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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…

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