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

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…

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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Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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