School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Magical Amulets as Miniature Statues: The Evidence of the Greek Magical Papyri

15:00 - 16:30 23 May 2014
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar, in association with the John Rylands Research Institute

Roundtable Discussion: 'Image and Text'

15:00 - 17:00 23 May 2014
Roundtable discussion. Chaired by Prof Janet Wolff (EAC), with Dr Rupert Cox (Social Anthropology), Prof David Lomas (Art History and Visual Studies) and Prof W.J.T. Mitchell Gaylord…

Jasbir Puar: A Body With New Organs: Becoming Trans, Becoming Disabled

12:00 - 14:00 26 May 2014
This public lecture is part of the Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised annually since 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC). The SSS brings international…

United in Anger: A History of Act Up

18:00 - 20:00 26 May 2014
This screening is part of the Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised annually since 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC). The SSS brings international…

Green Screening: A Conversational Workshop with Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver

19:30 - 21:30 27 May 2014
'''Host:''' School of Arts, Languages and Cultures This public workshop is part of the Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised annually since 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality…

Valerie Traub: Anatomy, Cartography, and the Prehistory of Normality

16:00 - 18:00 27 May 2014
This public lecture is part of the Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised annually since 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC). The SSS brings international…

Split Britches: RUFF

19:00 - 21:00 28 May 2014
This performance is part of the Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised annually since 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC). The SSS brings international…

Mary Bryson and Chase Joynt: Biopolitics Under the Skin: Relating Cancer Narratives – An Archive of the ‘Talking Dead’?

17:00 - 19:00 29 May 2014
This public lecture is part of the Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised annually since 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC). The SSS brings international…

Sun, Sea, Sand and Silicone: Aesthetic Surgery Tourism

16:00 - 18:00 2 June 2014
Gender and Sexuality Atelier Professor Ruth Holliday, University of Leeds Advance reading: Ruth Holliday and Joanna Elfving-Hwang, 'Gender, Globalization and Aesthetic Surgery in…

Eugenics and the interconnections between science, culture, gender and the organisation of sexuality in Portugal, 1900-1960

16:00 - 18:00 6 June 2014
Gender and Sexuality Atelier Dr Richard Cleminson, University of Leeds Advance reading: Richard Cleminson, 'Eugenics in Portugal, 1900-1950: Setting a Research Agenda', East Central…

Free Public Talk on China: Silkworms to Gunboats

13:00 - 14:00 11 June 2014
James Trapp is China Education Manger at the British Museum, London, where he supports the study of Chinese art, history and culture for primary and secondary schools. China's dramatic…

Manchester Postcolonial Reading Group and Atelier

17:00 17 June 2014
Disaster, Postcapitalism, Development: We are delighted to welcome Dr Anthony Carrigan, Lecturer in Postcolonial Literatures andCultures at the University of Leeds. Dr Carrigan will…

Objects and Remembering

20 June 2014
Objects and Remembering is a one-day interdisciplinary conference taking place at the University of Manchester on Friday 20 June 2014. It will provide a platform for historians, anthropologists,…

Postgraduate Summer School in German Studies

1 - 4 July 2014
Supported by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Theme: Radical Traditions/Traditions of Radicalism Panel discussions include: German Foreign Policy Chair: Roger Woods (Nottingham)…

Postliberalism, Individualism and Society

09:45 11 - 17:50 12 July 2014
In both Britain and the United States, political, legal and economic culture has been shaped in significant ways by individualistic accounts of the human being. This fact raises significant…

The Manchester Anthology 2014 launch

19:00 - 21:00 3 September 2014
This event marks the launch of a brand-new collection bringing together the exciting and varied work of 20 voices from the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing. Featuring…

Shaping Peace: Local Infrastructures and State Formation

11 - 12 September 2014
HCRI Peacebuilding Conference 2014: Shaping Peace: Local Infrastructures and State Formation The Third Annual Conference of the International Association for Peace and Conflict Studies…

Should Labour Oppose Individualism?

13:00 - 15:30 20 September 2014
While in opposition in the 1990s, New Labour drew great inspiration from the Communitarian politics of the United States, which emphasised personal responsibility and not merely individual…

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 20 - 15:00 26 September 2014
Emotion perception and the translation process Speaker: Severine Hubscher-Davidson, Aston University

Manchester Postcolonial Atelier with Professor Jim O'Neill: 'The Complex and Changing World Economy'

14:30 - 15:30 23 September 2014
Atelier Series 2014: 'Development' The third Manchester Postcolonial Atelier offers the opportunity for the research community to enter into conversation with the world renowned economist…

Free Public Talk on China: World War 1 and China

24 September 2014
2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War One, a war which significantly reshaped the world in the 20th century. This talk aims to explore this wartime encounter…

Calum McIver (Edinburgh): 'The Poetics of Authority in Imperial Greek Epic'

16:55 - 18:30 25 September 2014
University of Manchester, Classics and Ancient History Research Seminars. Samuel Alexander Bdg, S2.9, Thursday 4.55pm. Everyone is invited to join the speaker for drinks and dinner…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Peter Oakes - ‘Our Politeuma is in Heaven’ (Phil. 3:20): Institutions and Identity in Jewish and Roman Contexts

14:00 - 16:00 25 September 2014
The Ehrhardt Seminar from the Centre for Biblical Studies. 90 minutes followed by tea.

Global Confucius Institute Day

27 September 2014
To mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of the first Confucius Institute in the world, Confucius Institutes worldwide are celebrating a "Global Confucius Institute Day". Come…

Manchester Postcolonial Atelier with Professor Cheryl McEwan: 'Postcolonialism, Materialism and the Politics of Knowledge'

11:00 - 12:00 30 September 2014
Atelier Series 2014: 'Development' The fourth Manchester Postcolonial Atelier offers the opportunity for the research community to enter into conversation with Professor Cheryl McEwan…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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