School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Heritage and Archival Correspondences: The attentive public and the ‘impact’ of discovery

10:00 - 16:00 16 May 2024
This one-day workshop explores the direct engagement of an ‘attentive public’ with researchers and heritage institutions by means of personal and/or official ‘correspondence’ of all…

Mandarin Corner (EVERY WEDNESDAY)

16:30 17 April - 17:30 19 June 2024
Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more cultural activities and language practice. Mandarin Corners are informal conversation sessions at Beginner…

Spring Chinese Calligraphy Course (EVERY THURSDAY)

13:00 16 May - 13:50 13 June 2024
Learn the art of Chinese calligraphy this Spring Whether you are new to writing Chinese characters or have already had some tuition, this course will be a great option. It will focus…

The Gospel of Mary: Received and Retold

10:00 - 16:45 16 May 2024
We invite scholars, artists, and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines to participate in this one-day symposium exploring the creative reception of the Gospel of Mary. This…

Venetian Seminar - in Memoriam Brian Pullan 1935-2022

10:00 - 17:00 17 May 2024
10.00 Coffee 10.30-12.00 Georg Christ (Manchester): Provincializing Venice? Consolidation of the Veneto-Mamluk alliance in the wake of the Cypriot Crusade…

Blind Spots, Gaps, and Archival Silences: Reconstructing Contestation in the Venetian State Archive

16:00 - 18:00 28 May 2024
Venice boasts one of the largest early modern state archives. Produced by the Republic of Venice (797-1797), it has been mined for pioneering studies in political, economic, social,…

POSTPONED - Bridging the gap: An introduction to intercultural communication with China

13:00 - 14:30 4 June 2024
THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED TO THE AUTUMN TERM DUE TO TRAVEL DISRUPTION. NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON! Join our next lunchtime public talk given by Catherine Hua Xiang, Director…

Manchester Histories Festival – Birth Day

12:00 - 16:00 9 June 2024
Marvel at the journey of medical advancement through artefacts from the University’s Museum of Medicine and Health, alongside digitized maps from the University Library Special Collections,…

Manchester Histories Festival – Historic Footprints Walk

11:00 - 12:00 9 June 2024
Join John Piprani, The University of Manchester and Dr Tereza Ward on this fascinating walk, discover a demolished synagogue beneath the Contact Theatre car park, and hear visitors’…

Manchester Histories Festival – Historic Footprints Walk

13:15 - 14:15 9 June 2024
Join John Piprani, The University of Manchester and Dr Tereza Ward on this fascinating walk, discover a demolished synagogue beneath the Contact Theatre car park, and hear visitors’…

Manchester Histories Festival – Humanitarian Medicine Exhibition

12:00 - 16:00 9 June 2024
Step into the heart of humanitarianism and conflict response at The Humanitarian Archive, a captivating exhibition from The University of Manchester Library and the prestigious Humanitarian…

Manchester Histories Festival – Michael Wood Talk

11:00 - 12:00 9 June 2024
Acclaimed historian, broadcaster, and Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester Michael Wood (whose BBC film series include The Story of England, the Great British…

Manchester Histories Festival – Panel Conversation: A Forgotten Wartime Tragedy

16:00 - 18:00 9 June 2024
Join us as we remember the tragic Bengal Famine of 1943, a man-made catastrophe that claimed the lives of millions in the Indian subcontinent. Often overlooked in Western discourse,…

Manchester Histories Festival – Panel Conversation: Manchester’s History of Humanitarianism

11:30 - 12:30 9 June 2024
Professor Bertrand Taithe from the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at The University of Manchester will delve into Manchester’s history of humanitarianism alongside one…

Manchester Histories Festival – Panel Conversation: The History and Legacy of Phil Martin and Champ's Camp

14:30 - 15:30 9 June 2024
A discussion about the history and legacy of Phil Martin and Champ’s Camp with some of the men who knew him best. Martin broke the mould of UK boxing with his training programmes and…

Manchester Histories Festival – Talk: Historical and Modern Slavery

15:45 - 16:30 9 June 2024
This talk centres on The University of Manchester staff’s research on slavery as both a historical and a contemporary form of abuse and exploitation. It will consist of two presentations,…

Animals and the Archive

14 June 2024
This one-day workshop brings emerging and established scholars together to explore how archival sources reveal relationships between animals and humans focusing on agency, cultural…

East Asian Studies Seminar: Edward Boyle (Nichibunken, Kyoto, Japan) on 'Heritage Contestation and Borders of Memory in the Asia Pacific'

16:30 - 18:00 14 June 2024
This talk will introduce the notion of Borders of Memory as a means to analyse contests over sites of heritage, and demonstrate its application through a series of contemporary examples…

Researcher Development Workshop, The Polish Studies Group (PSG) at the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES)

20 - 21 June 2024
This two-day workshop provides graduate training to PhD researchers working on projects related to Polish and East European history, literature, and area studies. The workshop has…

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