Seminar

Andrew Titman - Testing the Markov assumption in general multi-state models

14:00 - 15:00 5 February 2020
Andrew Titman (Lancaster University) joins us for the Statistics seminar series. Recently there has been interest in the development of estimators of the transition probabilities for…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: Christian Fuchs (Westminster): Internet Platforms, Social Media & Society

14:00 - 16:00 5 February 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programme. Christian Fuchs, professor of media and communication studies and Director of the Communication…

Matthieu Roche - Continuous Marangoni flows

14:00 - 15:00 5 February 2020
Matthieu Roche (University of Paris Diderot) joins us for this seminar in the Physical Applied Mathematics Series. Title: Continuous Marangoni flows Abstract: The presence of a surface-concentration…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 5 February 2020
Örjan Bodin, Stockholm Resilience Centre A network perspective in understanding environmental governance: how cooperation, conflict and the natural environment interact in shaping…

Novel isotopic window into old crust: tracing Earth’s tectonic regime through the evolution of its continental crust

13:00 - 14:00 5 February 2020
Dr Marc-Alban Millet, Cardiff University, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. The extraction of the continental crust from the mantle,…

Philosophy Research Seminar - Dr Wesley Buckwalter (Manchester)

15:10 - 16:50 5 February 2020
*Title: The Replication Crisis and Philosophy *Abstract: The replication crisis is perceived by many as one of the most significant threats to the reliability of research in cognitive…

Sascha Post - Linear Lie Groups and o-minimality.

15:00 5 February 2020
Sascha Post joins us for the logic seminar It is well known since the 80's that any group definable in an o-minimal expansion of the reals can be equipped with a Lie group structure.…

Sociology seminar - Being Available: Relational Agency and Kinship Time in the Narratives of Egg and Sperm Donors (Leah Gilman)

14:00 - 15:00 5 February 2020
Please join us for the first Sociology Departmental Seminar of the semester. All are welcome. Abstract: Historically, the connections created through donor conception have often…

CMI Seminar: "Anti-media party cues and selective exposure to political information" by Dr Sebastian Stier, GESIS

15:00 - 16:15 6 February 2020
The Cathie Marsh Institute welcomes Sebastian Stier from GESIS who will be speaking on the topic: Anti-media party cues and selective exposure to political information Abstract Whereas…

CTIS Seminar: Fascism through the Lens of Translation: A Comparative Study of Four Regimes

14:00 - 15:30 6 February 2020

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof Bernard Jackson (University of Manchester Emeritus) ‘Ruth, Rachel and Domestic Religion’

14:00 - 16:00 6 February 2020
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: Dr Sarah Thieme (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) “Contested Communities? Churches in the De-industrialized Cities of Manchester and Essen, 1960–1990”

16:00 - 17:30 6 February 2020
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.

Ted Voronov: Supergeometry and the (Frobenius-Kolmogorov-Gelfand-) Buchstaber-Rees theory

14:30 - 15:30 6 February 2020
Title: Supergeometry and the (Frobenius-Kolmogorov-Gelfand-)Buchstaber-Rees theory Abstract: Victor Buchstaber and Elmer Rees, motivated by the study of n-valued groups, introduced…

Mahah Javed - Is PSL(2,37) maximal in E_7(3)?

15:00 - 16:00 7 February 2020
This week's pure postgrad seminar will be given by Mahah Javed at 3pm in Frank Adams 1. Abstract: Interest in the maximal subgroups of finite simple groups is long-standing. I'm working…

Tomas Trewhela and Dom Duxbury - Informal Applied Mathematics Seminar

15:00 - 16:00 7 February 2020
The Informal Applied Mathematics seminar will resume with a double bill from Tomas Trewhela and Dom Duxbury. Talks will take place in Frank Adams 2 (next to the Alan Turing Building's…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Alice Wilson

16:00 - 18:00 10 February 2020
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 10th of February 2020 Dr Alice Wilson University of Sussex Unofficial Commemoration Of Silenced Revolution In Dhufar, Oman Studies of commemoration…

Uniform distribution of saddle connection lengths - Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar Series

15:00 - 16:00 10 February 2020
Donald Robertson will be speaking at this research seminar, part of the Dynamical Systems and Analysis seminar series. Abstract: Saddle connections on flat surfaces are those straight…

Advances in Biosciences Seminar: "Dynamic enhancer regulations in response to signalling - new paradigms for lineage priming and plasticity in differentiation" - Joshua Brickman

15:00 - 16:00 11 February 2020
Advances in Biosciences Seminar: "Dynamic enhancer regulations in response to signalling - new paradigms for lineage priming and plasticity in differentiation" - Joshua Brickman,…

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