School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Mandarin Corner (EVERY WEDNESDAY)

16:30 2 October - 17:30 4 December 2024
THIS IS A RECURRING EVENT - EVERY WEDNESDAY at 4:30PM – 5:30PM Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural activities.…

NEW DATE: Bridging the gap: An introduction to intercultural communication with China

13:00 - 14:30 12 November 2024
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW DATE FOR THIS TALK WHICH HAD TO BE RESCHEDULED EARLIER THIS YEAR. Join our public talk given by Catherine Hua Xiang, Director of the LSE Confucius…

CSSC Lecture: Dr Danielle Bobker (Concordia Univ) with Dr Noelle Gallagher (EACW, UoM) 'Burlesque: Sexuality, Disability and Humour, 1734 v. 2024'

17:30 - 19:00 13 November 2024
Dr Danielle Bobker (Concordia Univ) with Dr Noelle Gallagher (EACW, UoM) 'Burlesque: Sexuality, Disability and Humour, 1734 v. 2024' C1.18 seminar room, Ellen Wilkinson Building…

Language Café

12:00 - 14:00 13 November 2024
Language lovers, assemble. We have a perfect lunch date for you; at the Language Café, you can grab a free brew whilst meeting new people and practising your language skills! Whether…

Restless Archive: The Holocaust and the Cinema of the Displaced

15:00 - 16:30 13 November 2024
In this event, Dr. Simone Gigliotti presents her book Restless Archive: The Holocaust and the Cinema of the Displaced. Her talk will be followed by a response from Prof. Jean-Marc Dreyfus.…

Annual Language Partner Event 2024

18:00 - 20:00 14 November 2024
We’ve heard that students are finding it a challenge to meet a native speaking language partner so we teamed up with the Chinese Studies Department to create this unique opportunity…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr James Lorenz (York St John University) - Through the Attentive Lens: Film, Time, and Contemplation

16:00 - 17:30 14 November 2024
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is a hybrid session and can be attended in person or online. To join us online or receive details…

THE WASTES - Roy Claire Potter in conversation with Gareth Gavin

18:30 - 20:00 18 November 2024
Welcome to Roy Claire Potter to Manchester for the launch of THE WASTES. Doors: 6.30, starts: 6.45 Tickets start from £4. THE WASTES will also be available to purchase on the night…

AMES Public Seminar: Dr cHana Morgenstern – Rupture and Reconstruction: The Palestinian Cultural Magazine after 1948

16:30 - 18:00 20 November 2024
The Department of Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), University of Manchester warmly invites you to this event: Part of the AMES Research Seminar Series 2024 – Living, Reconstructing…

Instruments in Chinese music: The violin

18:00 - 19:00 20 November 2024
We're delighted to invite you to the second talk in our "Instruments in Chinese music" series. The series features three talks hosted by Po Hang Yuen, each focusing on a different instrument.…

Leticia Marques (Rio de Janeiro State University): "Miscegenation as an insoluble debt: among stories, facts, and artefacts of the Baron of Juparanã's family"

17:00 - 18:30 20 November 2024
Part of the University of Manchester's Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies' research seminar series: Wed 20 Nov 2024, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel…

Material Happiness in Early Modern English Households (Affective Artefacts speaker series)

16:00 - 17:30 20 November 2024
Join us for the latest in the Affective Artefacts seminar series, courtesy of the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective. All welcome and no booking required.

Ehrhardt Seminar Programme 2024-25: Work as God’s Intention for Humanity in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures

16:00 - 17:30 21 November 2024
To join us online or receive details of future seminars, please email lynne.potts@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Festival of Care

21 - 23 November 2024
Welcome to The Festival of Care, a celebration of different ways of practicing care. What happens when we consider care a craft or an artful practice? Over the three days of practical…

Brook Lecture in Middle English: Prof. Marion Turner (Oxford): 'Imagining Medieval Lives'

17:00 - 19:30 27 November 2024
Everyone is warmly invited to the Annual Brook Lecture in Middle English, to take place in: Ellen Wilkinson C1.18 at 5pm on Wednesday 27 November This year's lecturer is Marion Turner,…

International Zones: Impasse and Waiting in a World of State-Making, 1919-1956

13:00 - 14:30 27 November 2024
History guest speaker research seminar. At the end of the First World War, the peacemakers placed a small number of territories in Europe under the direct international administration…

Language Café

12:00 - 14:00 27 November 2024
Language lovers, assemble. We have a perfect lunch date for you; at the Language Café, you can grab a free brew whilst meeting new people and practising your language skills! Whether…

Racial Capitalism Across the Black/White Atlantic

16:00 - 17:30 27 November 2024
Racial capitalism has become a widely used term—pointing to the intimate connections between processes of racialization and of capitalist organization. This talk will focus on an eighteenth-century…

Shadows of Reality: W.G. Sebald's Photographic Materials

15:00 - 18:00 27 November 2024
The peripatetic themes in W.G. Sebald’s writings have been widely discussed and analysed since the German publication of Vertigo (Schwindel. Gefühle) in 1990. Through The Emigrants,…

CTIS Research Seminar: "A Cross-Cultural Exploration of the Person-Centred Approach in End-of-Life Care Policies in England and Japan" (Dr Chao Fang)

14:00 - 15:30 28 November 2024
Increasing evidence suggests that a person-centred approach (PCA) improves care outcomes and alleviates pressure on public health systems. However, policy gaps prevent its effective…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Dawn Llewellyn (University of Chester) and Dr Siobhan Jolley (University of Manchester) - In Conversation: On Childlessness

16:00 28 November 2024
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is a hybrid session and can be attended in person or online. To join us online or receive details…

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