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Lecture with Professor David Olusoga for A level (Y12) students: ‘Why study History? Empire, Slavery, and Identity in Britain today’

14:30 - 16:30 10 May 2023
Join us at Manchester Cathedral for this lecture for students in Year 12. It is a great opportunity to hear from David Olusoga, Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester,…

Paul Humphrey (Colgate University): "Oceanic Archives and Afrodiasporic Spirituality in Comics from the Caribbean Diaspora"

17:00 10 May 2023
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. This event will be online: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: This presentation analyses…

Trees and Forests in the Roman World (CIDRAL)

10:30 - 16:00 10 May 2023
The peoples of the ancient Mediterranean world relied heavily on wood for many purposes, from engineering works to cooking to artistry. Trees had huge commercial value, as well as strong…

College Behind Bars: Film Screening and Discussion on Justice and Education

18:00 - 20:30 11 May 2023
Join us for a film screening and discussion of College Behind Bars, an Emmy-nominated documentary directed by award-winning filmmaker Lynn Novick, which tells the story of a small group…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Alan Garrow, St Peter's, Harrogate & Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, The Didache Discoveries: Two Texts Within One

14:10 - 15:30 11 May 2023
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,…

Applied Creative Practice 2: Bringing applied creativity into teaching and learning.

11:00 - 13:00 15 May 2023
This seminar is the second of a series of three linked workshops which will bring together researchers from a range of disciplinary fields in SALC to examine how different disciplines…

BLUE NOW Screening (2023 Sexuality Summer School)

19:00 - 20:00 21 May 2023
The Sexuality Summer School students will begin by attending BLUE NOW, a live screening based on Derek Jarman’s 1993 film. This new event is directed by Neil Bartlett and performed…

Film Screening and Discussion: Sediments (2023 Sexuality Summer School)

18:00 - 20:00 22 May 2023
Six trans women travel to a small town in León where they will explore unusual landscapes, as well as the ins and outs of their own personalities. Looking for answers about what connects…

Prof Zakiyyah Iman Jackson (USC): 'Organs of War: Ecologies of Measurement and Dematerialization in Wangechi Mutu’s Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors’ (2023 Sexuality Summer School)

15:15 - 17:00 22 May 2023
This public lecture, co-sponsored by English, American Studies and Creative Writing and the NWCDTP, will be the opening public lecture of the 2023 Sexuality Summer School: '(Up) Against…

Live Performance Event in Partnership with Contact: TransMission: SissyTV (2023 Sexuality Summer School)

19:30 - 20:30 23 May 2023
So many things. What to do with them all? How to get inside? Where to find my forbidden desire? Nando Messias invites you into their Narnian closet, a trans archive of exquisite ephemera,…

Public Lecture: Prof. Hal Gladfelder, 'The Castrato as Culture Ghost' (Part of the 2023 Sexuality Summer School)

17:00 - 19:00 24 May 2023
This public lecture, co-sponsored by English, American Studies and Creative Writing and the NWCDTP, will be part of the 2023 Sexuality Summer School: '(Up) Against Nature' Professor…

Research Café: AI, Robotics and Creativity

12:00 - 13:30 24 May 2023
Join us for an informal lunch event exploring how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics are transforming many sectors, including the creative industries. Revolutionary technologies…

Dai-Oji : The Oji Paper Company and Japan's Pulp Pipelines in Asia (CIDRAL Visiting Fellow Keynote Talk)

16:00 - 18:00 25 May 2023
This talk explores the tangled histories of green imperialism and green capitalism in Asia through the lens of a Japanese corporation: the Oji Paper Company, historically one of the…

Live Performance Event in Partnership with Contact: ‘(Up) Against Nature’ (2023 Sexuality Summer School)

19:30 - 20:30 25 May 2023
Experience a screening of two filmed performances, one by Whiskey Chow, a performance artist and Chinese drag king, and the other by Ro Robertson, who explores the terrain of the Queer…

PERILOUS TIMES Book launch: Thomas D. Lee in conversation w/ Beth Underdown

18:30 - 20:00 25 May 2023
We're thrilled to be working with the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing to host the launch of Thomas D. Lee's wonderfully entertaining new novel PERILOUS TIMES. Mixing…

Polish Studies Group Northern Workshop

10:45 25 - 15:30 26 May 2023
This two-day workshop provides graduate training to PhD researchers working on projects related to Polish history, literature and area studies and facilitates international collaboration…

Closing Event: Film Screening and Discussion: Private View (2023 Sexuality Summer School)

17:30 - 19:00 26 May 2023
A queer painter, a non binary writer and portraiture like you’ve never seen it before…. Two British Artists: lesbian portrait painter Sadie Lee and Non-Binary writer Libro Levi Bridgeman…

Applied Creative Practice 3: Collaborations with cultural partners.

11:00 - 13:00 5 June 2023
This seminar is the third of a series of three linked workshops which will bring together researchers from a range of disciplinary fields in SALC to examine how different disciplines…

CSSC Talk: Prof Heather Love (Penn), 'To be Real: The Passion of the Self in Queer Writing'

17:00 - 18:30 13 June 2023
This event is part of the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture's public event series. Professor Heather Love is professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She…

Public Talk: Prof Christina Lupton (Copenhagen): 'The First Person at Work: Helen Garner, Hannah Arendt, and Wages for Housework'

13:00 - 14:30 13 June 2023
This event is part of the English, American Studies and Creative Writing research seminar, co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture Professor Christina Lupton…

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