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Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar: Alan Craig (Leeds) - "EU-Israel Relations: Sanctions by any other name?"

16:00 - 17:30 3 March 2016
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar. Please note change from usual venue!

CTIS Research Seminar: 'Liberte to al Britane': Translating Tacitus in Scotland (1531-36)

14:00 - 15:30 3 March 2016
The early modern period saw the study of classical history flourish. From debates over the rights of women to the sources of Shakespeare’s plays, the Greco-Roman historians played a…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Yoonjong Kim - "'We Were Reconciled to God through the Death of His Son': Reconciliation in Romans in the Light of Interdependence Theory"

14:00 - 16:00 3 March 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Ferguson Lecture: Prof. Janet Martin Soskice (Cambridge) - "And the Name of God is...? Revelation and Philosophy after Sinai"

16:00 - 17:30 3 March 2016
The new book by Pope Francis is entitled "The Name of God is Mercy", but what’s in a name, and what’s at stake in naming God? Moses famously asked God for a name at the burning bush,…

The Roman Mother-in-Law

16:55 - 18:30 3 March 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

¡Vino español! Vinho lusófono!

16:30 - 18:00 4 March 2016
FINAL YEAR STUDENTS: Come and practice your Spanish and/or your Portuguese with staff from SPLAS… and enjoy a glass of wine (or juice) on us! Samuel Alexander foyer (old entrance) Friday 4 March 1630-1800

HCRI Speaker Series - The Syrian Uprising and Refugees from Syria

16:00 - 18:00 7 March 2016
This event has two parts: Hafsah Naib is an independent filmmaker. In this Speaker Series event Hafsah will introduce her short film “Departing: Arrivals”. Shot in Manchester, the…

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'

CIDRAL Talk: Alvise Sforza Tarabochia: Basaglia and Lacan

14:00 - 16:00 8 March 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. It is co-organised with the Manchester Psychoanalytic Matrix.…

BAT not BATS: innovation from China’s digital leaders - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 9 March 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Tom Griffiths (Hot Pot Digital) "BAT not BATS: innovation from China’s digital leaders" 9 March, 5pm-6.30pm University Place room 4.209

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Laclau, Articulation and the Political

14:00 - 16:00 9 March 2016
This seminar is part of CIDRAL's Theory Intensives series. Dr Leandro Minuchin (Manchester Architecture Research Centre, University of Manchester) will lead a seminar on the work of…

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'

Contested Syria, Contested Knowledge: Insights, Challenges, and Lessons from Research and Grassroots Reporting

17:30 - 19:00 10 March 2016
Multiple conflicts continue to be fought in Syria, and the devastation wrought by five years of violence inflicted by states, and then non-state groups, continues to mount. It can seem…

CTIS Research Seminar: Translation, Transmission and the Book

14:00 - 15:30 10 March 2016
Speaker: Dr Anna Strowe, University of Manchester

Dynasty: the house of Apion from Egypt to Constantinople

16:55 - 18:30 10 March 2016
Classics & Ancient History work-in-progress seminar

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dalit Rom-Shiloni (Tel Aviv) - "Hebrew Bible Theology: A Jewish Descriptive Approach"

14:00 10 March 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Music Research Seminar

16:15 - 18:00 10 March 2016
In this Thursday Research Seminar, Caroline Bithell, Rebecca Herissone and Susan Rutherford will lead a discussion on the challenges posed by musicological and ethnomusicological research…

Pilkington Lecture in Art History

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

The People's Galleries

18:00 - 19:30 10 March 2016
Giles Waterfield will talk about the development of art galleries and exhibitions in Britain during the long nineteenth century, with especial emphasis on Victorian Manchester. Giles's…

Polish Language AS and A2 Workshops - REES

09:30 - 15:00 12 March 2016
Russian and East European Studies (REES) workshop for AS and A2 students, Saturday 12th March. PROGRAMME Samuel Alexander Building A104, A113, A201, A212, A215 9.45 – 9.55: Registration…

UK: China’s Best Partner in the West?

13:00 - 14:00 14 March 2016
The UK presents itself to China as "best partner", in a way that recalls, somewhat unfortunately, the 'most favoured nation' terminology of the nineteenth century. Whilst some voices…

Palaver Festival - Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich Schiller

20:00 - 21:30 15 March 2016
The University of Manchester's German Society presents Schiller's classic drama about intrigue and love. This play has been abridged and modernised to reflect issues in contemporary…

Seminar: Jonathan Charteris-Black: Fire Metaphors: Discourses of Awe & Authority

16:00 - 18:00 15 March 2016
This seminar is organised by LEL. Professor Jonathan Charteris-Black (UWE) This paper proposes that the symbolic force of fire metaphors– words such as ‘spark’; ‘ignite’; ‘fuel’ and…

Palaver Festival - Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich Schiller

11:00 - 12:30 16 March 2016
The University of Manchester's German Society presents Schiller's classic drama about intrigue and love. This play has been abridged and modernised to reflect issues in contemporary…

The Materiality of "Shu" (Documents) Traditions: The "Shu" as Seen Through Manuscripts from the Warring States Period - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 16 March 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Dirk Meyer (University of Oxford) “The Materiality of “Shu” (Documents) Traditions: The “Shu” as Seen Through…

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