Past events
-
Assessing the public value of societal resilience to disruption
12:00 - 13:00 12 March 2026
Every £1 invested in societal resilience to disruption generates £35.12 of public value. Whether the disruption is a flood, winter storm, industrial accident, or wildfire, investing in resilience pays off. Our Social Return on Investment analysis reveals that helping individuals, communities, voluntary...
Read more
-
WCLC: Mbaporenda (La Esperanza) By Rafael Montero (World Première)
13:10 - 13:50 12 March 2026
Replacing the advertised premiere of Ramon Gorigoitia’s Ñandereko due to illness This project of the ensemble 'El Parnaso Hyspano' is generously supported by the 'Esperanza Trust for Anthropological Research'. Mbaporenda is a musical stage work based on historical events that have shaped the destiny...
Read more
-
Digital health equity seminar series: A systems approach to addressing digital health equity in Wales
13:00 - 14:00 11 March 2026
The next seminar in the University of Manchester Digital Health Equity Seminar Series is on Wed 11th-Mar, 1-2pm BST via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97225205099. Diana Bright (Public Health Wales and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Digital Health Equity) will talk about A systems approach to addressing digital...
Read more
-
Professor Abigail Gilmore's Inaugural Lecture – 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place'
16:30 - 18:30 11 March 2026
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: England’s Cultural Policy Landscape under Austerity and Devolution What makes a town or city culturally vibrant, and who gets to decide? Which arts venues, cultural amenities and heritage spaces should communities be able to access—not only for their own quality...
Read more
-
Voices for a Better Japan: Insights from Anthropology, Religion, Sociology, and History
17:00 - 18:30 11 March 2026
Dr. Chika Watanabe Prof. Erica Baffelli Dr. Yuki Asahina Dr. Aya Homei With a special introduction to Japanese Studies at the University of Manchester by Dr. Peter Cave. Talk Description On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan, triggering...
Read more