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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…

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'

Jo Evans (UCL), ‘Childhood and Adolescence on Screen: Do We Need to Talk About Buñuel?’

17:00 - 18:30 16 March 2016
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese research seminar series for Semester 2.

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…

A Visigothic Valetudinarian

16:55 - 18:30 17 March 2016
Classics & Ancient History work-in-progress seminar

Brook Lecture: Prof. Patricia Ingham (Indiana University Bloomington), 'Curious Novelties'

17:30 - 19:00 17 March 2016
The Brook Lecture honours the memory of G.L. Brook, Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature at Manchester University, 1945–77. We are pleased to welcome as this…

Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar: Nir Arielli (Leeds) - "Israel's International 'Machal' Volunteers in the War of 1948: A comparative assessment of their contribution"

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

Ehrhardt Seminar: Katie Edwards (Sheffield) - Biblical Literacies and Popular Culture

14:00 - 16:00 17 March 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Palaver Festival - Huis Clos by Jean-Paul Sartre

15:00 - 16:30 17 March 2016
French Studies at The University of Manchester presents Huis Clos by Jean-Paul Sartre Imprisoned together in a deceptively luxurious antechamber of Hell, three characters are forced…

Palaver Festival - Huis Clos by Jean-Paul Sartre

20:00 - 21:30 17 March 2016
French Studies at The University of Manchester presents Huis Clos by Jean-Paul Sartre Imprisoned together in a deceptively luxurious antechamber of Hell, three characters are forced…

HCRI Speaker Series: Fundraising and campaigning: Insights and experiences

16:00 - 18:00 11 April 2016
This event has two speakers who will talk about fundraising and campaigning in large organisations. They will highlight their experiences and personal, ethical, practical and logistical…

Saving Lives and Staying Alive: Humanitarian Security in the Age of Risk Management

17:30 - 19:00 12 April 2016
We are delighted to launch the latest book from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Centre de Réflexion sur l'Action et les Savoirs Humanitaires (CRASH), "Saving Lives and Staying Alive.…

José Peixoto Coelho da Sousa (Manchester): ‘Music and lyrics: a proposal for the teaching of songs in Portuguese as a Foreign Language class.’

17:00 - 18:30 13 April 2016
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese research seminar series.

To be or not to be... disabled? Disability and identity in modern China - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 13 April 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Sarah Dauncey (University of Nottingham) “To be or not to be... disabled? Disability and identity in modern China”…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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