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

13:00 - 13:30 16 September 2026
The next FBMH careers seminar series of 2026 will take place on Wednesday 16th September 2026 from 1.00 – 1.30 pm. During this session, we will learn more about the STP, Scientific…

NVIDIA Quantum Day: Accelerated Quantum Supercomputing with CUDA-Q

17 September 2026
Discover how to harness CUDA-Q and GPU acceleration for quantum computing, hybrid algorithms, and next-generation quantum hardware. *Please Note: This event is for The University of…

Expert Insights - Safeguarding fusion: the non-proliferation question

13:00 - 14:00 23 September 2026
Exploring the non-proliferation challenges facing fusion energy and the steps needed to develop effective safeguards as the sector grows. Join us in person or online for this Expert…

Departmental Seminar: “Proof of Human: Provenance, Identity, and Trust in the Age of Generative Systems” – Professor Andrew Melchior

13:00 - 14:00 24 September 2026
Professor Andrew Melchior, CTO of Massive Attack and Founder of Genotone Ltd, will present a seminar entitled "Proof of Human: Provenance, Identity, and Trust in the Age of Generative…

Fire and Ice: The Conception, Birth and Infancy of Cybernetics.

13:00 - 15:00 24 September 2026
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 30 September 2026
Balazs Vedres Central European University

The Moving Century: A History of Migration Seen from the Future

10:00 - 14:00 30 September 2026
A hundred years ago, there were no visas or passports. Today on the seabed of the Mediterranean lie the bodies of fifty thousand migrants drowned along the smuggling routes. How did…

MIOIR Seminar with Johannes Glückler (Chair for Economic Geographies of the Future, LMU Munich)

15:30 - 16:30 5 October 2026
Save the date for our upcoming MIOIR seminar with Johannes Glückler (Chair for Economic Geographies of the Future, LMU Munich) Full details will be shared shortly. Seminar Details:…

GDI Lecture: The Rulers: Corporate Power in the age of AI and the cloud

16:30 - 18:00 7 October 2026
Why are Amazon, Microsoft and Google different from every other company and why should people and governments care? The Rulers explains how the power of these three giants lies in their…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 16:30 7 October 2026
Jana Diesner Technical University of Munich

AI Fun with ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Jin Zhu

11:00 - 12:00 14 October 2026
Our invited speaker on 14 October will be Jin Zhu from the University of Birmingham. Title: Statistics-Powered Detection of LLM-Generated Text Abstract: Large language models (LLMs)…

British Academy Lecture 2026: Professor Stefano Bartolini

17:00 - 19:00 14 October 2026
Rule Making Rules: The Origins of Western Political Institutions and Why They Matter Today. The University of Manchester is delighted to host Professor Stefano Bartolini, Emeritus…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 14 October 2026
Neah Gondal Boston University

CoDE seminar: 'Black Liverpool: West African, West Indian and Afro-American culture at the end of the 20th Century' Stephen Small

13:00 - 14:30 15 October 2026
In this lunchtime seminar from the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE), Professor Stephen Small (University of California, Berkeley) shares his research. ABSTRACT This talk…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Africa

15:30 - 16:30 19 October 2026
Erik Stam, Professor of Strategy, Organization and Entrepreneurship, Utrecht University, the Netherlands will be discussing entrepreneurial ecosystems in Africa. Productive entrepreneurship…

GDI Lecture: The Political Economy of Rwanda's Rise

16:30 - 18:00 21 October 2026
In this lecture, GDI’s Pritish Behuria will launch his recent Open Access book, The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Rise. Drawing on a decade of research and more than 580 interviews,…

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…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 21 October 2026
Chris McCarty University of Florida

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 28 October 2026
Laura Koehly National Human Genome Research Institute

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…

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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