Exhibitions, Lecture

AN IMPERFECT ACCOUNT OF A COMET

18 November 2022 - 16 April 2023
An Imperfect Account of a Comet is an audio-visual installation by Lynda Laird celebrating the celestial discoveries of the 18th century astronomer Caroline Herschel. The work is presented…

APOLLO REMASTERED

3 December 2022 - 16 April 2023
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of our last steps on the Moon, Andy Saunders will present a small selection of remastered photographs from the final mission of the programme –…

Optimizing LES closure models through Reinforcement Learning

15:00 - 16:00 14 February 2023
Please note that this is an online-only event. Abstract of lecture: Reinforcement learning (RL) is considered as the third learning paradigm, besides unsupervised and supervised learning.…

Generative methods in Machine learning: Applications in science and engineering

15:00 - 17:00 21 February 2023
Note: this is a hybrid learning event. It is most beneficial to attend in-person Learning objectives: 1. To provide the audience with an accessible overview of the theory of generative…

Professor Philip Edmondson's Inaugural Lecture

11:00 - 13:00 27 February 2023
The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Philip Edmondson will take place on Monday 27th February 2023 between 11am and 12pm. This event will take place in Blended Lecture Theatre 2 (2B.020),…

Generative algorithms to search for optimal geometric configuration for seismic barriers/seismic metamaterials

15:00 - 16:00 28 February 2023
Please note that this is a hybrid event. You can join in-person or through zoom. Abstract of the lecture Utilization of seismic barriers and seismic metamaterials for protection against…

Celebrating International Women’s Day

12:30 - 17:00 8 March 2023
Join us as we celebrate International Women's Day with an afternoon of talks by inspirational women in Chemistry! You'll hear from our inspiring keynote speakers: Lara Lalemi - an…

Annual Gillian White Lecture 2023

17:00 - 19:00 13 March 2023
Crude Knowledge: Decolonisation and Hydrocarbon Epistemes Decolonisation in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s included demands for sovereign control over and new ways of accounting for, pricing,…

The Imperial Origins of Policing (Julian Go, Uni of Chicago)

18:00 - 19:30 13 March 2023
P?rofessor Julian Go (University of Chicago) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'The Imperial Origins of Policing: Race, Militarization, and the Boomerang Effect in Britain and…

The Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture with Professor David Scott : "A Sense of Displacement: Stuart Hall's Art of Living."

18:00 - 20:00 14 March 2023
Stuart Hall was a leading intellectual of the Black experience in Britain, but also of the Caribbean. This talk will reflect on the particular distinctiveness that Hall’s biography…

Reflecting on Environmental NGOs in Regulation = POSTPONED

17:30 - 19:30 15 March 2023
Environmental NGOs contribute to the regulatory space in a variety of ways. They can be involved in shaping the rules of regulation by participating in both the drafting of law and…

Design and integrity assessment of offshore wind turbine structures

15:00 - 16:00 21 March 2023
Note: This is a hybrid event. Abstract of the lecture: An efficient source of renewable energy, which is increasingly the preferred solution for realising Britain’s short- and long-term…

BASS Annual Lecture 2023

11:00 - 12:00 23 March 2023
Nazir Afzal was appointed Chancellor of the University of Manchester in 2022. He has a long and prestigious record of engaging with, and fighting for human rights, social justice,…

Fred Jevons Lecture - Equity for Women in Science

17:00 - 18:30 23 March 2023
This year’s Fred Jevons lecture will be given by Dr. Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Professor and Tom and Marie Patton School Chair in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology.…

MAHSC Inaugural Lectures: Celebrating MAHSC Honorary Clinical Chairs

13:00 - 14:00 29 March 2023
The MAHSC Honorary Clinical Chairs are awarded on an annual basis by The University of Manchester’s Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health Promotions Committee. They are awarded…

MICRA Research Showcase

12:00 - 17:00 3 April 2023
We are delighted to host an in-person Research Showcase on Monday 3rd April to present the latest in ageing research. The event will begin with a complimentary lunch on the mezzanine…

From scientist to entrepreneur in the Biotechnology and HealthTech sector

13:00 - 14:00 18 April 2023
This guest lecture showcases the entrepreneurial journey from converting possibilities into opportunities, evaluating risk, forming partnerships and exiting via buy-outs and acquisitions,…

The Politics of ‘Voice’ in Education: Dr Eve Mayes (Deakin University, Australia)

14:00 - 15:00 18 April 2023
In this dialogic talk, Dr. Eve Mayes will share some of the textures, tremors and murmurs of voice felt over ten years of ethnographic and participatory research in Australian schools…

Vortex connection and turbulence cascade

15:00 - 16:00 18 April 2023
Abstract of the lecture: This is an online only lecture. Turbulence, one of the most challenging problems left over from classical physics, has a wide range of applications in the…

Design for additive manufacturing, a methodology to enhance fatigue performance

15:00 - 16:00 25 April 2023
Abstract of the lecture In the design of mechanical components and structures, the presence of geometrical discontinuities is unavoidable. These geometrical discontinuities are usually…

Refugee Tales: Walking Inquiry Exhibition

25 - 27 April 2023
Join us for the Refugee Tales: Walking Inquiry Exhibition in Manchester, which brings together the voices and insights of people with lived experience of immigration detention and Volunteer…

The Birth of International Law Out of the Spirit of Political Theology

17:00 - 19:15 27 April 2023
The Birth of International Law Out of the Spirit of Political Theology In times of experiencing an unpredicted war in Europe it is necessary to rethink political and legal theories…

British Academy lecture: “The Elephant in the Room” Understanding Corruption in Roman Egypt

17:00 - 19:00 2 May 2023
The University of Manchester and The British Academy are delighted to welcome Professor Colin Adams of the University of Liverpool. The papyri of Roman Egypt provide a uniquely rich…

Javier Garcia Oliva's Inaugural Lecture 'Whose Law is it Anyway?'

16:00 - 18:00 3 May 2023
Whose law is it Anyway? The Supreme Court recently ruled on a claim made by the occupants of luxury apartments on the South Bank, who objected to the Tate Modern offering visitors…

Peace: symbolic, material, political

14:00 - 15:30 4 May 2023
What is peace in a contemporary context where wars of conquest, in Ukraine and before that in Iraq, seem to unravel, or even rupture, the postcolonial international order? What is peace…

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