Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Events

Religious Interest Groups in Irish Bioethics Debates

Date: 6 March 2013 Time: 2.00 pm

Dr Sorcha Ui Chonnachtaigh ( University of Keele), research interests fall into two main categories: ethics, particularly bioethics, and justice and e ... Read more»

Sharifah Sekalala, University of Warwick,

Date: 6 March 2013 Time: 12.00 - 13.00 pm

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Right-Wing Populism

Date: 8 March 2013 Time: 14:00-16:00

Benjamin De Cleen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Erasmushogeschool Brussel) "The Rhetoric of the Flemish Populist Radical Right Party Vlaams Blo ... Read more»

Law - Work in Progress - Easton and O'Cuinn

Date: 13 March 2013 Time: 12 noon

Catherine Easton will present draft title (subject to possible change) - 'The Rights and Responsibilities of Internet media content providers Gearó ... Read more»

Jackson Maogoto, University of Manchester,

Date: 13 March 2013 Time: 12.00 - 13.00 pm

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Dalia Gavriely-Nuri, 'The normalization of war in Israeli discourse 1967-2008'

Date: 14 March 2013 Time: 17:00-18:00

My first motivation in this lecture is to describe life in reality of repetitive wars from the perspective of Israeli citizen. I would like to expl ... Read more»

Sociology, Security Lancaster & UNESCO Chair Seminar with Liz Kelly on Sexual Violence

Date: 19 March 2013 Time: 4.15 to 6pm

'Sexual violence: a case study of the rhetorics and realities of victim participation' There will be a wine reception following the seminar w ... Read more»

Dr Hilary Sommerlad - POSTPONED until the Summer Term

Date: 20 March 2013 Time: 100 pm

This seminar has been postponed and will be re-arranged for the Summer Term 2013. Dr Sommerlad has been invited to give keynote talks and lectures ... Read more»

One Mum too few: Maternal Status in Host Surrogate Motherhood Arrangements

Date: 20 March 2013 Time: 2.00 pm

Dr Stuart Oultram (University of Liverpool) area of expertise is in Health Services Research and his research interests lie primarily in applied ethic ... Read more»

Law - Work in Progress - Summers and Webb

Date: 20 March 2013 Time: 1.00 pm

James Summers draft title (subject to possible change) - 'Self-determination as an Environmental Right' Tom Webb'sdraft title (subject to possible ... Read more»

Jean d'Aspremont, University of Manchester,

Date: 24 April 2013 Time: 14.30 - 15.30 pm

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Law - Work in Progress - Rieder

Date: 1 May 2013 Time: 1.00 pm

Clemens Rieder - 'EU health care law: an exercise of integration or coordination? And why bother? ... Read more»

Law - Work in Progress - Skogly and Mayfield

Date: 15 May 2013 Time: 12 noon

Sigrun Skogly's draft title (subject to possible change) - 'Land Grabbing and Human Rights' Ben Mayfield's draft title (subject to possible change) ... Read more»

Professor Alan Buchanan (Duke University) 'Human rights: taking international legalization seriously'

Date: 15 May 2013 Time: 17.00 pm

Perhaps the dominant position among contemporary philosophers is that the key to a moral assessment of human rights practice is to develop a theory ... Read more»

Is there anything special about international human rights law?

Date: 16 May 2013 Time: 09.00am

The requirement for a proper understanding of the idea of human rights has become a live one for academic and policy-orientated debate in moral and ... Read more»

Law - Work in Progress - Cahill-Ripley and Kibble

Date: 5 June 2013 Time: 12 noon

Neil Kibble draft title (subject to possible change) - To be Confirmed Amanda Cahill-Ripley draft title (subject to possible change) - 'Transitiona ... Read more»

Law - Work in Progress - Kopela and MacCulloch

Date: 12 June 2013 Time: 12 noon

Sofia Kopela draft title (subject to possible change) - 'title to be confirmed' Angus MacCulloch draft title (subject to possible change) - 'title ... Read more»