School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Maria Elena Bedoya Hidalgo (Manchester): 'Naming the past: On antiquities, collecting practices and musealization in the Andes, 1892-1915'

17:00 - 18:30 15 December 2021
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series 2020/21. This event will be online via Zoom. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/94462492930 Abstract:…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Dominika Kurek-Chomycz (Liverpool Hope University) 'Teaching, Just Not ex cathedra: Women from the Letters of Paul in Patristic Literature.’

14:00 - 16:00 16 December 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,…

Beth Underdown - THE KEY IN THE LOCK Book Launch

18:30 - 20:30 13 January 2022
Award-winning author and Centre for New Writing lecturer Beth Underdown launches her latest novel The Key in the Lock at Blackwell’s Manchester in January 2022. Listed as one to watch…

Online Talk: 'To laugh or not to laugh' - Contemporary Chinese Theatre

18:00 - 19:00 20 January 2022
Theatre is an art of coming together in presence. Therefore, it might not be surprising that we do not hear much of Chinese theatre in recent months. In my talk I would like to address…

The Door Opened: 1980s China - Photographs by Adrian Bradshaw

26 January - 6 July 2022
One can argue that nostalgia is the strongest emotion, a pure mixture of wistfulness and melancholy. Adrian Bradshaw, an English photographer, brings that sense of yearning into full…

Ulysses at 100

12:30 - 13:30 1 February 2022
Researchers, students and lecturers at Manchester talk about their experiences of reading James Joyce's great modernist novel, Ulysses. About this event When did you first read Ulysses?…

Chinese New Year film screening: Looking China

13:30 - 15:00 6 February 2022
This programme of short documentaries takes an intimate look at a selection of cultural practices and artisanal traditions in contemporary China, from the foothills of the Great Wall…

Bogdanow Online Holocaust Lecture 2022

18:00 - 19:30 8 February 2022
The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that the eighth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof Marion Kaplan, Skirball…

Chinese New Year Lion Dance on campus

13:15 - 13:45 8 February 2022
On Tuesday 8 February, you’ll be able to enjoy the traditional Chinese lion dance on campus at the University of Manchester! The performance will begin outside University Place at…

Bogdanow Online Holocaust Lecture 2022

18:00 - 19:30 9 February 2022
The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that the eighth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof Marion Kaplan, Skirball…

Bogdanow Online Holocaust Materclass 2022

15:00 - 16:30 9 February 2022
'Refugees and gender studies: new perspectives in Holocaust studies'. Prof. Marion Kaplan (New York University). Prof. Kaplan is a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Walter Houston, University of Manchester, 'Prophecy and Religion Revisited: John Skinner and Evangelical Biblical Criticism.'

14:00 - 15:30 10 February 2022
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Jamille Pinheiro Dias (Manchester): "On Coalition and Cosmopolitics: Notes for a Recent History of Indigenous Cultural Production in Brazil"

17:00 - 18:30 16 February 2022
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series 2020/21. This event will be on campus (Samuel Alexander A101) but you can also follow it via Zoom.…

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture (online): Jyotsna Singh, 16 February - all welcome

17:30 - 18:30 16 February 2022
English, American Studies and Creative Writing at the University of Manchester are very pleased to invite you to the Stachniewski Memorial Lecture for 2022 (online). This event commemorates…

Ehrhardt Seminar: David Bell, University of Manchester ‘Mortality Patterns and Bereavement Language in 1 Thessalonians: The Impact of Children in the Community of the Text’

14:00 - 15:30 17 February 2022
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. 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: Dominic Budhi (University of Manchester) “So That We May be Children of God Together': Manchester Cathedral's Public Theology of Racial Justice”

16:00 - 17:30 17 February 2022
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…

(Heritage) language learning during and after a global pandemic: a virtual roundtable discussion

19:00 - 20:30 22 February 2022
Join us for a virtual roundtable discussion on the challenges and opportunities of (heritage) language learning during a global pandemic. The roundtable will bring together language…

Mother language(s) from my field site

14:00 - 16:00 22 February 2022
A Linguistic Diversity Collective (LEL) activity for International Mother Language Day, led by Dr Serge Sagna. Staff and student fieldworkers will present video recordings and photos…

Julio Villa-García & Francisco Martín Miguel (University of Oviedo): "Lessons from linguistics: putting the science of language to use"

16:00 - 17:30 23 February 2022
In this talk, we argue that knowledge of linguistics can be extremely useful, particularly for language experts (teachers, translators, etc.). Far from the preconceived idea that a…

Kathputli Utsav - A Festival of Traditional Indian Arts

15:30 - 17:00 23 February 2022
Join us as we celebrate International Mother Language Day with Kathputli Utsav - A Festival of Traditional Indian Arts. Kathputli Utsav celebrates the skill, talent and culture of…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Maria Cioata, University of Manchester, 'Traditional Reactions to Modern Higher-Criticism: the Case of Dr. Moses Gaster' (Zoom only)

14:00 - 15:30 24 February 2022
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. This session will take place online via Zoom. To register to attend online, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk. For…

Explore your own Language – talking about time and space

16:00 - 17:30 24 February 2022
This online activity will actively involve speakers of different ages and proficiencies of languages spoken in Manchester - the intended audience are teachers and students at supplementary…

Ehrhardt Seminar: John Applegate, ‘Hopeless leaders? Hopeful texts? Demolishing and building reputations in deutero-Jeremianic and cultural perspectives.’ (Zoom only)

14:00 - 15:30 3 March 2022
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. This session will take place online via Zoom. To register to attend online, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk. For…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Professor Catherine Keller (Drew University) Apocalypse After All? Climate, Politics and Faith in the Possible. [Zoom Only]

16:00 - 17:30 3 March 2022
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is an online event. Please register to receive the Zoom link by emailing Dr Andrew Boakye. Seminars…

‘German/Exile: On the Jewish Longing for Europe’ Seminar

16:30 - 18:00 9 March 2022
The talk will present a cultural history of the notion that German-speaking Jews have been in exile from their homeland. The persecution of European Jews in the twentieth century is…

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