School of Social Sciences

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…

Macro Seminar - Marcelo Pedroni (Amsterdam)

16:00 - 17:00 20 April 2021
Title: Dynamic Information Aggregation: Learning from the Past

‘CPS know the justice ain’t right, but the jury don’t‘

16:30 - 18:00 20 April 2021
Procedural unfairness and racial bias in the use of rap in criminal cases There has been a surge in criminal cases in which prosecutors seek to rely on rap lyrics and videos as incriminating…

Philosophy Research Seminar - Dr André Carus (LMU)

15:15 - 16:50 21 April 2021
This year we are running all of our research seminars online using Zoom. If you would like to attend, and are not included on our events mailing list, please email Dr Stephen Ingram…

The Annual Harry Street Lecture - Academic Year 2020/2021

16:00 - 17:30 21 April 2021
‘UK Constitutional Reform – Westminster or Whitehall? We’re often told that there is no real understanding of the separation of powers in the UK constitution. Its efficient secret…

Dr Diego Maria Malara: Pious Demons and Sinful Christians: Mimesis, Historicity, and the Demonization of Protestantism in Ethiopian Orthodox Exorcism

16:00 - 17:30 26 April 2021
Dr Diego Maria Malara, University of Glasgow Chaired by Sebastien Bachelet Title: Pious Demons and Sinful Christians: Mimesis, Historicity, and the Demonization of Protestantism…

Macro Seminar - Joseba Martinez (LBS)

16:00 - 17:00 27 April 2021
Title: Automation Potential and Diffusion

Morgan Centre seminar - Marking motherhood on the body: The tattoos of mothers who live apart from their children

15:00 - 16:00 28 April 2021
Speakers: Siobhan Beckwith and Lisa Morriss We will present the initial findings of a pilot project funded by the Sociological Review. We used a narrative approach alongside arts-based…

Sociology PhD Symposium

14:00 - 15:40 28 April 2021
We are showcasing the work of three of our postgraduate researchers in this symposium: - Collective Memories, Emotions, and Spatial Tactics in Social Movements: The Case of the Umbrella…

Sociology seminar: Radical uncertainty, pandemic mitigation & participatory crisis management (Elisa Pieri)

16:00 - 17:00 28 April 2021
Sociology seminar, presented by Dr Elisa Pieri, University of Manchester. The current outbreak of COVID-19 is a stark reminder of our permanent exposure to risk of pandemic outbreaks.…

Suffering in Silence? The Politics of Everyday Life in the Uyghur Diaspora

16:00 - 17:30 28 April 2021
Please register in advance by following this Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/suffering-in-silence-the-politics-of-everyday-life-in-the-uyghur-diaspora-tickets-144681916507…

Making the Unknown Knowable

15:00 29 April - 16:30 27 May 2021
Making the unknown knowable has always been located at the heart of scientific activity. Yet, whether the goal is to understand extreme environments, outer space or the universe (Helmreich,…

Sociology seminar: 'The social significance of dining out' (Alan Warde)

15:45 - 16:45 5 May 2021
Alan Warde will discuss research from his book, co-authored by Jessica Paddock and Jennifer Whillans, 'The social significance of dining out: A study of continuity and change'. All welcome.

Macro Seminar - Axelle Ferriere (Paris)

16:00 - 17:00 11 May 2021
Title: Larger Transfers Financed with More Progressive Taxes? On the Optimal Design of Taxes and Transfers

Alumni Event: Life After Anthropology at Manchester

15:30 - 17:30 12 May 2021
Join us online for a roundtable discussion with four alumni of the Manchester anthropology degree programme. Hear about four different life and career trajectories of Manchester anthropology…

Restud Tour 2021

13:45 17 - 17:00 21 May 2021
The Review of Economic Studies May Meetings have been held annually in May since 1989. Every year, in line with the Review’s tradition of encouraging the work of young economists, some…

Affecting change: Kevin Gillan and Damien Gayle on the power of protest

18:00 - 22:30 2 June 2021
A two-part Guardian masterclass that explores the intriguing roots of protest movements and how social movement came to be, and how the they have evolved. The roots of protest and social…

Not set in stone: Why we need fewer statues and more honesty - Gary Younge at the Hay Festival

14:00 - 14:50 4 June 2021
Gary Younge is giving this year's Aneurin Bevan lecture at the Hay Festival. He will be introducing his research on statues, empire and memorialisation. Introduced by Ian Goldin. …

Not Set in Stone: Remembering Empire and Contesting Statues

17:00 - 19:00 9 June 2021
A roundtable discussion on the material legacies of empire and slavery in Bristol, Oxford, and beyond. On 7th June 2020, young Bristolians toppled a statue of Edward Colston in the…

Inspiration for a Fair Future for All - Andy Burnham

14:00 - 14:45 10 June 2021
Mayor Andy Burnham to address BA Social Sciences students at the University of Manchester About this event What is a fair future for all, and how can the students of today be a part…

SPiNfest (Semantics and Pragmatics in the North) 2021

10:00 - 17:00 16 June 2021
SPiNfest (Semantics and Pragmatics in the North) 2021 will be hosted by The University of Manchester via Zoom. It aims to bring together linguists and philosophers from the north of…

Gaps, blanks, distances and secrets: A conversation on connectedness

13:00 - 15:00 23 June 2021
The aim of this afternoon seminar is to discuss that which is missing or absent; issues that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront in many ways. The seminar will focus…

Brownbag - Mazhar Waseem

12:00 - 13:00 29 September 2021
Title: Long Run Impacts of In-Utero Ramadan Exposure: Evidence from Administrative Tax Records

Social Statistics Seminars 2021/22

1 October 2021 - 30 June 2022
We are pleased to announce this year's Social Statistics Seminars. Our speakers: 12/10: Iris Gomez-Lopez (University of Michigan) 02/11: David Haziza (University of Ottawa) 07/12:…

Macro Seminar - Francesco Zanetti (Oxford)

16:00 - 17:00 5 October 2021
Title: State Dependence of Fiscal Multipliers: The Source of Fluctuations Matters

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