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 - Ethan Ackelsberg

14:00 - 15:00 18 May 2026
Speaker: Ethan Ackelsberg (EPFL) Title: Sumsets of sets of positive density in the integers Abstract: A central object of study in additive combinatorics is the sumset A+B of two…

Expert Insight Series - Demystifying AI and its Applications in Nuclear

14:00 - 15:00 18 May 2026
Join us to explore how AI is currently used and planned to be used in the nuclear industry. AI is increasingly being discussed within the nuclear sector, yet much of the conversation…

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…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Professor Chris Hayter

15:30 - 16:30 18 May 2026
Professor Christopher Hayter will discuss graduate experiences of participating in entrepeneurship training for research commercialization Developing entrepreneurial selves: The experience…

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

18:00 - 19:45 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…

Logic Seminar - Philip Saville

15:00 - 16:00 20 May 2026
Speaker: Philip Saville (University of Sussex) Title: Semantic models for functions, via logic and universal algebra. Abstract: It turns out that ideas from logic and universal algebra…

Probability Seminar: Edward Crane - Coupling Markov chains with a common image chain

15:00 - 16:00 20 May 2026
Edward Crane (University of Bristol) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Coupling Markov chains with a common image chain Abstract: (Joint work with Erin Russell and Alexander…

Carelessness: On the Geographies of Care and Violence - Carl Bonner-Thompson (Utrecht)

14:00 - 16:00 21 May 2026
This paper explores the relationship between care and violence through the lens of carelessness, arguing for a more sustained theorisation of how they are entangled and mutually constitutive.…

FBMH GenAI in Teaching Seminar series: May 21st @ 1pm

13:00 - 14:00 21 May 2026
Please come and join us May 21st @ 13:00 in person in the Emmeline Suite at the Pankhurst Institute, or virtually via Teams, for the next in our series showcasing some of the creative…

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…

Legal Frameworks and Personal Experiences: Egg Donation in Japan and Taiwan (Chiaki Shirai) HYBRID

16:00 - 17:30 24 May 2026
Jointly hosted by the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives (SoSS) and East Asian Studies (SALC) Legal Frameworks and Personal Experiences: Egg Donation in Japan and Taiwan…

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.…

Heilbronn Algebra Seminar - Neil Saunders

14:00 - 15:00 26 May 2026
Title: Springer Fibres, Parabolic Induction & Stacking Maps in Classical Type Abstract: Fibres coming from the Springer resolution on the nilpotent cone are incredibly rich algebraic…

PGR SEED-Interdisciplinary Research Seminar- "The Role of Future Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Development, Human Resources, and Employability"

10:00 - 12:00 26 May 2026
The Role of Future Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Development, Human Resources, and Employability"" This seminar will bring together two distinguished speakers to lead…

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