: Patterns of Belonging for Free People of Colour in Saint-Lucia, Martinique and French Saint-Domingue

17:00 - 19:00 7 May 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Dominique Rogers (University of the Antilles) will deliver a public lecture entitled ‘Between Racialization…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: Led by Dominique Rogers (Antilles)

13:00 - 15:00 8 May 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Dominique Rogers (University of the Antilles) will lead a Key Ideas seminar. Preparatory readings for…

GDI Lecture Series: Ambitious and ambiguous public investments in African cities with Edgar Pieterse

16:30 - 18:00 8 May 2019
The Global Development Institute is pleased to host Edgar Pieterse as part of the GDI Lecture Series, talking about: Ambitious and ambiguous public investments in African cities Urban…

Schuster Colloquium - Professor Timothy Spiller - Quantum Technologies

15:00 - 16:30 8 May 2019
Professor Timothy Spiller (University of York) Quantum technologies are new disruptive technologies in which fundamental aspects of quantum physics are instrumental in providing advantages…

Designing for mobile learning (Teaching Online Workshop Series)

11:00 - 12:00 9 May 2019
Designing for mobile learning

Professor Liam Harte's Inaugural Lecture, 'Irish Autobiography: Singular Lives, Plural Selves'

17:30 - 19:00 15 May 2019
You are invited to attend Professor Liam Harte's Inaugural Lecture, 'Irish Biography: Singular Lives, Plural Selves'. Despite being an ancient and widespread practice in Irish culture,…

Professorial Inaugural Lecture: Prof. Liam Harte, 'Irish Autobiography: Singular Lives, Plural Selves'

17:00 - 19:00 15 May 2019
Despite being an ancient and widespread practice in Irish culture, autobiography has received far less critical attention than the nation’s poetry, drama and prose fiction. This lecture…

Advanced Materials Characterisation Facilities - Opening Celebration

10:00 - 18:00 16 May 2019
To celebrate the opening of the new Henry Royce Institute state-of-the-art facilities for materials characterisation at The University of Manchester, we invite you to a series of presentations…

Engraving China’s Last Golden Age

12:00 - 13:30 16 May 2019
The recent discovery of a complete set of engravings of European Palaces in Yuan Ming Yuan at the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, and the presence of a complete set…

Sexuality Summer School Lecture, ‘Beside Her in Time: A Conversation with Elizabeth Freeman’

12:00 - 14:00 20 May 2019
Sexuality Summer School Lecture Elizabeth Freeman (UC Davis) ‘Beside Her in Time: A Conversation with Elizabeth Freeman’ Chair: Jackie Stacey (Manchester)

Tableau - The Beautiful Science of Data Visualisation

13:00 - 16:00 21 May 2019
Tableau - The Beautiful Science of Data Visualisation Learn a new approach to data visualisation using Tableau at this free 3-hour workshop for students and instructors at the University…

MARG 2019 Lecture series "British Television and the Abolition of Every Possibility of Remoteness" by Dr. Léa-Catherine Szacka

12:30 - 14:30 22 May 2019
MARG 2019 Lecture series "British Television and the Abolition of Every Possibility of Remoteness" by Dr. Léa-Catherine Szacka

Sexuality Summer School Public Event: Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Memorial Symposium

10:00 - 21:00 22 May 2019
Part of Sexuality Summer School: Queer Dialogues, 20-24 May 2019, University of Manchester Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Memorial Symposium (Sponsored by York University and the Eve Kosofsky…

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