Lectures and seminars

Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series "How to trick a plant pathogen"

14:00 - 15:00 12 May 2023
We are delighted to welcome Prof Sophien Kamoun as in-person speaker at the Ecology and Evolution seminar series. Sophien grew up in Tunisia where he developed a passion and curiosity…

Econometric workshop in honour of Jack Johnston's centenarian

10:00 - 17:00 12 May 2023
The Econometrics group at the University of Manchester is happy to announce a workshop in honour of Jack Johnston's centenarian. The workshop takes place on Friday the 12th of May 2023…

Thomas Cox seminar: Deconstructing Solid Tumour Heterogeneity: The Matrix Perspective

12:00 - 13:00 12 May 2023
Homeostasis of the extracellular matrix (ECM) is critical for correct organ and tissue function. Both the biochemical and biomechanical properties of the matrix contribute to modulating…

MARG 2023 Spring seminar series - Camila Lewis, “Exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on older adults living in lower-income neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester” - Room Booked 1.27 HBS

14:00 - 16:00 15 May 2023
MARG 2023 Spring seminar series - 15 of May 2- 4 pm - Camila Lewis, “Exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on older adults living in lower-income neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester” - Room Booked 1.27 HBS

How affinities matter in the lives of European transnational families: Studying intra-European mobility through the lens of potent connections (Anna Simola)

12:00 - 13:00 16 May 2023
Dr Anna Simola (Université Catholique de Louvain & University of Helsinki) shares her research on transnational families. The presentation introduces on-going research that advances…

Macro Seminar - Cecilia Garcia Penalosa (Aix-Marseille)

16:00 - 17:00 16 May 2023
Title: The Dynamics of Lifetime Earnings in France

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Peter Kropheller

13:00 - 14:00 16 May 2023
Speaker: Peter Kropheller - Southampton Title: Embracing condensed mathematics for the study of cohomological finiteness conditions of profinite groups Snappy Short Title: A toe in…

Brownbag - Manuel Mosquera Tarrio

13:00 - 13:50 17 May 2023
Title: Information, Savings, and Income: Experimental Evidence

EPSRC National Epitaxy Facility enabling semiconductor research in the UK

12:00 17 May 2023
Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Zofia Bishop. The EPSRC National Epitaxy Facility (NEF) is a Centre-of-Excellence for semiconductor epitaxy in the UK, established for…

Generative AI and University Futures: Seminar 2/3

15:00 - 17:00 17 May 2023
*PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS NOW REACHED ATTENDEE CAPACITY* We're hosting 3 in person seminars about generative AI and university futures at the University of Manchester on Critical…

Logic seminar: Adele Padgett (McMaster University)

15:15 - 16:15 17 May 2023
Title: Existential closedness for analytic solutions of difference equations Abstract: The existential closedness problem for a function f is to show that a system of complex polynomials…

MCHP seminar: Behavioural science of management and organizations, Dr Siobhan Caughey & Prof Mark Healey (Behavioural Research Lab, AMBS)

12:00 - 13:00 17 May 2023
This talk provides an overview of research ongoing in the Behavioural Research Laboratory at Alliance Business School. The lab is a Faculty-wide facility for studying human behaviour…

Zeping Bian - Optimal stopping for pairs trading strategies

15:00 - 16:00 17 May 2023
Zeping Bian (University of Manchester) will speak in the Probability seminar. (in-person) The pairs trading strategy has been popular since introduced by Morgan Stanley in the 1980s.…

Maps, magic and the Manchester Geographical Society: working with colonial collections at the University of Manchester Library

17:30 - 19:30 18 May 2023
Join us at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library for a number of presentations which explore the nature of colonial collections and the stories they reveal about empire and…

Prof Zakiyyah Iman Jackson (USC): 'Organs of War: Ecologies of Measurement and Dematerialization in Wangechi Mutu’s Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors’ (2023 Sexuality Summer School)

15:15 - 17:00 22 May 2023
This public lecture, co-sponsored by English, American Studies and Creative Writing and the NWCDTP, will be the opening public lecture of the 2023 Sexuality Summer School: '(Up) Against…

The State of Educational Leadership: International Roundtable (ONLINE)

08:00 - 09:30 22 May 2023
This event is presented by the Critical Education Leadership and Policy Research Group (Manchester Institute of Education, The University of Manchester). This event brings together…

Am I really planning on decolonising with the master's tools? (online)

12:00 - 13:30 23 May 2023
In this lecture, Dr Sahra Taylor will reconsider and re-engage with the legacies and continual realities of the European colonial project. By considering the recent movement by some…

Brownbag - Tatiana Komarova

13:00 - 13:50 23 May 2023
Title: Multivariate ordered discrete response models

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Luke Elliot

13:00 - 14:00 23 May 2023
Speaker: Luke Elliot Title: Finite presentability of Thompson monoids. Abstract: I will exaplain a few of the standard ways of thinking about Thompson's group V and the Thompson…

Democracy and Election Seminar

09:00 - 17:00 24 May 2023
Joint workshop held with Cathie Marsh Institute

Generative AI and University Futures: Seminar 3/3

15:00 - 17:00 24 May 2023
*PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS NOW REACHED ATTENDEE CAPACITY* We're hosting 3 in person seminars about generative AI and university futures at the University of Manchester on Critical…

MARG 2023 Spring seminar series - Ewan Harrison, “Contested Imaginaries: The West African Luxury Hotel at the Ends of Empire”

14:00 - 16:00 24 May 2023
MARG 2023 Spring seminar series - 24 May 2-4 pm – Ewan Harrison, “Contested Imaginaries: The West African Luxury Hotel at the Ends of Empire” - Room Booked 1.27 HBS

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