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You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent - Justin Brooks and the Manchester Innocence Project

17:00 - 19:00 4 July 2023
Join us on July 4th, 2023 at 5 PM in AMBS 3.009 to learn about the harsh reality of wrongful convictions with Attorney and Professor of Law Justin Brooks. Justin Brooks is the Director…

Professor Timothy Burnett's inaugural lecture

11:30 - 12:30 4 September 2023
We are delighted to announce the forthcoming Inaugural Lecture of Professor Timothy Burnett, which will take place on Monday 4 September 2023, from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. The lecture…

Policing the Crisis Reloaded: Stop and Search, Gang Violence Matrix, and Structural Racism

16:00 - 18:00 4 October 2023
In the first event of the new Racial and Justice Seminar Series, Katrina Ffrench, founder and director of UNJUST, will talk about the organisation's campaign to fight racism and violence…

Reflecting on Environmental NGOs in Regulation

17:30 - 19:00 4 October 2023
An Inaugural Lecture by Professor Carolyn Abbot Environmental NGOs contribute to the regulatory space in a variety of ways. They can be involved in shaping the rules of regulation…

The Dazzling Whiteness of an Early Tomfoolery: Sex Work and Racial Politics in Samuel Beckett and Nancy Cunard’s early 1930s work'

17:00 - 19:00 4 October 2023
Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture hosts this public lecture with Professor Daniela Caselli. The event is followed by drinks reception. Everyone is welcome!

Dorothy Emmet Lecture 2023

16:00 - 18:00 5 October 2023
Our annual Dorothy Emmet Lecture will be hosting Professor Alison Stone. Taking place Thursday, the 5th of October from 4pm-6pm, we hope you can make it! This event is generously supported…

The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends are Changing Industrialization

15:30 - 17:00 5 October 2023
Dr. Jostein Hauge (Assistant Professor, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge) will give a talk on his new book - The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends are Changing…

SEED Inaugural Lectures

16:30 - 18:30 11 October 2023
On Wednesday, 11 October join the School of Environment, Education and Development for inaugural lectures from Professor Stephen Walker (Architecture) and Professor Susie Miles (Manchester…

Language and normalised abnormalities in the world today - Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o

18:00 - 20:00 12 October 2023
In this lecture, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o will address topics of coloniality and harms of imperialism/colonialisation. He will, in particular, focus on the lasting impact on colonialism…

The Politics and Everyday Practice of International Humanitarianism - HCRI book launch

16:00 - 17:30 12 October 2023
Book launch and Q&A with HCRI's Dr Miriam Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies ABOUT THE EVENT This is the first of HCRI public events programme for 2023/24. Dr Bradley…

Writing And Submitting A Journal Article In 12 Weeks - Part 1

14:00 - 16:00 12 October 2023
This is the first of a two-part lecture with Q&A, offered by artsmethods@manchester for PGRs. This online training event is designed to help you revise completed research, such as…

Manchester Geometry Seminar - Andreas Swerdlow

13:30 - 14:30 16 October 2023
Title: Graphical calculus: from numerical methods to Feynman diagrams to higher Lie theory and microformal morphisms, part 3 Abstract: The goal of these talks is to explore a number…

GDI Lecture: On Wars: Who decides to go to war and are their decisions rational? with Michael Mann

16:00 - 17:30 17 October 2023
Join us for our GDI Lecture with Professor Michael Mann, UCLA who will be discussing his new book 'On Wars: Who decides to go to war and are their decisions rational?' In his new book,…

Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Lecture by Professor Colva Roney-Dougal

17:00 - 20:30 19 October 2023
Professor Colva Roney-Dougal is a mathematician specializing in group theory and computational algebra. She is a Professor of Pure Mathematics and the Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary…

Lane Lecture 2023: Convergent Junctions, with guest speaker Professor Ira Madan

16:30 - 19:30 19 October 2023
In this year's annual Lane Lecture, Professor Madan will reflect on how the clinical, political, and cultural landscape has changed Occupational Health practice in recent decades and…

Writing And Submitting A Journal Article In 12 Weeks - Part 2

14:00 - 16:00 19 October 2023
This is the second of a two-part lecture with Q&A, offered by artsmethods@manchester for PGRs. This online training event is designed to help you revise completed research, such as…

artsmethods Information Session: Applying for Post-Docs

14:00 - 16:00 26 October 2023
This information session, run by artsmethods@manchester, focuses on helping PGRs start preparing for postdoctoral applications - to understand the process and how to start planning…

IDSAI Seminar: Petar Velickovic

13:45 - 15:30 27 October 2023
Speaker: Petar Velickovic, Staff Research Scientist, Google DeepMind and Affiliated Lectureship at the University of Cambridge Abstract: When deploying graph neural networks, we often…

The Rylands Lunchtime seminar: Haunting at the Rectory: Women’s Words and the Ghostly Roots of Methodism

13:00 - 13:45 2 November 2023
Please join us for a fascinating seminar delving into the unknown, as we explore a historical haunting and its place in Methodist history. This talk will explore the story of a ghost…

MCRC Director's Lecture with Prof. Patricia LoRusso

15:30 - 16:30 3 November 2023
MCRC Director’s Lecture with Professor Patricia LoRusso Join us on Friday 3rd November for the latest MCRC Director’s Lecture. Our special guest is Professor Patricia LoRusso, Professor…

“Solstice and Equinox Series” with David Olusoga OBE

18:00 - 19:30 6 November 2023
About this event: As the Autumn Equinox approaches, we celebrate new beginnings, and in particular, the reopening of the University’s Manchester Museum following a £15m transformation.…

‘Bannockburn to Brexit 1314-2014’ – Philipp Roessner’s Inaugural Lecture

16:45 - 18:15 8 November 2023
For more than seven centuries Scotland has been part of Europe. Its links with Europe, including the German-speaking lands, have often been ignored, dismissed, and downplayed. Scotland…

Researching the City - the Economic Transition of Manchester: A Case Study

16:00 - 17:30 9 November 2023
Manchester Urban Institute is delighted to welcome Mike Emmerich to The University of Manchester on Thursday, 9 November to deliver the biennial Brian Robson Lecture Researching the…

In conversation - Jon Alexander, Co-founder of the New Citizenship Project

17:15 - 18:45 14 November 2023
Students from The University of Manchester in conversation with New Citizenship Project co-founder, and CITIZENS author, Jon Alexander. Is there any way out of the mess we're in? …

“Doing conjuncture: ‘analyzing situations’, extending cases, and contextual theorizing in urban and regional studies”

16:00 - 17:30 14 November 2023
Sponsored by the Departments of Geography, Planning, Property & Management, the Global Development Institute and the Manchester Urban Institute Join us for a talk from Professor Jamie…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum