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David Olusoga OBE Inaugural Professorial Lecture: "Identity, Britishness and the Windrush"

17:30 - 18:30 22 May 2019
Historian, broadcaster and film-maker David Olusoga OBE will deliver his inaugural professorial lecture since joining The University of Manchester as a Professor of Public History.…

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…

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…

Sexuality Summer School Public Lecture: Madhavi Menon (Ashoka University)

17:00 - 19:00 23 May 2019
Part of Sexuality Summer School: Queer Dialogues, 20-24 May 2019, University of Manchester Public Lecture: Madhavi Menon (Ashoka University, India and author of A History of Desire…

Professorial Inaugural Lecture: Prof. Jerome de Groot

17:00 - 19:00 29 May 2019
I will be giving my Professorial Inaugural on the 29 May, wearing a cape (kind of) and talking about hifalutin things (+ jokes). It would be lovely to see you all for it. I'm learning…

Work and Equalities Insitute Second Annual Lecture: Young women and men and the future of work and family formation

16:00 - 18:00 4 June 2019
Most literature and public debate on the future of work revolves around the impact of technology, potential for job loss, changes in work design and new concepts of organisation and…

Lovell Lecture: Professor Tim O’Brien

20 June 2019
Lovell Lecture: The Universe Live from Jodrell Bank Professor Tim O’Brien Thursday 20th June, 7:30pm Jodrell Bank Observatory helped pioneer the exploration of the invisible Universe…

MARG 2019 Lecture series "Comparaison in the Cold War: Thinking Third World Urbanisation Through the Second World" by Dr. Lukasz Stanek

12:30 - 14:30 26 June 2019
MARG 2019 Lecture series "Comparaison in the Cold War: Thinking Third World Urbanisation Through the Second World" by Dr. Lukasz Stanek

Discover Psychology

10 July 2019
Get a better insight into what studying Psychology at the University of Manchester would be like. Discover days are ideal for year 12 students or anybody considering applying to University…

Osborne Reynolds Lecture - Climate’s holy trinity: how cogency, tenacity & courage could yet deliver on our Paris commitments

16:00 - 17:00 11 July 2019
It is over twenty-eight years since the UN’s first major climate report and over a quarter of a century since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit – such heady days of international hope and optimism.…

Who lose and who win? The spatial differences in the impacts of high-speed railway on regional economic growth in China

13:30 - 15:30 17 July 2019
It is widely believed high speed railway could improve regional development by enlarging local labour, capital and land market, and enhancing passenger mobility efficiency. But there…

Kashmr: causes of crisis and consequences for citizens

9 September 2019
HCRI warmly invites you to their annual Landmark Lecture. India’s federal government recently changed its 70 year policy on Jammu and Kashmir State, stripping the contested territory…

Integrating and analysing multiple datasets

12 - 13 September 2019
This workshop will enable participants to: • Produce data descriptions and summaries to understand the data. • Use statistical tools to clean and manipulate data • Integrate relational…

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2019

18:00 - 19:30 23 September 2019
We are delighted to announce that the fifth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton). The event is open to…

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2019

18:00 - 19:30 24 September 2019
We are delighted to announce that the fifth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton). The event is open to…

Bogdanow Masterclass in Holocaust Studies 2019

14:00 - 16:00 24 September 2019
We are delighted to announce that the fifth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton). As part of the annual lecture…

HCRI Landmark Lecture on Kashmir: causes of crisis and consequences for citizens

16:00 - 18:00 24 September 2019
HCRI warmly invites you to their annual Landmark Lecture. India’s federal government recently changed its 70 year policy on Jammu and Kashmir State, stripping the contested territory…

GDI Lecture with Prof Stephanie Barrientos: Gender and Work: Capturing the Gains in Global Value Chains

17:00 - 18:30 25 September 2019
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof Stephanie Barrientos: Gender and Work: Capturing the Gains in Global Value Chains The Global Development…

Colloquium: Living to the limits; ageing well

15:00 - 17:00 27 September 2019
The University of Manchester at Harwell Director, Professor Neil Bourne, presented on 'Living to the limits; ageing well', at the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.…

Teaching Large International cohorts (Humanities Teaching Academy Workshops 2019-20)

11:00 - 12:30 27 September 2019
This session will explore engagement challenges when teaching cohorts with a large international element. The workshop will seek to provide practical strategies to address the issues…

HCRI Research Seminar - The Rise of the Phoenix: Gender Equity in the Wildland Fire Profession

16:00 - 19:00 1 October 2019
HCRI kick start our research seminar series for the new term with guest speaker Dr Christine Eriksen and Dr Billy Haworth as Chair. Event title: The Rise of the Phoenix: Gender Equity…

GDI Lecture with Prof Rhys Jenkins: How China Is Reshaping the Global Economy

17:00 - 18:30 2 October 2019
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof Rhys Jenkins, University of East Anglia to discuss "How China Is Reshaping the Global Economy" China’s growing…

Innovating policy from the centre

16:00 - 17:30 3 October 2019
The case of Indonesia’s development priorities 2014-2019. Chair: Joe Ravetz, Manchester Urban Institute How can science-technology-innovation (STI) studies help with policy and policy-makers…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Elizabeth Stephens (Queensland): The Optimised Self: A Brief History of Time Management and the Quantified Body

17:00 - 19:00 8 October 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Elizabeth Stephens (University of Queensland) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'The Optimised Self: A Brief History…

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