Events at The University of Manchester

Lecture

Policing the Crisis Reloaded: Stop and Search, Gang Violence Matrix, and Structural Racism

16:00 - 18:00 4 October 2023
In the first event of the new Racial and Justice Seminar Series, Katrina Ffrench, founder and director of UNJUST, will talk about the organisation's campaign to fight racism and violence…

Reflecting on Environmental NGOs in Regulation

17:30 - 19:00 4 October 2023
An Inaugural Lecture by Professor Carolyn Abbot Environmental NGOs contribute to the regulatory space in a variety of ways. They can be involved in shaping the rules of regulation…

The Dazzling Whiteness of an Early Tomfoolery: Sex Work and Racial Politics in Samuel Beckett and Nancy Cunard’s early 1930s work'

17:00 - 19:00 4 October 2023
Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture hosts this public lecture with Professor Daniela Caselli. The event is followed by drinks reception. Everyone is welcome!

Dorothy Emmet Lecture 2023

16:00 - 18:00 5 October 2023
Our annual Dorothy Emmet Lecture will be hosting Professor Alison Stone. Taking place Thursday, the 5th of October from 4pm-6pm, we hope you can make it! This event is generously supported…

The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends are Changing Industrialization

15:30 - 17:00 5 October 2023
Dr. Jostein Hauge (Assistant Professor, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge) will give a talk on his new book - The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends are Changing…

SEED Inaugural Lectures

16:30 - 18:30 11 October 2023
On Wednesday, 11 October join the School of Environment, Education and Development for inaugural lectures from Professor Stephen Walker (Architecture) and Professor Susie Miles (Manchester…

Language and normalised abnormalities in the world today - Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o

18:00 - 20:00 12 October 2023
In this lecture, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o will address topics of coloniality and harms of imperialism/colonialisation. He will, in particular, focus on the lasting impact on colonialism…

The Politics and Everyday Practice of International Humanitarianism - HCRI book launch

16:00 - 17:30 12 October 2023
Book launch and Q&A with HCRI's Dr Miriam Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies ABOUT THE EVENT This is the first of HCRI public events programme for 2023/24. Dr Bradley…

Writing And Submitting A Journal Article In 12 Weeks - Part 1

14:00 - 16:00 12 October 2023
This is the first of a two-part lecture with Q&A, offered by artsmethods@manchester for PGRs. This online training event is designed to help you revise completed research, such as…

Lane Lecture 2023: Convergent Junctions, with guest speaker Professor Ira Madan

16:30 - 19:30 19 October 2023
In this year's annual Lane Lecture, Professor Madan will reflect on how the clinical, political, and cultural landscape has changed Occupational Health practice in recent decades and…

Writing And Submitting A Journal Article In 12 Weeks - Part 2

14:00 - 16:00 19 October 2023
This is the second of a two-part lecture with Q&A, offered by artsmethods@manchester for PGRs. This online training event is designed to help you revise completed research, such as…

artsmethods Information Session: Applying for Post-Docs

14:00 - 16:00 26 October 2023
This information session, run by artsmethods@manchester, focuses on helping PGRs start preparing for postdoctoral applications - to understand the process and how to start planning…

Researching the City - the Economic Transition of Manchester: A Case Study

16:00 - 17:30 9 November 2023
Manchester Urban Institute is delighted to welcome Mike Emmerich to The University of Manchester on Thursday, 9 November to deliver the biennial Brian Robson Lecture Researching the…

In conversation - Jon Alexander, Co-founder of the New Citizenship Project

17:15 - 18:45 15 November 2023
Students from The University of Manchester in conversation with New Citizenship Project co-founder, and CITIZENS author, Jon Alexander. Is there any way out of the mess we're in? …

Queering the Clinamen: Unearthly Objects as Queer Forms in Eighteenth-Century Poetry

17:00 - 19:00 22 November 2023
Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture hosts this public lecture with Dr James Metcalf. The event is followed by drinks reception. Everyone is welcome!

Manchester Museum

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John Rylands Research Institute and Library