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"The Moss Side "joint enterprise" case and miscarriage of justice concerns in the criminal trial system" - David Conn

15:00 - 16:00 19 March 2025
Refreshments will be provided. In 2017, 11 young black people were convicted of the killing of Abdul Hafidah, who was fatally stabbed by one of them. Seven were convicted of murder,…

Annual PPE Lecture - Professor Alex Voorhoeve (LSE) on 'Power, Privacy, and the Digital Pound'

15:00 - 16:30 19 March 2025
We are pleased to announce the Annual PPE lecture for 2025. This is a lecture on interdisciplinary issues relating to philosophy, politics, and economics. Our speaker this year will…

Complex Mobilities in Latin American History

15:00 - 17:00 19 March 2025
Historians of Latin America have rarely thought of mobility as the socially constructed expression of physical movement (favouring instead an understanding of mobility as connected…

Creative Approaches to Qualitative Research - online taster session

12:30 - 13:30 19 March 2025
This session gives you a taster of the two-day summer school on creative approaches to qualitative research which is team taught by members of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday…

Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data

10:00 - 11:30 19 March 2025
Secondary analysis offers a great option for dissertation students who are looking to gain experience working with data but who have limited abilities to go out into the field or would…

Early Modern Masculinities: Sources, Approaches, and Cultures

16:00 - 17:30 19 March 2025
Join us for the latest in the Affective Artefacts seminar series.

GDI Lecture: Decolonization and the Future of Academic Research

16:30 - 18:00 19 March 2025
On the panel: - Diana Mitlin (African Cities Research Consortium, GDI) - Eyob Balcha Gebremariam (Perivoli Africa research centre, Bristol) - Dani Beltrame (GDI, reflecting on her…

Leverhulme Visiting Professor Lecture: Prof. Karen Karbiener (NYU), 'Whitman, Censorship, and the Question of Truly Free Verse'

16:00 - 17:15 19 March 2025
Leverhulme Visiting Professor Karen Karbiener (NYU) will deliver a public lecture on Walt Whitman: 'Whitman, Censorship, and the Question of Truly Free Verse' Venue: Samuel Alexander…

Logic seminar: Neer Bhardwaj

15:00 - 16:00 19 March 2025
Title: Effective and approximate Pila-Wilkie type counting with complex-analytic sets Abstract: The Pila-Wilkie point counting theorem has had striking applications to arithmetic…

Mandarin Corner (EVERY WEDNESDAY)

16:30 4 February - 17:30 8 April 2025
HIS IS A RECURRING EVENT - EVERY WEDNESDAY between 4:30PM – 5:30PM Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural…

Mauro Greco (Buenos Aires, Conicet): “The Aesthetics of the Argentine Dictatorship: Arts and Ethnography at the Crossroads of Collective Responsibilities”

17:00 - 18:30 19 March 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures of the University of Manchester. It is co-organised with the Centre for Latin American and…

MET Seminar - John Levy

17:00 - 18:00 19 March 2025
Title: Small Player Robustness Abstract: We introduce a concept of stability of a Nash equilibrium, or of a set of Nash equilibria, to the addition of small players, i.e., players…

Methods for Urban Civic Participation and Partnerships

12:30 - 14:00 19 March 2025
Join us with the Manchester Urban Institute for an informal networking lunch to discuss approaches to urban partnership and civic participation in research. This research cafe will…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series with CMI

16:00 - 17:30 19 March 2025
Juergen Lerner. University of Konstanz Relational hyperevent models for the coevolution of coauthoring and citation networks. The development of appropriate statistical models has…

Printing Press Demonstration

11:00 - 11:30 19 March 2025
We showcase the use of our antique and fully functional Colombian printing press. Based on the collections, the prints are free to take home after the demonstration. The John Rylands…

Probability Seminar: Emma Horton - Genealogies of branching Markov processes

15:00 - 16:00 19 March 2025
Emma Horton (University of Warwick) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Genealogies of branching Markov processes Abstract: Branching processes are pertinent to understanding…

Rare Reads

14:15 - 15:00 19 March 2025
During our Rare Reads facsimile encounters we share beautifully accurate copies of some of our most famous objects. The incredibly rare special collections housed within The John Rylands…

SEERIH Bolton Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 5 November 2024 - 16:00 24 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Bolton Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 5 November 2024, 13:00-16:00 Spring term meeting:…

SEERIH Bury FA1 Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 5 December 2024 - 16:00 1 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Bury FA1 Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 5 December 2024, 13:00-16:00 Spring term…

SEERIH GM Open Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

09:00 12 November 2024 - 12:00 1 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH GM Open Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 12 November 2024, 9:00-12:00 Spring term…

SEERIH Manchester MSA Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

12:00 12 November 2024 - 16:00 1 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Manchester MSA Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 12 November 2023, 13:00-16:00 Spring…

SEERIH Oldham Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 14 November 2024 - 16:00 26 June 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Oldham Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 14 November 2023, 13:00-16:00 Spring term…

SEERIH Rochdale REAL Trust Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

09:15 19 November 2024 - 12:15 8 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Rochdale REAL Trust Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network. Autumn term meeting: 11 December 2024, 12:30-3:30…

SEERIH STOCCAT Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 7 November 2024 - 16:00 3 July 2025
The STOCCAT Network is for teachers in Greater Manchester who are part of STOCCAT , but if you cannot attend these dates, please email fascinate@manchester.ac.uk. We're delighted that…

SEERIH Stockport Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

09:15 11 November 2024 - 16:15 23 June 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Stockport Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network. Autumn term meeting: 11 November 2024, 9:15-12:15 or 13:15-16:15…

SEERIH Tameside Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 13 November 2024 - 16:00 25 June 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Tameside Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term PM meeting: 13 November 2024, 13:00-16:00 Spring…

SEERIH Trafford Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

09:15 18 November 2024 - 16:15 24 June 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Trafford Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network. Autumn term AM meeting: 18 November 2024, 09:15-12:15 Autumn…

SQUIDS Seminar - Classification of small-ball modes and maximum a posteriori estimators on metric spaces

15:00 - 16:00 19 March 2025
A mode, or `most likely point', for a probability measure $\mu$ can be defined in various ways using the asymptotic behaviour of the $\mu$-mass of balls of radius $r \to 0$. Such points…

Statistics Seminar - Prof. Victor Elvira (Univ. of Edinburgh)

14:00 - 15:00 19 March 2025
State-space Models as Graphs Prof. Victor Elvira School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh Abstract: Modelling and inference in multivariate time series is central in statistics,…

Step into Astrophotography

19:30 - 22:00 19 March 2025
Returning in 2025, book a Jodrell Bank Astrophotography class and see the stars in a whole new way. Learn to capture the ever-changing beauty of the night sky in an introductory class…

Webinar: Promoting healthy ageing: inclusive approaches to physical activity for older adults

12:00 - 13:00 19 March 2025
In partnership with Dunhill Medical Trust, NIHR Applied Research Collaborations Greater Manchester and North East and North Cumbria, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle…

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