Lectures and seminars

Applied Seminar - Nicolas Astier (PSE)

13:00 - 14:00 8 December 2022
Title: TBC

CTIS Research Seminar Series: The Radical Potential of Translational Poetics in the Experimental Multilingual Writing of Erín Moure, Josely Vianna Baptista and Kathy Acker

14:00 - 15:30 8 December 2022
Research seminar as part of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series. The seminar will be delivered in person by Dr Melissa Tanti, University of Manchester.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Megan Warner (Luther King Centre for Theology and Ministry) ‘Violence in Genesis 12 – 50’

14:00 - 15:30 8 December 2022
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Irene Manton Lecture 2022

17:30 - 19:00 8 December 2022
Join us to celebrate and commemorate the significant contribution made by women to the Natural Sciences at the 2022 Irene Manton lecture. The lecture is free to attend and is open…

LOVELL LECTURE SERIES: PROFESSOR CHRIS LINTOTT: HOW TO BE SURPRISED BY THE UNIVERSE

19:30 - 21:00 8 December 2022
A series of public lectures named in honour of Sir Bernard Lovell, the Founder and first Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory. Jodrell Bank is proud to be relaunching the Lovell Lecture…

Omer Bayraktar -- Mapping human tissue architecture and pathology using spatial genomics [ONLINE]

12:00 - 13:00 8 December 2022
Join us for this seminar by Omer Bayraktar (Sanger) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found here…

R&T Seminar: Marius Dorobantu (VU Amsterdam) 'Could robots become religious? Spiritual intelligence in humans and machines' (Zoom only)

16:00 - 17:30 8 December 2022
The Religion and Theology department's fortnightly seminar series. Unless otherwise stated sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via…

The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series: Scribbling In Old Books: Annotations and The Stories They Can Tell Us

13:00 - 13:45 8 December 2022
This online talk will explore what jottings and notes in books can tell us about life in 18th and 19th century northern English towns. Hannah Barker and Jane Gallagher (Head of Digital…

China Water Network Pre-Xmas Networking

09:00 - 10:00 9 December 2022
Keyword presentations + drop-in online coffee/drinks: We welcome the participation of scholars and practitioners working on topics related to water research in China and Asia. This…

Carina Dunlop -- What do cells and tissues feel? The integration of cellular contractility, extracellular adhesion and tissue stiffness in mechanosensing.[IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 12 December 2022
Join us for this seminar by Carina Dunlop (Surrey) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found here https://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/APMSeminar/…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Gareth Tracey

13:00 - 14:00 13 December 2022
Speaker: Gareth Tracey Title: How many subgroups are there in a finite group? Abstract: Counting the number of subgroups in a finite group has numerous applications, ranging from…

COEH Seminar [online]: Dr Richard Wakeford on Risks from Exposure to Ionising Radiation - What Have We Learnt from Epidemiological Studies?

16:00 - 17:00 14 December 2022
On Wednesday, 14 December 2022 at 4pm, we will have Dr Richard Wakeford presenting on Risks from Exposure to Ionising Radiation - What Have We Learnt from Epidemiological Studies? …

Democracy and Elections

15:30 - 17:00 14 December 2022
Matthew Barnfield (University of Exeter)

GDI Lecture Series - Batman Saves the Congo: How Celebrities Disrupt the Politics of Development

15:00 - 16:30 14 December 2022
Can a celebrity be a “disrupter,” promoting strategic partnerships to bring new ideas and funding to revitalize the development field—or are celebrities just charismatic ambassadors…

Kostas Zygalakis - TBC

15:00 - 16:00 14 December 2022
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: TBC

Logic seminar: Ivan Di Liberti (University of Stockholm)

15:15 - 16:15 14 December 2022
Title: Spaces of points, ionads of models. Abstract: For B a boolean algebra, its set of models can be equipped with a natural topology, induced by the boolean algebra. This observation…

Postcards from the field

14 December 2022
Our seminar continued with the theme of creativity in method. We shared early thoughts and findings from a creative activity of sending ‘postcards from the field’

Theodore Papamarkou - Machine learning with probability generating functions (online)

15:00 - 16:00 14 December 2022
Theodore Papamarkou (University of Manchester) will speak in the Probability seminar. (online) A relation between activation functions and probability-generating functions (PGFs) exists…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Stephen Barton (University of Manchester and Durham University) ‘The Devil as ‘the Father of Lies’ in the Fourth Gospel’

14:00 - 15:30 15 December 2022
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION CHRISTMAS LECTURES LIVE!

18:00 - 20:30 15 December 2022
Photo credit: Paul Wilkinson Photography Space Dome, First Light Pavilion Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement are honoured and very excited to announce that we will be live streaming…

'Crisis ordinariness and racial justice' - Nasar Meer

15:00 - 16:30 10 January 2023
Online and in person - see eventbrite listing for full details and online access: https://crisis-ordinariness.eventbrite.co.uk This talk explores how societies adapt to a form of ‘crisis…

Jérémie Voirol (UoM/Geneva Graduate Institute): "Indigenous elegance in the city: Producing contemporary indigeneity through YouTube music videos in Otavalo, Ecuador"

10 January 2023
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. This event will take place in Samuel Alexander Building A202. However, it can be followed online…

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