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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…

EAC Research Seminar: John Plotz (Brandeis) 'Laughter is from Mars: Science Fiction as Satire and Game'

17:00 - 18:30 3 April 2019
John Plotz is a professor of English at Brandeis University who specializes in Victorian literature and the novel. He is the author of The Crowd: British Literature and Public Politics…

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

Claire Bishop - "Information Overload: Research Based Art and the Politics of Attention"

17:00 4 April 2019
As part of the Whitworth Studies Seminars series, Claire Bishop, Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History and Cultural Practices, The University of Manchester (and Professor of…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Dominika Kurek-Chomycz (Liverpool Hope University) - ‘The Wedded Wife of Romans 7:1-6’

14:00 - 16:00 4 April 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…

History and scale: early modern global microhistories

16:00 4 April 2019
Thursday 4 April - 4.15pm, Samuel Alexander A113. Anne Gerritsen (University of Warwick) and Adrianna Catena (University of Warwick) 'History and scale: early modern global microhistories'.

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Reverend Canon Professor John Rodwell (Honorary Research Fellow, Lincoln Theological Institute) - ‘From Curiosity to Commodity: Making Claims on Nature’

16:00 - 17:30 4 April 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.

Dragonboat Training

13:00 - 15:30 27 April 2019
Would you like to try out a slightly different sport? Well, if you can swim at least 50 metres and have some team spirit, look no further and join us for some Dragonboat paddling in…

Daiara Tukano: Brazil’s indigenous peoples: Struggle, Resistance, and Art

18:00 - 19:30 29 April 2019
Brazilian indigenous artist and activist Daiara Tukano will be talking to students and the public in general about the situation of Brazilian native peoples under the current government. All welcome.

The Next Wave: Canadian Poetry in the 21st Century

19:00 - 21:00 29 April 2019
"What The Next Wave shows us is that little self-involved garrison outpost has been completely overrun, and everything is up for grabs. What is poetry? What is Canadian? What should…

Chinese Brush Painting

18:00 - 20:00 30 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…

'Feminine Abstraction' - Jadranka Ryle

17:00 - 18:30 1 May 2019
As part of the Art History Research Seminar series, Jadranka Ryle (PhD Candidate, Art History and Cultural Practices), will be delivering a paper entitled: #Feminine abstraction: the…

Confucius Institute Film Club

15:00 - 17:00 1 May 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…

Inma Pedregosa (University of Roehampton): Mediation: Lessons from the CEFR Companion Volume and first ideas on how to teach and assess “the fifth skill”

17:00 - 18:30 1 May 2019
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Research Seminar Series.

Shirley Ye (Birmingham) 'The Politics and Education of Water Control in Republican China'

16:00 1 May 2019
Wednesday 1 May - 4.15 pm, Samuel Alexander A113. Shirley Ye (Birmingham) 'The Politics and Education of Water Control in Republican China'.

CTIS Seminar: Claiming and Recognizing Expertise in Climate Science Internet Discourse: A Corpus-based Approach

14:00 2 May 2019

Noorah al Gailani - "Uzbek Suzani embroideries"

17:00 - 18:30 2 May 2019
As part of the Whitworth Studies Seminars series, Noorah al Gailani, Curator of Islamic Civilisations, Glasgow Museums, The Burrell Collection, will be delivering a paper entitled "Uzbek…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Carl Kilcourse (Manchester Metropolitan University) - ‘Conflict in the Heavenly Capital’

16:00 - 17:30 2 May 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.

The G. L. Brook Memorial Lecture in Middle English: Prof. Corinne Saunders (Durham), 'Imagination and Revelation: Thinking Voices and Visions in Medieval English Writing'

17:30 - 19:00 2 May 2019
The Brook Lecture, part of the English and American Studies seminar series, honours the memory of G.L. Brook, Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature at Manchester…

CI Poetry Talk: The Charm of Chinese Culture

15:00 - 17:00 7 May 2019
Chinese culture has a long history, profound knowledge, and endless charm. Be part of this public talk and get to know more about Chinese literature, Chinese poetry, as well as China’s…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Dominique Rogers (Antilles): Between Racialization and Appropriation: Patterns of Belonging for Free People of Colour in Saint-Lucia, Martinique and French Saint-Domingue

17:00 - 19:00 7 May 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Dominique Rogers (University of the Antilles) will deliver a public lecture entitled ‘Between Racialization…

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