Events in the School of Social Sciences
Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the School of Social Sciences.
Open Minds XVII
We are happy to announce that the seventeenth edition of the graduate conference Open Minds organised by postgraduate Philosophy researchers at The University of Manchester will be held from 19th TO 20th OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. We are looking forward to exciting talks by MA and PhD researchers, learning from two relevant career workshops, and enga..
Econometrics Seminar - Xavier d'Haultfoeuille (CREST)
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MET Seminar - Antonio Penta
Speaker website: https://www.antoniopenta.eu/ Contact: david.delacretaz@manchester.ac.uk
Book launch: 'Global Marxism' by Simin Fadaee
In Global Marxism, Simin Fadaee argues that Marxism remains a living tradition and the cornerstone of revolutionary theory and practice in the Global South. She explores the lives, ideas and legacies of a group of revolutionaries who played an exceptional role in contributing to counter-hegemonic change. Figures such as Ho Chi Minh, Kwame Nkru..
Macro Seminar - Anand Chopra (Liverpool)
Title: The Equilibrium Impact of Agricultural Support Prices and Input Subsidies
Book launch: 'Famillies' by Vanessa May
Please join us for a book launch event to (belatedly) mark the publication of Vanessa May’s book Families (2023, Polity). The book offers a timely intervention into current debates within family studies, discussing the shape of mainstream family studies today, and suggesting avenues of investigation that deserve further attention. Alongside..
Econometrics Seminar - Jean-Pierre Florens (TSE)
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Macro Seminar - Tim Obermeier (Leicester)
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Austerity and Altered Life-Courses International Online Symposium
Save the date for this international online symposium on creative, collaborative ways to research the impact of austerity on young people's lives. We will share the programme and registration details here as soon as they are available. Or follow us @austerityalters on X or instagram.
Global Marxism book launch - Simin Fadaee in conversation with Kevin Gillan
Join Blackwell's Bookshop Manchester, together with publishers Manchester University Press and movements@manchester ad they host the launch of Simin Fadaee's Global Marxism - a cutting-edge exploration of how Marx's ideas have been adopted and adapted by revolutionary thinkers in the Global South. Simin will be in conversation with Kevin Gilla..