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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…

CIDRAL Online Events - ‘Political Apologies Across Cultures’

17:00 - 19:00 13 April 2021
CIDRAL Online Events - Spring 2021 (Semester Two) Lecture Series: Crises and Recoveries Juliette Schaafsma et al. (Tilburg University), ‘Political Apologies Across Cultures’ ZOOM…

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 Literature Festival Spring 2021 Online Events- Caleb Femi Hosted by Vanessa Kisuule

19:30 8 - 12:00 30 April 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Thursday 8 April 2021 and be available to watch until 30 April. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. A rising star on the British…

Manchester Literature Festival Spring 2021 Online Events- Roger Robinson Hosted by Malika Booker

19:30 25 March - 12:00 30 April 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Thursday 25 March 2021 and be available to watch until 30 April. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. One of the most prominent…

CIDRAL Online Events - Anthropocene

14:00 - 16:00 14 April 2021
CIDRAL Online Events - Spring 2021 (Semester Two) Key Ideas Seminars Anke Bernau, ‘Anthropocene’ ZOOM link - click on joining links Passcode: 811486

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Professor David Clines (University of Sheffield) ‘Genesis 1: A Critique’

14:00 - 16:00 15 April 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.…

HCRI Research Seminar: Human Shields and the Struggle for Self-Determination in Gaza

15:00 - 17:00 15 April 2021
From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, from Sri Lanka to Iraq and from Yemen to…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: A. Scott McPeak (University of Manchester) “A New Frontier for Liberation Theology? Attention Colonisation in an Advanced Technological Age”

16:00 - 17:30 15 April 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…

Manchester Literature Festival Spring 2021 Online Events- Kazuo Ishiguro & Jackie Kay in Conversation

19:30 19 April - 12:00 17 May 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Mon 19 April 2021 and available to watch until 17 May. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. ‘Do you believe in the human heart?’…

Horatio Clare in Conversation with Beth Underdown

19:00 - 20:00 20 April 2021
Join Horatio Clare and Beth Underdown as they discuss Horatio's latest book, Heavy Light, which tells the story of Horatio’s journey through mania, psychosis and treatment in a psychiatric…

Ernesto Bassi (Cornell): The Plight of the San Antonio and the Viceroy’s Shattered Capitalist Dreams

17:00 - 18:30 21 April 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 Abstract:…

Manchester American Studies Seminar: The Henry Box Brown Lecture: Gargi Bhattacharyya “Mutations of Racial Capitalism”

17:00 - 18:30 21 April 2021
Part of the Manchester American Studies Seminar Series. The Henry Box Brown Lecture: Gargi Bhattacharyya (University of East London) “Mutations of Racial Capitalism”. Please contact…

Relationality and Performance: A Critical Genealogy

17:15 - 18:15 21 April 2021
Research seminar with Prof. Amelia Jones (Robert A. Day Professor and Vice Dean of Academics and Research in Roski School of Art & Design, University of Southern California) Please…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Professor Loveday Alexander (University of Sheffield) ‘“Down in the forest something stirred”: Reflections on Genre and Structure in Acts’

14:00 - 16:00 22 April 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.…

HCRI Research Seminar: Humanitarianism and Inequalities

15:00 - 17:00 22 April 2021
Professor Silke Roth (University of Southampton) will be addressing humanitarianism and inequality from an intersectional perspective including gender, nationality and class, address…

Novel Voices- Natasha Brown and Jarred McGinnis in Conversation with Ellah Wakatama

19:00 - 20:00 26 April 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…

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Kirsi Cobb (Cliff College) ‘“Look at what they’ve turned us into”: Reading the Story of Lot’s Daughters through the Lens of Trauma with a Little Help from the Handmaid’s Tale’

14:00 - 16:00 29 April 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.…

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…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Katja Stuerzenhofecker (Manchester) “An Act of Compassion? Normalizing Online Delivery of Jewish Orthodox Rituals and Female Participation Under COVID-19”

16:00 - 17:30 29 April 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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