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"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…

Mason Memorial Lecture: Prof. Steve Mason (Groningen), Judaism and Paul: A Category Crisis'

14:00 - 16:00 20 October 2016
Held in conjunction with weekly Ehrhardt Seminar. The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public, with no registration required.…

Roman women and work in later life.

16:55 - 18:30 20 October 2016
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Chinese Gardens: History, Design and Meanings

13:00 - 14:00 24 October 2016
This illustrated talk will cover the historical development of Chinese gardens, relating this to parallel or contrasting developments in European garden history. It will outline the…

Using genetics and ancient DNA to study the origins and spread of agriculture

18:00 25 October 2016
Archaeology Research Seminar

Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Death of Cervantes

17:00 - 18:30 26 October 2016
Speakers: . Dr José Pérez Díez (University of Leeds), ‘John Fletcher’s Love’s Pilgrimage (1616) and Cervantes’ Las dos doncellas’ . Dr Idoya Puig (Manchester Metropolitan University),…

Critical MASS Seminar: Emily Trafford (UoM), "Negotiating the Superior White Universe: Visitor Participation at the Progressive Era West Coast World’s Fairs"

17:00 - 18:30 26 October 2016
Emily Trafford (UoM), "Negotiating the Superior White Universe: Visitor Participation at the Progressive Era West Coast World’s Fairs"

CTIS Seminar: Dr Ting Guo, Exeter University, "New Knowledge, Better Knowledge?: Translating Homosexuality into Chinese in Republican China (1911-1945)"

14:00 - 15:30 27 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…

Homeless Sculpture

10:00 - 17:00 27 October 2016
How to break the isolation of the sculptural object? Sculpture in the modern and post-modern periods has been characterized by its homelessness. Although developments within site-specific…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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