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HCRI Landmark Lecture: Bio-Power, Governmentality of Killing and Indigenous People

17:00 - 19:30 12 October 2021
For over 63 years since 1958, unknown to the world , the Indian government imposed a martial law called the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act on 45 million indigenous peoples who live…

Global Development Institute Lecture Series: Labour Regimes in Global Production Networks

17:00 - 18:30 20 October 2021
Work looking at the intersections of labour and global production networks has expanded significantly over the past decade. That being said, there is still arguably a tendency to look…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. John Barclay (Durham University) Discussion of themes from the 2021 Didsbury Lectures, 'Beyond Charity: Rethinking Gift and Community with Paul’

14:00 - 16:00 28 October 2021
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. All sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Schuster Colloquia: Probing relativistic gravity with radio astronomy

15:00 - 16:00 3 November 2021
Join us for the latest Schuster Colloquia with speaker Professor Michael Kramer. We experience a golden era in testing and exploring relativistic gravity. Whether it is results from…

Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis

12 November - 10 December 2021
Longitudinal data is essential in a number of research fields as it enables analysts to concurrently understand aggregate and individual level change in time, the occurrence of events…

Philosophy Research Seminar: Professor Siobhan Chapman (University of Liverpool)

15:15 - 16:50 17 November 2021
This seminar will be taking place on campus, and in person, at Roscoe 2.3. If you are unable to come to campus, a zoom option will be available - please contact Dr Stephen Ingram to…

GDI Lecture Series: How can we bridge the gap between local and global knowledge in urban development research?

17:00 - 18:30 24 November 2021
Conceptualising the realities of cities in the global South is often characterised by ‘informality’ which continues to be key of the urban fabric. Transformation of cities to sustainability…

Annual Lane Lecture 2021: Long-COVID: should this be in the occupational disease fast lane? With guest speaker Dr Lesley Rushton

16:00 - 18:00 30 November 2021
Long-COVID: should this be in the occupational disease fast lane? Since January 2020 the UK has experienced waves of infection due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus…

Irene Manton Lecture 2021 (online)

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2021
Join us to celebrate and commemorate the significant contribution made by women to the Natural Sciences at the 2021 Irene Manton lecture. The lecture is free to attend and is open…

Voices from the Frontline; Saving Lives in War, Disaster and Disease

17:45 - 19:30 7 December 2021
Join the UK-Med team for a special evening of stories told from frontline medical team members, hosted by UK-Med Founder Professor Tony Redmond. The evening will involve a selection…

Steering ultrafast photochemical reactions with infrared excitation

13:00 - 14:00 8 December 2021
Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Prof. Julia Weinstein. Light absorption in molecules initiates a plethora of reactions on the ultrafast timescale. Designing the ways…

Material potencies and dormant things - inaugural lecture by Professor Sophie Woodward

16:00 - 17:00 9 December 2021
Join us for Professor Sophie Woodward's inaugural lecture: "Material potencies and dormant things: expanding a vital sociology of the everyday" There is perhaps no more striking example…

The interaction of methanol vapour with copper surfaces

14:00 - 15:00 12 January 2022
Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Dr. Baran Eren. Methanol-to-hydrogen conversion reactions are at the heart of onboard generation of hydrogen in vehicles powered by reformed…

Manufacturing Dissent: Moments of Solidarity (Stuart Hall Foundation 5th Annual Lecture)

16:00 - 16:45 3 February 2022
Chaired by Gary Younge, the event this year will focus on the relationship between political organising and alliance-building between different groups of people. Together we will explore…

Bogdanow Online Holocaust Lecture 2022

18:00 - 19:30 8 February 2022
The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that the eighth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof Marion Kaplan, Skirball…

Bogdanow Online Holocaust Lecture 2022

18:00 - 19:30 9 February 2022
The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that the eighth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof Marion Kaplan, Skirball…

Bogdanow Online Holocaust Materclass 2022

15:00 - 16:30 9 February 2022
'Refugees and gender studies: new perspectives in Holocaust studies'. Prof. Marion Kaplan (New York University). Prof. Kaplan is a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award…

GDI Lecture Series: Understanding the contemporary food crisis: structural causes, structural solutions

17:00 - 18:30 16 February 2022
Around the world hunger continues to be a pervasive issue. This talk summarizes current evidence regarding global hunger and demonstrates that its principal cause is not to be found…

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture (online): Jyotsna Singh, 16 February - all welcome

17:30 - 18:30 16 February 2022
English, American Studies and Creative Writing at the University of Manchester are very pleased to invite you to the Stachniewski Memorial Lecture for 2022 (online). This event commemorates…

"I danced here on other peoples' dreams" - Gary Younge

18:30 24 February 2022
This is a young people's talk organised by Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. This lecture will explore the topic of building a more diverse, respectful and inclusive society,…

British Academy lecture: ‘For an anthropology and archaeology of freedom’

18:00 - 20:30 7 March 2022
The University of Manchester are delighted to welcome David Wengrow, Professor of Comparative Archaeology at University College London, for a British Academy lecture. It is sometimes…

International Women's Day with Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain

13:00 - 15:30 10 March 2022
Celebrate International Women's Day with a guest talk from Professor Gina Rippon, hosted by the Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health. About this event Join the Faculty of Biology,…

A Month of Celebrations: International Women's Day Lunchtime Speakers - The Contribution of Women across the Lifespan in the Covid-19 Crisis

16 - 30 March 2022
A month of celebrations for international women's day: lunchtime talks to highlight women's contribution to the Covid- across the lifespan To celebrate International Women’s Day on…

From Sticky Floors to Glass Ceilings - Examining and challenging inequality in clinical academic careers

14:00 - 15:30 16 March 2022
Join the School of Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health to examine and challenge inequalities in clinical academic careers with a live panel discussion. Inequalities…

GDI Lecture: Global Covid-19 vaccine inequality: looking back, looking forward?

16:00 - 18:00 16 March 2022
While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused enormous devastation and disruption in health, social and economic terms, the remarkably quick development of COVID-19 vaccines is an enormous…

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