Past events
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MIOIR Seminar Series with Prof. Riccardo Crescenzi
15:30 - 16:30 10 March 2025
Green(ing) Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Regional Development As the world transitions to net-zero emissions, goods and services are increasingly incorporating green attributes. Achieving this shift requires new and diverse technologies and processes to deliver sustainable products from...
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Adam Rutherford in conversation with David Olusoga OBE
19:15 - 21:00 10 March 2025
Join David Olusoga, Professor of Public History, in conversation with bestselling author, geneticist and presenter, Dr Adam Rutherford, as they navigate human history, evolution, migration and how Empire continues to shape life in Britain today. Genetics is a subject with a long past, but a short history....
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WEI Seminar with Julia Soul: Latin American Labour Movements in times of Crisis: labour reforms, far-right offensive, and the disorganisation of the working class
7 March - 11 May 2025
Latin American Labour Movements in times of Crisis: labour reforms, far-right offensive, and the disorganisation of the working class The presentation outlooks the challenges that labour movements in Latin America face in the course of the global crisis, focusing on labour reforms and rising authoritarianism...
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Manchester Cathedral Event: The Samuel Ferguson Lecture with Prof. J. Kameron Carter (University of California, Irvine)
12:00 - 13:00 6 March 2025
The annual Samuel Ferguson Lecture will be delivered by J. Kameron Carter who will give his presentation on Beyond Idolatry (Political and Otherwise) at Manchester Cathedral. Inaugurated in 1976, the annual Samuel Ferguson Lecture provides an opportunity for senior theologians from across the globe...
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WCLC: Xenia Pestova Bennett (piano)
13:10 - 13:50 6 March 2025
Virtuoso pianist, composer and improviser Xenia Pestova Bennett presents a range of stunning repertoire by living composers. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust. They provide a wide-ranging programme to...
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