Events in the School of Social Sciences
Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the School of Social Sciences.
MANCEPT Seminar: Dr Jessica Isserow, “The Possibility of Redemption”
Dr Jessica Isserow, University of Leeds - “The Possibility of Redemption”
Manchester International Peace Lecture - “Societal Polarization and Academic Freedom in the Time of Symbolic Liberalism”
This year’s Manchester International Peace Lecture will be given by Professor Sari Hanafi and will be on the topic of “Societal Polarization and Academic Freedom in the Time of Symbolic Liberalism”. Professor Hanafi is Director of the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies and Chair of the Islamic Studies program at the American Univ..
Teenage Kicks: Girls growing up in Britain 1956-1974
Meg can’t wait to leave home. Cynthia misses her family back in the Caribbean. Pamela is pregnant and her mum wants the baby adopted. Andrea fancies girls. Life in 1960s Britain was changing fast but it wasn’t all miniskirts and pop music. This beautiful installation at Glasgow Women's Library, with illustrations by Candice Purwin in digi..
Class, Cultural Knowledge, and Barriers to Mobility - Professor Annette Lareau (UPenn)
Please join us for our very first University of Manchester Department of Sociology annual lecture, given in our 60th anniversary year. We are delighted that our inaugural lecture will be given by Professor Annette Lareau: Class, Cultural Knowledge, and Barriers to Mobility Professor Annette Lareau, University of Pennsylvania 2.30-4pm, Mond..
"Managing the Wealth of Nations": PEC Research Seminar
What a conceptual and ideas-based approach can tell us about capitalism and economic development, 15th-19th centuries?” Dr Philipp Rössner, Professor of Early Modern History, University of Manchester Abstract. Pre-classical economic thinkers have rarely been considered in our narratives on the origins of capitalism, industrialisation, and..
Macro Seminar - Minchul Yum (Southampton)
Title: TBA
Art Not Evidence: The misuse of rap in criminal trials
Keir Monteith KC, in his inaugural lecture for the Law School at the University of Manchester, will review the increased criminalisation of rap music, including the use of lyrics and music videos as evidence against young people accused of serious crimes. Keir will provide contemporary examples of how prosecutors, supported by judges, have sug..
Brownbag - Xiaobing Wang
Title: Family Labor Supply under Health Shocks
Comparative Politics Seminar
Dr Javier Sajuria, Queen Mary University of London
MET Seminar - Francesco Giovannoni (Bristol)
Manchester Economic Theory (MET) schedule: http://daviddelacretaz.net/seminars/ Speaker website: https://sites.google.com/site/francescogiovannoni/