Lectures and seminars

Andrew Redden (Liverpool): The Devil is a Jailbreaker: Graphic History and the Hermeneutics of the Unbelieved.

21:00 - 22:30 19 April 2023
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. Room: Samuel Alexander A114. This event can be followed online: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 …

Brownbag - Patrick Bennett (Liverpool)

13:00 - 13:50 19 April 2023
Title: The Decline of Routine Tasks, Education Investments, and Intergenerational Mobility

Comparative Politics Research Cluster Seminar - Liz Richardson

16:00 - 17:30 19 April 2023
Liz Richardson (University of Manchester)

MARG 2023 Spring seminar series - Stephen Walker, “Occasional Architecture”

14:00 - 16:00 19 April 2023
MARG 2023 Spring seminar series - 19 April 2-4 pm – Stephen Walker, “Occasional Architecture” - Room Booked 1.27 HBS

Maria Tatulea-Codrean -- Asymptotic approaches to solving the N-flagella problem of bacterial motility [ONLINE]

13:00 - 14:00 19 April 2023
Join us for this seminar by Maria Tatulea-Codrean (Cambridge) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found…

MET Seminar - Ji Hee Yoon (UCL)

17:00 - 18:00 19 April 2023
Title: Design of Market-Clearing Technology (with C. Lyu and M. Rostek) Abstract: Technological developments have spurred interest in innovation on multi-asset market-clearing mechanisms.…

Mitchell Centre seminar

16:00 - 17:00 19 April 2023
Jürgen Pfeffer Technical University of Munich CONCOR Revisited: Algebraic Clarifications and Practical Implications In 1975, Breiger et al. presented an algorithm, CONCOR (an…

Xiaochuan Yang - Some recent progress in random geometric graphs: beyond the standard regimes

15:00 - 16:00 19 April 2023
Xiaochuan Yang (Brunel University London) will speak in the Probability seminar. (in-person) I will survey some recent joint works with Mathew Penrose (Bath) on the cluster structure…

Ehrhardt Seminar: John Barton, University of Oxford, Suffering and the Problem of Evil in the Prophets

14:10 - 15:30 20 April 2023
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,…

Joint MET-Macro-Applied Seminar: Anne Villamil (Iowa)

15:00 - 16:00 20 April 2023
Title: Tighter Credit and Consumer Bankruptcy Insurance Abstract: How does bankruptcy protection affect household balance sheet adjustments and aggregate consumption when credit tightens?…

Political Deference (MANCEPT)

16:00 - 17:30 20 April 2023
Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick) Political deference is deference to the political judgment of others. The standard view in political philosophy is that citizens are not required…

Faith in paper: Title deeds, land fraud and anxious subjectivities - the pursuit of middle-class homeownership on Nairobi’s urban frontier

16:00 - 18:00 24 April 2023
Dr Peter Lockwood Faith in paper: Title deeds, land fraud and anxious subjectivities - the pursuit of middle-class homeownership on Nairobi’s urban frontier Beginning with scenes of…

Simon Pearce -- Detecting and subtyping cancer using cell-free DNA methylation from blood plasma [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 24 April 2023
Join us for this seminar by Simon Pearce (CRUK Manchester Institute) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can…

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…

Macro Seminar - Paul Klein (Stockholm)

16:00 - 17:00 25 April 2023
Title: Innovation-Driven Growth in a Multi-Country World

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Pavle Pandzic

13:00 - 14:00 25 April 2023
Speaker: Pavle Pandzic - Zagreb Title: Embeddings of Dirac operators Tea and biscuits 12:45 in the foyer

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Michael Curran

15:00 - 16:00 25 April 2023
Speaker: Michael Curran (Oxford) Title: Correlations of the Riemann zeta function Abstract: Shifted moments of the Riemann zeta function, introduced by Chandee, are natural generalizations…

Antony Overstall - Approximate Bayesian Multiple systems estimation with partial classification (- in person)

14:00 - 15:00 26 April 2023
Antony Overstall, Associate Professor in Statistics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton is our speaker for the Statistics seminar series. Title:…

Brownbag - Abhishek Chakravarty

13:00 - 13:50 26 April 2023
Title: Changing the Narrative: A Gender-Targeted Schooling Expansion and Women Leaders in India Abstract: We examine the impact of a national primary schooling expansion with an accompanying…

Democracy and Election Seminar

15:30 - 17:00 26 April 2023
Hannah Bunting (University of Exeter)

Luca Reggio (UCL)

15:15 - 16:15 26 April 2023
Title: Logical resources and arboreal adjunctions Abstract: I will give an overview of some recent work on applying categorical methods in finite model theory and descriptive complexity.…

MET Seminar - Paula Onuchic (Oxford)

17:00 - 18:00 26 April 2023
Title: Disclosure and Incentive in Teams (joint with Joao Ramos). Abstract: We consider a team-production environment where all participants are motivated by career concerns, and where…

SQUIDS Seminar: Vitaliy Kurlin - Geometric Data Science: old challenges and new solutions

15:00 - 16:00 26 April 2023
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: Geometric Data Science…

Thomas Bernhardt - On the Continuity of the Root Barrier

15:00 - 16:00 26 April 2023
Thomas Bernhardt (University of Manchester) will speak in the Probability seminar. (in-person) Sharp lower bounds of VIX call options are famously connected to Root's solution of the…

Transport for Inclusive Development - Online Seminar

14:30 - 16:00 26 April 2023
The 3rd INTALInC online seminar series, 'Showcasing INTALInC Research: Outputs and Impacts' looks at six years of global research activity, policy engagement and co-production with…

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