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Female Founders Network: Tech Entrepreneurship

17:30 - 19:30 5 February 2025
Date: Wednesday 5th February 2025 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Location: Room 3.006a/b, 3rd Floor, Alliance Manchester Business School Event Overview: Join us for the Female Founders…

Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of Shelter (HCRI talk)

14:00 - 15:30 5 February 2025
The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is hosting Prof Tom Scott-Smith to introduce and discuss his new book - Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of…

CTIS Research Seminar - Exploring Communicative Practice and ‘Groupness’ in a Virtual Intercultural Intervention (Dr Milene Mendes de Oliveira, Newcastle University)

14:00 - 15:30 6 February 2025
Dr Milene will deliver an online talk, which is organised in a hybrid format. Please register for online participation here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlfuCtrjIrH9OekN7fkoGmxRdY2Rn78Yc4.…

Civic Engagement among Foreign-Born Older Adults in Europe

16:00 - 17:00 12 February 2025
Population ageing and the numerous crises faced by Western democratic states over recent decades are societal challenges demanding social scientists’ attention since they raise questions…

Startup Spotlight with Arcube

17:30 - 19:00 13 February 2025
Date: Thursday 13th February 2024 Time: 5:30 PM - 7.00 PM Location: Lecture theatre 2.007, 2nd Floor, Alliance Manchester Business School Event Overview: Join us for an exciting…

History Research Seminar - The Place of History in US Civic Education: Teaching and Learning the Declaration of Independence in the Late Nineteenth Century

12:00 - 13:30 17 February 2025
Join us for the latest in the history external speaker seminar series. Drawing from a larger project on the history of civic education in the United States, this paper examines the…

Remembering Peasants: An Evening with Patrick Joyce

18:30 17 February 2025
Patrick Joyce – one of Britain's leading social historians, and Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Manchester – celebrates the paperback release of 'Remembering Peasants':…

HCRI Landmark Lecture: The Return of Famines? The end of liberal humanitarianism and the perils of mass starvation

18:00 - 19:30 18 February 2025
The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) will host Prof Alex de Waal, Exec Director of the World Peace Foundation. This is a hybrid event and registration is essential.…

Manchester in Translation 2025

17:30 - 19:30 19 February 2025
Comma Press, Department for Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies and Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies What does it mean to be translating in Manchester and in Arabic now?…

FBMH AI Discussion Panel

13:30 - 15:00 20 February 2025
We have long been promised that AI was going to revolutionise our workplaces, but since ChatGPT 3.5 was released in November 2022, we have been seeing this change played out in real…

International Mother Language Day 2025: Not all accents are created equal

12:00 - 13:00 21 February 2025
<strong>Not all accents are created equal: A discussion of accentism within British teacher training</strong> Join the Linguistic Diversity Collective for a talk by Dr Alex Baratta…

CSSC Talk: Dr Gareth Gavin (EACW, UoM) 'Sex Realism: Change and Class in the Televised Transition of Julia Grant'

17:30 - 19:00 26 February 2025
Dr Gareth Gavin (EACW, UoM) 'Sex Realism: Change and Class in the Televised Transition of Julia Grant' C1.18 seminar room, Ellen Wilkinson All welcome! Organised by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture

History Research Seminar: The Unbearable Lightness of Liberalism: The Soviet State as a ‘Liberal Subject’ in World Trade

14:30 - 16:00 26 February 2025
Join us for the latest in the history external speaker research seminar series. This paper examines the Soviet state’s contribution to the liberalization of international trade from…

CTIS Research Seminar -Teaching Ethics in Translation and Interpreting Education: Reflections on Developing an Integrated Approach (Dr Rebecca Tipton, University of Manchester)

14:00 - 15:30 27 February 2025
Although the topic of ethics has received considerable attention from academics working in Translation and Interpreting Studies, questions about the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of teaching…

In Conversation – Centre for New Writing Writer Fellows 2025: Daisy Hildyard and Padraig Regan

18:30 - 20:00 4 March 2025
Join us for an evening of readings and discussion with the Centre for New Writing's 2025 Writer Fellows Daisy Hildyard and Padraig Regan.

Annual Fred Jevons Lecture - What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Knowledge flows, technology and geopolitics

17:00 - 18:30 5 March 2025
This year’s Fred Jevons lecture will be delivered by John Krige - a Kranzberg Professor Emeritus from the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.…

Back to the Future: Reconceptualising Environments of Ageing

12:00 - 13:30 5 March 2025
Environments of ageing have long been a focus of social gerontologists. We can see this emphasis reflected in the Social, Behavioural and Design Research Programme (SBDRP) of the Healthy…

FFN How to secure funding for your business

17:30 - 19:30 5 March 2025
Date: Wednesday 5th March 2025 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Location: Room 3.006a/b, 3rd Floor, Alliance Manchester Business School Event Overview: Join us for the Female Founders Network…

International Women's Day 2025 - Women, Heritage, and Social Justice

12:15 - 14:30 5 March 2025
Join us in partnership with MACFEST Muslim Arts and Culture Festival for a panel event celebrating International Women's Day 2025. Dr Jenna Ashton, Mahboobeh Rajabi, Nusrat Ahmed and…

FFN Ready Set Pitch! Audience Registration

14:00 - 16:00 7 March 2025
Please note that this form is to register to attend the FFN Ready Set Pitch! event as part of the audience. If you would like to be considered to pitch at the event, please complete…

Adam Rutherford in conversation with David Olusoga OBE

19:15 - 21:00 10 March 2025
Join David Olusoga, Professor of Public History, in conversation with bestselling author, geneticist and presenter, Dr Adam Rutherford, as they navigate human history, evolution, migration…

Kavita Puri in conversation with David Olusoga OBE

18:00 - 19:45 11 March 2025
Join David Olusoga, Professor of Public History, in conversation with journalist, radio broadcaster, and author, Kavita Puri. Together they will be discussing Kavita’s multi-award winning…

Books Talk: Environmental Histories of Architecture + It's About Time: The Architecture of Climate Change

17:00 - 19:00 12 March 2025
Presentation of two books by Dr. Kim Förster and Dr. Lea-Catherine Szacka (moderated by Prof. Stephen Walker)

History Research Seminar: Narratives and Identities of Syrian Fighters

13:00 - 14:30 12 March 2025
Join us for the latest in the history external speaker seminar series. This talk explores the journey of Syrian fighters from combatants driven by revolutionary fervour to key actors…

PitchIt! 2025 Finals

16:00 - 18:00 12 March 2025
Event Overview: Join us for the PitchIt! Finals, where the top 10 finalist societies from our student societies entrepreneurship competition will go head-to-head in our very own version…

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