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A Queer History of Pop: Jon Savage in conversation with Emma Warren

18:30 - 20:30 19 June 2025
Celebrating the release of the new paperback edition of this seminal book, Jon reflects on the various topic's, themes, influences and the creative process of researching and writing…

How to Create a Good Food Revolution (Prof. Kevin Morgan)

17:00 - 19:00 25 June 2025
Join us for a talk and discussion about how public food policies can help promote social justice, public health and ecological integrity. Kevin Morgan is Professor of Governance and…

Where Punjab and Aboriginal Australia Meet: Debbie Bargallie

18:00 - 19:30 25 June 2025
Punjabi Dreaming: Restoring Kinship, Defying Erasure, and Reclaiming Home Debbie Bargallie, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University With Awais Hussain, Doctoral student, University…

Creating sustainable communities: How can we build infrastructure fit for the future?

10:00 - 12:00 15 July 2025
Effective infrastructure is critical for delivering economic growth, providing essential services, and addressing the national challenges ahead. The infrastructure decisions made today…

AI Agents, Human Experts, and the Skills of Tomorrow

18:00 - 20:00 6 August 2025
Join us in Abu Dhabi for an engaging workshop on the AI Agents, Human Experts, and the Skills of Tomorrow by Dr Reza Salehnejad, Senior Lecturer, Economics, Digital Economy, AI & Strategy…

Digital Transformations: AI and Teaching Panel Event

12:00 - 13:00 3 September 2025
Join the Global Humanities Alliance for a panel discussion about AI and Teaching, led by the Digital Transformations Working Group.

Creative Health: UK and Japan in conversation

14:00 - 15:30 8 September 2025
Join us at Manchester Museum for a panel discussion on Creative Health. How we use arts and creativity to support people’s health and wellbeing – is a fast developing field of work…

A Rose Journey from Shanghai to Manchester

15:00 - 16:00 11 September 2025
On a quest following the descendants of Tang dynasty and Song Dynasty roses around the world, Shanghai-based author Chen Danyan will be in conversation with Marcus Chilton Jones to…

Cultural infrastructure at a crossroads - Research Café

16:00 - 19:00 16 September 2025
Join Creative Manchester for a panel and discussion event on devolution, cultural policy and Greater Manchester. Nearly ten years on from the Greater Manchester devolution deal and…

“In conversation with diplomats from the Embassy of Spain in the UK” at the University of Manchester

13:30 - 14:30 18 September 2025
The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR) at the University of Manchester, in partnership with the Embassy of Spain in the UK, is pleased to invite you to the event “In…

GDI Alumni Talk: An introduction to oxford economics and economic consultancy with Elizabeth Martindale

16:00 - 17:00 8 October 2025
Talk by GDI Alumna Elizabeth Martindale, Senior Economist, APAC Cities & Regions Forecasting at Oxford Economics All students welcome. The session will cover: - Discussion of Elizabeth's…

Reading Marx Then and Now

16:00 - 17:00 8 October 2025
Prof. Andrew Hartman (Illinois State University) Prof. David Alderson (EACW)

Resistance in the Age of Trump 2.0

16:00 - 17:00 9 October 2025
Roundtable Speakers: Prof. Elisabeth Anker (George Washington University) Prof. Sonya Posmentier (NYU) Dr. Monica Pearl (EACW)

Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

15:00 - 16:15 11 October 2025
Join us for a captivating afternoon with two of Britain’s most original literary talents, Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson, as they discuss their haunting new books exploring nature, myth,…

Fear Research Network Seminar Series – 'Harsh Truths and Mistaken Vows: The Ugly Side of Buddhist Charisma'

16:00 16 October 2025
Fear Research Network Seminar Series 'Harsh Truths and Mistaken Vows: The Ugly Side of Buddhist Charisma' Dr Sara Swenson (Dartmouth College) In this talk, Dr Sara Swenson (Dartmouth…

Flesh at The Haçienda: Panel discussion at The John Rylands Library

18:30 - 20:00 16 October 2025
SOLD OUT Join us for an engaging panel discussion exploring the legendary queer nightclub 'Flesh' at The Haçienda, a staple of Manchester’s nightlife in the 1990's. Moderated by Paul…

Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance - Gary Younge (Faber Lecture)

19:00 - 20:30 16 October 2025
Award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester, Gary Younge, delivers the inaugural Faber Lecture. In Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as…

The Faber Lecture 2025: Gary Younge (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Creative Manchester)

Sayaka Murata (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

19:00 - 20:15 18 October 2025
Sayaka Murata, the internationally acclaimed author of Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings, joins us to discuss her provocative and visionary new novel, Vanishing World. In a society…

Marcus du Sautoy (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

16:30 - 17:45 19 October 2025
In this fascinating talk, celebrated mathematician and leading scientist Marcus du Sautoy invites us to explore his new book Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity and rethink…

The Poems of Seamus Heaney (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

19:30 - 20:45 20 October 2025
Don’t miss this special evening celebrating the life and work of Seamus Heaney, as five acclaimed poets gather to mark the publication of The Poems of Seamus Heaney. The definitive…

Translation as Activism Workshop with Kasia Szymanska (Manchester Literature Festival)

20 October 2025
Led by Kasia Szymanska, this participatory conversation will ask: how can we use our languages to make the change we want? Should all activists want to translate? Should all translators…

Fixing the Future: Co-operative and Trade Unions Working Together

17:00 - 19:00 23 October 2025
Hosted by the WEI, the University of Lancashire, the University of Bristol and the University of Nottingham, this event explores how trade unions and co-operatives can collaborate in…

Mimi Khalvati: Rylands Poetry Reading (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

19:00 - 20:15 23 October 2025
Join us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading, this year delivered by one of our best-loved poets Mimi Khalvati. Her award-winning lyrical poetry has been inspired by everything from…

In Conversation with Hannah Peel and Tim O'Brien

19:30 - 21:00 30 October 2025
Join us for an intimate evening of conversation and music with award-winning composer, producer, and broadcaster Hannah Peel, and Tim O’Brien, Associate Director of the Jodrell Bank…

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