Events at The University of Manchester

Lectures and seminars

Applied Economics Seminar - Emma Riley (Oxford)

13:00 - 14:15 7 November 2019
Title: TBA

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: Ideologies of Violence: Threatening Language Ideologies vs. Threatening Language Realities: Led by Tammy A. Gales (Hofstra)

14:00 - 16:00 7 November 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Tammy A. Gales (Hofstra University) will lead a CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar entitled 'Threatening Language Ideologies vs.…

CTIS Seminar: Against Translation as Creative Writing: Risks and Opportunities of the Commodification of Literature

14:00 - 15:30 7 November 2019
In this presentation I make two, related, arguments. First, that literary translation is a hybrid art from, combining elements of both literary and performing arts. This claim is made…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Meredith J. C. Warren (University of Sheffield) “Human and Divine Justice in the Testament of Abraham.”

14:00 - 16:00 7 November 2019
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…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar (& Jewish-Muslim Research Network): Prof. Aaron Hughes (University of Rochester) “The Sh??a are the Jews of Our Umma”: Rethinking Alterity in Medieval Islam

16:00 - 17:30 7 November 2019
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.

James Gregory and Michael Connolly - Informal Applied Mathematics Seminar

15:00 - 16:00 8 November 2019
The Informal Applied Mathematics seminar will continue with a double bill from James Gregory and Michael Connolly. Talks will take place in Frank Adams 2 (next to the Alan Turing Building's…

Robert Nicolaides - Abstract Regular Polytopes

15:00 - 16:00 8 November 2019
This week's pure postgrad seminar will be given by Robert Nicolaides at 3pm in Frank Adams 1. Abstract: Abstract Regular Polytopes (ARPs) are abstract shapes inspired by the celebrated…

Zhaojun Bai - Rayleigh quotient optimizations and eigenvalue problems

14:00 - 15:00 8 November 2019
Zhaojun Bai from University of California will be speaking at this seminar. Abstract : Many computational science and data analysis techniques lead to optimizing Rayleigh quotient…

CEAS Department Seminar - Dr Antoni Forner-Cuenca

10:30 - 12:00 11 November 2019
As part of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science Department Seminar Series, we'll be welcoming Dr Antoni Forner-Cuenca from Eindhoven University Technology,…

DMDS Divisional Seminar Date: Monday 11 November 2019

13:00 - 14:00 11 November 2019
DMDS Divisional Seminar Date: Monday 11 November 2019 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Tracy Briggs – “Monogenic Type I interferon driven disorders.” Senior Clinical…

Han Yu (Cambridge) - Analysis and Dynamical Systems Seminar Series

15:00 - 16:00 11 November 2019
Han Yu (Cambridge) will be speaking at this research seminar, part of the Dynamical Systems and Analysis seminar series.

Immigration, diversity, and systems of advantage and disadvantage in U.S. universities

15:30 - 16:30 11 November 2019
Join us for MIOIR External Seminar Series 19/20, seminar hosted by Professor Monica Gaughan. Abstract: Immigration and diversity are two crucial dynamics affecting the scientific…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Olga Ulturgasheva - Monday 11th of November 2019

16:00 - 18:00 11 November 2019
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 11th of November 2019 Dr Olga Ulturgasheva – University of Manchester Adding Cosmo to Geo: Climate Change as a New Matrix of Animation The intensification…

Architectural Models: Past, Present, Future of a Design Practice

16:30 - 18:00 12 November 2019
Lecture by Dr Simona Valeriani, Senior Tutor V&A/RCA History of Design MA and Researcher at the V&A research Institute.

Creative ways to improve movement and quality of life in age-related conditions

13:00 - 16:00 12 November 2019
You are invited to a free MICRA seminar. The event begins at 1pm with a free networking lunch. There is an urgent need for cost-effective, sustainable methods to improve and maintain…

Dr Ali A K Ali. Displacement as a Process of Coercive Disruption Examples from Occupied Baghdad (2003-2019)

17:00 - 18:30 12 November 2019
The seminar analyses displacement as a process consisting of coercive disruptions. It questions the prevalent conflation of displacement, forced displacement, and forced migration.…

HCRI Research Seminar - Outstanding BSc Student Dissertations

16:00 - 19:00 12 November 2019
HCRI's fifth research seminar of the new term will be with recent UG graduates Isabelle Kidder, Julia Kiemle-Gabbey and Jennifer Small, who will present on their BSc dissertations.…

Ian Petrow (UCL) - The Weyl subconvex exponent for Dirichlet L-functions.

15:00 - 16:00 12 November 2019
Join us for this research seminar, part of the Number Theory Seminar Series. Abstract: In the 1920s Weyl proved the first non-trivial estimate for the Riemann zeta function on the…

Macro Seminar - Saleem Bahaj (Bank of England)

16:00 - 17:00 12 November 2019
Title: Employment and the Collateral Channel of Monetary Policy

Manchester Algebra Seminar -The exterior algebra of the little adjoint module.

14:00 - 15:00 12 November 2019
Speaker: Ibukun Ademehin (University of Manchester) Title: The exterior algebra of the little adjoint module. Abstract: Let g be a simple complex Lie algebra with a non-simply laced…

Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 12 November 2019
Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series External Speaker TBC

Miniature Wireless Sensors for Closed-loop Health Management Seminar

17:30 - 19:30 12 November 2019
Mobile technologies have changed our life style significantly. Personalised tools such as wearable and implantable devices through wireless communication and Internet of Things have…

CGP Seminar with Louiza Odysseos

13:30 - 15:00 13 November 2019
Please join the Critical Global Politics Research Cluster for a seminar with Louiza Odysseos (University of Sussex). Louiza Odysseos is Professor of International Relations in the…

JMCE Seminar with Dr Ruairidh Tarvet: Northern Nationalisms: Renegotiating Swedish and Danish National Identities

14:00 - 15:00 13 November 2019
Please join the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for a seminar with Dr Ruairidh Tarvet (University of Edinburgh), entitled 'Northern Nationalisms: Renegotiating Swedish and Danish National…

Seminar: The Effect of Moderating Physical Activity Goals based on Self-Trackers’ Self-Efficacy

14:00 - 15:00 13 November 2019
Join us for our next Computer Science Mercury Talk with speaker Deema Alqathani in Kilburn L.T 1.5 Many self-trackers lose interest in tracking, disengage and ultimately they even…

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