School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Debating Buddhist Translations in Cyberspace: The Buddhist Online Discussion Forum as a Discursive and Epitextual Space

13:00 - 14:30 21 January 2021
Recent research in contemporary Buddhist studies has evinced a growing interest in how Buddhism is constructed and performed in the digital space (Grieve and Veidlinger 2015), and how…

Letters to a President - A National Writing Competition for School Pupils

21 January - 30 April 2021
This spring the University of Manchester’s programme in American Studies is asking UK school students in Years 9- 13 to write “Letters to a President”, to the incoming US presidential…

Pablo Hernandez Sau (Manchester): tbc

26 January 2021
Part of the University of Manchester's Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies' research seminar series. This event will be via Zoom. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/93328853287 Details to follow soon.

The 8 Brocades of Qigong – an easy to follow feel-good routine

14:00 - 15:00 27 January 2021
Join us for a live tutorial of this easy to follow physical and spiritual routine of an ancient Chinese exercise! Last November, we held a Zoom exercise class introducing the 8 Brocades…

Bogdanow Online Holocaust Event 2021

18:00 - 19:00 9 February 2021
The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce the 2021 Bogdanow Lecture in Holocaust Studies will be delivered by Oscar-winning film director László…

Bogdanow Masterclass 2021 'Film in the Face of Historical Crisis' - for University of Manchester students and staff

14:00 - 16:00 10 February 2021
The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce the 2021 Bogdanow Lecture in Holocaust Studies will be delivered by Oscar-winning film director László…

Nicole Bonino (UoM): “Cities on the Edge: Urban Migration, Art, and Eco-Hybridity in the Southern Cone”

17:00 - 18:00 10 February 2021
Part of the University of Manchester's Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies' research seminar series. This event will be via Zoom. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/94462492930…

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Justin Daneshmand (University of Manchester) ‘Vanishing Jesus Parallels: An Examination of Jesus’ Emmaus Disappearance (Luke 24:31b) and Literary Analogues’

14:00 - 16:00 11 February 2021
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.…

Pushkin on Grafton Street: Translating Russian Literature into Irish

13:00 - 14:30 11 February 2021
Why would anyone translate Russian literature into the Irish language? Given that authors, translators and publishers deplore the lack of readers for translated fiction in English,…

Careers in Humanitarianism Day 2021

12 February 2021
Our annual Careers in Humanitarianism Day is returning for the 8th time in February 2021 - virtually! This is a brilliant opportunity for our students, and wider community, to hear…

CIDRAL Online Events - ‘Climate Emergency Music, Art and Activism: Artivism’

14:00 - 16:00 17 February 2021
CIDRAL Online Events - Spring 2021 (Semester Two) Key Ideas Seminars Kevin Malone, ‘Climate Emergency Music, Art and Activism: Artivism’ Kevin Malone, Reader in Composition, participated…

On The Origin of the Milky Way

17:15 - 18:30 17 February 2021
Professor Marcia Pointon On The Origin of the Milky Way (1637) by Peter Paul Rubens: Astronomy, Astrology and Mythology in early modern Europe Please pre-register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbri…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Professor Philip Alexander (University of Manchester) ‘The Post-70 Jewish Apocalypses and Jewish Eschatological Hopes at the End of the First Century’

14:00 - 16:00 18 February 2021
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: Dr Leah Payne (George Fox University, Oregon) “Gender and Pentecostal Revivalism: Making a Female Ministry in the Early Twentieth Century”

16:00 - 17:30 18 February 2021
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…

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…

Centre for New Writing Macaronic Poetry Evening (part of International Mother Language Day)

17:30 - 18:30 19 February 2021
Join us online for an evening celebrating bilingual poetry and macaronic poetry, which uses a mixture of languages. There will be an opportunity to hear readings in English, but which…

Mandarin Taster Sessions (part of International Mother Language Day)

12:30 - 13:30 19 February 2021
Join a fun language taster session to find out what it is like to learn Mandarin from the comfort of your own home! You will have the chance to get an insight into our online teaching…

Mandarin Taster Sessions (part of International Mother Language Day)

12:30 - 13:30 22 February 2021
Join a fun language taster session to find out what it is like to learn Mandarin from the comfort of your own home! You will have the chance to get an insight into our online teaching…

Novel Voices: Meng Jin and J.A. Mensah

19:00 - 20:00 22 February 2021
Taking place between February and April 2021, Novel Voices is a five-part, online series featuring Ellah P. Wakatama in conversation with 10 debut authors who are helping to shape 2021's…

CIDRAL Online Events - Covid-19 and the Medicalization of Social Life

17:00 - 19:00 23 February 2021
CIDRAL Online Events - Spring 2021 (Semester Two) Lecture Series: Crises and Recoveries James Heartfield (Independent Researcher), ‘Covid-19 and the Medicalization of Social Life’…

Decolonising Mother Tongues (part of International Mother Language Day)

19:00 - 20:30 23 February 2021
Hear from a panel on decolonising translation, chaired by Dr. Kavita Bhanot, who writes on mother-tongue shame, translating across generations, and decolonising translation. Kavita…

Manchester American Studies Seminar: Duncan Faherty, 'Universal Emancipation'

17:00 - 18:30 24 February 2021
Part of Manchester American Studies Seminar Series. Discussing paper by by Duncan Faherty of Queens College, CUNY, "'Universal Emancipation!': New York’s Print Public Sphere and Haunting…

Patricio Simonetto (UCL): 'Queens between theatres and the streets. The global making of travestis’ popular culture and daily life technologies'

17:00 - 18:00 24 February 2021
Part of the University of Manchester's Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies' research seminar series. This talk will be online. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/94462492930…

“Manchester’s DNA” 1. Launch Workshop

14:00 - 15:00 25 February 2021
A virtual, recorded session engaging pupils from Manchester schools to explore the identity, language and ethnicity that makes Manchester so richly diverse. A toolkit of resources will…

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