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Global Shakespeare in Manchester

11:00 - 16:00 22 April 2023
Join us at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library to mark the anniversary of the publication of the first edition of William Shakespeare’s plays 400 years ago. Meet curators…

Applied Creative Practice 1: What is the “applied” in applied creative research?

11:00 - 13:00 24 April 2023
This seminar is the first of a series of three linked workshops which will bring together researchers from a range of disciplinary fields in SALC to examine how different disciplines…

Chemical Imaging and Tomography - Training Course

09:00 24 - 17:00 25 April 2023
Jumpstart your understanding of advanced chemical imaging & tomography with this two-day course by Finden. Learn about the fundamental principles, current instrumentation, and how these…

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…

International symposium “Thinkers for Architecture – Dialogue 1: Foucault / Merleau–Ponty / Latour”

24 - 27 April 2023
24-27th of April – International symposium “Thinkers for Architecture – Dialogue 1: Foucault / Merleau–Ponty / Latour” in collaboration with the “Thinkers for Architects” series at…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Simulations at the nexus of known and unknown: Catastrophe models in terrorism insurance

15:30 - 16:30 24 April 2023
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 22/23 with Dr Eugenia Cacciatori, Senior Lecturer in Management at Bayes Business School, City, University…

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…

Ineffability and Transcendence

25 - 26 April 2023
The philosophy department is proud to present a two-day event on Ineffability and Transcendence. The event is supported by the University of Manchester, the Global Philosophy of Religion…

Jessica Rawson - Ancient Chinese Tombs, Their Treasures, and China Today

16:30 - 18:00 25 April 2023
[In-Person, The John Rylands Research Library] Drawing from Professor Jessica Rawson's new book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China, Professor Rawson will discuss the significance of…

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…

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…

Research Café: Other Voices and Walking Inquiry Exhibition Launch

16:00 - 18:00 25 April 2023
Images of immigration and refugee experiences rarely include their voices and this roundtable will reflect on different approaches to reframing, raising awareness of and centring immigrant…

Technicity against “Technology”: An Anthropology of Technical Objects

16:00 - 17:30 25 April 2023
A talk on Technicity against “Technology”: An Anthropology of Technical Objects delivered by Ludovic Coupaye (UCL). This event is part of Affective Artefacts, a series of events exploring…

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…

Campus visit for school and college groups

13:15 - 15:15 26 April 2023
The visits will take place between 1.15pm and 3.15pm and the timetable is as follows: 1.15pm A welcome presentation delivered by a member of the Student Recruitment Team, who will…

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.…

PEM/MUI Research Seminar: Agriculture and planning control - do we need a new approach?

12:00 - 13:30 26 April 2023
You are kindly invited to our next PEM/MUI Research Seminar taking place on Wednesday, April 26, 12:00pm - 1:30pm at the HBS 1.69/1.70. We will be joined by Professor John Sturaker,…

Research café: The cladding crisis - research and performance

12:00 - 13:30 26 April 2023
Join us for an informal research café lunch event exploring the politics of high-rise housing, the cladding crisis, performance and activism. We are looking to start a collaborative…

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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