Events in the School of Social Sciences

Find out more about events, seminars and public lectures in the School of Social Sciences.

Diego Maria Malara (University of Glasgow) ‘On the Urbanity of Sacred Substance: Purity, Sin, and the Flow of Blessing in Addis Ababa’

15:00 - 17:00 15 December 2025

In Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, the Eucharist is regarded as an exceptionally pure substance, and governed by such stringent ritual proscriptions that only a very small number of Christians partake of it regularly. In this presentation, I examine this phenomenon while also tracing the circulation and uses of another sacred substance—holy..

Econometrics Seminar - Christophe Gaillac (Geneva)

12:00 - 13:00 15 December 2025

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Brownbag - Chad Brown

13:00 - 14:00 17 December 2025

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Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 04 February 2026

Christina Prell University of Groiningen

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 10 February 2026

Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Ridhi Kashyap Professor of Demography & Computational Social Science, University of Oxford Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 11 February 2026

Kasimir Dederichs University of Oxford

Macro Seminar - Hanbaek Lee (Cambridge)

16:00 - 17:00 17 February 2026

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Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 18 February 2026

Alessandro Lomi Università della Svizzera, Italy

Macro Seminar - Santiago Garcia-Couto (Georgetown Qatar)

16:00 - 17:00 24 February 2026

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Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 25 February 2026

Bruce Cronin University of Greenwich