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CTIS Research Seminar: The Paradox of Poetry: Soviet Translators and the Rendering of Poetic Form

14:00 - 15:30 11 February 2016
In this paper I examine Soviet translations of English poetry published between the 1930s and 1980s, and consider what we might deduce from them about the guiding principles of the…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Mika Pajunen (Helsinki) - "On he Paths of Judgment and Salvation: Prophetic Fulfilment and Anticipation in the Psalms of Solomon and the Barkhi Nafshi Hymns"

14:00 - 16:00 11 February 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Fabrizo Ferrari (Chester) - "Agricultural Knowledge in medieval Bengali Saivism"

16:00 - 17:30 11 February 2016
Religions and Theology Research Seminar: All Welcome!

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'

Pliny and Plutarch's Practical Ethics

16:55 - 18:30 11 February 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar. The seminar will discuss a pre-circulated paper; please contact the organiser for details.

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…

Disaster Dialogue: Three myths in our dealings with disasters, climate change and development

16:00 - 18:00 15 February 2016
The Disaster Dialogue series, hosted by HCRI, is a regular multi-disciplinary forum that responds to the urgent challenges posed by disaster events, including their interface with climate…

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…

CIDRAL Workshop: Unmentionables: Conversations about the Obscene

14:00 - 17:00 17 February 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. Concern over the social appropriateness or offensiveness…

Krasnoiarsk, 1917: Revolutionary power in the Russian provinces, reconsidered (CRES Research Seminar)

17:00 - 18:30 17 February 2016
All are welcome to attend the next Cross-Disciplinary Russian and Eurasian Studies Network (CRES) Research Seminar: 17 February 2016 5pm-6.20pm, Roscoe building, Room 4.8 Dr Alistair…

Prof. Saúl Sosnowski (Maryland): 'And when they got back….: Literature and the Return from Exile in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay'

17:00 - 18:30 17 February 2016
Organised by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Venue: Arthur Lewis Boardroom [3rd floor].

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…

Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar: Roman Vater (Oxford) - "National Alternatives to Zionism: The Case of the Young Hebrews, 1939-1976"

16:00 - 17:30 18 February 2016
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

CIDRAL Postgraduate Event: Seminar with François Hartog

10:00 - 12:00 18 February 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. Professor François Hartog (EHESS) will hold a seminar for…

CTIS Research Seminar: Bringing the Message to LGBT Youth around the World? Online Activism, Translation, Cultural Work

14:00 - 15:30 18 February 2016
In this talk, I reframe debates on the global emergence of LGBTQ+ movements as questions about translation. I return to theorisations of power within Translation Studies to push against…

Diodorus Siculus’ ‘Slave War’ narratives: writing social commentary in the Bibliotheke

16:55 - 18:30 18 February 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

Ehrhardt Seminar: Richard Britton - "From Semiotics to the Sword: Islamic Extremism and the Violence of Christ"

14:00 - 16:00 18 February 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Masterclass with Prof. Jackie Pearson (Manchester)

10:00 - 12:00 18 February 2016
A masterclass with Prof. Jackie Pearson (Manchester) connected to her lecture on 17 February on 'Speaking with the Supernatural in Early Modern England’. Post-Graduate and advanced…

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…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Ferdinand de Saussure Inside and Outside Linguistics

12:00 - 14:00 24 February 2016
This seminar is part of CIDRAL's Theory Intensives series. Professor Nigel Vincent (Linguistics, University of Manchester) will lead a Theory Intensive seminar on the work of Ferdinand…

Anna Strhan (Kent) - "The Agency of Children and the Study of Religion"

16:00 - 17:30 25 February 2016
The second seminar in the Religions and Theology research seminar series.

CTIS Research Seminar: Critical Approaches to Translation Technology

14:00 - 15:30 25 February 2016
Much contemporary thought on technology in general, and translation technology in particular, is characterized by defeatism, determinism and a tendency towards universalism. Such comment…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Peter Oakes - "Nine Types of Church in Nine Types of Space in the Insula of the Meander at Pompeii"

14:00 - 16:00 25 February 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Immersed in Lithics

25 - 26 February 2016
A conference on chipped and ground stone artefacts, 25th -26th February 2016, hosted at The University of Manchester and The Manchester Museum. This conference has been organised by…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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