Lectures and seminars

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…

Christian Rohrbeck - Simulating flood event sets using extremal principal components (- Online)

14:00 - 15:00 18 January 2023
Christian Rohrbeck, Lecturer in Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath is our speaker for the Statistics seminar series. Title: Simulating flood…

Division of Psychology & Mental Health January Research Seminar

12:00 - 13:30 18 January 2023
In January, we are pleased to welcome Dr Jodie Westhead from NCISH who will be presenting on ‘Suicide after leaving the UK Armed Forces’ at our monthly Divisional Seminar on Wednesday…

Lewis Lab Seminar - John Wallis (Maryland)

16:00 - 17:00 19 January 2023
Title: TBC

PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER CONSELICE: ORIGINS: THE BIG BANG TO INTELLIGENT LIFE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

19:30 - 21:00 19 January 2023
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…

The role of type IV collagens in human disease – multiple organs, multiple mechanisms

12:00 - 13:00 23 January 2023
Abstract: Collagen IV alpha 1 (COL4A1) and alpha 2 (COL4A2) are primordial extracellular matrix proteins that are core components of basement membranes in all organs. COL4A1 and COL4A2…

Democracy and Elections

15:30 - 17:00 25 January 2023
Tarik Abou-Chadi (University of Oxford)

MARG 2023 Event - Léa-Catherine Szacka: ‘Paolo Portoghesi: Architecture Between History, Politics and Media’

14:00 - 16:00 25 January 2023
MARG 2023 Spring seminar series 25 of January 2-4 pm - Léa-Catherine Szacka, ‘Paolo Portoghesi: Architecture Between History, Politics and Media’ - Room Booked G.016 ALB

System Shifts: Politics of Artistic Form in 'Post'-Imperial Britain

10:00 - 17:00 25 January 2023
A day-long seminar on artistic practices and 'post'-imperialist formations in 1970s Britain. Organised by Kylie Gilchrist and Dr. Luke Skrebowski from the Department of Art History…

Textile Electronic Bioengineering: Towards Digital Health

09:30 - 10:30 25 January 2023
A webinar about innovative, personalised, digital healthcare technologies hosted by Professor Henry Yi Li of MICRA. Under the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic and a global trend of…

The Gender Award Gap: Invisibility of Women in Prize Culture Talk

15:00 - 16:00 26 January 2023
Location: Zochonis Building Theatre B, M13 9NT The Faculty is thrilled to welcome Dr Nils Hansson, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf on behalf of members on the ‘Gender Award Gap’…

DCS Next Generation Seminar: Dr Kasper Rasmussen, University of Dundee: “Targeting mitochondrial nucleotide metabolism in cancer” 30 January 23

16:00 - 17:00 30 January 2023
You are invited to join the Division of Cancer Sciences in welcoming Dr Kasper Rasmussen, from the Division of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) at University of…

Paul Humphrey (Colgate University): Oceanic Archives and Afrodiasporic Spirituality in Comics from the Caribbean Diaspora

30 January 2023
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. This event will be online: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstrac: This presentation analyses the…

Tom Shearer -- Modelling tendon and ligament non-linear elasticity [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 30 January 2023
Join us for this seminar by Tom Shearer (Manchester) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found here…

MRCC Seminar Series

12:00 - 14:00 31 January 2023
We are re-kindling links between Clinicians and fundamental researchers in Manchester, particularly those interested in rare conditions and disease-associated gene variants. Thanks…

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