Past events
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GDI Lecture: Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’: Political Order and Distributive Crisis
16:30 - 18:00 27 February 2024
In this lecture, Tom Lavers (UoM) will discuss his recent book, which is concerned with the politics of state-led development and, specifically, how regimes maintain power during the extended periods required to bring about economic transformation. The book focuses on Ethiopia, the leading example of...
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Creative Qualitative Methods for Researching Environmental Sustainability
09:30 - 16:00 23 February 2024
Please note this event is only open to Early Career Researchers (PhDs, Research Associates etc.) at The University of Manchester. A joint Sustainable Consumption Institute and Sustainable Futures event aimed at ECR scholars interested in creative qualitative methods. It seeks to provide a platform...
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WHO DOES NOT ENVY WITH US IS AGAINST US - Maria Fusco in conversation
18:30 - 20:00 22 February 2024
The Centre for New Writing and Blackwells are delighted to welcome Maria Fusco to the shop to talk about her new book WHO DOES NOT ENVY WITH US IS AGAINST US - Three Essays on Being Working Class. Maria will be in conversation with Centre for New Writing's Gareth Gavin, author of 'Never Was'. Doors:...
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Origin Stories - Comics Up Close one day conference
21 February - 20 April 2024
Join us for a day of presentations, discussions and lectures to highlight the value of comics! Origin Stories seeks to explore the political and social situations that are the basis for creativity within comics, the creative spark that leads to the creation of comics and the influence comics have on...
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Sustainability in Construction - Retrofit Challenges and Opportunities
09:30 - 16:30 21 February 2024
A one-day event exploring retrofit and sustainable buildings. Making sure our homes, workplaces and buildings are warm and comfortable uses energy, and a lot of it when buildings are old. To reduce the environmental and socio-economic impact this has on all of us we need to make changes to how we heat,...
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