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Humour and the Commodification of Suffering: Strategies of Cultural Resilience in Contemporary Art About this Event

17:15 - 18:30 25 November 2020
Framed by discussion of how humour in contemporary art differs to ‘everyday’ visual forms (memes, graffiti etc.), this talk considers how humour is used as a political strategy by artists…

"Let’s talk - Silencing the silence of suicide"

18:00 - 20:00 26 November 2020
Talk and debate around suicide and mental health issues amongst the student population. About this Event At a time of a global pandemic and international lockdown and the consequential…

Literature and Racism Panel Discussion (part of MACFEST)

17:00 - 18:00 7 December 2020
Join MACFEST for an exciting panel on Legacies of colonialism: Reading and Writing as a Resistance with Emily Zobel Marshall and Leyla Aboulela. A reader in Postcolonial Literature…

Online Talk: Discover China's popular winter food with Sam Sin

18:00 - 19:00 16 December 2020
Find out how people in China celebrate the Christmas season and what foods are eaten at this time of year. Following our successful face-to-face and virtual Chinese cooking tutorials,…

Does you Research have economic and/or social impacts?

12:30 - 14:00 20 January 2021
Join this online session January 20th to hear how the Innovation Factory and faculty Business Engagement team support academics in Humanities to create and maximise their value. Event…

TALK: Traditional Chinese New Year food with Sam Sin

16:00 - 17:00 10 February 2021
Find out how people in China celebrate Chinese New Year and what foods are eaten at this time of year. Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is China's…

MRC Come & See – Optimising sleep & managing stress

16:30 - 17:30 17 February 2021
Are you tired of being tired? Need some tips for managing stress and anxiety, especially during this time of social distancing? MRC Come & See are proud to announce Dr Marc Milstein…

The Masculinities of Humanitarianism: Governing and Gendering Syrian Refugee Men

15:00 - 17:00 18 February 2021
Dr Lewis Turner, Newcastle University, will be sharing material from his latest book, and discussing questions of masculinity and gender in humanitarianism. Exact agenda tbh Speaker…

‘Pro Bono to Private Client – Bridging the Gap'

16:30 - 18:00 23 February 2021
Marilyn Stowe Professional Career Educated at University of Leeds. (Law 2.1) Lecturer English law University of Le Mans 1 yr post graduate post. Solicitor Partner Grahame Stowe Bateson…

Wrongful Convictions: the Psychology of Human Error in Criminal Justice - POSTPONED DUE TO ILL HEALTH

16:30 - 18:30 3 March 2021
New Date - 17th March at 16:30 Professor Mark Godsey is a leading scholar, attorney and activist in the Innocence Movement In addition to teaching Criminal Law, Evidence and other…

Maxine Peake in Conversation

19:00 - 20:00 8 March 2021
Join Creative Manchester for an in conversation event with Maxine Peake, who has been appointed as Honorary Professor of Literature and Performance at The University of Manchester.…

Antibiotic Resistance Live Webinar

18:30 - 19:30 9 March 2021
Bacterial antibiotic resistance is on the rise globally, threatening modern medicine as we know it. Nearly every medical procedure, from cancer treatment and organ transplantation to…

Rape: Why Still Misunderstood?

15:00 - 16:30 9 March 2021
The challenges of prosecuting rape from the perspective of a former prosecutor and senior policy advisor About this Event Charlotte Triggs OBE has over 30 years experience in criminal…

Participatory crisis management and pandemic mitigation

10:00 - 11:00 12 March 2021
In this invited lecture at Pskov Statue University, Dr Elisa Pieri will share her research on participatory crisis management and pandemic mitigation. Her new book, 'Pandemics: The Basics' is out now.

MRC Come and See: What was your mother up to at your conception? The legacy of her experience across your lifetime...

16:00 - 17:00 17 March 2021
MRC Come and See are excited to announce our second speaker within the series of health talks! Professor Thomas Fleming is Emeritus Professor of Developmental Biology within Biological…

Institutional racism and social justice activism in the Church of England

17:30 - 18:30 24 March 2021
Join us for an online event with Fr. Azariah France-Williams on what it means to do anti-racist work in the Church of England and other institutions. This event will feature a public…

Online Talk: Gardening by the Moon – an insight into sustainable farming with Mark Frith

16:00 - 17:00 30 March 2021
Join us on 30 March for an online talk with experienced Horticulture Therapist Mark Frith, where we will be discussing the long-standing principle of gardening by the phases of the…

We can't breathe: Gary Younge in conversation with Zubaida Haque about race, class and Covid

13:45 - 15:15 31 March 2021
This event is organised by the Political Studies Association (PSA) as part of their 2021 annual conference. The Coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests have thrown issues…

"At Least We Don't Do That Here." How Europe (Mis)Understands Black America (Gary Younge)

18:00 - 19:00 12 April 2021
This talk, from Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, marks the opening of the British Sociological Association's 70th Anniversary Annual Conference, and it is open to all. Britain's…

Confucius Institute Talk: Daoism, TCM and the links to health preservation practice in China

16:00 - 17:00 14 April 2021
Tai Chi and Daoyin, which is also known as Qigong have become very popular in the western world due to their many health benefits. These gentle and flowing movements are a very effective…

‘CPS know the justice ain’t right, but the jury don’t‘

16:30 - 18:00 20 April 2021
Procedural unfairness and racial bias in the use of rap in criminal cases There has been a surge in criminal cases in which prosecutors seek to rely on rap lyrics and videos as incriminating…

Online Talk: The global appeal of the new generation of Chinese sci-fi writers

18:00 - 19:00 28 April 2021
If you have read books like The Three-Body Problem, you will agree that Chinese science fiction is a diverse and quite unique type of sci-fi. Back in 2019, we welcomed Xia Jia to Manchester…

Sociology seminar: Radical uncertainty, pandemic mitigation & participatory crisis management (Elisa Pieri)

16:00 - 17:00 28 April 2021
Sociology seminar, presented by Dr Elisa Pieri, University of Manchester. The current outbreak of COVID-19 is a stark reminder of our permanent exposure to risk of pandemic outbreaks.…

Humanitarianism and Human Rights: Book Launch and Roundtable

15:00 - 17:00 29 April 2021
The book, edited by Michael N Barnett, explores the fluctuating relationship between human rights and humanitarianism. For most of their lives, human rights and humanitarianism have…

Manchester Digital Collections: Tokens of Affection

12:00 - 12:45 6 May 2021
Join Angie McCarthy and Tony Richards from the John Rylands Research Institute and Library Imaging Team as they explore how portrait photographic jewellery has always been a sentimental…

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