School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

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…

Chen Qiufan and Xia Jia at Manchester Literature Festival

14:00 - 15:00 12 October 2019
We are delighted to welcome two of China’s most acclaimed science fiction writers to MLF. Chen Qiufan (aka Stanley Chan) is the author of Waste Tide. Set in the world’s largest e-waste…

Literature Live: Emilie Pine & Sinéad Gleeson

16:30 - 17:45 13 October 2019
Women’s bodies are the site of continued discussion, speculation and law-making, but in their outstanding essay collections, Notes to Self and Constellations, Irish writers Emilie Pine…

HCRI Research Seminar - Literary Activism in 21st Century Africa: Notes on Publics, Commons and Networks

16:00 - 19:00 15 October 2019
HCRI's second research seminar of the new term will be with guest speaker Professor Madhu Krishnan. Event title: Literary Activism in 21st Century Africa: Notes on Publics, Commons…

Bethan Fisk (Leeds): 'Slavery and sacramental politics between Colombia’s two coasts'

17:00 - 18:30 16 October 2019
Conceptually the sacrament of baptism was a key tool in colonial governance of slavery in the Iberian world, yet the ways in which the ritual was practiced were contingent on the age,…

Modern Architecture Through the Lens of Antisemitism, and Vice Versa

17:00 - 18:30 16 October 2019
Leslie Topp, Birkbeck College, University of London Modern Architecture Through the Lens of Antisemitism, and Vice Versa Respondent: Matthew Jefferies, German Studies, The University…

US Content at A-Level – Free CPD Workshop for teachers

16:00 - 18:30 16 October 2019
For teachers of A-level History, English Literature and/or Film Studies The University of Manchester’s American Studies programme is delighted to announce a workshop for teachers…

CTIS Seminar: Leading the Translational Dance: Music as Instrument of Translation

14:00 - 15:30 17 October 2019
This talk will explore how music not only undergoes different forms of translation but how it can be a model for and an instrument of translation, aesthetically, socially and emotionally.…

Manson Memorial Lecture - Prof. Andréas Dettwiler (University of Geneva) ‘Pauline Churches as “Learning Spaces” – Colossians and Ephesians as a Test Case’

14:00 - 16:00 17 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…

Global Harmonies Pop-up Choir

17:30 - 19:00 21 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: Stephanie Schnurr (Warwick): Challenging Hegemonic Notions of Leadership Through Storytelling: Experiences From Professionals Around the Globe

17:00 - 19:00 22 October 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Stephanie Schnurr (University of Warwick) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'Challenging Hegemonic Notions of Leadership…

Confucius Institute Talk: Lao Zi – the law governing all laws

18:00 - 19:00 22 October 2019
Lao Zi, the first philosopher of Chinese Daoism has shaped Chinese philosophy and is highly respected in all circles in China; he was a venerated philosopher to the Confucians; to the…

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: Leadership, Gender and Culture: How Discourse Analysis Can Help Make Sense of Abstract Concepts: Led by Stephanie Schnurr (Warwick)

14:00 - 16:00 23 October 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Stephanie Schnurr (University of Warwick) will lead a CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar entitled 'Leadership, Gender and Culture:…

Confucius Institute Film Club

15:00 - 17:00 23 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…

Critical MASS Research Seminar

17:00 - 19:00 23 October 2019
Dr Gordon Fraser (University of Manchester), ‘Star Territory: Printing the Universe in Nineteenth-Century America' Dr Myka Tucker-Abramson (University of Warwick), ‘Four theses on…

CTIS Seminar: "Subtitles Must Go!" The Invention, Innovation and Diffusion of Dubbing

14:00 - 15:30 24 October 2019
My presentation draws on a three-year research project funded by the British Academy which investigates the transatlantic development and diffusion of interlingual dubbing in the years…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Benedict Kent (University of Manchester) "Graeco-Roman Curse Tablets and Paul’s Cursing in Galatians.”

14:00 - 16:00 24 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: Caleb Gordon (Manchester) "Theology, Aesthetics & Environmental Ethics: A Critical Proposal for the Inclusion of Aesthetic Experience[...]”

16:00 - 17:30 24 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.

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