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

Brownbag Seminar: Maria Plakhtieva

13:00 - 13:50 28 October 2026
Title: How do acute health shocks impact individual preferences? Evidence from Employment Decisions. Author: Maria Plakhtieva Abstract: This paper studies whether acute health shocks…

Fusion Exchange

14:00 - 15:30 28 October 2026
This meeting will consist of a 25 minute talk by Mohamad Abdallah, Tritium Plant Lead and Senior Tritium Scientist at Type One Energy, followed by 5 minute talks by PhD students and…

GRiEG Seminar: African Indigenous Ontologies for Decolonial Climate Change Education and Resilience

14:00 - 15:00 28 October 2026
The presentation will argue that resilience requires epistemic plurality, to which African Indigenous ontologies and decolonial climate change education make vital contributions. Colonial…

Logic Seminar - Raheleh Jalali

15:00 28 October 2026
Speaker: Raheleh Jalali (University of Bath) Title: The Power of Structural Rules: Proof-Size Lower Bounds for Linear Logics Abstract: Proving non-trivial lower bounds on proof size…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 28 October 2026
Laura Koehly National Human Genome Research Institute Communal Coping and Social Networks in Families Affected by Rare Genetic Conditions. Families caring for children with rare genetic…

Probability Seminar: Yihan Zhang

15:00 - 16:00 28 October 2026
Yihan Zhang (University of Bristol) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Eigenvalue and Eigenvector Approximation for Random Matrices Using Low-Degree Polynomials Abstract:…

Sasha Rasmussen (University of Nottingham) 'Desperate Circumstances: Negotiating Abortion as Crime and Healthcare in the Late Russian Empire'

12:00 - 13:30 28 October 2026
Sasha Rasmussen (University of Nottingham) 'Desperate Circumstances: Negotiating Abortion as Crime and Healthcare in the Late Russian Empire' History Research Seminar, hosted by Europe…

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

13:00 - 16:10 29 October 2026
Join us for the next Health and Health Systems in the Global Context (HHSGC) seminar, bringing together researchers, policymakers and practitioners from Indonesia, Nepal, Uganda and…

Those Serendipitous Mavericks: The Ratio Club and early British Cybernetics

13:00 - 15:00 29 October 2026
A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant history of the radical science of cybernetics, and the potentially profound implications…

Colours in the Field: Cotton, Empire and alternative futures in India

16:30 - 18:00 3 November 2026
Join us for an exhibition launch and panel discussion on the colonial legacies of India’s extractive cotton monocultures. Exhibition Overview: Combining archival research with natural…

Behaviour Change Meeting Seminar: Dr Bethany Nichol

15:00 5 November 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…

COEH Online Semiinar Series: Sleep and health in extreme environments: adaptation is the word - Prof Pierluigi Cocco

16:00 - 17:00 5 November 2026
Prolonged stay in Isolated, Confined, and Extreme (ICE) environments, where the regular light/dark cycle is absent, can induce sleep deprivation and a cascade of adverse mental and…

Collecting Nature: Histories, Legacies and Living Worlds

12:00 - 14:30 5 November 2026
Join us for a panel discussion on natural collections and the work of Henry Dresser. This event is of interest to those interacting with natural history collections. What does it…

Dimitrios Theodossopoulos (University of Kent) "From Recognition to Misrecognition: Indigeneity, the AI Dialectic and the Anthropomorphic Temptation"

15:00 - 17:00 9 November 2026
Abstract: What happens when a social anthropologist conducts a sustained dialectical exchange with an AI system on a topic he knows intimately through decades of ethnographic fieldwork?…

Jakub Stavina: An introduction to quantum information geometry

15:00 - 16:00 9 November 2026
Abstract: In this talk, we present the framework of quantum information geometry. We first review key concepts in quantum statistical mechanics, focusing on the Hamiltonian, thermal…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Critical and Strategic Raw Materials under Open Strategic Autonomy: Are Mining Capabilities in the EU Regions in Line with the Targets?

15:30 - 16:30 9 November 2026
Simona Iammarino, Professor of Applied Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy, will be discussing the geography of mining technologies in Europe and their role…

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