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Roundtable with Jahan Ramazani

15:00 - 17:00 1 May 2015
Jahan Ramazani is visiting the Division of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing as the John Edward Taylor Fellow. He is author of Poetry and its Others: News, Prayer, Song…

CJS Seminar - Joachim Schlör (University of Southampton): "German-Jewish emigration to Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s. The sea voyage as a transitory experience in the migration process"

16:00 7 May 2015
The Centre for Jewish Studies seminar series continues.

Ehrhardt Seminar: Elizabeth Shively (St Andrews) - "How Apocalyptic Discourse Functions as Social Discourse in the Gospel of Mark"

14:00 - 15:30 7 May 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates. Followed by tea.

From Epic to Gnostic: Observations on Dynamics of Change in Persian Poetry

17:00 - 19:00 7 May 2015
A Talk Organised by MIHAN - The Manchester Iranian History Academic Network As we know it today, Persian literature emerges in the tenth century CE with a dominant discourse that tends…

History Research Seminar: Yanni Kotsonis 'Taxes and Modernity: Fiscal Regimes in Russia, Europe and North America from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries'

16:15 - 18:30 7 May 2015
History Research Seminar 2014-15: All Welcome! Yanni Kotsonis (New York University) 'Taxes and Modernity: Fiscal Regimes in Russia, Europe and North America from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries'

Music Research Seminar: ‘Music and Auschwitz’

16:15 - 18:00 7 May 2015
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (London) with David Fanning (Manchester) and Katia Chornik (Manchester) ‘Music and Auschwitz’

Theos Aniketos/Deus Invictus: Alexander the Great and Ruler Cult

16:55 - 18:30 7 May 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Beyond Speech conference

8 May 2015
Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers to be delivered in English for the international and interdisciplinary conference Beyond Speech: Silence and the Unspeakable across Cultures,…

Monday Lunchtime Talks on China: Ahead of the Curve - New China from China

13:00 - 14:00 11 May 2015
Direct from China, this ground-breaking exhibition showcases contemporary ceramics and glass from emerging and established Chinese artists at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.…

'Responding to language diversity: the role of partnerships', in collaboration with Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

14:00 - 17:00 12 May 2015
Multilingual Manchester are hosting an event on 'Responding to language diversity: the role of partnerships', in collaboration with Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation…

Capital accumulation, public debt and social policy - debunking 'paradoxes' of the Mozambican 'miracle'

16:30 12 May 2015
A development@manchester seminar series event. Apparent paradoxes in the growth 'miracle' of Mozambique - fast growth, increasing inefficiency in transforming growth into poverty reduction,…

CIDRAL Public Lecture and Roundtable: Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary): Winnicott, Psychoanalysis and Cinema

17:00 - 19:00 12 May 2015
All welcome, no booking required. Sensing the Arts: CIDRAL Public Lecture: Winnicott, Psychoanalysis and Cinema With Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary) Followed by Roundtable on Little Madnesses:…

Cultivating Research: 'For better or for worse? A tale of two cultures and the new scientists' by Professor Nicola Shaughnessy (University of Kent)

17:30 - 19:00 12 May 2015
This presentation draws upon my experience of interdisciplinary research practices, exploring the challenges, costs and values of collaborations between arts and science. The allusion…

AHVS Seminar with Malcolm Bull, Visiting Pilkington Professor: "On Corruption: political agency in a depoliticised society"

17:15 - 18:30 13 May 2015
Join in for a seminar-style session, assigned reading TBA soon.

CJS Seminar - Yuval Sinai (Yale Law School): "Jewish Law in Israel: Law, Religion and State"

16:00 - 17:30 14 May 2015
The Centre for Jewish Studies seminar series continues.

Whitworth Studies seminar: Malcolm Bull, Visiting Pilkington Professor: ‘Postmodernism Revisited, or, the Decline of Decadence’.

17:15 - 18:30 14 May 2015
Malcolm Bull has been University Lecturer in Fine Art at The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford since 1992. His most recent books are Anti-Nietzsche (Verso, 2011); The Mirror…

American Studies Programme conference, 2015

15 May 2015
The Annual American Studies Postgraduate Conference at the University of Manchester is now a firm fixture in our academic calendar, this being the sixth year that it has been held.…

Anxious Onlookers: Qajar Iran, Tipu Sultan’s Anti-British Alliance and Russian Expansion in the Caucasus (1797-1813)

17:15 - 19:00 15 May 2015
British consolidation in South Asia at the turn of the 19th century witnessed the resistance of Tipu Sultan, the renowned ruler of Mysore. His call for an anti-British alliance, among…

Lawrence of Arabia and Beyond - Other Lawrences and the other Lawrence

10:00 - 16:30 15 May 2015
2015 makes the 80th anniversary of the death of T. E. Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'. This one-day workshop brings together scholars to discuss aspects of Lawrence's career and reputation…

Symposium: LifeWriting and the Historiography of the Persianate World 1794-1989

15:30 - 17:00 15 May 2015
3.30 – 4.30 Formal presentations (20 minutes each plus 10 minutes of dedicated discussion) 1) 3.30 – 4.00 The historical prosopography of Modern Iran (1848-1979) in the age of Digital…

Sexuality Summer School: Public Lecture with Gavin Butt (Goldsmiths): "Anti-Gravitas: Queer Importance in Art and Performance"

12:00 - 14:00 18 May 2015
These public events accompany the Sexuality Summer School, a five-day event for postgraduates, organised by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC) at the University…

Sexuality Summer School: Screening of Fig Trees (John Greyson, 2009) and roundtable with John Greyson, Lisa Henderson & Richard Dyer

17:00 18 May 2015
5-6.30pm “Why Sing?” Roundtable with clips. Filmmaker John Greyson (York, CA) in conversation with Richard Dyer (Kings) and Lisa Henderson (UMass Amherst) 6.45-8.30pm Screening of…

Sexuality Summer School: Performance lecture with Del LaGrace Volcano: “INTER*ME: Give me an L! G! B! T! I! Q! or How I Lived (Through) my Acronymous Identities”

17:00 - 19:00 19 May 2015
All Sexuality Summer School events are free with no booking required. First come first served: arrive early to avoid disappointment. These public events accompany the Sexuality Summer…

Sexuality Summer School: Performance by David Hoyle of "I, Victim"

20:00 - 22:00 20 May 2015
These public events accompany the Sexuality Summer School, a five-day event for postgraduates, organised by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC) at the University…

Sexuality Summer School: Public Lecture with Sarah Schulman (CUNY): “Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility and the Duty of Repair”

17:00 - 19:00 21 May 2015
“It is not only that we may not choose with whom to cohabitate, but that we must actively preserve the unchosen character of inclusive and plural cohabitation; we not only live with…

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