School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Christian Fuchs (Westminster): Capitalism and Communication: Critical Theory in the Age of the Internet and Communicative/Digital Capitalism

17:30 - 19:00 4 February 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programme. Christian Fuchs, professor of media and communication studies and Director of the Communication…

Seminar: Fugitive Words: Deep Learning and the Deep Past in Australia

16:00 - 17:30 4 February 2020
Digital Humanities Seminar to be given by Dr Michael Falk, Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of Kent. Dr Falk is a digital humanist and scholar of eighteenth-century…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: Christian Fuchs (Westminster): Internet Platforms, Social Media & Society

14:00 - 16:00 5 February 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programme. Christian Fuchs, professor of media and communication studies and Director of the Communication…

Andreas Wirsching (Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Munich) 'Towards a Neo-Liberal Europe? Economic Change, Globalization, and European Integration'

16:00 - 18:30 6 February 2020
4.15 - 5.30: 6 February (Sam Alex_A101) Andreas Wirsching (Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Munich) 'Towards a Neo-Liberal Europe? Economic Change, Globalization, and European Integration'

CTIS Seminar: Fascism through the Lens of Translation: A Comparative Study of Four Regimes

14:00 - 15:30 6 February 2020

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof Bernard Jackson (University of Manchester Emeritus) ‘Ruth, Rachel and Domestic Religion’

14:00 - 16:00 6 February 2020
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 Sarah Thieme (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) “Contested Communities? Churches in the De-industrialized Cities of Manchester and Essen, 1960–1990”

16:00 - 17:30 6 February 2020
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.

HCRI Careers in Humanitarianism Day

09:30 - 18:00 7 February 2020
Are you considering a career in the humanitarian sector? If so, join us for a fantastic day of presentations, discussion and advice from current leaders in the field of humanitarianism.…

New Russias 2020 - the first UK festival dedicated to contemporary Russian culture

7 - 9 February 2020
New Russias is a brand-new initiative aimed at introducing contemporary Russian culture to the British public in all its diversity and richness. The festival takes place over three…

Russian Culture after 2010 Symposium

10:30 - 18:00 7 February 2020
The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC) at The University of Manchester will host this symposium, in which leading scholars from across the world will discuss the state of…

Belonging and alienation in academic practices. Panel and plenary discussion

15:00 - 18:00 12 February 2020
The Centre for Jewish Studies and the Jewish-Muslim Research Network are hosting a panel and plenary on “Belonging and alienation in academic practices: Jewish studies and Jewish identities…

Dr Christine Okoth, 'Black Aesthetics of Extraction' and Dr Emily Raymundo, 'Beige Empire: Netflix in Japan'

17:00 - 19:00 12 February 2020
EAC Research Seminar

Eve Hayes De Kalaf (Liverpool): 'Organising Citizens: Legal Identity, Access to Documentation and Race in the Contemporary Dominican Republic'

17:00 - 18:30 12 February 2020
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies seminar series. Abstract: Legal identity is a global story. Over the coming decade, states are aiming to provide all people,…

CTIS Seminar: Process and Situatedness: Two Aspects of Interpreting that Corpus Studies Cannot Handle – or Can They?

14:00 - 15:30 13 February 2020

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Stephen Barton (University of Manchester and Durham University) ‘Paul and Mental Health’

14:00 - 16:00 13 February 2020
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…

CI Cookery Classes

14:00 - 17:00 15 February 2020
Manchester Confucius Institute is hosting three fun and hands-on cookery classes led by Sam Sin from Koi Kitchen. Each class will have a different theme and focus, allowing you to create…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Bryan Cheyette (Reading), 'Beyond Ghettos of the Imagination: From Venice to L.A.'

17:00 - 19:00 18 February 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programme. Bryan Cheyette, Professor of English Literature, University of Reading, will deliver a public…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: Bryan Cheyette (Reading), 'The Metaphorical Thinking of Zygmunt Bauman'

14:00 - 16:00 19 February 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programmes Professor Bryan Cheyette (Professor of English Literature, University of Reading), will lead…

Confucius Institute Talk: Contemporary Chinese Printmaking

16:30 - 17:30 19 February 2020
To celebrate the launch of our contemporary Chinese woodblock print exhibition 'The Soul of the Black Earth', we will be joined by artist Dr Weimin He from Oxford. Dr He is one of the…

Exhibition: The Soul of the Black Earth - 60 years of Contemporary Chinese Printmaking

19 February - 13 March 2020
The Confucius Institute is delighted to bring this fascinating exhibition to Manchester, telling the story of four generations of printmakers from Heilongjiang Province in the north-east…

CTIS Seminar: Marketing Literature, Books in Translation, and Routes to the UK Market

14:00 - 15:30 20 February 2020

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Robert Evans (University of Chester) ‘“See what you hear” (Mark 4.24): Reflections on Translation and the BSL Bible from a (Hearing) Biblical Scholar’

14:00 - 16:00 20 February 2020
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…

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