Past events
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'Denaturalisation and Modernity: Drugs and Racial Capitalism' Anne Pollock [HYBRID]
13:00 - 14:30 19 February 2026
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Professor Anne Pollock (King's College London) shares her research. SUMMARY From the earliest days of European colonialism in the Americas and transatlantic slavery, psychoactive drugs, racial inequality, and the global political economic order have had intertwined histories....
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Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson
15:30 - 17:00 12 February 2026
Please join us for the University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026, followed by a drinks reception. About the lecture The University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture brings a distinguished guest lecturer to Manchester to share their research. This year we are pleased to welcome Professor...
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I'm Just A Large Language Model, Please Excuse Me For Being Racist: Racial Inequalities Manifested In Generative Artificial Intelligence - Dhiraj Murthy
12:30 - 14:00 11 December 2025
-- Please note that the start time of this seminar has been changed to 12.30pm -- In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Professor Dhiraj Murthy (University of Texas in Austin) shares his research. SUMMARY Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini are being used throughout...
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Addressing racialised health inequalities in Sexual health care by using race as a marker of vulnerability to Trichomonas vaginalis infection – what could possibly go wrong? - Ulla McKnight
13:00 - 14:30 20 November 2025
In this CoDE lunchtime seminar, Dr Ulla McKnight (University of Sussex) shares her research. SUMMARY The seminar examines the controversial use of racialised categories as markers of vulnerability to Trichomonas vaginalis (T. vaginalis) infection, the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection...
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Reflecting on Manchester Criminal Prosecutions: A panel event
17:00 - 19:00 17 November 2025
Participants Jade Akoum, sister of Yousef Makki, campaigner David Conn, The Guardian Professor Eithne Quinn, The University of Manchester Pete Weatherby KC, Garden Court North Dr Patrick Williams, Harm to Healing Coalition About the event This panel centres the...
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Coconuts & CocoNOTS: Police Racism, Protest, and the Right to Satire
18:00 - 21:00 14 November 2025
Part of our series of UK events led by members of our early career researcher network. Please contact the event organiser to confirm details. Join us to explore how the policing of language is employed to silence Black and Brown activism by looking at Marieha Hussain's recent case. Who has the right...
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On the Body Conference
10:00 - 16:00 7 November 2025
Part of our series of UK events led by members of our early career researcher network. Please contact the event organiser to confirm details. Interdisciplinary medical Humanities conference on race, racism, the body for early career researchers and postgraduate research students.
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You Ought To Know – Reclaiming Black British Music His and Herstories
18:00 - 19:30 6 November 2025
Join us as we share the findings from a recent research project, “You Ought To Know – Reclaiming Black British music His and Herstories”. You will learn more about the stories of artists underrepresented in the history of the Manchester music and cultural scene, through an in-conversation with...
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Listening, learning, collaborating: ECR reflections on research with ethnic minority older people
08:30 - 11:30 20 October 2025
Part of our series of UK events led by members of our early career researcher network. Please contact the event organiser to confirm details. A reflective and collaborative event for ECRs who have conducted fieldwork with ethnic minority older adults, aimed at sharing experiences and co-producing ...
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Activism and Academia (ECR network meetup) followed by Gary Younge Faber lecture
13:00 - 19:30 16 October 2025
Our early career network meetings aim to create space for early career researchers of 'race' and ethnicity to share experiences and insights, and to create connections. The focus of this meeting will be on engaging in activism from within academia. All participants are invited to stay on after our buffet...
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