School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Daisy Johnson and Sophie Mackintosh in conversation with Jeanette Winterson

12:00 - 13:00 23 October 2020
Two rising stars of the UK literary scene, both Daisy Johnson and Sophie Mackintosh excel in creating atmospheric tales centred around women and girls. Sophie’s dystopian Blue Ticket…

Maaza Mengiste In conversation with Kamila Shamsie

16:00 - 17:00 23 October 2020
These aren’t the days to pretend you’re only a wife or a sister or a mother, she says. We’re more than this. In her stunning Booker Prize shortlisted novel, The Shadow King, Maaza…

Romalyn Ante, Will Harris & Nina Mingya Powles

12:00 - 13:00 24 October 2020
Three exciting young poets read from their debut collections. What unites the work of all three is their exploration of the self, what it means to be multi-heritage in today’s world,…

Tayari Jones & Brit Bennett n conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama

16:00 - 17:00 24 October 2020
How do you live with the kind of secret that could explode someone’s entire life? In Tayari Jones’ Silver Sparrow, Dana and her mother have always known that James, their father and…

Ali Smith in conversation with Kamila Shamsie

14:00 - 15:00 25 October 2020
Well, that’s what art is, maybe. Something that impresses mysteriously on you and you don’t know why. Over the past four years, Ali Smith has created both a work of art and a chronicle…

Angela Davis & Jackie Kay in conversation

18:00 - 19:00 25 October 2020
Angela Davis is an icon who, for over 50 years, has inspired others through her political thinking, activism and leadership. One of the world’s most prominent social justice campaigners,…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Elizabeth Shively (University of St Andrews) ‘The Benefit of Applying a Multidimensional Cognitive Model to Gospel Genre Studies’

14:00 - 16:00 29 October 2020
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. This semester all sessions will take place online via Zoom. To register to attend, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk.…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Professor George Pattison (University of Glasgow) “Love Came Down at Christmas”

16:00 - 17:30 29 October 2020
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This semester the seminars will take place online via Zoom - please register to receive the link by emailing…

American Studies Research Seminar: Race and Sexuality in 19th Century Baltimore

17:00 - 18:30 4 November 2020
Paige Glotzer (University of Wisconsin) and Katie Hemphill (University of Arizona) in conversation about race and sexuality in 19th and 20th century Baltimore, hosted by Natalie Zacek. Open to all.

Live Tutorial: The 8 Brocades of Qigong – a 10min feel-good routine to start your day

13:00 - 14:00 4 November 2020
Join us for a live tutorial of this easy to follow physical and spiritual routine of an ancient Chinese exercise! Qigong, also known as Chinese yoga is a gentle form of exercise that…

Robert Spencer and Anastasia Valassopoulos (EAC), ‘New Directions in Postcolonial Studies’

12:00 - 14:00 4 November 2020
CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminars

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Charlotte Hempel (University of Birmingham) ‘The Community Rules: Florilegia from a Forthcoming Commentary’

14:00 - 16:00 5 November 2020
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. This semester all sessions will take place online via Zoom. To register to attend, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk.…

HCRI and UK-MED: A partnership to tackle growing humanitarian need

18:00 - 19:00 10 November 2020
Today, more people are in need of humanitarian assistance than ever before. An increasing number of disease outbreaks, natural disasters and conflict is placing additional strain on…

Vision and Value: Cotton and the Materiality of Race

12:00 11 November 2020
This talk examines the visual relationship between the cotton trade and the representation of the black body in American culture, using historical case studies and contemporary art.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Richard Burridge (King’s College, London) ‘Is “NT Ethics” A Genre Mistake? Methodological Reflections in debate with Gustafson and Hays’

14:00 - 16:00 12 November 2020
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. This semester all sessions will take place online via Zoom. To register to attend, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk.…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Rob Kanter (University of Manchester) “Interactions between British Converts to Islam and Anglo-Jewry, c.1900-39”

16:00 - 17:30 12 November 2020
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This semester the seminars will take place online via Zoom - please register to receive the link by emailing…

Research Seminar: Putin's Human Rights

15:00 - 17:00 12 November 2020
Join Sergei Nikitin (former Director of the Amnesty International representative office in Russia) and chair Dr Luke Kelly (HCRI) for a virtual seminar covering difficulties faced by…

Sarah Price (University of Sheffield), ‘Crisis or Evolution? The Continuing Challenge of Finding Audiences for Classical Music’

17:00 - 19:00 17 November 2020
CIDRAL Lecture Series: Crises and Recoveries

Sheena Kalayil (Modern Languages), ‘Being a Writer of Colour in the UK Literary Industry’

16:00 - 18:00 18 November 2020
CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminars

The Book of Shanghai: Chen Danyan & Wang Zhanhei in conversation

14:00 - 15:00 18 November 2020
Join us for a literary exploration of the city of Shanghai as part of a very special event, showcasing Comma's city anthology The Book of Shanghai, which features ten contemporary Chinese…

CTIS Research Seminars 2020-2021 | Media Accessibility: New environments, New Hybrid Audiovisual Modalities by Anna Matamala (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

13:00 - 14:30 19 November 2020
Media Accessibility: New environments, New Hybrid Audiovisual Modalities This session will consist of two parts, both of which aim to illustrate how integrating knowledge from other…

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