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Applied Seminar - Nathan Nunn (Harvard)

16:00 - 17:00 15 April 2021
Title: Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change and Conflict in Africa

Call for Submissions: Chinese Language Video Festival

25 March - 15 April 2021
Take part in the first ever Chinese Language Video Festival which has recently launched to celebrate this year's United Nations Chinese Language Day. The event, organized by UNOG (the…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Professor David Clines (University of Sheffield) ‘Genesis 1: A Critique’

14:00 - 16:00 15 April 2021
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. This semester all sessions will take place online via Zoom. To register to attend, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk.…

HCRI Research Seminar: Human Shields and the Struggle for Self-Determination in Gaza

15:00 - 17:00 15 April 2021
From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, from Sri Lanka to Iraq and from Yemen to…

Letters to a President - A National Writing Competition for School Pupils

21 January - 30 April 2021
This spring the University of Manchester’s programme in American Studies is asking UK school students in Years 9- 13 to write “Letters to a President”, to the incoming US presidential…

Manchester Access Programme Launch Event

14 - 15 April 2021
This is the official start of the programme for students accepted onto the Manchester Access Programme and provides an overview of university courses, admissions and entry requirements.…

Manchester Literature Festival Spring 2021 Online Events- Caleb Femi Hosted by Vanessa Kisuule

19:30 8 - 12:00 30 April 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Thursday 8 April 2021 and be available to watch until 30 April. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. A rising star on the British…

Manchester Literature Festival Spring 2021 Online Events- Roger Robinson Hosted by Malika Booker

19:30 25 March - 12:00 30 April 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Thursday 25 March 2021 and be available to watch until 30 April. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. One of the most prominent…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: A. Scott McPeak (University of Manchester) “A New Frontier for Liberation Theology? Attention Colonisation in an Advanced Technological Age”

16:00 - 17:30 15 April 2021
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This semester the seminars will take place online via Zoom - please register to receive the link by emailing…

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 1 June: Interviewer Falsification in Survey Research: Recent Developments

16:00 3 November 2020 - 17:00 1 June 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – June Session Interviewer Falsification in Survey Research: Recent Developments Joseph Sakshaug (German Institute for Employment Research) Join…

Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21

16:00 3 November 2020 - 17:00 1 June 2021
The Department of Social Statistics is pleased to invite everyone interested in quantitative social research to a series of online seminars. The events will be held once a month throughout…

Teaching, Scholarship & Research (TSAR)

13:00 - 14:00 15 April 2021
An informal and supportive session to provide an opportunity to discuss scholarship ideas, protocols, activities, results, presentations and publications. To book a place, please go…

The Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture 2021

17:30 - 19:00 15 April 2021
On 15th April 2021, the School of Social Sciences welcomes one of the most senior UNHCR officials in the Mediterranean, an area that has been the epicentre of refugee flows into Europe…

Tyndall Manchester virtual seminar- ‘Climate screening and risk assessment for Multilateral Development Banks’

13:00 - 14:00 15 April 2021
Seminar title- Climate screening and risk assessment for Multilateral Development Banks Abstract- This presentation will review current approaches to physical climate risk assessment…

Webinar: Finding and Accessing Data in the UK Data Service

11:00 - 12:00 15 April 2021
This introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to hear about finding data from the UK Data Service. Participants will be given a practical overview of the tools that the…

Cheryl E Praeger - Coprime actions of finite groups - Pure Mathematics Colloquium

11:00 - 12:00 16 April 2021
Speaker: Cheryl E Praeger, University of Western Australia Series: Pure Mathematics Colloquium Title: Coprime actions of finite groups Abstract: Gabriel Navarro asked the following…

Manchester Literature Festival Spring 2021 Online Events- Kazuo Ishiguro & Jackie Kay in Conversation

19:30 19 April - 12:00 17 May 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Mon 19 April 2021 and available to watch until 17 May. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. ‘Do you believe in the human heart?’…

Speculative Cities: Housing and value conversions in Maputo, Mozambique with Professor Morten Nielsen

16:00 - 17:30 19 April 2021
‘Speculative Cities: Housing and value conversions in Maputo, Mozambique’ Prof Morten Nielsen, National Museum of Denmark Based on ethnographic research carried out in Maputo, in this…

The Privatization of AI Research(-ers): Causes and Potential Consequences - From university-industry interaction to public research brain-drain?

15:30 - 17:00 19 April 2021
Join us for Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 20/21, webinar hosted by guest speakers, Roman Jurowetzki and Daniel Hain. Register to attend via Eventbrite:…

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