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

GDI Lecture: Beyond the World Bank: The Fight for Universal Social Protection in the Global South

16:30 - 18:00 22 April 2026
Speaker: Matthew Greenslade, Economist and former employee of the UK Department for International Development Matthew Greenslade describes the damage being done by the World Bank's…

Logic Seminar - Jonathan Kirby

15:00 - 16:00 22 April 2026
Speaker: Jonathan Kirby (The University of East Anglia) Title: Integration in finite terms and exponentially algebraic functions Abstract: The problem of integration in finite terms…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series, Eleanor Power London School of Economics The Dynamics of Social and Economic Inequality in Cross-Cultural Perspective: the ENDOW and Rep2SI Projects

16:00 - 17:30 22 April 2026
Understanding the drivers and dynamics of social and economic inequality is of core interest to social scientists, policy makers, and the public. I will introduce two projects that…

Nathaniel Andrews (UoM, History): ''Anarchist childhoods in Buenos Aires, 1890-1945'

17:00 - 18:30 22 April 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 22 April 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander…

Probability Seminar: Pavel Gapeev - Perpetual American Standard and Lookback Options in Models with Progressively Enlarged Filtrations

16:00 - 17:00 22 April 2026
Pavel Gapeev (London School of Economics) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Perpetual American Standard and Lookback Options in Models with Progressively Enlarged Filtrations…

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

14:00 - 15:00 22 April 2026
This is a reminder for our next seminar on Health and Health Systems in the Global Context (HHSGC). This is an interdisciplinary seminar series which aims to bring together researchers…

CoDE seminar: 'Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism' - Alison Phipps

13:00 - 14:30 23 April 2026
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Professor Alison Phipps (York St John University) shares her research. SUMMARY What are the relationships between sexual violence, sexual fear, social…

CTIS Research Seminar 3: The Qipao in In the Mood for Love (2000) across intercultural contexts

14:00 - 15:30 23 April 2026
This talk examines the use of the Qipao in In the Mood for Love (2000), a film widely recognised in international cinema, focusing on how the film constructs the garment through its…

MIE Anti-Racist Education Seminar - Dr William Barylo

14:00 - 15:30 23 April 2026
In this seminar Dr Barylo will explore and compare various methods for monitoring, surveilling and controlling religious minorities in France and the UK and trace their roots in the…

New Lovell Lecture - Down to Earth Astronomy: A Tour of the Radio Universe

23 April 2026
Dr. Emma Chapman, (Royal Society Fellow), takes us on a cosmic journey through radio astronomy. Discover secrets of pulsars, galaxies, and black holes and why listening to the sky changes everything. 19.30 - 21.00

MIOIR Seminar Series - From Neighborhoods to Careers: Adolescent Segregation and High-Status Jobs in Adulthood

15:30 - 16:30 27 April 2026
From Neighborhoods to Careers: Adolescent Segregation and High-Status Jobs in Adulthood The influence of neighborhood environments on children’s future outcomes has received growing…

Multispecies Deconstructions of the ‘Human’ Within International Human Rights Law

13:00 - 15:00 27 April 2026
Critical multispecies studies reveal that the philosophical, social, and legal pedestal on which human subjects are placed within Western modernity rests on faulty foundations. This…

National Productivity Week: Productivity for Better Outcomes

13:30 - 17:30 27 April 2026
Join us at Manchester Central Library for a National Productivity Week 2026 event to showcase The Productivity Institute’s seven integrated research programmes, designed to strengthen…

‘Foresight with monsters’: how to run cities, regions and countries in an age of populist power-grabs? interactive seminar with Prof. Yanuar Nugroho

15:00 - 17:00 27 April 2026
The dynamics of populism run deep, and are maybe now driving the ‘world order’ to the edge of chaos. The previous mindset of strategic planning and evidence-based policy may struggle……

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