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

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) TBC

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…

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.

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…

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Ethan Ackelsberg

13:00 18 May 2026
Speaker: Ethan Ackelsberg (EPFL) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1 Further information: https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/yotam.smilansky/dynamics_analysis

MIOIR Seminar Series - Developing possible entrepreneurial selves: The experience of graduate students and postdocs participating in entrepreneurship training for research commercialization

15:30 - 16:30 18 May 2026
Save the date, further details will be available shortly. Speaker Bio: Professor Christopher Hayter, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology…

Proof of Human: AI, Copyright, and the Fight for Creative Authorship with Andrew Melchior

18:00 - 19:30 18 May 2026
A special lecture and discussion with composer, musician, technologist and producer Andrew Melchior. Join us in welcoming composer, musician, technologist and producer Andrew Melchior…

GDI Lecture: The Political Economy of Rwanda's Rise

16:30 - 18:00 19 May 2026
Speaker: Pritish Behuria, Global Development Institute In this lecture, GDI’s Pritish Behuria will launch his new Open Access book, The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Rise. Drawing…

Logic Seminar - Philip Saville

15:00 - 16:00 20 May 2026
Speaker: Philip Saville (University of Sussex) TBC

The 2026 Dorothy Emmet Public Lecture

16:00 - 18:00 21 May 2026
The 2026 Dorothy Emmet public lecture at the University of Manchester will be given by Professor Elisa Paganini (Università degli Studi di Milano) on Thursday 21st May from 4-6pm. The…

Sexuality Summer School Plenary Lecture: Professor C. Riley Snorton

16:30 - 18:00 25 May 2026
Professor C. Riley Snorton: ‘An Ambiguous Heterotopia, Or Some Informal Remarks on “Biology” After Samuel Delany, Judith Butler, and Sylvia Wynter’ No booking required, all welcome.…

Sexuality Summer School Plenary Lecture: PProfessor Sarah Richardson

15:00 - 16:30 26 May 2026
Professor Sarah Richardson: ‘A Sceptical Empiricist's Guide to Sex Difference Science’ No booking required, all welcome. This year, the Sexuality Summer School returns with the theme…

Sexuality Summer School: Film Screenings programed with Club Des Femmes and introduced by So Mayer

17:45 - 20:30 26 May 2026
Film Screenings programed with Club Des Femmes and introduced by So Mayer: Laws of Love / Gesetze der Liebe (Magnus Hirschfeld, 1927); Sanctus (Barbara Hammer, 1990) Tickets required,…

Sexuality Summer School Performance Reading: All the Devils

19:00 - 21:00 27 May 2026
All the Devils (written by Jonathan Larkin; produced by Jayne Compton, Switchflicker; funded by The National Lottery Community Fund) No booking required, all welcome. This year, the…

Sexuality Summer School Plenary Lecture: Professor Kane Race

16:00 - 17:30 27 May 2026
Professor Kane Race: ‘Hijacking Neuroscience: Psychoactive Performatives’ No booking required, all welcome. This year, the Sexuality Summer School returns with the theme On the Biological.…

Sexuality Summer School Performance: Second Trimester

20:00 28 May 2026
By Krishna Istha and Geetha Shankar Directed by Milli Bhatia Four years ago, Krishna told his mum he was trying to get pregnant and she freaked out. Like, massively freaked out.…

Sexuality Summer School Plenary Lecture: Professor Celia Roberts

10:00 - 11:30 28 May 2026
Professor Celia Roberts: ‘Experimenting with Hormones’: No booking required, all welcome. This year, the Sexuality Summer School returns with the theme On the Biological. For more…

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Matthew Nicol

14:00 8 June 2026
Speaker: Matthew Nicol (University of Houston) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1 Further information: https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/yotam.smilansky/dynamics_analysis

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Matthew Nicol

14:00 8 June 2026
Speaker: >Matthew Nicol (University of Houston) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1 Further information: https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/yotam.smilansky/dynamics_analysis

Evangelina Petsalaki -- Maths in the Life Sciences Seminar [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 8 June 2026
Join us for this seminar by Evangelina Petsalaki (EMBL-EBI) as part of the Maths in the Life Sciences seminar series (and the online North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology…

AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Lucia Cipolina Kun

11:00 - 12:00 10 June 2026
June's invited speaker will be Lucia Cipolina Kun from Meta. Title and abstract to follow.

Ke Yuan -- Maths in the Life Sciences Seminar [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 15 June 2026
Join us for this seminar by Ke Yuan (Glasgow) as part of the Maths in the Life Sciences seminar series (and the online North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences…

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