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CIDRAL Theory Intensive on McLuhan

14:00 - 16:00 4 March 2015
All welcome, no booking required. CIDRAL Theory Intensive on McLuhan: H Marshall McLuhan: the last futurist with Vincenzo Susca (Paris Descartes Sorbonne University) and Claudia Attimonelli…

Elizabeth Ewart (Oxford): 'Categories and consequences: hunting for legalism in Amazonia'

17:00 - 18:30 4 March 2015
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Seminar Series: 'Latin America: The Potential of the Global South?'. Venue: Arthur Lewis Boardroom.

English Literature Research Seminar: Clara Dawson (Manchester) '"Precious as a Pilgrim's Gift": Poetic Voice and Print Culture in L.E.L. and Tennyson’

17:00 - 18:30 4 March 2015
English Literature Research Seminar Clara Dawson (Manchester) '"Precious as a Pilgrim's Gift": Poetic Voice and Print Culture in L.E.L. and Tennyson’

Beyond Kobane and Mosul: Today's Kurdish Question in historical perspective

17:30 - 19:00 5 March 2015
Kurdish politics in a post Sykes-Picot world – new chances, old risks?“ Although later than the national questions of the Balkans of the 19th century and overshadowed by the Armenian…

CJS Seminar: Michael Hilton (London) - "The ZigZag Kid: patterns of Bar and Bat Mitzvah in Israel"

16:00 - 17:30 5 March 2015
The Centre for Jewish Studies seminar.

Ehrhardt Seminar: Andy Boakye - "Dead Men Walking: The Spirit, the Living Christ and Abraham's Legacy in Paul"

14:00 - 15:30 5 March 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates. Followed by tea.

Ferguson Lecture 2015: Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Grosshans (University of Muenster) - "On Christian Freedom"

16:00 - 17:30 5 March 2015
The 2015 Ferguson lecture will discuss various important aspects of the relation of Christian faith and freedom, starting with the understanding of freedom in the Old and the New Testament.…

HCRI Speaker Series with Richard Conibere

13:00 - 15:00 5 March 2015
HCRI Speaker Series with Richard Conibere Thursday 5th March 2015, 1-3pm C1.18 Ellen Wilkinson Building Richard Conibere is currently studying for his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD)…

History Research Seminar: Craig Taylor - 'Remembering War in the Late Middle Ages: Biographies and Memoirs'

16:15 - 18:30 5 March 2015
History Research Seminar 2014-15: All Welcome! Craig Taylor (York) 'Remembering War in the Late Middle Ages: Biographies and Memoirs'

Phrasing Homer. A Cognitive Approach to Homeric Versification

16:55 - 18:30 5 March 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 - 15:20 5 March 2015
Translation of Francophone Senegalese women’s literature Speaker: Georgina Collins, University of Glasgow

Bint al-Shati', Tradition, Modernity and Gender

18:00 - 19:00 9 March 2015
Dr Shuruq Naguib Bint al-Shati', Tradition, Modernity and Gender

Cultivating Research: “Not Quite Urban?”

18:00 - 19:30 10 March 2015
In this session, Manchester colleagues will present short papers on related themes of post-industrial place, space, and the performance of local identity. Followed by open seminar discussion.…

The Manuscript Collection of John Hutton and its Provenance

10 March 2015
In 1842, the collection of 50 Islamic manuscripts belonging to John Hutton of Marske in Yorkshire were presented to Christ’s College, Cambridge. This paper traces the provenances…

Brad Epps: 'The Unbearable Lightness of Bones: Memory, Emotion, and Pedagogy in Patricio Guzmán’s Chile, la memoria obstinada and Nostalgia de la luz'

17:00 - 18:30 11 March 2015
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Seminar Series: 'Latin America: The Potential of the Global South?'. Venue: Arthur Lewis Boardroom.

CIDRAL / MFTN Theory Intensive on Queer Theory (with J. Jack Halberstam, USC)

10:00 - 12:00 11 March 2015
CIDRAL Theory Intensive on Queer Theory with J. Jack Halberstam (USC) Organised by Manchester Feminist Theory Network (MFTN) and sponosored by the North West Consortium Doctoral Training…

CJS Seminar: Jan Lorenz - "Pathways to Jewishness: Jewish Proselytes and Conversion Programmes in Contemporary Poland"

15:00 - 16:30 11 March 2015
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

Classics@Manchester

13:00 - 16:30 11 March 2015
You are warmly invited to the University of Manchester on Wednesday 11 March 2015 for an afternoon (1.00-4.30 p.m.) exploring a wide range of classical topics. We are planning talks…

Lunchtime Seminar: Eloise Moss, 'A policeman in every home: Britain’s three-digit emergency number and the commercialization of domestic surveillance internationally, 1937-1991.'

13:00 - 14:00 11 March 2015
History Lunchtime Seminar All Welcome! Eloise Moss, 'A policeman in every home: Britain’s three-digit emergency number and the commercialization of domestic surveillance internationally,…

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Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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