Events

The Manchester International Law Centre organises seminars, workshops, and lectures throughout the academic year. Its flagship events are the Melland Schill Lecture and the Gillian White Lecture.

Upcoming events

Multispecies Deconstructions of the ‘Human’ Within International Human Rights Law

13:00 - 15:00 27 April 2026

Critical multispecies studies reveal that the philosophical, social, and legal pedestal on which human subjects are placed within Western modernity rests on faulty foundations. This session offers a posthumanist deconstruction of the human (we are animals, our bodies contain multitudes of life-forms, we exist within and not apart from nature)..

Christabel Pankhurst Lecture 2026: PUSHing for Justice: Women, Power and the Unfinished Fight for Equality

16:00 - 18:30 29 April 2026

Join us for the Annual Christabel Pankhurst Lecture as our guest speaker, trailblazing legal leader and equality advocate Dr I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC. reflects on what it truly means to lead as a woman within systems that too often reward conformity and resist change. In “PUSHing for Justice: Women, Power and the Unfinished Fight for Equa..

MILC Multi-Book Launch

12:00 - 13:30 29 April 2026

MILC is delighted to host a multi-book launch celebrating recent publications by our faculty. The event brings together important debates on regional trade in the Global South, the function of secrets in international law, the influence of individuals in international courts, and the interplay between law and money. Join us for a collective co..

SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinar

12:00 - 12:30 30 April 2026

SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinar launches 2026! We're excited to welcome experts to speak on a variety of security and resilience topics. Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience? Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics.? Get your questions answered with 10 mins of Q&A.? Join us on..

‘European versus American Values: International Law and Democratic Principles in the New Multipolar Disorder Era’

16:00 - 18:00 06 May 2026

About the talk: Prof. Alejandro del Valle-Gálvez will discuss the role and significance of European and American values in today’s multipolar world and their impact on systems of law, governance, and democracy. About the speaker: Prof. Alejandro del Valle-Gálvez (Manchester Law Visiting Fellow) is a Professor of Public International Law a..

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