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The Manchester Anthology 2016 launch

18:30 - 20:00 8 September 2016
The Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester launches its annual anthology of new writing (fiction and poetry) from the Creative Writing MA class of 2015/16. Copies of…

Mobilities, Peace, and Conflict: Conference

15 - 16 September 2016
Fifth Annual Conference of the International Association for Peace and Conflict Studies and the ECPR Standing Group on Critical Peace and Conflict Studies 15-16 September 2016 Dublin…

Cervantes Reborn: textual reception and authorial resurrection

09:30 - 17:00 27 September 2016
Symposium in commemoration of the 400 anniversary of Cervantes Programme: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nks0ik4h3gi06f5/Cervantes%20Reborn%20poster%20and%20abstracts%20final.pdf?dl=0 Tuesday,…

Dora Marsden Lecture: Laura Marcus (Oxford), ‘Modernism and the "new language of rhythm": art, literature and philosophy in the early twentieth century’

17:00 - 18:30 28 September 2016
Laura Marcus (Oxford), ‘Modernism and the "new language of rhythm": art, literature and philosophy in the early twentieth century’

Socrates as Bully: Indictment and Defence

16:55 - 18:30 29 September 2016
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Mediating the Refugee Crisis: HCRI Landmark Lecture - Professor Lilie Chouliaraki (LSE)

17:30 - 19:30 3 October 2016
This HCRI Landmark Lecture will be given by Lilie Chouliaraki: Professor of Media and Communication at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has written extensively…

Seminar with French alumnus Christopher Stone

16:00 - 17:00 4 October 2016
Seminar with French alumnus and successful businessman Christopher Stone Chris graduated in 1985 with a BA(Hons) in French Studies (First), with interests in medieval French literature…

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Yangwen Zheng, ‘Timeless China’

13:00 - 13:50 5 October 2016
History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Yangwen Zheng, ‘Timeless China’

"How to read a Roman portrait”? Optatian and the face of Constantine.

16:55 - 18:30 6 October 2016
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. George Brooke (Manchester/Chester), ‘English Observations on German Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship'

14:00 - 16:00 6 October 2016
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public, with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute…

CIDRAL Event: Network Grants

13:15 - 15:15 11 October 2016
This event is part of the CIDRAL programme for Winter 2016, 'Possible Worlds'.

People, time, place: approaches to the historic environment on HS2

18:00 11 October 2016
Archaeology Research Seminar

CIDRAL Book Launch

17:00 - 19:00 12 October 2016
This event is part of the CIDRAL programme for Winter 2016 with the theme Possible Worlds. Discover more about colleagues' work in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures with the…

English Literature Research Seminar: Kirstie Blair (Stirling) 'The Rise of the Bad Poet in Victorian Scotland'

17:00 - 18:30 12 October 2016
Kirstie Blair (Stirling) 'The Rise of the Bad Poet in Victorian Scotland'

Ammianus Marcellinus and Roman Identity.

16:55 - 18:30 13 October 2016
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui: Bolivian Indigenous Thought and Decolonial Praxis

12:00 - 14:00 13 October 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Winter 2016 programme, 'Possible Worlds'. Molly Geidel (Lecturer in American Cultural History, University of Manchester) will be speaking about preeminent…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Cheryl Exum (Sheffield), ‘Biblical Art as Biblical Commentary'

14:00 - 16:00 13 October 2016
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public, with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute…

History Research Seminar: Carolyn Steedman (Warwick) on “Poetry for Historians”

16:15 - 17:30 13 October 2016
History Research Seminar: Carolyn Steedman (Warwick) on “Poetry for Historians”

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Professor Kai von Fintel (MIT): 'If'

17:00 - 19:00 18 October 2016
This event is part of the CIDRAL programme for Winter 2016, 'Possible Worlds'. Cognition and language revolve around distinguishing between alternative ways the world might be. As…

Inter-Community Feasting in Neolithic Cyprus: recent results from the Prastio Mesorotsos excavation and experimental project

18:00 18 October 2016
Archaeology Research Seminar

CIDRAL Roundtable and Masterclass: Professor Kai von Fintel (MIT): 'How to do conditional things with words'

09:00 - 13:00 19 October 2016
This event is part of the CIDRAL programme for Winter 2016, 'Possible Worlds'. Roundtable Possible Worlds Round Table, 9-10:30am Participants will have the opportunity to briefly present…

Film Screening: Yagé is Our Life

17:00 - 19:00 19 October 2016
Venue: Granada Centre, Arthur Lewis Building. The film will be presented by the filmmakers and will be followed by some reflections on the film by Professor Lúcia Sá (University of…

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Sasha Handley, ‘Love, loss and the lifecycle: the travels of an early modern bed sheet’

13:00 - 13:50 19 October 2016
Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Sasha Handley, ‘Love, loss and the lifecycle: the travels of an early modern bed sheet’

2016 Manson Memorial Lecture:

02:00 - 12:00 20 October 2016
A public lecture on 'Judaism and Paul: A Category Crisis' Professor Steve Mason Distinguished Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions and Cultures University of Groningen

CTIS Seminar: Dr Will Baker, University of Southampton, "Conceptualising Cultures in Transcultural Communication: From essentialism to complexity"

14:00 - 15:30 20 October 2016
The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series brings researchers from across the UK and Europe to the University of Manchester to present on their work. These…

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