Past events
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Fear Research Network Seminar Series: Dr Raamy Majeed (The University of Manchester) – 'Fear, Humiliation and Political Grievances'
16:00 - 17:30 9 December 2025
This talk explores how humiliation and fear turn economic insecurity into political grievances. Fear from financial or social uncertainty creates vulnerability, but this doesn’t usually spark political action on its own. Humiliation—feeling disrespected, abandoned, or unfairly treated—turns that...
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Business Engagement & Knowledge Exchange Faculty of Humanities Celebration Event
16:00 - 17:30 9 December 2025
Celebrate success, network with peers and meet the Business Engagement & Knowledge Exchange team over drinks and canapes. See how your research can be applied to partnerships with business organisations, and cultural and civic partners. We welcome Professor Maggie Gale, Vice-Dean for Research for...
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The Two Worlds of the Reader: Text World and Life-world in a New Theory of Reading (Religions and Theology Research Seminar)
15:00 - 17:00 8 December 2025
Speaker: Alexander Samely (The University of Manchester)
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MIOIR Seminar Series - The Building Blocks of Software Work
15:30 - 16:30 8 December 2025
Frank Neffke will explore the building blocks of software work and what they reveal about learning, careers and the spread of programming languages. (Co-authors: Xiangnan Feng, Johannes Wachs, Simone Daniotti) Abstract: Recent waves of technological transformation are reshaping work in uncertain and...
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Quatuor Danel: Evening Concert with Pete Furniss (clarinet), Richard Whalley (piano)
5 December 2025 - 6 January 2026
Joined by String Students from Chetham's School of Music Ustvolskaya Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Marc Danel with Pete Furniss and Richard Whalley Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5 Barshai Chamber Symphony (arrangement of String Quartet No. 8) Op. 110a (1960) for string orchestra, arranged...
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