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SPLAS CINE CLUB: Cronos

18:00 - 20:00 19 March 2019
Next Tuesday (19th of March) at 18.00 at Samuel Alexander A112, we will show “Cronos”, a film by Guillermo del Toro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy1CSVv_i7c&t=3s which Valentino will briefly introduce.

'Extra-Illustrating the Macklin Bible' - Naomi Billingsley

17:00 - 18:30 20 March 2019
As part of the Art History Research Seminar series, Dr Naomi Billingsley (John Rylands Research Institute and Art History and Cultural Practices) will be delivering a paper entitled:…

Confucius Institute Film Club

15:00 - 17:00 20 March 2019
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students once again! The club is providing a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural discussions on…

Garden Workshop

15:00 - 17:00 20 March 2019
In 2017, the Confucius Institute started to work with Hulme Community Garden Centre on the project of creating a Chinese garden that can be enjoyed by their visitors. The garden was…

LITERATURE LIVE: Valeria Luiselli

19:00 - 20:30 20 March 2019
Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to present a rare UK event with Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli. Described as ‘a writer of formidable talent, destined to be an important…

Ruskin Matters

13:00 - 16:30 20 March 2019
A free workshop of talks on the art critic and social reformer John Ruskin (1819-1900) demonstrating why Ruskin matters today. In partnership with Art History and English Studies at…

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture: Marie-Louise Coolahan (National University of Ireland: Galway), ‘The Reception and Circulation of Early Modern Women's Writing’

17:00 - 18:30 20 March 2019
Stachniewski Memorial Lecture

‘Modes of Memory: c. 1000-c.1600’

14:00 20 March 2019
Tom Quigley, 'Remembering the Cult of St. Petronius at Bologna, 1141-1402' (PGR History, University of Manchester) Alex Hurlow, 'Remembering the Frankish Past: Identity in Thirteenth-Century…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminary: 'Capital Letters', led by Thomas Docherty (Warwick)

14:00 - 16:00 21 March 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Thomas Docherty (Research Professor of English and of Comparative Literature) will lead a Key Ideas…

CTIS Seminar: Genealogies of Knowledge: New Directions in Corpus-based Translation Studies

14:00 - 15:30 21 March 2019
Genealogies of Knowledge is a large, interdisciplinary research project led by the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies in Manchester and funded by the Arts and Humanities…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Revd. Dr. Svetlana Khobnya (Nazarene Theological College) - ‘The Reality of Faithfulness in 1 Peter: To What Extent Does Peter Create a Model of Faithful Living?’

14:00 - 16:00 21 March 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…

HCRI Research Series: 10 Years of HCRI, Alison Howell

16:00 - 18:00 21 March 2019
HCRI celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a rich programme of events. Join us for our research seminar series featuring current and alumni colleagues, and current and alumni postgraduate…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Mr. Kevin Storer (University of Manchester) - ‘Kierkegaard on the Dialectic of Authority and Imagination: Reading the Bible as a Christian’

16:00 - 17:30 21 March 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.

¡Vino español! Vinho lusófono! for final year students

17:30 - 19:00 21 March 2019
We would like to invite all FINAL YEAR students to a special edition of the Café en español/Café Lusófono: ¡Vino español! Vinho lusófono! Please come along on Friday, 27 April, to…

'Circulating Capital: Northern Ireland and the Politics of Heritage' - Sarah Feinstein

17:00 - 18:30 27 March 2019
As part of the Art History Research Seminar series, Sarah Feinstein (Art History and Cultural Practices) will be delivering a paper entitled: 'Circulating Capital: Northern Ireland and the Politics of Heritage'

David Treece (King’s College London), ‘Samba and black activism in 1970s Brazil: Candeia and the Quilombo project’

17:00 - 18:30 27 March 2019
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Research Seminar Series. Room: Sam Alex A104

EAC Research Seminar: Peter Sabor (McGill) ‘Frances Burney d'Arblay and Hester Maria ('Queeney') Thrale Elphinstone: The Arc of a Sixty-Year Friendship’

17:00 - 18:30 27 March 2019
Peter Sabor holds the Canada Research Chair in Eighteenth-Century Studies at McGill University, where he is Director of the Burney Centre. He is the author and editor of more than twenty…

'One world or two worlds? Defining Britain's place in the world economy from Bretton Woods to Brexit'.

16:00 28 March 2019
Thursday 28 March - 4.15 pm, Ellen Wilkinson, Graduate School C1.18 Martin Daunton (University of Cambridge) 'One world or two worlds? Defining Britain's place in the world economy from Bretton Woods to Brexit'.

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Gergely Juhasz (Liverpool Hope University) - ‘From 1 Corinthians to Galatians: Unity and Discord as Hermeneutical Key for Protestant Self-Understanding in the Early Reformation’

14:00 - 16:00 28 March 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 Brush Painting

18:00 - 20:00 2 April 2019
Join us for our Chinese painting drop-in sessions, a new initiative with brush painting artist Stephen Woolley. Whether you would like to learn a new skill or are more experienced but…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Mark Payne (Chicago): 'Occupation and Mentation in Post-Apocalyptic Fiction'

17:00 - 19:00 2 April 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Mark Payne (Professor of Classics, University of Chicago) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'Occupation…

Research seminar: Dr Patrick Quinn (UCL), Geochemical Warfare: Exploring Elemental Patterning within Emperor Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Army, China

17:00 - 18:00 2 April 2019
Emperor Qin Shihuang’s ‘Terracotta Army’ is a ceramic assemblage of immense scale, importance and world renown. These c. 7,000 ornate life-sized ceramic soldiers and horses were installed…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: ‘Theorizing Catastrophe’ led by Mark Payne (Chicago)

13:00 - 15:00 3 April 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Mark Payne (Professor of Classics, University of Chicago) will lead a Key Ideas seminar entitled ‘Theorizing…

Garden Workshop

15:00 - 17:00 3 April 2019
In 2017, the Confucius Institute started to work with Hulme Community Garden Centre on the project of creating a Chinese garden that can be enjoyed by their visitors. The garden was…

Olivia Casagrande (Manchester) 'Manchas y parches: (Un)making the indigenous city through performance and critical mapping in Santiago, Chile'

17:00 - 18:30 3 April 2019
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Research Seminar. Venue: Sam Alex A215

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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