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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'

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Levinas and the Disruption of Knowledge

15:00 - 17:00 20 April 2016
This seminar is part of CIDRAL's Theory Intensives series. Professor Alex Samely (Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester) will lead a seminar on the work of Emmanuel Levinas.…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Kath Burlinson (Authentic Artist) ‘"Iterated jingles": Christina Rossetti from page to stage’

17:00 - 18:30 20 April 2016
Kath Burlinson (Authentic Artist) ‘"Iterated jingles": Christina Rossetti from page to stage’

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"

Spatial appropriations: forced mobility of the underprivileged - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 20 April 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Ximin Zhou (University of Manchester) “Spatial appropriations: forced mobility of the underprivileged” 20 April,…

Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar - Yohai Hakkak (Brunel) - "Forbidden Love and Moral Panic: Jewish-Arab Couples in Contemporary Israel"

16:00 - 17:30 21 April 2016
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

De morbis venereis – the scars of Venus

16:55 - 18:30 21 April 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

Ehrhardt Seminar: Benedict Kent - "Clients, Agents and Brokers: Examining Paul's Christology from a Graeco-Roman Perspective"

14:00 - 16:00 21 April 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Herford Memorial Lecture: Charles Burdett: Italy, Islam and the Islamic World from 9/11 to the Arab Uprisings

17:00 - 19:00 21 April 2016
The recent emergence and increasing visibility of Islam as Italy’s second religion is an issue of undeniable importance. It has generated an intense and often polarized debate that…

John Edward Taylor Lecture: George Lipsitz (University of California, Santa Barbara), "From Plessy to Ferguson: The Racialization of Time and Place"

17:00 - 19:00 21 April 2016
Professor George Lipsitz "From Plessy to Ferguson: The Racialization of Time and Place" Public lecture (all welcome) Book through Eventbrite: http://plessytoferguson.eventbrite.co.uk…

Symposium: Latin American Cinemas, European Markets

23 April 2016
Symposium: Latin American Cinemas, European Markets. New Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University & HOME, ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Film Festival. Keynote Talks:…

The Intimate Contract of Photography

17:00 - 19:00 25 April 2016
A reading of images from the archive of Haleema Hashim. Mallika Leuzinger (UCL) School of Arts, Languages and Cultures Graduate Seminar Series Part 2: Vernacular Cultures

French Studies Guest Lecture: "'Freedom of expression or freedom from Islam? The emergence of secularism in French political debate since the 1980s"

17:00 - 18:00 26 April 2016
Professor Olivier Esteves, Université de Lille (chaired by Dr Barbara Lebrun, French Studies) In 2016, secularism (laïcité) continues to be harnessed by French politicians and the…

Postgraduate Symposium on Latin American and Caribbean Studies

09:45 - 17:00 26 April 2016
The Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies invites PhD students working in Latin American Studies at the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Lancaster to participate…

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