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Israel-Palestine: Where is the UN?

13:00 - 17:00 15 June 2021
In recent months, Palestinians in the occupied territory have once again been feeling the devastating impact of a barrage of Israeli airstrikes, forced evictions, and mass arrests.…

Online Talk: Reaching my career goals - architect Jing Wu answers your questions!

13:00 - 14:00 22 June 2021
For our second talk with a specific career focus, we are welcoming Mr Jing Wu, who has ample experience in the architectural and engineering industry in Europe and Asia. He will share…

Glamour as Resistance

15:00 - 17:00 30 June 2021
Join us for our exclusive Pride Month event with the wonderful Madison Moore, author of Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric. This talk explores fabulousness, glamour and…

Prosecuting Rap: Criminal Justice and UK Black Youth Expressive Culture

15:00 - 18:30 2 July 2021
This multidisciplinary online workshop explores how rap and black youth culture is monitored, policed and (mis)used as criminal evidence. Rap is a leading youth cultural form in the…

Screen & Talk

10:00 2 - 22:00 9 July 2021
Online panel discussion and film streaming of 'Wall' (2017), 2 - 9 July, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester, in collaboration with UK Jewish Film. The Centre for…

Beyond the Avant-Garde? Rethinking the Vanguard in British Music since 1970

09:30 - 17:00 9 July 2021
This one-day symposium looks at avant-garde music in the UK since 1970, covering Bowie, post-punk, modernist composition, electronic dance music and more. The 1970s is recognised as…

Amidst the Debris: Humanitarianism and the End of Liberal Order

15:00 - 16:30 14 July 2021
The event is jointly organised by the Bartlett Development Planning Unit at University College London, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester,…

Woodblock print exhibition: The Soul of the Black Earth

20 September - 29 October 2021
Manchester Confucius Institute is delighted to welcome students back to campus. In celebration, they are hosting an exhibition featuring a selection of woodblock prints to give a taste…

Abeyamí Ortega (Manchester): TBC

22 September 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

“The Abstainer”: Ian McGuire discusses his latest novel

18:45 - 20:30 28 September 2021
Acclaimed author Ian McGuire will be discussing his latest novel The Abstainer - an epic story of revenge and obsession. Join for us an evening with acclaimed author Ian McGuire as…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Peter Oakes (University of Manchester) ‘Pathways to Using Material Culture in Biblical Interpretation: Romans as a Case Study’

14:00 - 16:00 30 September 2021
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. All sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Andy Boakye (University of Manchester) “The Real Housewives of Ephesus: Current Conversations in Paul, Women and the Church”

16:00 - 17:30 30 September 2021
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is a hybrid session and can be attended in person or online. Please register to receive the Zoom link…

Mandarin Corner

14:00 - 15:00 2 October 2021
Manchester Confucius Institute offers the opportunity to practice Mandarin Chinese and develop an appreciation of Chinese culture at these regular online Mandarin Corner meetings. …

Chinese Film Screening: Sheep Without a Shepherd

18:00 - 20:00 5 October 2021
Chinese Film Forum UK presents this absorbing cat and mouse thriller, a box office smash in the People’s Republic of China. Li and his family live in northern Thailand. When his daughter…

David Olusoga OBE - From Bristol to Manchester: history and memory in our cities

12:00 - 13:30 5 October 2021
A panel discussion hosted by David Olusoga OBE, Professor of Public History About this event The tearing down of the statue of Edward Colston in June 2020 prompted national and international…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Jennifer Andruska (University of Manchester) ‘Wise and Foolish Love in the Song of Songs’

14:00 - 16:00 7 October 2021
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. All sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Online Talk: Applying for graduate schemes successfully - with Siyi Wang

18:00 - 19:00 7 October 2021
Many international students come to study in the UK with the aim to gain some work experience upon graduation. Last July, the UK Graduate Route was introduced, giving international…

Jeanette Winterson & Mark O’Connell (Manchester Literature Festival)

18:00 - 19:30 9 October 2021
‘How did we get here? Where might we go?’ Is the future ‘a screen onto which we project our fantasies and terrors’? What can the past tell us about the future? Are we all doomed? And…

An Evening with Alan Johnson (Manchester Literature Festival)

19:30 - 21:00 10 October 2021
Much-loved former Labour MP Alan Johnson makes a welcome return to MLF. Following his series of successful memoirs – This Boy, In My Life, The Long and Winding Road and Please, Mr Postman,…

Elif Shafak in Conversation (Manchester Literature Festival)

16:30 - 18:00 10 October 2021
A fig tree with a tale to tell; a grieving teenage girl who wants to know her family’s story; two sets of lovers hiding from society. In her enchanting new novel, The Island of Missing…

HCRI Landmark Lecture: Bio-Power, Governmentality of Killing and Indigenous People

17:00 - 19:30 12 October 2021
For over 63 years since 1958, unknown to the world , the Indian government imposed a martial law called the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act on 45 million indigenous peoples who live…

An Evening with Colm Tóibín (Manchester Literature Festival)

20:00 - 21:30 14 October 2021
‘I can make no sense of the present. It is all confusion. I know nothing about the future.’ In his extraordinary new novel, The Magician, Colm Tóibín conjures up the past and the life…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Laura Quick (University of Oxford) ‘Monstrous Bodies in the Book of Job’

14:00 - 16:00 14 October 2021
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. All sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Clare Radford (Lincoln Theological Institute, University of Manchester) “My Body is Where I Exist: Poverty, Disability, and Embodied Resistance to Inequality”

16:00 - 17:30 14 October 2021
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is an online-only session. Please register to receive the Zoom link by emailing Dr Andrew Boakye.…

Leo Boix, Kayo Chingonyi & Andrew McMillan (Manchester Literature Festival)

18:30 - 20:00 15 October 2021
Three brilliant contemporary Vintage poets showcase work from their excellent new collections which all explore themes of grief, lineage, and love. Latinx poet Leo Boix’s Ballad of…

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