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Chinese Film Forum UK presents: Looking for Lucky

18:00 - 20:00 5 December 2018
Hoping to get on at University, graduate student Guangsheng agrees to look after his Professor’s dog Lucky. As the film’s title suggests, Lucky goes missing and Guangsheng enlists his…

CI Film Club

15:00 5 December 2018
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students once again from October! The club is providing a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural discussions…

DORA MARSDEN LECTURE: CATHERINE CLAY (NOTTINGHAM TRENT) '"MEN AND BOOKS" AND FEMALE CRITICS: TIME AND TIDE AND THE INTELLECTUAL WEEKLIES (1920-1939)

17:00 - 18:30 5 December 2018
5 DECEMBER, DORA MARSDEN LECTURE: CATHERINE CLAY (NOTTINGHAM TRENT) '"MEN AND BOOKS" AND FEMALE CRITICS: TIME AND TIDE AND THE INTELLECTUAL WEEKLIES (1920-1939)' 5PM, SAM ALEX A112

Livestream of TEAMs EU: European ‘Emergency Medical Teams’ (EMTs) initiative

17:30 - 18:30 5 December 2018
The TEAMS consortium will report on the work they are undertaking on the design, development, delivery and evaluation of the TEAMS project. The project, funded by DG ECHO, aims to create…

Methodologies for Comparative and Connected Global History

14:30 - 17:00 5 December 2018
Hosted at the Northern Cluster for Global and Transcultural Studies, 1450-1750. At the cluster's first workshop we will explore the current intellectual environment for global and…

No Recourse! Project Launch and Graduation

17:00 - 19:00 5 December 2018
In celebration of our Peer Researchers completing their training and to officially launch the new partnership project between WAST (Women Asylum Seekers Together) and Dr. Jenna Murray…

'Neo-Tories. British Conservatives in rebellion against democracy and political modernity, 1929-39,' History Research Seminar: Dr. Bernhard Dietz

16:15 - 17:30 6 December 2018
Bernhard Dietz (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz): New Approaches to the History of Conservatism: Dr. Dietz will present his new book Neo-Tories. British Conservatives in rebellion…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Benedict Kent (Manchester), "Jesus as God’s Broker in Romans 8"

14:00 - 16:00 6 December 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…

Nicola Tomlinson (Manchester): 'Un cos sense ànima no és res, no?’: Place and identity in La substància (Lluís Galter, 2016)'

17:00 - 18:30 6 December 2018
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies seminar series. Venue: Samuel Alexander A104

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Scott Midson and Dr. Holly Morse, "Creating Desire: Gender, Mythology, Posthumanism"

16:00 - 17:30 6 December 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.

Whitworth Studies: Art(ist) as Witness: displacement, trauma, resistance and memory - Jenna Ashton

17:00 - 18:30 6 December 2018
As part of the Whitworth Studies series Dr Jenna Ashton, Lecturer and Programme Director of Heritage Studies at The University of Manchester will being delivering a seminar entitled:…

CI Cookery Classes - British and Thai Fish Cake

14:30 - 17:30 7 December 2018
The last of 3 fun and hands-on cookery classes hosted by the Confucius Institute and led by Cracking Good Food open to anyone that would love the chance to make their own authentic…

Enhanced Humans?

11:00 - 16:00 7 December 2018
‘Enhanced Humans?’ is a collaborative pop-up exhibition created by University of Manchester MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students exploring medical innovation, health and human…

Mau Mau: heritage of violence and repression in colonial-era Kenya

17:00 11 December 2018
Manchester Centre for Archaeology and Egyptology Research Seminar

Aftershocks: The Armenian Earthquake and Humanitarianism at the End of the Cold War?

17:00 - 19:00 12 December 2018
On December 7 1988, an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck Armenia, killing an estimated 25,000 people, injuring 15,000, and devastating the cities of Spitak and Leninakan…

Gerhard Mercator's World Map - Danielle Gravon

17:00 - 18:30 12 December 2018
As part of the Art History and Cultural Practices seminar series, Danielle Gravon will be delivering a seminar entitled: "Art History and Cultural Practices, Gerhard Mercator's World…

Gerhard Mercator's World Map - Danielle Gravon

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr David Lamb (Manchester), "The Boundaries of Love: Us and Them Language in 1 John 2:19"

14:00 - 16:00 13 December 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…

Adam Rutherford: In Conversation

19:00 - 20:30 17 January 2019
The AHRC Double-Helix History project and Manchester Literature Festival are delighted to present an evening with self-proclaimed ‘author, broadcaster, scientist, geek’ Adam Rutherford.…

Confucius Institute Talk: China's Changing Consumer Markets

18:00 - 19:00 22 January 2019
How fashion manufacturers and retailers react on an ageing society in China Accessing the Chinese consumer involves understanding the unique platforms and drivers of purchases. Over…

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Between East and West

13:00 24 - 15:30 27 January 2019
Recent years have witnessed a dramatic rediscovery of the music of Mieczys?aw Weinberg (1919–1996), the Polish-born composer who twice escaped from Nazi invasions and finally settled…

Conference: Comics and Social Inequalities in Latin America

09:30 - 17:00 25 January 2019
The event is free but registration is essential. Click here to sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/comics-and-social-inequalities-in-latin-america-tickets-52953286706 0930-1000:…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof John Healey (Manchester), ‘The Syriac Bible and Its Status in Different Context’

14:00 - 16:00 31 January 2019
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…

Chinese New Year 2019

5 - 10 February 2019
Celebrate the Year of the Pig with the Confucius Institute! Chinese New Year is undoubtedly Manchester’s most bright and colourful annual celebration as the streets of Manchester will…

"Picturing the Chinese Dream" - Ros Holmes

17:00 - 18:30 6 February 2019
As part of the Whitworth Studies Seminars series, Dr Ros Holmes (Art History, Univeristy of Manchester) will be delivering a paper entitled "Picturing the 'Chinese Dream': Urban Imaginings…

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