School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

CTIS Seminar: Technical Translation in 19th-Century Japan: Historicising and Decentring Notions of Translation

14:00 - 15:30 21 February 2019
The social and material conditions under which translation was carried out in late nineteenth-century Japan differ radically from our contemporary norms. Consequently, the concept of…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Revd. Dr. Dwight Swanson (Nazarene Theological College), ‘Conflicting Eschatologies: Jesus and the Mahdi (Christian and Shi’a apocalyptic expectation)’

14:00 - 16:00 21 February 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…

Manchester Medieval Society Seminar: Anke Bernau, 'Late medieval knots: Pain, Delight, Mystery'

18:00 - 19:30 21 February 2019
Late medieval knots: Pain, Delight, mystery Dr Anke Bernau Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Culture The University of Manchester Thursday 21 February 2019, 6.00pm Samuel Alexander Building, A116

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Mr. Amin Ehteshami (University of California, Berkeley) ‘The Pivot to Canonization: Scripturalist Hermeneutics in Premodern Iran’

16:00 - 17:30 21 February 2019
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.

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Sander Gilman (Emory): ‘The Humanities Make You a Better Person! A Foundational Myth About Higher Education’

17:00 - 19:00 26 February 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Sander Gilman (University Professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Emory University) will deliver…

'Home as a Site of Longing: Nazgol Ansarinia's Living Room (2005)' - Janelle Hixon

17:00 27 February 2019
As part of the Art History Research Seminar series, Janelle Hixon (PhD Candidate, Art History and Cultural Practices) will be delivering a paper entitled: 'Home as a Site of Longing:…

Bert Sundström: 'What's going on in Russia and the World: the RT reality or REAL reality?'

16:30 - 18:00 27 February 2019
Moscow Correspondent for SVT (Swedish Public Service Broadcaster) Bert Sundström discusses his own experiences as a journalist in Russia, the role of Russian State propaganda and media…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: ‘The Humanities and Professional Education: Fables and Fallacy’ led by Sander Gilman (Emory)

13:00 - 15:00 27 February 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Sander Gilman (University Professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences, Emory University) will lead a…

Confucius Institute Film Club

15:00 - 17:00 27 February 2019
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students once again from February! The club is providing a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural…

Maria del Pilar Blanco (Oxford): 'The Queer Art of Modernismo: Mexico’s Revista Moderna (1898-1911)'

17:00 - 18:30 27 February 2019
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Research Seminar. Venue: Uni Place_2.217

CTIS Seminar: 'A Splendid Innovation’: The Invention of Subtitling in the US and UK

14:00 - 15:30 28 February 2019
This paper draws on two ongoing research projects: a British-Academy-funded project on British women subtitlers of the 1930s and 1940s, and a larger book-length project on the history…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Katie Edwards (The University of Sheffield)

14:00 - 16:00 28 February 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…

Leyendas del tiempo: el flamenco durante la transición española

18:30 - 20:30 28 February 2019
The Transition is the time in which great flamenco artists like Camarón de la Isla, Enrique Morente and Paco de Lucía became stars; but it is also a period in which more marginal artists…

Chinese Cookery Class: Sushi

14:30 - 17:30 1 March 2019
The Confucius Institute is hosting a fun and hands-on cookery class led by Cracking Good Food, open to anyone that would love the chance to make their own authentic dish! During the…

"The Many Lives of Leonardo" - Luke Uglow

14:00 - 15:00 2 March 2019
Dr Luke Uglow, Lecturer in Art History, University of Manchester will give an illustrated lecture about the legends and myths of the artist’s afterlife from the 16th to 21st century.…

Using a portable luminescence reacher

17:00 - 18:00 5 March 2019
Dr Abi Stone (University of Manchester) will be giving a talk on 'Using a portable luminescence reader: Making sand glow out in the field, or back in the lab, to unravel site stratigraphies…

'Spratt’s Flaps: Using Books and Learning Midwifery in the Early Nineteenth Century' - Rebecca Whiteley

17:00 - 18:30 6 March 2019
As part of the Art History Research Seminar series, Dr Rebecca Whiteley (The John Rylands Research Institute), will be presenting a paper entitled: 'Spratt’s Flaps: Using Books and…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: ‘On Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement’ led by Zoë Svendsen (Cambridge)

13:00 - 15:00 6 March 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Zoë Svendsen (Lecturer in Drama and Performance, University of Cambridge) will lead a key ideas seminar…

Confucius Institute Film Club

15:00 - 17:00 6 March 2019
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students once again from February! The club is providing a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural…

CTIS Seminar: Translators as ‘Committed People Helping Others’: Responsibilization and the Role of For-Profit Institutions in Framing Discourses on Volunteer Translators

14:00 - 15:30 7 March 2019
Increasing global connectivity and transnational mobility of people and commodities have underlined the importance of translation taking place in institutional settings. Within Translation…

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