Lectures and seminars

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…

Re-Thinking the Intellectual-State Relationship: Academic Freedom in China

17:00 - 18:30 26 October 2023
Join the MCI for a timely discussion on the past, present, and future of academic freedom in China, featuring Benjamin Mulvey and Boya Li. In this seminar, we aim to provide a reappraisal…

Sustainable Futures October Seminar Series

14:00 - 15:00 26 October 2023
Our October 2023 edition of the Sustainable Futures Seminar Series will feature the following presentations from some of the leading academics working on the new national energy research…

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…

Algebra seminar - Kieran Calvert

14:00 31 October 2023
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Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Maleeha Khawaja

15:00 - 16:00 31 October 2023
Speaker: Maleeha Khawaja (Sheffield) Title: Primitive algebraic points on curves Abstract: We say a number field K is primitive if K and Q are the only sub extensions of K. For example,…

Brownbag - Chi-Yang Tsou

13:00 - 14:00 1 November 2023
Title: Pollution Abatement Investment under Financial Frictions and Policy Uncertainty

Comparative Politics Seminar

15:30 - 16:30 1 November 2023
Dr Maxim Alyukov (Everhulme Early Career Fellow, SALC, The University of Manchester). 'It's Not That Simple, We Do Not Know The Whole Truth': Disinformation Discourse, Media Trust,…

Conversation on Urban Ageing and the Cost of Living Crisis

12:00 1 November 2023
In partnership with the Manchester School of Architecture and the Centre for Ageing Better, Camilla Lewis and Sarah Wilkinson will be drawing on new research to discuss the impact of…

Ed Hill -- North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences [ONLINE]

13:00 - 14:00 1 November 2023
Join us for this seminar by Ed Hill (University of Warwich) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found…

Prospects for B containing alloys for deep ultraviolet LEDs

15:00 - 16:00 1 November 2023
Join this EEE research seminar - Photonic, Quantum Materials and Devices series seminar event. III-Nitride materials have had great success in providing optoelectronic devices in the…

SQUIDS Seminar - Bayesian Computation when privacy matters

14:30 - 16:00 1 November 2023
Schedule: - 2:30pm: pretalk - 3:05pm: research talk 'Bayesian Computation when privacy matters' Abstract: When performing Bayesian computation in practice, one is often faced with…

Nexperia automotive power MOSFETs

16:00 - 17:00 2 November 2023
Joint this EEE Seminar - Power Conversion Speaker: Nandor Bodo from Nexperia UK Ltd. Talk of "Nexperia automotive power MOSFETs" to EEE 1st and 3rd year UG students.

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…

Free culture and the city: hackers, commoners and neighbours in Madrid, 1997-2017

16:00 - 18:00 6 November 2023
Alberto Corsin Jimenez (Spanish National Research Council): Free culture and the city: hackers, commoners and neighbours in Madrid, 1997-2017. This talk introduces our recently published…

Manchester Geometry Seminar - Andreas Swerdlow

13:30 - 14:30 6 November 2023
Title: Graphical calculus: from numerical methods to Feynman diagrams to higher Lie theory and microformal morphisms, part 4 Abstract: The goal of these talks is to explore a number…

“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.…

Algebra seminar - Rachel Pengelly

14:00 - 15:00 7 November 2023
Title: A1-subgroups and their unipotent elements Abstract: Let G be a simple algebraic group over an algebraically closed field of prime characteristic, and let u be a unipotent element…

Creative Data Analysis - Austerity and Altered Life Courses

13:30 - 14:30 7 November 2023
We are excited to announce our Austerity and Altered Life-Courses sixth seminar series on creative data analysis in the context of qualitative research. By adopting innovative and imaginative…

Macro Seminar - Iacopo Morchio (Bristol)

16:00 - 17:00 7 November 2023
Title: Policies for Early Childhood Skills Formation: Accounting for Parental Choices and Noncognitive Skills

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Diana Mocanu

15:00 - 16:00 7 November 2023
Speaker: Diana Mocanu (Warwick) Title: The modular approach for solving x^r+y^r=z^p Abstract: Since Wiles’ famous proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem, number theorists extensively studied…

Developing a Minimum Digital Living Standard for Households With Children

13:00 - 14:00 8 November 2023
Our next seminar in the Digital Health Inequities Seminar Series is on 8th November, 1-2pm via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/92149996434). Prof Simeon Yates from the University of Liverpool…

Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Asier Moneva

14:30 - 16:00 8 November 2023
Online Ads Against Cybercrime Seminar with Q&A and Networking Date & Time: Wednesday 8th November 2023 | 14.30-16.00 (UK) Venue: Manchester Tech Incubator, Circle Square, Oxford Rd,…

EACW Research Seminar

14:00 - 16:00 8 November 2023
Lubaaba Al-Azami, UoM, 'Early Modern English Slave Trading in the Indian Ocean', and Amy Bride, UoM, book talk on Financial Gothic, just out from U of Wales Press A7, Samuel Alexander,…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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