School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

EAC Welcome Symposium

16:00 - 18:00 25 September 2019
Join us to start the year and celebrate new work by staff and students in EAC! Nicole Gipson, PhD student, American Studies 'A Call to Consciousness: Yetta Adams and the War on Homelessness…

Travels with Maps: a Journey through Spatial History Methods and Questions

04:00 - 05:30 25 September 2019
Digital Humanities Seminar Speaker Dr Katherine (Katie) McDonough, Senior Research Associate, The Alan Turing Institute Katie is a historian of eighteenth-century France working at…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Peter Oakes (University of Manchester) “Comparing Galatians and Romans.”

14:00 - 16:00 26 September 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…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Katie Edwards (Director of SIIBS, University of Sheffield) “Rape Myths and Gospel Truths: The Bible and Sexual Violence”.

16:00 - 17:30 26 September 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.

Dragon Boat paddling

10:00 - 12:00 28 September 2019
Students will have the opportunity to take part in regular dragon boat paddling sessions with Paddlers for Life at Debdale Outdoor Centre. If you can swim at least 50 metres and have…

Mid-Autumn Festival Gala

18:00 - 19:30 30 September 2019
Come and celebrate China’s second biggest annual festival with the Confucius Institute! We will be hosting a Festival Gala showcasing music and dance acts that are traditionally enjoyed…

CIDRAL Event: Gary Younge in conversation with Ellah Wakatama Allfrey

14:00 - 16:00 1 October 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism theme, presented in collaboration with Creative Manchester and the Centre for New Writing. Gary Younge,…

HCRI Research Seminar - The Rise of the Phoenix: Gender Equity in the Wildland Fire Profession

16:00 - 19:00 1 October 2019
HCRI kick start our research seminar series for the new term with guest speaker Dr Christine Eriksen and Dr Billy Haworth as Chair. Event title: The Rise of the Phoenix: Gender Equity…

The Complete Works: Gary Younge

18:45 - 20:00 1 October 2019
Part of: The Complete Works: Year 1 – Hope & Resistance Editor, critic & broadcaster Ellah Wakatama Allfrey OBE presents a brand-new series of in-depth interviews at HOME, in partnership…

How do you induce a sense of revelation? Wassily Kandinsky’s adaptation of techniques from Persian paintings

17:00 - 18:30 2 October 2019
Emily Christensen, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London How do you induce a sense of revelation? Wassily Kandinsky’s adaptation of techniques from Persian paintings

'A European obsession with vengeance: reclaiming ngozi spirits from the ethnographic record'

16:00 - 17:30 3 October 2019
History Department Research Seminar Diana Jeater (University of Liverpool) 'A European obsession with vengeance: reclaiming ngozi spirits from the ethnographic record'

Ehrhardt Seminar: Love, Boundaries & Sacred Texts Group Discussion and Planning

14:00 - 16:00 3 October 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…

The Heart of the Home: The Design and Material Culture of the Modern Kitchen

18:00 - 19:30 3 October 2019
Association for Art History Annual Public Lecture A Whitworth Studies Event Deborah Sugg Ryan, Professor of Design History and Theory, Plymouth University The Heart of the Home: The…

Valerie Fraser (Essex): 'Gordon Brotherstone's contribution to Latin American Studies'

4 October 2019
Ramsden Gybbon-Monypenny Commemorative Lecture, organised jointly by Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies and the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

CI Cookery Class

14:00 - 17:00 5 October 2019
We are hosting three fun and hands-on cookery classes led by Sam Sin from Koi Kitchen. Each class will have a different focus, allowing you to create a variety of authentic dishes.…

Global Harmonies Pop-up Choir

17:30 - 19:00 7 October 2019
As part of our Singing and Wellbeing initiative we invite you to join our new choir! An opportunity to explore thrilling rhythms and uplifting harmonies from around the world – from…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Elizabeth Stephens (Queensland): The Optimised Self: A Brief History of Time Management and the Quantified Body

17:00 - 19:00 8 October 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Elizabeth Stephens (University of Queensland) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'The Optimised Self: A Brief History…

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: Critical Genealogy as Method: Led by Elizabeth Stephens and Peter Cryle (Queensland)

14:00 - 16:00 9 October 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Elizabeth Stephens and Peter Cryle (University of Queensland) will lead a CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar entitled Critical Genealogy…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Wiktor Marzec (Warsaw): From Cotton and Smoke: Lodz – the Industrial City and Discourses of Ansynchronous Modernity

17:00 - 19:00 9 October 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Co-hosted by the Russia and Eastern European Studies Seminar. Wiktor Marzec (University of Warsaw) will deliver a public…

Confucius Institute Film Club

15:00 - 17:00 9 October 2019
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students, once again from October 2019! The club provides a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural…

Spatial History: Mapping the Past/Literary GIS: Close Reading with Digital Maps - Digital Humanities Seminar

16:00 - 17:30 9 October 2019
Luca Scholz (Lecturer in Digital Humanities) and Jo Taylor (Presidential Academic Fellow in Digital Humanities) will be discussing aspects of their research.

Digital Humanities Manchester Surgery

02:30 - 17:00 10 October 2019
Pragmatic Adventures in Open Scholarship This surgery will consist of two presentations, followed by discussion and consultation. The first talk, “Some Contexts and Pragmatics for Open…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Mary Mills (Newman University) “Memorialising Jeremiah’s Jerusalem: Walking the City with Walter Benjamin.”

14:00 - 16:00 10 October 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…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Kerry Pimblott (Manchester) “Beyond De-Christianization: Rethinking the Religious Landscapes and Legacies of Black Power in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter”

16:00 - 17:30 10 October 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.

Helping Refugees Past and Present (part of Journeys Festival International)

16:00 - 17:30 11 October 2019
A platform to understand why people engage in refugee work, what specific areas they’ve addressed, the challenges they encounter, but importantly, what keeps them going. The event will…

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