School of Social Sciences

Laurie Denyer Willis (University of Edinburgh) "Wife-Work in an Evangelical Rio: Pleasure, Protection and the Minimally Safe Bedroom"

15:00 - 17:00 7 December 2026
This talk begins from an unlikely scene: a sex costume party hosted by an evangelical pastor in a woman’s home in Rio de Janeiro, where lingerie is prayed over as a tool of marital…

Online Course in Social Network Analysis (Mitchell Centre)

2 October - 11 December 2026
The Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis at the University of Manchester is excited to introduce a new semester-long online course called the Mitchell Autumn School on Social…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 9 December 2026
Mark Wittek CEU Network Ecologies of Cultural Production: Evidence from Jazz and Science Scholars have studied the social organization of scientific and cultural fields extensively…

Andrew Littlejohn (Leiden University) "Ecologizing Safety in Post-Tsunami Japan"

15:00 - 17:00 14 December 2026
As oceans rise worldwide, many governments are intensifying efforts to defend the towns and cities bordering them. Advocates of coastal infrastructure often argue that the best way…

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