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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.…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Martyn Bone (University of Copenhagen), 'Southern Studies/American Studies with/without "the South"'

17:00 - 18:30 13 April 2016
English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Martyn Bone (University of Copenhagen), 'Southern Studies/American Studies with/without 'the South': Morrison, Eggers, Lalami and Literary Geographies of Scale'

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”…

Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar: Dominique Bourel (CNRS, Paris) - "From Kassa to Manchester and Forward: Alexander Altmann and the Mendelssohn Forschung"

16:00 - 17:30 14 April 2016
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

Ehrhardt Seminar: Philippa Townsend (Edinburgh) - "'From Every Nation': Judaism, Universalism and the Book of Revelation"

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

Japanese maps and European collectors: Why they were made and why they were collected?

17:00 - 19:00 14 April 2016
We are excited to welcome Professor Peter Kornicki, who will talk about the production of maps in Japan during the Edo period and their appearance in European collections, such as the…

Learning and Researching Medieval Language and Culture in an Immersive Environment - Digital Humanities @ Manchester visiting seminars

17:30 - 19:00 14 April 2016
"Study abroad is a time-tested and popular solution for learning language and culture. Unfortunately for those of us studying the past, immersion is no longer an option. My work looks…

Order and Disorder in the Letters of Alciphron

16:55 - 18:30 14 April 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

Introduction to Creating Immersive Environments in the Classroom in Unity 3D

10:00 - 12:00 15 April 2016
This two-hour workshop will take participants through an intensive introduction to making 3D environments for research and teaching. Participants will download the Unity game engine,…

Art History and Visual Studies Talks

18:00 - 20:00 19 April 2016
Sponsored by the JRRI Medieval and Early Modern Research Seminar Series Margit Thofner, University of East Anglia 'Picturing Music in sixteenth-century Antwerp: Marten de Vos's motet prints'

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Jing Wang: The Makers Are Coming! China’s Long Tail Revolution

17:00 - 19:00 19 April 2016
Professor Jing Wang will lecture as part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. This event is presented in collaboration…

John Edward Taylor Lecture: George Lipsitz and Barbara Tomlinson (University of California, Santa Barbara), 'American Studies as Accompaniment'

17:00 - 19:00 19 April 2016
John Edward Taylor Lecture: George Lipsitz and Barbara Tomlinson (University of California, Santa Barbara), 'American Studies as Accompaniment'

George Lipsitz (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Art-Based Community Making in Houston and New Orleans"

13:00 - 14:00 20 April 2016
George Lipsitz (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Art-Based Community Making in Houston and New Orleans"

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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