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

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Konstantin Bogdanov

13:00 - 14:00 27 April 2026
Speaker: Konstantin Bogdanov (University of Manchester) Title: Infinite-dimensional Thurston theory in holomorphic dynamics Abstract: Thurston's Topological Characterization of Rational…

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…

Multispecies Deconstructions of the ‘Human’ Within International Human Rights Law

13:00 - 15:00 27 April 2026
Critical multispecies studies reveal that the philosophical, social, and legal pedestal on which human subjects are placed within Western modernity rests on faulty foundations. This…

National Productivity Week: Productivity for Better Outcomes

13:30 - 17:30 27 April 2026
Join us at Manchester Central Library for a National Productivity Week 2026 event to showcase The Productivity Institute’s seven integrated research programmes, designed to strengthen…

‘Foresight with monsters’: how to run cities, regions and countries in an age of populist power-grabs? interactive seminar with Prof. Yanuar Nugroho

15:00 - 17:00 27 April 2026
The dynamics of populism run deep, and are maybe now driving the ‘world order’ to the edge of chaos. The previous mindset of strategic planning and evidence-based policy may struggle……

‘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’

Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Pete Gautam

14:00 - 15:00 28 April 2026
Title: Fusion systems related to large sporadic groups Abstract: Fusion systems are closely related to groups where we focus only on conjugation (fusion) coming from the group to its…

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Jenny Roberts (KCL)

15:00 - 16:00 28 April 2026
Speaker: Jenny Roberts (KCL) Title: Newform Eisenstein congruences of local origin Abstract: The theory of Eisenstein congruences dates back to Ramanujan’s surprising discovery that…

Masterclass: Remembering Violent Histories: Against Erasure

14:00 - 15:30 28 April 2026
Claire Loughnan, University of Melbourne Through oral testimonies of those detained at the immigration prison located on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, Against Erasure focuses on…

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…

Christabel Pankhurst Lecture 2026: PUSHing for Justice: Women, Power and the Unfinished Fight for Equality

16:00 - 18:30 29 April 2026
Join us for the Annual Christabel Pankhurst Lecture as our guest speaker, trailblazing legal leader and equality advocate Dr I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC. reflects on what it truly means…

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…

GDI Lecture: The Toxic Effects of Border Violence, Claire Loughnan

16:30 - 18:00 29 April 2026
Speaker: Claire Loughnan, University of Melbourne The recent deaths of US citizens at the hands of that country’s ICE agents signal disturbing patterns of violence and misconduct that…

Logic Seminar - Orla McGrath

15:00 - 16:00 29 April 2026
Speaker: Orla McGrath (University of Leeds) Title: Partial Difference Algebraic Groups Abstract: A difference algebraic group is a subgroup of the general linear group defined by…

MET Seminar - Alkis Georgiadis-Harris (Warwick)

17:00 - 18:00 29 April 2026
Title: Perfect Secrecy in the Wild Authors: Costas Cavounidis, Massimiliano Furlan & Alkis Georgiadis-Harris Abstract: Alice wishes to reveal the state X to Bob, if he knows some…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series. Yannan He University of Manchester. Effects of Classroom Parental Networks on Students’ Academic Performance.

16:00 - 17:30 29 April 2026
Abstract: As suggested by social capital theories, parents could obtain resources from network ties that benefit themselves and their children. Parental networks are of particular importance.…

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