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Bartered Bridegrooms: Transacting Muslim masculinities as colonial legacy (Suriyah Bi)

16:15 - 18:00 19 May 2025
In this hybrid seminar, Dr Suriyah Bi (Cardiff University) introduces research from her recent book 'Bartered Bridegrooms: Transacting Muslim masculinities as colonial legacy' published…

Statistics Seminar - Prof. Haavard Rue (KAUST)

15:00 - 16:00 19 May 2025
Why we should care about Variational Bayes Håvard Rue KAUST, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia In this talk I will discuss Variational Bayes (VB), what it is, why we should care, and why…

HIMR-sponsored Algebra seminar - Mark Wildon

14:00 - 15:00 20 May 2025
Title: Plethyms of symmetric functions: modular isomorphisms and stability. Abstract: The plethysm product of Schur functions corresponds to composition of polynomial representations…

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The 2025 Sherman Lecture: Moses Gaster; Scholar, Collector, Rabbi, Activist

17:00 - 18:30 20 May 2025
Under the auspices of the Manchester University Centre for Jewish Studies: Professor Philip Alexander “Moses Gaster (1856-1939) – Scholar, Collector, Rabbi, Activist: His scholarly…

GDI Lecture: The transformative-transdisciplinary imperative: Decolonizing development in a transboundary delta

16:30 - 18:00 21 May 2025
Speaker: Jenia Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur The Sundarbans is the largest contiguous mangroves delta in the world, spanning India and Bangladesh. The delta is…

Logic seminar: Abhiram Natarajan

15:00 - 16:00 21 May 2025
Title: Partitioning Theorems for Sets of Semi-Pfaffian Sets, with Applications Abstract: We generalize the seminal polynomial partitioning theorems of Guth and Katz [1, 2] to a set…

Saudi Women’s Activism Through Writing

16:00 - 17:00 21 May 2025
Speaker: Hind Aldossary (PhD Researcher, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures) Join on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/3944838983 This lecture is part…

CHSTM Research Seminar: Protest and Identity Formation in the Time of Covid - The UK in Historical Context

16:00 - 17:30 27 May 2025
This talk will examine the nature of protest activity during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020-22. It does so as a case study of the impact of pandemics and epidemics on society – a familiar…

HIMR-sponsored Algebra seminar - Henry Bradford

14:00 - 15:00 27 May 2025
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Desi Queers: Exploring Intergenerationality in LGBTQ South Asian Cultures in Britain

18:30 28 May 2025
How do ideas, cultures and ways of living ‘move’ across generations in queer contexts? How do queer people’s positions outside of mainstream forms of biological (nuclear family) and…

Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Colin Williams

14:00 - 16:00 28 May 2025
Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Colin Williams Date: 28th May 2025 Time: 14:00-16:00 Location: The University of Manchester Join us for an engaging seminar on The…

Logic seminar: David Evans

15:00 - 16:00 28 May 2025
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Logic seminar: Boris Zilber

11:00 - 12:30 29 May 2025
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Power and people: Unpacking social value in the nuclear sector | Expert Insights Series

13:00 - 14:00 3 June 2025
Join us for an open and interactive panel exploring the deeper questions around nuclear power's role in society. With space for audience questions throughout, we’ll unpack what "social…

GM Policy Seminar: Against the clock: Delivering local climate change targets

13:00 - 14:30 11 June 2025
Join the GM Policy Hub on Wednesday, 11 June for seminar which will explore how local authorities can set, review, and address their climate change targets. In 2020, it was reported…

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Creativity + AI: Publishing

15:00 - 17:00 16 June 2025
The rapid expansion of AI is impacting and changing the publishing industry. We will be asking a panel of publishers, authors and librarians to reflect on the pace of change in the…

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Epistemic games and causal problems

14:00 - 15:30 16 June 2025
Epistemic games and causal problems: a framework for teaching the evaluation of scientific information. Studies in science education demonstrate that laypeople typically engage with…

AI FUN & ELLIS

AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Theo Damoulas

11:00 - 12:00 18 June 2025
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. Title: TBC…

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The Making of pragmatist feminism in Arab American women cultural productions - Roaa Ali

13:00 - 14:30 19 June 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Dr Roaa Ali (University of Manchester) shares her research. SUMMARY This talk explores the emergence of pragmatist feminism within the cultural productions…

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Creativity + AI: Fashion

14:30 - 16:30 26 June 2025
Presented in partnership by Creative Manchester, Digital Futures and the Turing Innovation Catalyst (TIC) Manchester, the CreaTech 2025 series of events is aimed at supporting the development…

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The Christian Brethren Archive: Chief Men Among the Brethren

14:30 - 15:30 26 June 2025
Join us at the John Rylands Library for a lecture on the Christian Brethren, hosted by David Bebbington, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Stirling. The John Rylands…

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: How is Who. Evidence as Clues for Action in Participatory Research Interventions.

15:00 - 16:30 30 June 2025
How is Who. Evidence as Clues for Action in Participatory Research Interventions. Participatory and collaborative approaches in sustainability science and public health research contribute…

AI FUN & ELLIS

AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Laurent Orseau

11:00 - 12:00 16 July 2025
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. Bio: Laurent…

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Evidential Pluralism and educational ethnography.

15:00 - 16:30 21 July 2025
Evidential Pluralism and educational ethnography. Evidence-based policy is typically grounded in a narrow conception of evidence, one that prioritizes comparative studies and quantitative…

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