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

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Ethan Ackelsberg

14:00 - 15:00 18 May 2026
Speaker: Ethan Ackelsberg (EPFL) Title: Sumsets of sets of positive density in the integers Abstract: A central object of study in additive combinatorics is the sumset A+B of two…

Expert Insight Series - Demystifying AI and its Applications in Nuclear

14:00 - 15:00 18 May 2026
Join us to explore how AI is currently used and planned to be used in the nuclear industry. AI is increasingly being discussed within the nuclear sector, yet much of the conversation…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Developing possible entrepreneurial selves: The experience of graduate students and postdocs participating in entrepreneurship training for research commercialization

15:30 - 16:30 18 May 2026
Save the date, further details will be available shortly. Speaker Bio: Professor Christopher Hayter, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Professor Chris Hayter

15:30 - 16:30 18 May 2026
Professor Christopher Hayter will discuss graduate experiences of participating in entrepeneurship training for research commercialization Developing entrepreneurial selves: The experience…

Proof of Human: AI, Copyright, and the Fight for Creative Authorship with Andrew Melchior

18:00 - 19:45 18 May 2026
A special lecture and discussion with composer, musician, technologist and producer Andrew Melchior. Join us in welcoming composer, musician, technologist and producer Andrew Melchior…

Logic Seminar - Philip Saville

15:00 - 16:00 20 May 2026
Speaker: Philip Saville (University of Sussex) Title: Semantic models for functions, via logic and universal algebra. Abstract: It turns out that ideas from logic and universal algebra…

Probability Seminar: Edward Crane - Coupling Markov chains with a common image chain

15:00 - 16:00 20 May 2026
Edward Crane (University of Bristol) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: Coupling Markov chains with a common image chain Abstract: (Joint work with Erin Russell and Alexander…

Carelessness: On the Geographies of Care and Violence - Carl Bonner-Thompson (Utrecht)

14:00 - 16:00 21 May 2026
This paper explores the relationship between care and violence through the lens of carelessness, arguing for a more sustained theorisation of how they are entangled and mutually constitutive.…

FBMH GenAI in Teaching Seminar series: May 21st @ 1pm

13:00 - 14:00 21 May 2026
Please come and join us May 21st @ 13:00 in person in the Emmeline Suite at the Pankhurst Institute, or virtually via Teams, for the next in our series showcasing some of the creative…

The 2026 Dorothy Emmet Public Lecture

16:00 - 18:00 21 May 2026
The 2026 Dorothy Emmet public lecture at the University of Manchester will be given by Professor Elisa Paganini (Università degli Studi di Milano) on Thursday 21st May from 4-6pm. The…

Sexuality Summer School Plenary Lecture: Professor C. Riley Snorton

16:30 - 18:00 25 May 2026
Professor C. Riley Snorton: ‘An Ambiguous Heterotopia, Or Some Informal Remarks on “Biology” After Samuel Delany, Judith Butler, and Sylvia Wynter’ No booking required, all welcome.…

Sexuality Summer School Plenary Lecture: PProfessor Sarah Richardson

15:00 - 16:30 26 May 2026
Professor Sarah Richardson: ‘A Sceptical Empiricist's Guide to Sex Difference Science’ No booking required, all welcome. This year, the Sexuality Summer School returns with the theme…

Sexuality Summer School: Film Screenings programed with Club Des Femmes and introduced by So Mayer

17:45 - 20:30 26 May 2026
Film Screenings programed with Club Des Femmes and introduced by So Mayer: Laws of Love / Gesetze der Liebe (Magnus Hirschfeld, 1927); Sanctus (Barbara Hammer, 1990) Tickets required,…

Probability Seminar: Yanzhao Yang - A New Solution to Time Inconsistent Stopping Problem

15:00 - 16:00 27 May 2026
Yanzhao Yang (University of Oxford) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: A New Solution to Time Inconsistent Stopping Problem Abstract: Time inconsistency is a situation…

Sexuality Summer School Performance Reading: All the Devils

19:00 - 21:00 27 May 2026
All the Devils (written by Jonathan Larkin; produced by Jayne Compton, Switchflicker; funded by The National Lottery Community Fund) No booking required, all welcome. This year, the…

Sexuality Summer School Plenary Lecture: Professor Kane Race

16:00 - 17:30 27 May 2026
Professor Kane Race: ‘Hijacking Neuroscience: Psychoactive Performatives’ No booking required, all welcome. This year, the Sexuality Summer School returns with the theme On the Biological.…

Sexuality Summer School Performance: Second Trimester

20:00 28 May 2026
By Krishna Istha and Geetha Shankar Directed by Milli Bhatia Four years ago, Krishna told his mum he was trying to get pregnant and she freaked out. Like, massively freaked out.…

Sexuality Summer School Plenary Lecture: Professor Celia Roberts

10:00 - 11:30 28 May 2026
Professor Celia Roberts: ‘Experimenting with Hormones’: Celia Roberts is a Professor in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University, Canberra. Prior to this she worked…

Lovell Lecture - Antimatter Matters: The Large Hadron Collider Experiment at CERN

4 June 2026
Part of our Curious Universe series, Professor Chris Parkes explains why antimatter matters in this Lovell Lecture exploring the world’s most powerful particle accelerator: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.

Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Matthew Nicol

14:00 8 June 2026
Speaker: Matthew Nicol (University of Houston) Title: TBA Abstract: TBA Room: Frank Adams 1 Further information: https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/yotam.smilansky/dynamics_analysis

Evangelina Petsalaki -- Maths in the Life Sciences Seminar [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 8 June 2026
Join us for this seminar by Evangelina Petsalaki (EMBL-EBI) as part of the Maths in the Life Sciences seminar series (and the online North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology…

AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Lucia Cipolina Kun

11:00 - 12:00 10 June 2026
June's invited speaker will be Lucia Cipolina Kun from Meta. Title and abstract to follow.

Ke Yuan -- Maths in the Life Sciences Seminar [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 15 June 2026
Join us for this seminar by Ke Yuan (Glasgow) as part of the Maths in the Life Sciences seminar series (and the online North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences…

Frederick Douglass: A Global Life (SOLD OUT)

18:30 - 20:00 18 June 2026
Exploring the legacy and continued relevance of this remarkable abolitionist campaigner and advocate for social justice. Join us for the Inaugural Frederick Douglass Lecture, presented…

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