School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

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

Mandarin Corner - EVERY WEDNESDAY

16:30 14 January - 17:30 25 March 2026
THIS IS A RECURRING EVENT - EVERY WEDNESDAY between 4:30PM – 5:30PM Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural…

CLACS Seminar: Lucía Tiscornia (University College Dublin): Criminal Governance in Unexpected Places: The case of Uruguay

17:00 - 18:30 26 February 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. PLEASE NOTE THIS SEMINAR IS ON A THURSDAY THURSDAY 26 Feb 2026, 5pm (UK time). This…

Building China: People’s Infrastructure

1 March - 31 May 2026
"Building China: People’s Infrastructure" invites audiences to encounter China from the kitchen table and the street corner rather than the skyline. Bringing together photographs and…

EAC Lunchtime Research Show and Tell

12:00 - 13:00 4 March 2026
Please join us for the spring EAC Lunchtime Research Show and Tell. The event will take place on Wednesday 4 March, from 12–1 pm, in Whitworth Hall, Committee Room A. The session…

How (not) to translate a Christian emotion. Fear, Consolation, and Joy in the Sixteenth-century Jesuit Mission to Japan

10:00 - 12:00 4 March 2026
Dr. Linda Zampol D’Ortia (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) This talk considers the rarity of mentions of fear in the literature composed by the Catholic missionaries of the Society…

Research Show and Tell: EAC 'Empire and After' Cluster

14:00 - 16:00 4 March 2026
Please join us for a 'Show and Tell' by researchers affiliated with the 'Empire and After' EACW research cluster, showcasing new and developing work. The event will take place on 4…

Women in Egyptian Cinema: Shifting Narratives, Roles and Aesthetics

17:00 - 18:30 5 March 2026
Dr Dalia S Mostafa, University of Edinburgh/University of Manchester Host: Dr Ruth Abou Rached In this seminar, I aim to provide a historical context for the influential role that…

After the Burning Age: Green utopianism, climate catastrophe, and retooling the apocalypse

16:00 - 18:00 11 March 2026
Radical Formations seminar, University of Manchester About the seminar This talk addresses the relationship between apocalyptic visions of catastrophe and utopian accounts of liberation,…

CLACS/Music Department WCLC event: Music concert Ñandereko (Our Way of Life) by Ramon Gorigoitia (World Première) and associated events

13:10 - 14:00 12 March 2026
This concert is organised by the Music Department and also forms part of the events series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are…

Alternative Ecological Futures

16:00 - 17:00 18 March 2026
Please join us for this exciting EACW research seminar event, taking place on Wednesday 18 March, from 4–5 pm, in Sam Alex A113. The session will feature talks by Professor Allison…

CLACS Seminar: Luis Schenoni (UCL): "Bringing War Back In: Victory, Defeat, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Latin America"

17:00 - 18:30 18 March 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 18 March 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander…

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