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Examples of exceptional convergence between the earliest Arabic translation of the Hippocratic Aphorisms and glosses attributed to Paul of Aegina in the Syriac Lexicon of ?asan bar Bahlul

16:55 - 18:30 22 October 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Histories of Translation: An Anthology of Arabic Discourse, by Myriam Salama-Carr, University of Manchester

14:00 - 15:30 22 October 2015
Part of the CTIS Research Seminar Series. All welcome, no registration necessary. Abstract: The presentation will focus on an ongoing research project (2015-2017) aiming at producing…

Manson Memorial Lecture: Marcus Bockmuehl (Oxford) - "The Personal Presence of Jesus in the Writings of Paul"

14:00 - 15:30 22 October 2015
Professor Bockmuehl presents the prestigious Manson Memorial Lecture for 2015.

Telling Tales - Manchester Science Festival 2015 exhibition

19 October - 19 November 2015
'''Host:''' School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' ''Telling Tales'' is a collaboration between members of the Language Development and Disorders Research Group,…

Levenshulme Language Day

24 October 2015
Levenshulme Language Day is an event organised to celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural diversity found in Levenshulme, Manchester, and its surrounding area. The event will be…

HCRI Speaker Series, with guest speakers from Children of Uruzgan (CoU) Programme at Save the Children

14:00 - 16:00 26 October 2015
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) Speaker Series is a regular student-focused forum that draws on the expertise of a range of practitioners, academics and researchers…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Dani Caselli (UoM) ‘Dante’s Pilgrimage in Dorothy Richardson: A Lesson in Political Economy’

17:00 - 19:00 28 October 2015
Dani Caselli (UoM) ‘Dante’s Pilgrimage in Dorothy Richardson: A Lesson in Political Economy’

Ignacio Aguiló (Manchester): 'Photography and indigeneity in the Gran Chaco: From Anthropometrics to Aesthetics'

17:00 - 18:00 28 October 2015
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Research Seminar. Venue: Arthur Lewis Building G.019

Andrew Crome - "God and Pony Show? Religious Controversy, Pathologization, and the Consistency of Imagined Worlds in My Little Pony Fandom"

16:00 - 17:30 29 October 2015
Religions and Theology research seminar - all welcome!

Ehrhardt Seminar: Katharina Keim - "Joshua in the Samaritan Traditions in the Gaster Collection"

14:00 - 15:30 29 October 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies. 90 minutes followed by tea.

PI: Dissecting Language

10:30 - 16:00 29 October 2015
The Division of Linguistics and English Language will be putting on a day-long showcase of language science, titled Dissecting Language, at the Manchester Science Festival

Spontaneous Generation after Aristotle

16:55 - 18:30 29 October 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Launch: HCRI Disaster Dialogue series, with David Alexander and Kathy Oldham

17:30 - 19:30 4 November 2015
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is pleased to launch its new Disaster Dialogue series. The Disaster Dialogue series, hosted by HCRI, is a regular multi-disciplinary…

Meet the Researchers Open Lecture Series (for schools and public): "Tales from the diaspora: Language and identity in second-generation South Asian Britons"

17:30 - 18:30 4 November 2015
A talk by Sheena Kalayil (University Language Centre) - part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures open lecture series "Meet the Researchers". My target group are professional…

Researching Latin American Cities - CLACS/GURC Postgraduate Workshop

11:00 - 17:15 5 November 2015
The Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Global Urban Research Centre at the University of Manchester invite applications to participate in a workshop that will explore…

Translations of the Arabian Nights, by Robert Irwin, Times Literary Supplement

14:00 - 15:30 5 November 2015
Part of the CTIS Research Seminar Series. All welcome, no registration necessary. Abstract: Translators of Beowulf, Proust, J.K. Rowling, and motor-car maintenance manuals have it easy,…

Regional Research Network in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Cinema 'NEW CONTEXTS FOR SPANISH CINEMA'

10:00 - 14:30 7 November 2015
This event, organised and funded by University of Manchester with Manchester Metropolitan University, is timed to coincide with the ¡Viva! New Spanish Cinema Weekender and brings together…

HCRI Speaker Series - Dr Suda Perera, “Bermuda Triangulation: ‘Messy Truths’ and ‘Simple Lies’”

14:00 - 16:00 9 November 2015
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) Speaker Series is a regular student-focused forum that draws on the expertise of a range of practitioners, academics and researchers…

Spectacular structures from the summer: examining the findings of fieldwork in Ardnamurchan and Herefordshire

17:00 10 November 2015
You are cordially invited to the next archaeology research seminar of the academic year 2015-16 All Welcome

The Aesthetics of Death and the Poetics of Rituals in Shia Lamentation Poetry

17:00 - 18:00 10 November 2015
Yafa Shanneik is Lecturer in Religious Studies at University of South Wales. Her research focuses on Sunni and Shia women in Europe and their transnational networks to the Middle East.…

CIDRAL Postgraduate Theory Intensive: David Harvey

12:00 - 14:00 11 November 2015
This event is part of CIDRAL's regular Theory Intensives series. Dr David Alderson (English, American Studies and Creative Writing, University of Manchester) will run a seminar on…

Dr Tom Tunstall Allcock (University of Manchester) ‘Rethinking Modernization: Lyndon Johnson and Latin America’

17:00 - 18:30 11 November 2015
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Research Seminar. Venue: Arthur Lewis Building G.019

Meet the Researchers Open Lecture Series (for schools and public): "Inventing the Tudors"

17:30 - 18:30 11 November 2015
A talk by Dr Jerome De Groot (Department of English) - part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures open lecture series "Meet the Researchers". This talk looks at the way we…

The oldest war crime in the book? Humanitarian aid under fire after the airstrikes on the Kunduz hospital

17:30 - 19:30 11 November 2015
Hospital and medical structures around the world are under fire today. Did the airstrikes on the MSF Kunduz hospital change anything? How do the laws of war apply today? Can the humanitarian…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Mary Mills (Liverpool Hope) - "Locating the Prophet: Political Geography in Jeremiah 26-28"

14:00 - 15:30 12 November 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies. 90 minutes followed by tea.

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