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

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,…

Probability Seminar: Yanzhao Yang - A New Solution to Time Inconsistent Stopping Problem

15:00 - 16:00 27 May 2026
Yanzhao Yang (University of Oxford) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: A New Solution to Time Inconsistent Stopping Problem Abstract: Time inconsistency is a situation…

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’: Celia Roberts is a Professor in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University, Canberra. Prior to this she worked…

Lovell Lecture - Antimatter Matters: The Large Hadron Collider Experiment at CERN

4 June 2026
Part of our Curious Universe series, Professor Chris Parkes explains why antimatter matters in this Lovell Lecture exploring the world’s most powerful particle accelerator: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.

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…

Frederick Douglass: A Global Life (SOLD OUT)

18:30 - 20:00 18 June 2026
Exploring the legacy and continued relevance of this remarkable abolitionist campaigner and advocate for social justice. Join us for the Inaugural Frederick Douglass Lecture, presented…

MCRC 20th Anniversary Seminar - ‘Cancer in a time of conflict: from political economy to systems engineering’

15:00 - 16:30 22 June 2026
Keynote Speaker: Professor Richard Sullivan Venue: Oglesby Cancer Research Building lecture theatre Date: Monday 22nd June 2026, 15:00-16:30 (BST) How do you deliver life-saving cancer…

Developmental Dilemmas, Power, and Institutional Entrepreneurship: A Lens for Policy Analysis

11:00 - 12:00 23 June 2026
Speaker: William D. Ferguson, Gertrude B. Austin Professor of Economics Grinnell College Why do well-meaning developmental policies so often fail? Consider the recent collapse of…

WEI Seminar with Professor Keith Townsend

14:00 - 15:30 23 June 2026
Informality, Pathways, Time and the Future: Gaps and Future of Employee Voice Research Professor Keith Townsend, Department of Management, Griffith University, Australia Abstract…

Lane Lecture 2026: The Evolution of Evidence and the Changing Nature of Employment: What this means for the work of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council

16:30 - 18:00 21 October 2026
In collaboration with the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, the Thomas Ashton Institute is delighted to announce that registration for this years Annual Lane Lecture…

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