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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…

Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel with Rachel Holmes & Lemn Sissay (Manchester Literature Festival)

19:00 - 21:30 15 October 2021
What does a life in resistance look like? Acclaimed biographer Rachel Holmes (Eleanor Marx) brings Sylvia Pankhurst out of the shadows of her family and shows us her lifelong commitment…

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…

Vona Groarke, John McAuliffe & Victoria Kennefick (Manchester Literature Festival)

16:00 - 17:30 17 October 2021
Three superb Irish poets showcase their latest collections. In Vona Groarke’s stunning Link, the world is personified, entering a conversation with the narrator, Irish, about what…

The Moses Gaster Seminar

14:00 - 15:30 19 October 2021
This academic year (2021-22) the John Rylands Research Institute and Library will complete the online cataloguing of the codices in Hebrew script in the Rylands Library Manchester.…

Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire Exhibition Launch

19:00 - 20:00 20 October 2021
Join us as we celebrate the opening of our new exhibition Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire. Exploring the languages and culture of China’s last dynasty, the exhibition features John…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Sarah Parkhouse (University of Manchester) ‘Selling the Mysteries in Roman Egypt: Christian Entrepreneurship and the Pistis Sophia’

14:00 - 16:00 21 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,…

Novel Voices: Heba Hayek in Conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama (ONLINE)

19:00 - 20:00 25 October 2021
The Novel Voices series features Ellah P Wakatama (Senior Research Fellow) in conversation with debut authors about their craft and the journey to shaping their first, published full…

A Dialogue on Visual Novels (Games) - Webinar

13:10 - 14:30 27 October 2021
‘Playing with Characters: Dating Sims as a Transcultural Space’ Nicolle Lamerichs AND ‘Affection by Design: Adult Computer Games as Moving Images’ Patrick Galbraith East Asian Studies…

Paul Merchant (Bristol): 'An Archipelagic Nation? Ecology and Identity on Chile’s Pacific Coast'

17:00 - 18:30 27 October 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:…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. John Barclay (Durham University) Discussion of themes from the 2021 Didsbury Lectures, 'Beyond Charity: Rethinking Gift and Community with Paul’

14:00 - 16:00 28 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: Professor Michael Burdett (University of Nottingham) “Death and Glory in a Technological World”

16:00 - 17:30 28 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.…

Research seminar: Peacebuilding through discursive civility

16:00 - 19:00 28 October 2021
Dr Stef Pukallus is Senior Lecturer in Public Communication and Civil Development at the University of Sheffield. She is co-founder and Chair of the Hub for the Study of Hybrid Communication…

Novel Voices: Caleb Azumah Nelson & Brandon Taylor (ONLINE)

1 - 14 November 2021
This Digital event will be available for tickets holders to watch from 1pm on Monday 1 November until midnight on Sunday 14 November on the MLF Vimeo channel. Two brilliant young novelists…

Diversity in Creative and Cultural Industries at the intersection of Covid and Black Lives Matter

16:30 - 17:30 3 November 2021
Online event Lack of diversity in the cultural sector has been highlighted as a significant issue with substantial evidence (ACE, 2019; Malik and Shankley, 2020, Ali and Bridget, forthcoming)…

Film screening: "Beyond Fordlândia" (Marcos Colón, 2017)

17:00 - 19:00 3 November 2021
The film will be shown in Samuel Alexander A101, but people will be able to follow the screening live via this link: https://zoom.us/j/94462492930 The year 2017 is symbolic for the…

Novel Voices: Micaiah Johnson in Conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama (ONLINE)

19:00 - 20:00 8 November 2021
The Novel Voices series features Ellah P Wakatama (Senior Research Fellow) in conversation with debut authors about their craft and the journey to shaping their first, published full…

The Moses Gaster Seminar

14:00 - 15:30 9 November 2021
This academic year (2021-22) the John Rylands Research Institute and Library will complete the online cataloguing of the codices in Hebrew script in the Rylands Library Manchester.…

Creative and cultural collaborations in social science research (part of the ESRC Festival 2021)

12:30 - 14:00 10 November 2021
What happens when social science meets the creative and cultural sector? About this event Can universities and cultural leaders really change policy when they work together? What…

Erika Edwards (UNC Charlotte)

17:00 - 18:30 10 November 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 Based on…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Jon Darby (Nazarene Theological College) ‘Singing and Textual Transmission in the Dead Scrolls: The Corporate Song of Praise in Psalm 154’

14:00 - 16:00 11 November 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: Elia Maggang (University of Manchester) "A Trinitarian Pneumatology of the Maritime"

16:00 - 17:30 11 November 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…

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