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

NWBI & IBIC: AI x Biotech Seminar

13:30 - 17:00 14 April 2026
The Northwest Biotech Initiative & the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst are delighted to invite you to the 2026 edition of our annual seminar exploring the journey from…

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 14 April 2026
Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: András Vörös Associate Professor in Quantitative Methods, University of Birmingham Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Gabriella Pizzuto

11:00 - 12:00 15 April 2026
April’s AI-Fun and ELLIS invited speaker is Gabriella Pizzuto from the University of Liverpool. These events provide an opportunity for anyone working in AI and AI-related research…

Black Feminism Now

15:00 - 16:30 20 April 2026
Four members of the Black Health and Humanities Network reflect on how Black feminist theory shapes our work, sharing research case studies. In this moment of economic precarity, worsening…

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Rachid El Harti

14:00 20 April 2026
Speaker: Rachid El Harti (Hassan University) Title: Embedding theorems in Groupoid C*-algebras Abstract: Since groupoids generalize groups, we explore whether the theory of group…

‘Squatting socialism: politicising shelter and its absence in a state 'without homelessness' - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 20 April 2026
Madeleine Reeves (University of Oxford) - ‘Squatting socialism: politicising shelter and its absence in a state 'without homelessness'

Expert Insight Series - From Reactor to Patient: Medical Isotopes, Infrastructure and Innovation

13:00 - 14:00 21 April 2026
Medical isotopes and their production represent an essential and often overlooked technology, sitting at the intersection of fundamental nuclear physics and medical applications. From…

FBMH GenAI in Teaching Seminar series: April 21st @ 2pm

14:00 - 15:30 21 April 2026
Please come and join us April 21st @ 14:00 in person in the Emmeline Suite at the Pankhurst Institute, or virtually via Teams link below for the next in our series showcasing some of…

Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Adam Thomas

14:00 - 15:00 21 April 2026
Title: When is complete reducibility inherited? Abstract: A subgroup X of G = GL(V) is said to be G-cr if X acts completely reducibly on V. In the 1990s, Serre generalized this to subgroups…

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Tomasz Kosciuszko

15:00 - 16:00 21 April 2026
Speaker: Tomasz Kosciuszko Title: Schur-like numbers and a lemma of Shearer Abstract: Suppose that we colour all integers from 1 to N with n colours. The question of Schur asks about…

Relational understandings of life, relationships and moments that matter (Kaisa Kuurne and Sara Eldén)

13:00 - 15:00 21 April 2026
Light refreshments will be available from 1pm Kaisa Kuurne (University of Turku, Finland) and Sara Eldén (Malmö University, Sweden) In this joint Morgan Centre seminar, we consider…

GDI Lecture: Beyond the World Bank: The Fight for Universal Social Protection in the Global South

16:30 - 18:00 22 April 2026
Speaker: Matthew Greenslade, Economist and former employee of the UK Department for International Development Matthew Greenslade describes the damage being done by the World Bank's…

Logic Seminar - Jonathan Kirby

15:00 - 16:00 22 April 2026
Speaker: Jonathan Kirby (The University of East Anglia) Title: Integration in finite terms and exponentially algebraic functions Abstract: The problem of integration in finite terms…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series, Eleanor Power London School of Economics The Dynamics of Social and Economic Inequality in Cross-Cultural Perspective: the ENDOW and Rep2SI Projects

16:00 - 17:30 22 April 2026
Understanding the drivers and dynamics of social and economic inequality is of core interest to social scientists, policy makers, and the public. I will introduce two projects that…

Nathaniel Andrews (UoM, History): ''Anarchist childhoods in Buenos Aires, 1890-1945'

17:00 - 18:30 22 April 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 22 April 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander…

Probability Seminar: Pavel Gapeev - Perpetual American Standard and Lookback Options in Models with Progressively Enlarged Filtrations

16:00 - 17:00 22 April 2026
Pavel Gapeev (London School of Economics) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Perpetual American Standard and Lookback Options in Models with Progressively Enlarged Filtrations…

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