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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

MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 1)

18:00 - 19:00 31 October 2026
Join us this Fall for the MANTIS Festival, featuring electroacoustic works and a programme by special guest composer and guitarist Marc Estibeiro, whose innovative work explores the…

MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 2)

19:30 - 21:00 31 October 2026
Join us this fall for the MANTIS Festival, showcasing innovative audio-visual and electroacoustic works by postgraduate composers at the University of Manchester

New Exhibition: The North Revisited

10 October 2026 - 24 January 2027
A joint exhibition bringing together John Bulmer’s The North and Simon Hill’s The North Revisited exploring how the North of England has changed and endured across six decades of documentary…

October half term at Jodrell Bank!

26 October - 1 November 2026
This October, put your science knowledge to the test with our brand-new Curious Kids science show, get up close with the iconic Lovell Telescope in our Discover the Dish sessions and much more!

Online Course in Social Network Analysis (Mitchell Centre)

2 October - 11 December 2026
The Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis at the University of Manchester is excited to introduce a new semester-long online course called the Mitchell Autumn School on Social…

SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series 2026

12:00 30 April - 12:30 26 November 2026
SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinars are your chance to:? Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience? Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related…

Schinkel in Manchester 1826-2026

7 September 2026 - 2 January 2027
An exhibition of architectural models by students from the Manchester School of Architecture of early nineteenth buildings in Berlin and Manchester created to celebrate the bicentenary…

SEERIH Primary Science ECT Mentor Programme 2026-27

09:00 30 September 2026 - 16:00 30 June 2027
Join our ECT Community today! Fully funded, expert-designed and delivered professional development for Early Career Teachers in Greater Manchester. Please note that this Programme…

MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 3)

14:00 - 15:30 1 November 2026
Join us this Fall for the MANTIS Festival, showcasing innovative audio-visual and electroacoustic works by postgraduate composers at the University of Manchester.

SEERIH Oldham Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

13:00 3 November 2026 - 16:00 22 June 2027
Please note that this Network is open to schools who are in Oldham. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH GM Open Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

13:00 4 November 2026 - 16:00 23 June 2027
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH GM Open Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network 2026-2027. Please note that this Network is open to all schools…

SEERIH Rochdale REAL Trust Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

09:00 4 November 2026 - 12:00 30 June 2027
SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate forward planning in schools, all three meetings are open to book now.…

SEERIH STOCCAT Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

13:00 5 November 2026 - 16:00 1 July 2027
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are STOCCAT members. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

'The Covenant’ World Premiere - part of?Ghost of the AI Empire, an immersive science-fiction opera trilogy

19:00 - 21:00 6 November 2026
Set in 2100 A.D., amid AI arms race between UK’s Commonwealth AI and Japan’s Shogun AI, The Covenant follows disgraced British CEO Jacob Dreadmore. Exiled after breaking environmental…

Ghost of the AI Empire | The Sci-Fi Opera Where You Decide the Ending

19:00 - 21:30 6 November 2026
Live opera, projections and live sound, with a story steered by the room. One night only in Manchester. Nobody knows how this opera ends. Not even the cast. The audience steers the…

Dimitrios Theodossopoulos (University of Kent) Title TBC

15:00 - 17:00 9 November 2026
Abstract TBC Dimitrios Theodossopoulos is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Kent

MIOIR Seminar Series - Critical and Strategic Raw Materials under Open Strategic Autonomy: Are Mining Capabilities in the EU Regions in Line with the Targets?

15:30 - 16:30 9 November 2026
Simona Iammarino, Professor of Applied Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy, will be discussing the geography of mining technologies in Europe and their role…

SEERIH Stockport Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

09:15 9 November 2026 - 12:15 22 June 2027
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Stockport. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

Beyond the Ceasefire: The Continuing Crisis in Tigray

14:00 - 15:30 11 November 2026
HCRI public event about the situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, following the civil war and the 2022 ceasefire. SPEAKERS Our guest speakers for this hybrid event are: - Dr Teklehaymanot…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 11 November 2026
Telmo Menezes

Perla Polanco (Manchester) "Oil Nationalism and the Coloniality of Resource Extraction in Mexico" and Mauricio Renteria Gonzalez (Manchester) "Racialised Mobility Within Lima's Dominant Class"

17:00 - 19:00 11 November 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 11 November 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person and online. You can…

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