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

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…

Logic Seminar - Leo Gitin

15:00 - 16:00 13 May 2026
Speaker: Leo Gitin (University of Oxford) Infinitary methods in valuative algebra Infinitary logic is a well-established extension of "ordinary" first-order logic, which flourished…

Ordinary Disasters: How I Stopped Being a Model Minority

17:00 - 18:30 13 May 2026
In this public lecture, EACW John Edward Taylor Fellow Prof. Anne Anlin Cheng will be reading from her most recent book, Ordinary Disasters, and reflecting more broadly on how this…

Probability Seminar: Avi Mayorcas - Convergence and Fluctuations of Singular Interacting Particle Systems with Non-Markov Noise

15:00 - 16:00 13 May 2026
Avi Mayorcas (University of Bath) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Convergence and Fluctuations of Singular Interacting Particle Systems with Non-Markov Noise Abstract:…

Seminars in 'Health and Health Systems in the Global Context (HHSGC)'

11:00 - 13:00 13 May 2026
This is a reminder for our next seminar on Health and Health Systems in the Global Context (HHSGC). This is an interdisciplinary seminar series which aims to bring together researchers…

SQUIDS Seminar (HIMR-funded): Dissecting Deep Neural Networks

13:00 - 14:00 13 May 2026
Speaker: Dr Tiffany Vlaar (University of Glasgow) Abstract: First, I will discuss the role played by individual layers and substructures of deep neural networks. Layer-wise sensitivity…

Filming the City

09:00 - 16:00 14 May 2026
How might moving images reshape the ways in which cities are studied, represented and understood? This question sits at the centre of an upcoming USL ThinkSpace event, which brings…

Lovell Lecture: A Constellation of Women in the History of Astronomy

19:30 - 21:00 14 May 2026
Join Dr Sian Prosser, librarian and archivist at the Royal Astronomical Society, for a special Lovell Lecture exploring the stories of the women who helped shape our understanding of the Universe.

Macro Seminar - Luisa Fuster (Carlos III University of Madrid)

15:00 - 16:00 14 May 2026
Title: Labour Market Polarization and Inequality: A Roy Model Perspective

Macro Seminar - Morten O. Ravn (University College London)

16:30 - 17:30 14 May 2026
Title: Antitrust, Market Power, and U.S. Macroeconomic Outcomes

Macro Seminar - Sujan Bandyopadhyay (University of Manchester)

14:00 - 15:00 14 May 2026
Title: Information Frictions, Skill Accumulation, and Labour Market Dynamics

Remote Patient Monitoring in the NHS: From Promise to Practice

12:00 - 18:00 14 May 2026
Remote patient monitoring is a cornerstone of the government’s 10-year plan to get the NHS 'fit for the future'. It could support earlier detection of health problems, better assessment…

CSSC lunchtime talk: Prof. Bharti Arora (Aarhus/New Delhi): Remapping Sensualities and (Queer) Desires in Select Indian Literary Narratives

12:30 - 14:00 15 May 2026
Friday, 15th May, 12.30-2 Remapping Sensualities and (Queer) Desires in Select Indian Literary Narratives Speaker: Prof. Bharti Arora (Aarhus/U. of New Delhi) Venue: Room A4, Samuel…

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