School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

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,…

R&T Seminar: Mia Spiro (Glasgow) Dybbuks: 'Crossing borders and identities in postHolocaust Jewish fiction and theatre'

16:00 - 17:30 24 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…

LITERATURE LIVE: Joe Mungo Reed and Sam Byers

18:30 - 20:30 28 November 2022
Joe Reed completed his PhD in the Centre for New Writing in 2021. We’re delighted that he is returning to read from his second novel, 'Hammer'. He will be joined by the acclaimed Norwich-based…

CTIS research seminar: Meandering Histories in Cognitive Translation and Interpreting Research

14:00 - 15:30 1 December 2022
Research seminar as part of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Seminar Series. This presentation will be delivered online by Dr Christopher Mellinger, University of North…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Christopher Greenough (Edge Hill University) ‘The Bible and Sexual Violence against Men’

14:00 - 15:30 1 December 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,…

Margarita Ariza: "Dossier: Summoned to Appear. On the “Salve, Salva, Salvia” Project"

17:00 1 December 2022
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. This event will take place in the John Casken Lecture Theatre, at the Martin Harris Centre. Margarita…

Confucius Institute Talk: Train to teach Mandarin - my personal story

18:00 - 19:00 6 December 2022
Many international students come to study in the UK with the aim to gain some work experience upon graduation. In order to help students find out more about becoming a teacher in the…

The Next Pandemic: Roundtable event

17:15 - 18:30 6 December 2022
The roundtable will address the question of the next pandemic: • What lessons have we learned from the Covid pandemic that might help us cope with the next pandemic? • Should we be…

Allison Bigelow (University of Virginia): From Archive to Main Street: How Colonial Latin Americanists Can Redefine Our Field and Remake Community Landscapes

17:00 - 18:30 7 December 2022
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. This event will be online: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: Year after year, we read…

CTIS Research Seminar Series: The Radical Potential of Translational Poetics in the Experimental Multilingual Writing of Erín Moure, Josely Vianna Baptista and Kathy Acker

14:00 - 15:30 8 December 2022
Research seminar as part of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series. The seminar will be delivered in person by Dr Melissa Tanti, University of Manchester.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Megan Warner (Luther King Centre for Theology and Ministry) ‘Violence in Genesis 12 – 50’

14:00 - 15:30 8 December 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,…

Living in a Material World Exhibition

09:00 - 17:00 8 December 2022
A free exhibition curated by University of Manchester Art Gallery and Museum Studies students invites all to consider how materials have shaped medicine and healthcare, from the 19th…

R&T Seminar: Marius Dorobantu (VU Amsterdam) 'Could robots become religious? Spiritual intelligence in humans and machines' (Zoom only)

16:00 - 17:30 8 December 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…

Chinese Cooking Class

11:00 - 13:30 10 December 2022
Join us Saturday 10 December at 11am with Sam Sin from Koi Kitchen for another fun and hands-on cookery class. Create an authentic dish as a group and share a meal together afterwards.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Stephen Barton (University of Manchester and Durham University) ‘The Devil as ‘the Father of Lies’ in the Fourth Gospel’

14:00 - 15:30 15 December 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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