School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Megan Warner (Northern College) ‘Abraham and the World-View of Deutero-Isaiah’

14:00 - 16:00 25 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.…

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…

“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…

Manchester’s DNA: 2. Poet in Residence Workshop (part of International Mother Language Day)

14:00 - 15:00 26 February 2021
Poetry can provide an insight into the richly diverse and dynamic communities that make up Greater Manchester. Newly appointed, award-winning ‘Poet in Residence’, Zaffar Kunial will…

Creative Writing Workshop (pupils Years 9-11) - supporting our Letters to a President writing competition for schools

16:00 - 17:00 1 March 2021
Join us for a free creative writing workshop on letter writing, offered in collaboration with the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing and supporting our American Studies…

CIDRAL Online Events - ‘China’s Mass Internment of the Uyghurs and the Role of Scholarship’

17:00 - 19:00 2 March 2021
CIDRAL Online Events - Spring 2021 (Semester Two) Lecture Series: Crises and Recoveries: Rian Thum (University of Manchester), ‘China’s Mass Internment of the Uyghurs and the Role…

Bombing Walls: Graffiti and Street Art in Conflict-Affected Spaces

15:00 - 17:00 4 March 2021
Join the ICCG for a discussion on 'Bombing walls: Perspectives on the functions of graffiti and street art in conflict-affected spaces' The International Consortium for Conflict Graffiti…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Joseph Brennan (Nazarene Theological College) ‘Sociopolitical Frameworks of the Ephesian Household’

14:00 - 16:00 4 March 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.…

Samuel Ferguson Lecture 2021: Dr Rowan Williams (University of Cambridge) “The Liturgy After the Liturgy: A Russian Approach to Social Theology in the Mid-20th Century”

16:00 - 17:30 4 March 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…

International Women’s Day: Inspirational Women Graduates Event

12:00 - 13:00 8 March 2021
To celebrate International Women’s Day, the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures is delighted to welcome back four inspirational women graduates to discuss their careers and how they…

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.…

CIDRAL Online Events - ‘Afrofuturism’

14:00 - 16:00 10 March 2021
CIDRAL Online Events - Spring 2021 (Semester Two) Key Ideas Seminars Natalie Zacek, ‘Afrofuturism’ ZOOM link - click on joining links Passcode: 888153

Cultural Rejuvenation, Reciprocal Engagement & Unconditional Repatriation

17:15 - 18:15 10 March 2021
Stephen Welsh (Independent Curator & Consultant) - Cultural Rejuvenation, Reciprocal Engagement & Unconditional Repatriation Please pre-register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research…

Manchester American Studies Seminar: James West: “Getting on the Negro History Bandwagon: Selling Black History in Modern America”

17:00 - 18:30 10 March 2021
Part of the Manchester American Studies Seminar Series, discussing paper by James West of Northumbria University, "Getting on the Negro History Bandwagon: Selling Black History in Modern…

Pablo Alabarces (Universidad de Buenos Aires/ CONICET): 'Pospopulares: las culturas populares después de la hibridación'

17:00 - 18:30 10 March 2021
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar. This event will be via Zoom. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/94462492930 Abstract: Pospopulares:…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Rev. Dr David Lamb (University of Manchester) ‘Evaluating Jesus and Other 'Heroes': Appraisal Theory, Biographies and the Gospel of John’

14:00 - 16:00 11 March 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.…

Novel Voices: Namina Forna and Justin Deabler in Conversation with Ellah Wakatama

19:30 - 20:30 15 March 2021
Join us for a five-part series featuring Ellah P. Wakatama in conversation with 10 debut authors who are shaping 2021's literary landscape. The second event taking place on 15 March…

CIDRAL Online Events - ‘Historical Apologies: Legitimate Means to Recover from Crises?’

17:00 - 19:00 16 March 2021
CIDRAL Online Events - Spring 2021 (Semester Two) Lecture Series: Crises and Recoveries James Murphy (University of the West of England), ‘Historical Apologies: Legitimate Means to…

Creative Writing Workshop with CPs Day Off

15:00 - 17:00 18 March 2021
Writing can be fun, extremely useful for self-development, and a shared experience as well as a means of self-expression. Yet, many of us grow up seeing writing as something bound…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Samuel Hildebrandt ‘The Bird on the Roof, the City on the Hill: Images of Isolation in the Hebrew Bible’

14:00 - 16:00 18 March 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: Darius Samadian (University of Manchester) “The Apophatic Philosophy of Karl Jaspers”

16:00 - 17:30 18 March 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…

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