School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

CTIS Research Seminar Series: How to Understand Intercultural Outcomes in Sojourner and Migrant Populations from an Interdisciplinary Perspective?

13:00 - 14:30 30 November 2023
This talk addresses the theoretical foundations and practical applications to understanding intercultural outcomes in sojourner and migrant populations from an interdisciplinary perspective,…

Mandarin Corner (every Wednesday)

16:45 4 October - 17:45 13 December 2023
Practice your Chinese and develop an appreciation of Chinese culture at our weekly Mandarin Corner. These are informal conversation sessions at Beginner (HSK 1-3) and Advanced (HSK…

The history and evolution of Chinese names

13:00 - 14:00 30 November 2023
Are you interested in the history of Chinese names? Do you teach or support Chinese students and want to know more about the tradition and culture behind their names? Are your classmates…

Carol Mavor- 2023-24 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History: Like the Sea: Dancing with Mary Glass (1946-2021)

17:00 - 19:30 5 December 2023
University of Manchester Professor Emerita Carol Mavor returns to campus as the 2023-2024 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History. She will deliver a trio of lectures as well…

Carol Mavor- 2023-24 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History: 'A patch of yellow, a coat of blue: inside my heart and Vermeer'

17:00 - 19:30 6 December 2023
University of Manchester Professor Emerita Carol Mavor returns to campus as the 2023-2024 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History. She will deliver a trio of lectures as well…

EACW Research Seminar

14:00 - 15:30 6 December 2023
Chris Birkett, City University of London, Bill Clinton at the Church of Baseball book talk Samuel Alexander A7, followed by drinks at Kro

Film screening: Chileans of the North (Chris Paul)

17:15 - 19:00 6 December 2023
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. Co-organised with the Department of Drama, the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, and the SPLAS…

Carol Mavor-2023-24 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History: 'At once, she is one'

13:15 - 15:30 7 December 2023
University of Manchester Professor Emerita Carol Mavor returns to campus as the 2023-2024 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History. She will deliver a trio of lectures as well…

Medicine Unboxed; An Exhibition of artefacts from the Museum of Medicine and Health

10:00 - 17:00 7 December 2023
Students of Art Gallery and Museum Studies in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, present a one-day only exhibition of medical instruments and equipment from the Museum of Medicine…

Archive Fever

14:00 - 17:00 12 December 2023
**Due to illness, please note that the workshop element of this event has been postponed until Semester 2. Katherine Verdery's talk will continue as scheduled but will be an online…

Chinese brush painting taster session

13:00 - 13:50 14 December 2023
Want to learn the art of Chinese brush painting? Looking for a relaxing and creative activity at lunchtime as you are winding down for the holidays? Join us for a free taster session…

CTIS Research Seminar Series: Prismatic Jane Eyre - An Experiment in the Study of Translations

13:00 - 14:30 14 December 2023
Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre has been translated more than 600 times, into at least 68 languages. How can we grasp this plural, global, transtemporal and multilingual text? Is it in…

Mandarin Corner (on Wednesdays)

16:30 17 January - 17:30 27 March 2024
Practice your Chinese and develop an appreciation of Chinese culture at our weekly Mandarin Corner. These are informal conversation sessions at Beginner (HSK 1-3) and Advanced (HSK…

Digital Humanities Seminar: James Baker, 'Data Environmentalism'

13:00 - 14:00 24 January 2024
James Baker (U. Southampton), 'Data Environmentalism: reflections on 'Digital Humanities in the Anthropocene' at ten.' In her Digital Humanities 2014 keynote Bethany Nowviskie asked…

Emily Baker (UCL): Possible Worlds: Contemporary Latin American Ecological Fiction

17:00 - 18:30 7 February 2024
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series. This event will be face to face, in Samuel Alexander A116. But it can also be followed online:…

So the Chinese do do sci fi!

18:00 - 19:00 13 February 2024
Join us for the first Manchester CI public talk of 2024, which will focus on Chinese sci-fi and will be given by Xueting C. Ni. Six years ago, Xueting gave a talk called “The Chinese…

Albrecht Dürer’s Conceptions of Measurement with Prof Jeanne Nuechterlein

17:15 - 18:30 15 February 2024
This is a hybrid event taking place online and on the University of Manchester campus in the Mansfield Cooper Building G.22, you can find the exact location on this interactive map:…

CTIS Seminar: Dr Xiaochun Zhang, "Direct or Indirect, That is the Question: Pivot Translation in Game Localisation"

13:00 - 14:30 15 February 2024
The gaming industry is a cutting-edge intersection of technology and culture. With the industry's growth over the past few decades, the economic and cultural impact of video games has…

Calligraphy course

13:00 20 February - 14:00 19 March 2024
Looking for an activity to chase away the Winter blues? Try calligraphy at the Confucius Institute. Our calligraphy course is running again from 20 February, every Tuesday lunchtime…

Sustainable Research - Department of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing

15:00 - 17:00 20 February 2024
Sustainable Research Panel with: Cara Berger (UoM drama); Clara Dawson (UoM English, American Studies and Creative Writing); Anke Bernau (UoM English, American Studies and Creative…

Sustainable Research Panel

15:00 - 16:30 20 February 2024
Sustainable Research Panel with: Cara Berger (UoM drama); Clara Dawson (UoM English, American Studies, and Creative Writing); Anke Bernau (UoM English, American Studies, and Creative…

Carlos Fernández (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): "César Vallejo: Trilce y dadá París: huellas de un estímulo silenciado"

17:00 - 18:30 21 February 2024
Part of the research seminar of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies (SPLAS). Co-organised by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. This event will be in Spanish.…

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