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Let's Talk About Race with Gary Younge

12:00 23 May 2024
The Equality Diversity and Inclusion Directorate at The University of Manchester will be hosting a new instalment of the ‘Let’s Talk’ series entitled ‘Let’s Talk About Race’. Our…

The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar: Ancient and Modern Lives of an Ancient Egyptian Papyrus

13:00 - 13:45 23 May 2024
Papyrus Rylands "Demotic 9" is a long (ca. 4.5 m) papyrus roll found as part of a group with other eight papyri in the ruins of el-Hibeh, Middle Egypt. This remarkable group of papyri…

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 – 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,…

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…

Virtually at the Rylands: Looking at our LGBTQ+ Collections

14:00 - 14:20 9 August 2024
Hosted online by Jack (Exhibitions and Public Engagement with Research and Assistant) and MT (Reader Services Assistant), this online event will guide you through some of our LGBTQ+…

SPRITE+ Showcase 2024 (online)

16 September 2024
We are excited to invite you to the SPRITE+ Showcase 2024 taking place on 16th September 2024 (online). The programme is packed with a range of talks from community members. Programme…

MIOIR Seminar Series - The Effect of Mentor Gender on the Evaluation of Mentees’ Independent Work

15:00 - 16:00 23 September 2024
The Effect of Mentor Gender on the Evaluation of Mentees’ Independent Work Prof. Karin Hoisl, Full Professor of Organization and Innovation at the University of Mannheim, will discuss…

DR PASCALE MASSOT: China's Vulnerability Paradox [Book Talk]

17:00 - 18:30 26 September 2024
Join our in-person book discussion on "China's Vulnerability Paradox", with Dr Pascale Massot (author) & Prof Matthew Paterson (moderator). ABOUT THE BOOK: "China’s Vulnerability Paradox"…

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Manchester's Changing Chinese Community

17:00 - 18:30 1 October 2024
Join our in-person roundtable discussion with leaders of the local Manchester Chinese community. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Karen Wang - Deputy Director of the Confucius Institute Lisa Yam…

Are Race and Religion on the 2024 US Election Ballot?

13:00 - 14:30 3 October 2024
Join us for a lunchtime discussion of race and religion in the 2024 US election campaign. Keith Magee, renowned intellectual, theologian and scholar will be in discussion with writer…

Startup Spotlight with Sid Sethi

17:00 - 18:30 3 October 2024
Date: Thursday 3rd October 2024 Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Location: Enterprise Zone 2.039, 2nd Floor, Alliance Manchester Business School Event Overview: Join us for an exciting edition…

The Man who Photobombed De Gaulle

16:00 - 18:00 3 October 2024
The 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris offers an opportunity to explore the discrepancy between race-based mythologies around the Second World War and Black involvement in…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Kickstarting Industrial Diversification?

15:30 - 16:30 7 October 2024
Kickstarting Industrial Diversification? Dr. Nicola Cortinovis, Assistant Professor of Economic Geography at Utrecht University, will be discussing the potential of crowdfunding (CF)…

Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: UN Peacekeeping and the Reinvention of Colonialism, 1945–1971

13:00 - 14:30 9 October 2024
DETAILS Register: https://blue-helmet-hcri.eventbrite.co.uk Full title: Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: United Nations Peacekeeping and the Reinvention of Colonialism, 1945–1971 Chair/Discussant:…

CTIS Research Seminars: "Insights into the Translation Industry" (Dr Callum Walker)

14:00 - 15:30 10 October 2024
In recent years, Translation Studies has witnessed a growing interest in what some would call “industry studies”. In different quarters, certain scholars and industry observers refer…

Female Founders Network - Women who Inspire

17:00 - 19:00 10 October 2024
Date: Thursday 10th October 2024 Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Lecture Theatre 2.007, 2nd Floor, Alliance Manchester Business School Event Overview: Join us for the official…

A conversation with Delaine Le Bas at the Whitworth

18:00 - 20:00 18 October 2024
Join us for the launch of the Autumn/Winter 2024 issue of Crafts at the Whitworth in Manchester next month – with a conversation with Turner prize nominee Delaine Le Bas, who is interviewed…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Coevolution in Economic Systems

15:30 - 16:30 21 October 2024
Coevolution in Economic Systems Prof. Dr. Francisco Fatas-Villafranca, economist at the University of Zaragoza (Spain), will be discussing current developments in the coevolution of…

CTIS Research Seminars: "Publishing Contemporary Foreign Poetry: Transnational Exchange in 1950s-1960s Italy" (Dr Mila Milani)

14:00 - 15:30 24 October 2024
The years following the Second World War saw an exponential increase in the translation of contemporary foreign poetry in Italy. The practice was at its most acute in the 1950s and…

The American Elections: One Week to Go!

16:00 - 17:30 28 October 2024
Join us for an insightful online discussion on the upcoming American elections! Professor Angelia Wilson, Professor Rob Ford and Dr. David Stroup will delve into the latest numbers,…

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