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

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…

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’

Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Anja Meyer

14:00 - 15:00 5 May 2026
Title: tbc Abstract: tbc

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: Sum-product phenomena in algebraic groups Abstract: The cardinality of sumsets and product sets can be regarded as quantitative indicators…

Laura Marcela Balan (Libertadores): When the Other Looks Back: Mock Ethnography and the Deconstruction of Otherness in O Peixe

17:00 - 18:30 6 May 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 6 May 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will online. You can follow it here: https://tinyurl.com/yzm5d7k2…

Logic Seminar - Floris Vermeulen

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

Webinar: Improving How Physical Activity is Assessed in Primary Care

12:00 - 13:00 6 May 2026
The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing May webinar will focus on “Improving How Physical Activity is Assessed in Primary Care” See below for further information and the sign-up…

Behaviour Change Meeting Seminar: Dr Neil Howlett

15:00 - 16:00 7 May 2026
The Behaviour Change Meeting Group at The University of Manchester has the purpose of bringing together academics and clinicians across several institutes who are working with behaviour…

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…

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

14:00 7 May 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…

'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’

MIOIR Seminar Series - Professor Erik Stam

15:30 - 16:30 11 May 2026
Save the date, further detail will be available shortly. Seminar Details: The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research runs a series of regular seminars given by visiting speakers…

Friends, family, and flows of things: Everyday practices of sustainability

10:00 - 12:00 12 May 2026
Guest lecture from Professor Jo Lindsay (School of Social Sciences, Monash University). Co-organised by Sustainable Consumption Institute and University of Manchester Geography. Part…

Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Charley Cummings

14:00 - 15:00 12 May 2026
Title: tbc Abstract: tbc

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 12 May 2026
Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar , we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Amiya Bhatia Associate Professor, University of Oxford Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Nikolay Malkin

11:00 - 12:00 13 May 2026
For May's AI-Fun and ELLIS invited speaker series, we will have Nikolay Malkin from the University of Edinburgh. Title: Inferring stochastic dynamics without data: from diffusion samplers…

Digital Health Equity seminar: Women’s health, equity and the role of digital health policy in addressing health inequalities in the UK

13:00 - 14:00 13 May 2026
The next seminar in the University of Manchester Digital Health Equity Seminar Series is on Wed 13th-May, 1-2pm BST via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92175396746. Lopa Patel MBE (Diversity…

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