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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…

Going Slow to Accelerate: Making Space for Everyone in Science

12:00 - 13:00 13 March 2025
Join the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH) for our flagship International Women's Day event on 13th March 2025 from 12-1pm in the Simon Building. The event 'Going Slow…

History Research Seminar - 'Bolton's Grunwick': Bulmer and Lumb and Asian Working Class Resistance

16:00 - 17:30 18 March 2025
Join us for the latest in the history external speaker seminar series. Strike leader Pravin Parmar, known to his friends as the ‘Che Guevara of Bolton’, stands with his arm raised,…

Seeds of Hope and Action Panel

16:00 - 17:00 20 March 2025
The Seeds of Hope and Action project fosters intercultural and international cohesion around the Sustainable Development Goals by engaging students worldwide in meaningful conversations…

Startup Spotlight with Ahana Banerjee

17:30 - 19:30 20 March 2025
Date: Thursday 20th March 2025 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Lecture Theatre 2.008, 2nd Floor, Alliance Manchester Business School Event Overview: Join us for an exciting edition…

Inspiring Careers in Economics: Exploring Opportunities Across Sectors

16:00 - 18:30 26 March 2025
Are you passionate about economics and curious to discover the wide-ranging career opportunities the field has to offer? Join us at this exciting event, where professional economists…

FFN - The Journey of a Founder

17:30 - 20:00 2 April 2025
Date: Wednesday 2nd April 2025 Time: 5:15 PM - 7:30 PM Location: Room 3.006a/b, 3rd Floor, Alliance Manchester Business School Event Overview: Join us for the Female Founders Network…

CTIS Research Seminar -Who Counts as an Author? What Is a Text? Reshaping Literary Displacement through Collaboration

14:00 - 15:30 3 April 2025
This presentation explores how collaborative ways of making literature redefine literary texts as social processes, open up individual and canonical ideas of authorship and create more…

GDI Alumni Talk - Development in Action: What They Don't Teach You in School

12:00 - 13:30 4 April 2025
Speaker: Taio Gardey, Farming Out Of Poverty (FOOP) Join us for an open conversation with Taio Gardey, an alumnus of the University of Manchester and Executive Director of Farming…

Against Definitions - Alana Lentin

13:30 - 15:00 22 April 2025
This is a hybrid event: you can register to join online or in person. If you are attending in person, please join us from 1.15 for tea, coffee and pastries. SUMMARY In my new book,…

Cultural dislocation and the politics of recognition - Gary Younge in conversation with Michèle Lamont

15:00 - 17:30 29 April 2025
Creative Manchester and the American Studies Department of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures are delighted to welcome Michèle Lamont, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, for an…

Jailed for 8 Years for a Group Chat: Challenging Institutional Racism in the Courts (with speaker Keir Monteith KC)

17:00 - 19:00 1 May 2025
Learn how ‘law student-to-be’, Ade Adedeji, had his GBH conspiracy conviction quashed; find out why the court of appeal refused to hear evidence on whether institutional racism played…

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