Lectures and seminars

Albrecht Dürer’s Conceptions of Measurement with Prof Jeanne Nuechterlein

17:15 - 18:30 15 February 2024
This is a hybrid event taking place online and on the University of Manchester campus in the Mansfield Cooper Building G.22, you can find the exact location on this interactive map:…

CTIS Seminar: Dr Xiaochun Zhang, "Direct or Indirect, That is the Question: Pivot Translation in Game Localisation"

13:00 - 14:30 15 February 2024
The gaming industry is a cutting-edge intersection of technology and culture. With the industry's growth over the past few decades, the economic and cultural impact of video games has…

Disciplining of Racialised Labour through Unpayable Debts - Barbora Cernušáková

13:00 - 14:00 15 February 2024
Looking at the entrapment of Roma workers in indebtedness in the Czech Republic, we will discuss how racialisation is hardwired into the system of predatory credit. This work is part…

MANCEPT Seminar: Dr Shuk Ying Chan, “On Knowledge Appropriation and Intellectual Property”

16:00 - 17:30 15 February 2024
Dr Shuk Ying Chan, UCL - “On Knowledge Appropriation and Intellectual Property”

Metallacrown complexes: Host-guest interaction paving the way for SMMs

12:00 - 13:00 15 February 2024
Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Prof. Eva Rentschler. Metallacrown Complexes (MCs) are composed of metal ions and bridging ligands that form cyclic ring structures in…

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Julia Slipantschuk

14:00 - 15:00 19 February 2024
Speaker: Julia Slipantschuk (University of Warwick) Title: Distribution of resonances for Anosov maps on the torus Abstract: Eigenvalues of transfer operators, known as Pollicott-Ruelle…

Manchester Geometry Seminar - Theodore Voronov

15:00 - 16:00 19 February 2024
Speaker: Dr Theodore Voronov (Manchester) Title: The weighted projective superspace with weights $+1, -1$ and an analog of the Fubini--Study form Abstract: I will speak about a construction…

Marco Di Nunzio (University of Birmingham)

16:00 - 18:00 19 February 2024
Marco Di Nunzio: Epistemics of cluelessness and the politics of urban expertise Examining the long history of experts' engagements with the African continent and the Global South,…

MIOIR Seminar Series - How do University-Industry Collaborations Benefit Innovation? Direct and Indirect Outcomes of Different Collaboration Types

15:30 - 16:30 19 February 2024
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 23/24 with Prof Rune Dahl from University of Stavanger Business School, on Monday 19th February at 15:30-16:30,…

Advances in Biosciences Seminar - Dr Daniel Wehner "Axon regeneration in the vertebrate CNS - a matter of ECM composition, structure and mechanics"

13:00 - 14:00 20 February 2024
Extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition after central nervous system (CNS) injury leads to inhibitory scarring in humans and other mammals, whereas it facilitates axon regeneration in…

Algebra seminar - Eileen Pan

14:00 - 15:00 20 February 2024
Talk: Some coset actions in G_2(q) Abstract: The coset actions of almost simple groups have sparked much interest, and a lot has been done by various authors, but there remains much…

DR IBRAR BHATT & HENG WANG: A Semiotics of Muslimness in China

17:00 - 18:30 20 February 2024
In this in-person talk, Dr Ibrar Bhatt and Heng Wang explore the semiotic heritage of Sino-Muslim communities in China. In this presentation, we [the speakers] delve into the intricate…

Macro Seminar - Federica Romei (Oxford)

16:00 - 17:00 20 February 2024
Title: Inequality, Demand Composition, and the Transmission of Monetary Policy

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Gareth Jones

15:00 - 16:00 20 February 2024
Speaker: Gareth Jones (University of Manchester) Title: An effective version of a theorem of Habegger Abstract: Habegger showed that a subvariety of a fibre power of the Legendre…

Advanced Materials in Medicine Seminar

13:00 - 14:00 21 February 2024
The Advanced Materials in Medicine (AMM) Seminars are delivered as part of the Pankhurst Seminar Series. The Pankhurst Seminar Series provides an opportunity to experience talk and…

Brownbag - Rachel Griffith

13:00 - 14:00 21 February 2024
Title: The Gender Pay Gap: Evidence from UK Universities

Carlos Fernández (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): "César Vallejo: Trilce y dadá París: huellas de un estímulo silenciado"

17:00 - 18:30 21 February 2024
Part of the research seminar of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies (SPLAS). Co-organised by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. This event will be in Spanish.…

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