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AHCP Research Seminars

3 December 2025 - 3 December 2026
Please check the research seminars of the department here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/department-of-art-history-and-cultural-practices-115441163851

Manchester Literature Festival presents Tayari Jones

19:00 2 June 2026
Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to welcome bestselling author Tayari Jones to discuss her highly anticipated new novel Kin. Born days apart in Honeysuckle, Louisiana,…

16:30 - 17:30 3 June 2026
Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural activities. Mandarin Corners are informal conversation sessions at…

Mandarin Corner

16:30 - 17:30 10 June 2026
Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural activities. Mandarin Corners are informal conversation sessions at…

Mandarin Corner

16:30 - 17:30 17 June 2026
Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural activities. Mandarin Corners are informal conversation sessions at…

Professor Christian Goeschel’s Inaugural Lecture: Senses, Emotions, and Politics in Germany in 1933

17:00 - 19:00 24 June 2026
Abstract: In the current global crisis of liberal democracy, a menacing threat of right-wing populism, and war in Europe and elsewhere, a fresh analysis of the Nazi capture of power…

2026 BCLTS Annual Conference

9 - 10 July 2026
The Annual International Conference of the British Chinese Language Teaching Society (BLTS), co-organised by The Confucius Institute at the University of Manchester and Beijing Normal…

What's next for China's economy?

18:00 - 19:30 1 October 2026
Join us for a panel discussion and book launch discussing the future of China's economy with two eminent speakers. Accounting for more than a third of the world's population, China…

Manchester Literature Festival presents Sarah Hall: Burning Snowflake – The 2026 Faber Lecture

18:00 10 October 2026
Award-winning author Sarah Hall delivers the 2026 Faber Lecture: Burning Snowflake. The natural world is burning. Time is running out. You know the story. So what possible role…

Manchester Literature Festival presents Patrick Radden Keefe

19:30 12 October 2026
A gripping evening with Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing. Patrick joins us to discuss his new work London Falling - a riveting true story of…

Manchester Literature Festival presents An Afternoon with Elif Shafak

19:30 25 October 2026
Join us for a special afternoon with one of today’s most influential and much-loved literary voices. Internationally-acclaimed novelist Elif Shafak returns to celebrate her extraordinary…

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