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Carl Phillips (part of Manchester Literature Festival 2022)

19:00 - 20:30 13 October 2022
Join us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading with Carcanet ‘A poet of enchantment and persuasion’ (The Los Angeles Review of Books). One of America’s most celebrated poets, published…

Ehrhardt Seminar: George Brooke (University of Manchester) ‘Performing Scripture in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament’

14:00 - 15:30 13 October 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,…

David Olusoga in Conversation with Ellah P Wakatama (part of Manchester Literature Festival 2022)

19:00 - 20:30 15 October 2022
A special ‘in conversation’ with David Olusoga, the British historian, broadcaster, presenter and author of Black and British: A Forgotten History. David will discuss his role as a…

Racial Bias and the Bench: A response to the Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2020-2025

18:00 - 19:30 18 October 2022
Please join us for the launch of a new report that raises urgent questions about racial attitudes, procedures and practices in the English and Welsh justice system focusing on judicial…

Olivia Casagrande: "Performing the jumbled city: subversive aesthetics and anticolonial indigeneity in Santiago de Chile"

17:00 - 18:30 19 October 2022
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. The event will take place in Samuel Alexander A202. It can be followed online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166

Annual Language Partner Event (Mandarin & English)

18:00 - 19:30 20 October 2022
Are you keen to improve your language skills? Do you want to have the chance to practice that language with native speakers? Or maybe you’d just like to get your homework reviewed by…

Cosey Fanni Tutti & Jon Savage (part of Manchester Literature Festival 2022) CANCELLED

19:00 - 20:30 20 October 2022
What do performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti, pioneering electronic musician Delia Derbyshire and medieval mystic Margery Kempe have in common? Join Cosey and Jon Savage as they discuss…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Catrin Williams (University of Wales) 'Signs and Scripture in the Gospel of John’ - The 2022 Manson Memorial Lecture

14:00 - 15:30 20 October 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,…

Ehrhardt Seminar: David Wilkinson (Durham University) ‘How Does God Act in the World? Science, Providence and Miracle’ Discussion of themes from the 2022 Didsbury Lectures

14:00 - 15:30 27 October 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,…

R&T Seminar: Anupama Ranawana (St Andrews) 'What we know and do not want to know: The importance of refusal for storytelling in Asian Feminist Theology' (Zoom only)

16:00 - 17:30 27 October 2022
The Religion and Theology department's fortnightly seminar series. Unless otherwise stated sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via…

Halloween Talk at Ordsall Hall by the Sleeping Well in the Early Modern World Project Team

13:00 - 14:00 31 October 2022
Join the Sleeping well in the early modern world on Halloween for a special talk to discover how former residents of Ordsall Hall would protect themselves from evil spirits. Ordsall…

Beyond the Creative City workshop

13:00 - 17:00 8 November 2022
About this event: The 'Beyond the Creative City: Manchester' workshop brings together early career and senior researchers whose work is in and on the creative and cultural industries…

Screening of the 10m British/Colombian short film Santi, followed by a Q&A with its director, Harry Richards

17:00 - 19:00 9 November 2022
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. Co-organised with the department of Drama and the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. Santi…

CTIS research seminar: “Mine own deformity”: Translations of Shakespeare's Richard III through the lens of Critical Disability Studies

14:00 - 15:30 10 November 2022
Research seminar as part of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies Seminar Series This presentation will be delivered online by Dr Eva Spišiaková, University of Vienna.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: James Aitken (University of Cambridge) ‘Competency and Complexity in Septuagint Translations’

14:00 - 15:30 10 November 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,…

R&T Seminar: Samuel O’Connor Perks (Manchester) 'Radical conversions: Catholicism, welfare and labour in the 20th century'

16:00 - 17:30 10 November 2022
The Religion and Theology department's fortnightly seminar series. Unless otherwise stated sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Walter Houston (University of Manchester) '"I saw the prosperity of the wicked." Tracking down the rich in the Psalms.'

14:00 - 15:30 17 November 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,…

R&T Panel: Hannah Cobb, Scott Midson, Holly Morse, Katja Stuerzenhofecker (Manchester) 'Pedagogies for value-based teaching: Religions & Theology in the classroom and beyond'

16:00 - 17:30 17 November 2022
The Religion and Theology department's fortnightly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to…

Confucius Institute Talk: Male beauty vlogging in China - a masculinities perspective

18:00 - 19:00 22 November 2022
Male beauty vlogging is flourishing in China despite fears of a masculinity ‘crisis’, sissyphobia and LGBT crackdowns. Key questions arise: To what extent does male beauty vlogging…

Cara Levey (Cork): Documenting Diaspora, Diasporizing Memory: Screening the Hijxs del exilio

17:00 - 19:00 23 November 2022
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. This event will take place in Samuel Alexander Building A202. However, it can be followed online…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Kelsie Rodenbiker (University of Glasgow) ‘”Looking for Gold in Mud”: Ancient Ecclesiastical Perceptions of Pseudepigraphy’

14:00 - 15:30 24 November 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,…

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