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CLACS/PILAS Fieldwork in Latin America and the Caribbean Research Workshop

09:00 - 17:00 5 December 2017
A one-day, interdisciplinary postgraduate workshop for those who either have experience or plan to carry out research in or related to Latin America and the Caribbean. The workshop…

Art History Seminar - Alice Butler: ‘Cookie Mueller’s Adolescent Fragments’

16:00 6 December 2017
Coming out of archival research Alice pursued last year at New York University, this research seminar discusses the adolescent forms and temporalities of Cookie Mueller's short stories,…

CIDRAL Book Launch

17:00 - 19:00 6 December 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Join us for a glass of wine to hear about new research published by colleagues…

Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds), ‘Madrid City Nights: Nostalgia, La Movida and the 21st century musical?’

17:00 - 18:30 6 December 2017
Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds), ‘Madrid City Nights: Nostalgia, La Movida and the 21st century musical?’

Stories of Change: 70 Years of the NHS

10:00 - 16:00 6 December 2017
Stories of Change: 70 Years of the National Health Service is a one day pop up exhibition at Chetham's Library by students in the Centre of Museology, School of Arts, Languages and…

Christmas lecture Manchester Medieval Society: Gale Owen-Crocker '"Deck the hal"' Anglo-Saxon style'

18:00 7 December 2017
Christmas lecture: Gale Owen-Crocker '"Deck the hal"' Anglo-Saxon style'

CTIS Seminar: Siobhan Brownlie, "Tales of Travelling Memory, Transcreation and Politics"

14:00 - 15:30 7 December 2017
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: Walter J. Houston (Manchester), "Proverbial Economy"

14:00 - 16:00 7 December 2017
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Michael Hoelzl, "The Art of Pastoral Power"

16:00 - 18:00 7 December 2017
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

The Caroline Chisholm Reading with Rachel Seiffert

18:30 - 20:00 11 December 2017
This event honours the memory of writer Caroline Chisholm (MA Creative Writing, 2013), who was a valued member of the CNW community. It will feature a reading from the best dissertation…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Peter Marx: 'Cartographing the “long” 19th century: between innovation and residues'

18:00 - 20:00 12 December 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Peter Marx (Professor of Theatre and Media Studies, University of Cologne) will…

CIDRAL Seminar: Peter Marx: 'Cartographing the “long” 19th century: between innovation and residues'

10:00 - 12:00 13 December 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Peter Marx (Professor of Theatre and Media Studies, University of Cologne) will…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof Reimund Bieringer (KU Leuven), "Understanding Martin Luther's Bible translation into German in its historical context: An exercise in demythologisation?"

14:00 - 16:00 14 December 2017
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

“Under a Diverse Hammer and Sickle: Interlinkages between European and Iranian Communisms, 1917-1991”

09:00 - 17:30 18 December 2017
This one-day workshop, sponsored by the SALC Research Network Fund and CIDRAL, will explore the interlinkages and relationship between proponents of different variants of communism…

Danez Smith: Don’t Call Us Dead

19:00 - 20:30 22 January 2018
Manchester Literature Festival is thrilled to welcome to Manchester acclaimed American poet Danez Smith. A founding member of the Dark Noise Collective, Danez is an electrifying performer…

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2018

18:00 - 19:30 29 January 2018
We are delighted to announce that the forth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Jan Grabowski (University of Ottawa). The event is open to the public;…

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2018

18:00 - 19:30 30 January 2018
We are delighted to announce that the forth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Jan Grabowski (University of Ottawa). The event is open to the public;…

Bogdanow Masterclass in Holocaust Studies 2018

14:00 - 16:00 30 January 2018
We are delighted to announce that the forth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Jan Grabowski (University of Ottawa). As part of the annual lecture…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Holly Morse (Manchester), "Biblical Bathing Beauties: Ways of Seeing Bathsheba and Susanna in 16th and 17th Century Painting"

14:00 - 16:00 1 February 2018
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

History Seminar "New Deal Liberalism and the Origins of the American Warfare State"

16:15 - 17:30 1 February 2018
History Research Seminar presented by Prof. Andrew Preston (Cambridge): “New Deal Liberalism and the Origins of the American Warfare State”

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Prof. David Thomas, "Christology in the Early Islamic World"

16:00 - 17:30 1 February 2018
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

Careers in Humanitarianism Day 2018

09:00 - 17:00 2 February 2018
Considering a career in the humanitarian sector? Join us for a day of presentations, discussion and advice from current leaders in the field of humanitarianism. Speakers to be announced…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Tim Ingold, 'The Creativity of Habit'

17:00 - 19:00 7 February 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity Tim Ingold (Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Aberdeen), will deliver a public lecture…

Dr Gustavo Carvajal (Universidad Finis Terrae): ‘Indigenous People in Recent Chilean Cinema: Patricio Guzmán's El Botón de Nácar’

17:00 - 18:30 7 February 2018
Location: Arthur Lewis Boardroom (2nd Floor)

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Peter Oakes and Dr. Todd Klutz (Manchester): CBS Project Committee Meeting: Discussion of Collaborative Projects for Funded Research Bids

14:00 - 16:00 8 February 2018
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

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