Campus visit/tour, Lecture

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Cecile Sandten (Chemnitz) ‘Postcolonial Invocations: The Poetics of Location and Dislocation in a Selection of Bombay Poems’

17:00 - 18:30 10 February 2016
Cecile Sandten (Chemnitz) ‘Postcolonial Invocations: The Poetics of Location and Dislocation in a Selection of Bombay Poems’

Oracular Narrative: Timing and Truth Telling. Exploring mythic forms of prefigurement and prophecy in contemporary fiction inspired by Greek tragedy and the Arabian Nights.

17:30 - 19:30 11 February 2016
The John Rylands Institute is honoured to welcome Marina Warner to deliver the Institute’s Annual Lecture on Thursday, 11 February 2016. A writer of fiction, criticism and history,…

Pilkington Lecture in Art History

17:30 - 19:30 11 February 2016
Professor David Freedberg, Warburg Institute, London 'Art History and Neuroscience: the Challenge for the Humanities'

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2016: Professor Michael Marrus (Toronto) - "Lessons of the Holocaust"

17:15 - 19:00 15 February 2016
The first Bogdanow Lecture in Holocaust Studies 2016. Michael Marrus is Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous books including…

Where Next for the UK and the EU? An Irish perspective

16:30 - 17:30 15 February 2016
A special joint event by the JMCE/EDIC and the European Movement ***The event is free and open to all***

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2016: Professor Michael Marrus (Toronto) - "Lessons of the Holocaust"

17:15 - 19:00 16 February 2016
The second Bogdanow Lecture in Holocaust Studies 2016. Michael Marrus is Professor Emeritus of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous books including…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: François Hartog: Towards a New Historical Condition

17:00 - 19:00 17 February 2016
Professor François Hartog will lecture as part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. Might recent and unfolding…

Global Development Institute Launch - Winnie Byanyima

17:00 - 18:30 17 February 2016
Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Global Development Institute on 17 February 5.00-6.30, at The University of Manchester. The launch will feature a keynote lecture on addressing…

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture: Prof. Jackie Pearson (Manchester), ‘Speaking with the Supernatural in Early Modern England’

17:00 - 19:00 17 February 2016
Annual Stachniewski Memorial lecture hosted by the Division of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing in association with UMUCU. Prof. Jackie Pearson (Manchester), ‘Speaking…

Translating Feminist Literary Theory into Arabic

12:00 - 13:30 18 February 2016
A public lecture within the framework of a British Academy funded partnership between the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies at Manchester and the Department of English…

Greater Manchester Higher- University of Manchester Campus visit. Year 10

24 February 2016
These university visits provide learners with the opportunity to visit a university campus and gain an insight into student life and the range of courses available. The visit will consist…

Art History and Visual Studies Talks

17:00 - 19:30 25 February 2016
Co-sponsored by Art History & Visual Studies and the JRRI Medieval and Early Modern Research Seminar Series 5.00pm Alex Metcalfe, Lancaster University 'From memory to written record:…

Greater Manchester Higher- University of Manchester Campus visit. Year 10

25 February 2016
These university visits provide learners with the opportunity to visit a university campus and gain an insight into student life and the range of courses available. The visit will consist…

Lecture : Stephen Gill, York University, Toronto, and Hallsworth Visiting Professor, The University of Manchester

17:00 - 18:30 25 February 2016
The Political Economy Institute and Global Political Economy research cluster at The University of Manchester are very pleased to announce the following public lecture: Stephen Gill,…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Peter O’Connor (UoM) ‘Part Jacobin Part MacBeth? Thomas Jefferson's British Legacy 1800-1861’

17:00 - 18:30 2 March 2016
Peter O’Connor (UoM) ‘Part Jacobin Part MacBeth? Thomas Jefferson's British Legacy 1800-1861’

Public Lecture Professor Susana Narotzky ‘’Autonomy, dependence and solidarity : grassroots responses to structural adjustment in Spain’’

16:00 - 18:00 2 March 2016
PUBLIC LECTURE Faculty of Humanities Visiting Hallsworth Professor Wednesday 2nd March 2016 Susana Narotzky, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Barcelona…

Lovell lecture: The formation of stars and planets – new insight from the Herschel Space Observatory

19:30 - 21:00 3 March 2016
Prof Derek Ward-Thompson University of Central Lancashire The Herschel Space Observatory was an ESA space telescope which flew from 2009 until 2013 and collected a huge archive of…

Star Lecture: Amy Hughes, Health care in Humanitarian Emergencies

19:00 - 20:30 3 March 2016
How do we provide healthcare for populations affected by humanitarian emergencies? What infrastructure is needed to strengthen local health capacity and assist foreign medical teams…

Toller Lecture: Prof. Clare Lees (King's College London), 'Women Write the Past: Old English, New Literature and the Romance of Scholarship'

18:00 - 19:30 7 March 2016
The Annual Toller Lecture in Anglo-Saxon. Prof. Clare Lees (King's College London), 'Women Write the Past: Old English, New Literature and the Romance of Scholarship'

Campus Visit (Year 10)

8 March 2016
An exciting opportunity for pre-16 learners to visit the University Campus, experience a welcome talk from a member of staff at the University and a campus tour from current Student…

Just Sustainabilities: Re-imagining e/quality, Living Within Limits

16:30 8 March 2016
SEED Social Responsibility Annual Lecture, 2016 You are warmly invited to the SEED Annual Social Responsibility Lecture, delivered by Professor Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and…

Learning from North African women’s experiences of FGM

12:00 - 13:00 8 March 2016
FGM/C is child abuse and contravenes the UN Convention on the rights of the child; it is also a global problem affecting 100 - 140 million women worldwide. Due to migration many women…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Dirk Van Hulle (Antwerp) 'Modern Manuscripts and Intertextuality'

17:00 - 18:30 9 March 2016
Dirk Van Hulle (Antwerp) 'Modern Manuscripts and Intertextuality'

Pilkington Lecture in Art History

18:00 - 20:00 10 March 2016
Giles Waterfield, former Director, Dulwich Picture Gallery: 'The People’s Galleries'

Art History and Visual Studies Talks

17:30 16 March 2016
Douglas Brine, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 'Jan van Eyck and the shield of St George'

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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