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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…

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 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…

Creative Writing Workshop (pupils Years 12&13) - supporting our Letters to a President writing competition for schools

17:30 - 18:30 22 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…

Novel Voices- Catherine Menon and Victoria Princewill

19:00 - 20:00 22 March 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 - ‘The Egyptian Coffee House’

14:00 - 16:00 23 March 2021
CIDRAL Online Events - Spring 2021 (Semester Two) Key Ideas Seminars Amina Elbendary and Dalia Moustafa, ‘The Egyptian Coffee House’ ZOOM Link - click on joining links Passcode: 932176

Gabriel Neiva (Manchester): Amerindian traditions in fictional writings: A literary panorama of the Guianas

17:00 - 18:30 24 March 2021
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series 2020/21. This event will be via Zoom. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/94462492930

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…

Realist Utopia: Houses and Neighbourhoods in 1920s and 1930s Milan

17:15 - 18:15 24 March 2021
Francesca Billiani (Italian Studies, University of Manchester) Realist Utopia: Houses and Neighbourhoods in 1920s and 1930s Milan Please pre-register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fr…

Call for Submissions: Chinese Language Video Festival

25 March - 15 April 2021
Take part in the first ever Chinese Language Video Festival which has recently launched to celebrate this year's United Nations Chinese Language Day. The event, organized by UNOG (the…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Christophe Nihan (University of Lausanne) ‘Ashdod’s Mice and Yhwh as a Plague God: Versions and Contexts in 1 Samuel 5’

14:00 - 16:00 25 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.…

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