Exhibitions, Seminar

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

Building China: People’s Infrastructure

1 March - 31 May 2026
"Building China: People’s Infrastructure" invites audiences to encounter China from the kitchen table and the street corner rather than the skyline. Bringing together photographs and…

Logic Seminar - Jonathan Kirby

15:00 - 16:00 22 April 2026
Speaker: Jonathan Kirby (The University of East Anglia) TBC

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 22 April 2026
Eleanor Power London School of Economics

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…

CoDE seminar: 'Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism' - Alison Phipps

13:00 - 14:30 23 April 2026
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Professor Alison Phipps (York St John University) shares her research. SUMMARY What are the relationships between sexual violence, sexual fear, social…

CTIS Research Seminar 3: The Qipao in In the Mood for Love (2000) across intercultural contexts

14:00 - 15:30 23 April 2026
This talk examines the use of the Qipao in In the Mood for Love (2000), a film widely recognised in international cinema, focusing on how the film constructs the garment through its…

MIOIR Seminar Series - From Neighborhoods to Careers: Adolescent Segregation and High-Status Jobs in Adulthood

15:30 - 16:30 27 April 2026
From Neighborhoods to Careers: Adolescent Segregation and High-Status Jobs in Adulthood The influence of neighborhood environments on children’s future outcomes has received growing…

‘Why Privacy is Powerful in Germany’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 27 April 2026
Vita Peacock (King's College London) - ‘Why Privacy is Powerful in Germany’

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Jenny Roberts (KCL)

15:00 - 16:00 28 April 2026
Speaker: Jenny Roberts (KCL) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1

Alternative democratic spaces: environmentalism and Algerian youth politics

16:30 29 April 2026
Dr Jessica Northey, Coventry University Host: Dr Ikram Bennai Abstract: The uprisings in the Arab world since 2011 brought profound changes. The Algerian hirak of 2019 constituted…

Communities of Environmental Knowledge

12:00 - 14:00 29 April 2026
Join us for an informal research café exploring the ways community support and involvement connect to environmental action. Community support and involvement are crucial to the success…

Dialogues on Enhancing Inclusive Practice: Co-leading with Fairness, Respect, Inclusion and Compassion

14:30 29 April 2026
Guest speakers: Vanita Sundaram and Kathryn Asbury, Co-Heads of the Department of Education, University of York In this talk we discuss how we developed our co-leadership model, arising…

Logic Seminar - Orla McGrath

15:00 - 16:00 29 April 2026
Speaker: Orla McGrath (University of Leeds) TBC

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 29 April 2026
Yannan He University of Manchester

Probability Seminar: Gechun Liang - Forward Optimized Certainty Equivalent and FBSDE

15:00 - 16:00 29 April 2026
Gechun Liang (University of Warwick) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Forward Optimized Certainty Equivalent and FBSDE Abstract: We extend the notion of forward performance…

Katie Bentley -- Maths in the Life Sciences Seminar [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 30 April 2026
Join us for this seminar by Katie Bentley (KCL/Crick) as part of the Maths in the Life Sciences seminar series (and the online North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and…

Linguistics and English Language Seminar: 'Computational Linguistics Will Not Solve All Your Problems'

13:00 30 April 2026
Speaker: Jonathan Dunn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The age of Large Language Models (LLMs) has created an over-confidence in computational experiments. As a computational…

‘New and Old Seekers of Alien Minds: Religion, AI, and the Non-Human Other’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 4 May 2026
Beth Singler (University of Zurich) - ‘New and Old Seekers of Alien Minds: Religion, AI, and the Non-Human Other’

Macro Seminar - Davide Melcangi (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

16:00 - 17:00 5 May 2026
Title: TBA

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Joseph Harrison (Warwick)

15:00 - 16:00 5 May 2026
Speaker: Joseph Harrison (Warwick) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1

Logic Seminar - Floris Vermeulen

15:00 - 16:00 6 May 2026
Speaker: Floris Vermeulen (University of Münster) TBC

Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Tao Wen

13:00 - 15:00 7 May 2026
Explore a series of interconnected studies that examine human behavior and decision-making processes within social networks This event invites participants from all disciplines and…

'Al-bostan: Gardens of connection and resistance in the Golan Heights’ - Social Anthropology Seminar Series

15:00 - 17:00 11 May 2026
Maria Kastrinou (Brunel University) - ‘Al-bostan: Gardens of connection and resistance in the Golan Heights’

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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