Past events

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 12 February 2025

Filip Agneessens. University of Manchester. Mechanisms reinforcing and countering religious segrega...

Civic Engagement among Foreign-Born Older Adults in Europe

16:00 - 17:00 12 February 2025

Population ageing and the numerous crises faced by Western democratic states over recent decades are...

Omer Aijazi (Manchester). Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir

15:00 - 17:00 10 February 2025

Atmospheric Violence explores how people in the militarized, ecologically fragile borderlands of Kas...

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 5 February 2025

Riccardo De Vita, Manchester Metropolitan. NETWORK RESILIENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS OF IN...

Kevin Donovan (Edinburgh): The CEO’s Two Bodies: Corporate Personhood and the Corporate Persona in Kenya

15:00 - 17:00 3 February 2025

In July 2019, the CEO of Kenya’s largest company, Safaricom, died. This talk uses the funeral of R...

Aaron Benavav - Workshop - Unemployment, Underemployment, and Informality on the World Scale

10:00 - 12:00 29 January 2025

This workshop will engage with the complex dynamics of unemployment, underemployment, and informalit...

PEC Seminar with Aaron Benavav (University of Cornell) - The Impact of Generative AI on Employment: Hype, Reality, and the Future of Work

17:00 - 19:00 29 January 2025

This talk provides a critical analysis of the potential impact of generative AI technologies, such a...

The Harry Street Lecture 2025: Access to Life-saving Medication for All?

17:30 - 20:00 29 January 2025

Access to Life-saving Medication for All? Positive Obligations, Corporations, and Fundamental Rights...

Lecture: Access to Life-saving Medication for All? Positive Obligations, Corporations, and Fundamental Rights

17:30 - 20:00 29 January 2025

We’re excited to invite you to this year's Harry Street Lecture, a highlight of our academic calen...

Nikita Simpson (SOAS): How do we theorise ecological distress? A view from the Western Himalayas

15:00 - 17:00 27 January 2025

The Gaddi tribal community, who inhabit the foothills of India’s Dhaula Dhar range, have experienc...