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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…

Art History and Visual Studies Talks

17:30 - 19:30 27 April 2016
Jonathan Harris, Birmingham City University 'The Global Contemporary Art World; Anatomy and Prescription'

Nicola Runciman (University of Manchester): ’Landscapes of Presence and Absence in Contemporary Chilean Cinema.’

17:00 - 18:30 27 April 2016
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese research seminar series.

Roundtable Discussion: Ethics, Human Rights and Health

15:00 - 17:00 27 April 2016
This roundtable has been designed in accordance with the curriculum of the module "SALC72000 Ethics, Human Rights and Health", and in particular to the issues of access to human rights…

Sportmax Beijing: selling luxury goods to the new Chinese upper classes - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 27 April 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Federico Fattori (University of Manchester) “Sportmax Beijing: selling luxury goods to the new Chinese upper classes”…

CTIS Research Seminar: Integrating Multimodality in the Study of Dialogue Interpreting

14:00 28 April 2016
Guest speaker: Elena Davitti, University of Surrey

Ehrhardt Seminar: David Shepherd (Dublin) - "The Problem of Royal Bloodguilt in the Former Prophets"

14:00 - 16:00 28 April 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Gary Keogh (Manchester) - "The Significance of the New Atheist Movement"

16:00 - 17:30 28 April 2016
The third Religions and Theology research seminar of the semester

Talking to Caesar: the Director’s Cut

16:55 - 18:30 28 April 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

S-curves and mechanisms of propagation in language change

16:15 - 17:30 3 May 2016
LEL Research Seminar with Richard Blythe (Edinburgh). Abstract: "A variety of mechanisms have been proposed in sociolinguistics for the propagation of an innovation through the speech…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Frank Towers (Calgary), 'Two Civil Wars: Slavery, Nation, and the Time Scales of 19th Century U.S. History'

17:00 - 18:30 4 May 2016
Frank Towers (Calgary), 'Two Civil Wars: Slavery, Nation, and the Time Scales of 19th Century U.S. History'

Using agent-based models to answer questions about language change

09:00 - 11:00 4 May 2016
LEL Masterclass with Richard Blythe (Edinburgh). Abstract: "In this informal session, I will set out my views on the role that mathematical models may - and may not - play in answering…

Critical MASS: History of the Book Workshop

02:00 - 03:30 5 May 2016
Professor Barbara McCaskill (University of Georgia) will discuss her new book Love, Liberation, and Escaping Slavery: William and Ellen Craft in Cultural Memory. She will explain what…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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