Lectures and seminars

AHCP Research Seminars

3 December 2025 - 3 December 2026
Please check the research seminars of the department here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/department-of-art-history-and-cultural-practices-115441163851

CLACS/Music Department WCLC event: Mbaporenda (La Esperanza) By Rafael Montero (World Première) and associated events

13:10 - 14:00 12 March 2026
This concert is organised by the Music Department and also forms part of the events series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are…

Knowing Yesterday, Shaping Tomorrow: The Lou Kushnick Memorial Lecture

16:00 - 17:00 12 March 2026
Professor Abdul Alkalimat inaugurates the new annual lecture series commemorating our founder Professor Lou Kushnick. The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust, in partnership with the…

MIOIR + SCI Joint Seminar with Professor Bernhard Truffer

14:00 - 15:15 12 March 2026
A “valuation” perspective on complex transition phenomena Abstract: The field of sustainability transitions emerged in a historical context where radical transformations were asked…

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Sophie Wright

14:00 16 March 2026
Speaker: Sophie Wright (University of Bristol) Title: Random covers of hyperbolic surfaces Abstract: Given a closed hyperbolic surface, we study random infinite-sheeted covers whose…

Manchester Geometry Seminar - Andrey Jivkov

15:00 - 16:00 16 March 2026
Speaker: Andrey Jivkov (Manchester) Title: What becomes of Geometry when the Manifold is gone? Abstract: Classical differential geometry describes physical systems as smooth fields…

Maths education seminar: Richard Crossman on Mathematical Decolonisation

14:00 - 15:00 16 March 2026
Speaker: Richard Crossman (University of Durham) Title: Bring Down The Barricades! Clearing A Path For Mathematical Decolonisation Abstract: The process of decolonising higher education…

MIOIR Seminar Series with Professor Paavo Ritala

15:30 - 16:30 16 March 2026
Digital platforms as institutional entrepreneurs: Navigating between disruptive opportunity creation and social contestation Full abstract will be available closer to the date. Paavo…

The Real Cost of Urban Innovation in Lagos, Nigeria

11:30 - 13:00 16 March 2026
Speaker: Taibat Lawanson, University of Liverpool African cities are leveraging opportunities inherent in globalisation and the digital turn to adopt new ways of city-making. Recently,…

“Can I steal your shade?’ On Fieldwork, Minor Gestures, and Associative Translations’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 16 March 2026
Cristiana Giordano (UC Davis) - “Can I steal your shade?’ On Fieldwork, Minor Gestures, and Associative Translations’

Division of Psychology & Mental Health March Seminar: Rebecca Williams on Apathy Beyond the Cost-Benefit Analysis

11:00 - 13:00 17 March 2026
Apathy Beyond the Cost-Benefit Analysis We’re delighted to welcome Rebecca Williams, Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Cambridge currently working at the intersection of dementia,…

Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Colton Sandvik

14:00 - 15:00 17 March 2026
TBA

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Lilybelle Cowland Kellock

15:00 - 16:00 17 March 2026
Speaker: Lilybelle Cowland Kellock (Manchester) Title: Reduction types of genus 2 curves Abstract: Reduction types are used to recover lots of important arithmetic information attached…

Alternative Ecological Futures

16:00 - 17:00 18 March 2026
Please join us for this exciting EACW research seminar event, taking place on Wednesday 18 March, from 4–5 pm, in Sam Alex A113. The session will feature talks by Professor Allison…

CLACS Seminar: Luis Schenoni (UCL): "Bringing War Back In: Victory, Defeat, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Latin America"

17:00 - 18:30 18 March 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 18 March 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander…

Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Dr Carolyn Swinney

13:00 - 15:00 18 March 2026
Explore how Software Defined Radios expose & detect radio?frequency vulnerabilities across 5G, autonomous systems & critical infrastructure This event invites participants from all…

From the pesticide treadmill to the Global Pesticide Complex: Uneven and combined chemical geographies

15:00 - 16:00 18 March 2026
Guest seminar from Professor Marion Werner, State University of New York, Buffalo Part of the Geography Department Research Seminar series

Logic Seminar - Jesse Sigal

15:00 - 16:00 18 March 2026
Speaker: Jesse Sigal (University of Edinburgh) Title: How not to choose in the semantics of dependent types Abstract: Many constructions in the semantics of logics and programming…

MET Seminar - Ina Taneva (Edinburgh)

17:00 - 18:00 18 March 2026
Title: Strategic Ignorance and Information Design Authors: Ina Taneva & Thomas Wiseman Abstract: We study information design in strategic settings when agents can publicly refuse…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series. Pietro Casari Scuola Normale Superiore Italy. Events, Networks, and Collective Action Processes

16:00 - 17:30 18 March 2026
The recent interest in events as an object of study has been accompanied by numerous attempts to develop a conceptual framework for their interpretation. I argue that adopting a processual-relational…

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