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Dr. Rebecca Jarman: Bolivarian Landslides: Disaster, Revolution and the Future in New Venezuelan Narratives

17:00 - 18:30 30 November 2016
Venue: Arthur Lewis, G0.19

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Kristy Ironside, ‘ “Workers long-held dream”: the Cold War and the abolition of taxes in the Soviet Union 1959-1962’

13:00 - 13:50 30 November 2016
Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Kristy Ironside, ‘ “Workers long-held dream”: the Cold War and the abolition of taxes in the Soviet Union 1959-1962’

What next for Syria? Civil War and the New Cold War

17:30 - 19:00 30 November 2016
On 20th September 2016, and despite a ceasefire that came into effect on 12th September, a UN aid convoy in Aleppo, Northern Syria, was attacked killing at least 20 people and destroying…

Achilles Tatius: Bellies, Births, and Bastards

16:55 - 18:30 1 December 2016
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

CTIS Seminar: Prof. Helle V. Dam and Prof. Karen Zethsen, Aarhus University, "The Translator as the Central Figure – a realistic or an idealistic model?"

14:00 - 15:30 1 December 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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. James R. Davila (St. Andrews), ‘Roles of Angels in 1 Enoch and the Hekhalot Literature'

14:00 - 16:00 1 December 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…

Here Is My Face: Autobiographical Portraits on HIV

18:00 2 - 15:00 4 December 2016
Anthropology, Media and Performance (AMP) PhD student Angelica Cabezas is presenting one of the practical components of her doctoral work at the Drama and Anthropology Subject Areas,…

CIDRAL Book Launch

17:00 - 19:00 6 December 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…

CIDRAL Event: European Grants

14:00 - 17:00 6 December 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Winter 2016 programme, 'Possible Worlds'.

A Christmas Evening with Jeanette Winterson

18:30 - 20:00 7 December 2016
Waterstones Deansgate is proud to host an evening with Jeanette Winterson to celebrate the release of her new book, 'Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days'. 'Christmas…

English Literature Research Seminar: Florence Impens, (UoM), 'Elaine Feinstein, Marina Tsvetaeva, and The Art of Translation'

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2016
Florence Impens, (UoM), 'Elaine Feinstein, Marina Tsvetaeva, and The Art of Translation'

Kirsty Hooper (University of Warwick), ‘Genealogy, Mobility and Family History in the Anglo-Hispanic Atlantic’

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2016
Venue: A114

Too Much of Water / Salt's Waters (free

16:30 - 18:30 7 December 2016
Free performance event in the John Thaw Studio Theatre, Martin Harris Centre Wednesday 7th December, 4.30pm to 6.00pm Too Much of Water / Salt’s Waters by Steve Bottoms, with…

Alex Hartley - Reflections on Utopia and Post-Studio Art Practice

17:30 - 19:00 8 December 2016
The lecture will use examples of my own work to discuss utopian ideas within current post-studio art practice, including 'Nowhereisland', my ten-year artwork that culminated in a new…

CIDRAL Public Lecture & Roundtable: Writing Biography with Zachary Leader

16:00 - 18:00 8 December 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for Winter 2016, 'Possible Worlds'. Organised in association with the Centre for New Writing. CIDRAL presents a public lecture and roundtable…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Perspectivism

12:00 - 14:00 8 December 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Winter 2016 programme, 'Possible Worlds'. Perspectivism Professor Lúcia Sá (Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies) will be discussing the work…

Dr Anne Kirkham 'Hark the Herald - Angels in the John Rylands Library’s Books of Hours'

18:00 - 19:30 8 December 2016
Dr Anne Kirkham, Anne Kirkham (Art History & Visual Studies, The University of Manchester) will lecture on Angels in the John Rylands Library’s Books of Hours

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Hugh Pyper (Sheffield), ‘Alban Berg’s Wozzeck: A Case Study in Changing Cultural Perceptions of the Bible'

14:00 - 16:00 8 December 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: Philipp Schofield (Aberystwyth), ‘Identifying the Impact of Famine in the Medieval English Countryside’

16:15 - 17:30 8 December 2016
History Research Seminar: Philipp Schofield (Aberystwyth), ‘Identifying the Impact of Famine in the Medieval English Countryside’

Natural Wonders

16:55 - 18:30 8 December 2016
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Prof. Olivier Richon - The Indifferent

13:00 - 15:00 9 December 2016
Professor Olivier Richon, Head of the Photography programme at the Royal College of Art, will be giving a seminar that considers Antoine Watteau's painting 'The Indifferent' (1718)…

Healing Histories: An Exhibition of Medical Marvels and Curative Curiosities

10:00 - 15:00 12 December 2016
Healing Histories is a pop-up exhibition by MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students exploring the curious past of health and medicine, celebrating discoveries, exploring the unappreciated,…

Authenticity, value and 3D visualisation: the ACCORD community co-production project

18:00 13 December 2016
Archaeology Research Seminar

Adriana Bausells-Espín (University of Manchester), ‘Audio-Description as a Learning- Enhancement Tool in the Foreign Language classroom’

17:00 - 18:30 14 December 2016
Adriana Bausells-Espín (University of Manchester), ‘Audio-Description as a Learning-Enhancement Tool in the Foreign Language classroom: Integrating Linguistic Skills, Transferable Skills…

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Grace Allen, ‘Secretaries and political knowledge in the late Italian Renaissance’

13:00 14 December 2016
Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Grace Allen, ‘Secretaries and political knowledge in the late Italian Renaissance’.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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