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

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Maggie O’Farrell

19:00 - 20:15 9 October 2026
Maggie O'Farrell makes a welcome return to Manchester Literature Festival with her extraordinary new novel, Land - a sweeping, multi-generational epic inspired by her own family history…

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

18:00 - 19:15 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…

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Patrick Radden Keefe

19:30 - 20:45 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…

Mark Ravina (University of Texas at Austin), Interactive Cartography: Saving the World one Map at a Time

12:00 - 13:30 14 October 2026
Mark Ravina (University of Texas at Austin), Interactive Cartography: Saving the World one Map at a Time co-hosted by the History Research Seminar and the Japanese Studies Sam Alex A 201

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Sufiyaan Salam and Monika Radojevic

17:00 - 18:15 18 October 2026
Discover two fresh and uncompromising voices from Stormzy’s #Merky Books as Sufiyaan Salam and Monika Radojevic come together to discuss their acclaimed debut novels and the stories…

Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Min Jin Lee

19:30 - 20:45 21 October 2026
Acclaimed Korean American author Min Jin Lee, internationally celebrated for the bestselling Pachinko, discusses her long-awaited new novel, American Hagwon. Spanning decades and…

Prof Jeff Wasserstrom (UC Irvine), China in Five Bookshops: A Quintet of Travel Tales

03:00 - 05:00 21 October 2026
China in Five Bookshops: A Quintet of Travel Tales Prof Jeff Wasserstrom (UC Irvine) Wednesday, Oct 21, 4pm Sam Alex A112 This talk will use the speaker’s visits to unusual bookshops…

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Lady Hale and Lara Feigel

19:00 - 20:15 21 October 2026
Lady Hale, the first female President of the UK Supreme Court and author of the Women’s Prize longlisted With the Law on Our Side, joins acclaimed writer Lara Feigel, author of Custody:…

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Karen Solie: Rylands Poetry Reading

19:00 - 20:15 22 October 2026
This year’s annual Rylands Poetry Reading is delivered by Karen Solie. Her latest collection Wellwater, exploring the profound impact of economic and environmental crises on human culture…

SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents An Afternoon with Elif Shafak

15:00 - 16:15 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…

Sasha Rasmussen (University of Nottingham) 'Desperate Circumstances: Negotiating Abortion as Crime and Healthcare in the Late Russian Empire'

12:00 - 13:30 28 October 2026
Sasha Rasmussen (University of Nottingham) 'Desperate Circumstances: Negotiating Abortion as Crime and Healthcare in the Late Russian Empire' History Research Seminar, hosted by Europe…

EACW Research Seminar: Trans Visibility

16:00 - 17:00 12 November 2026
Short paper by Prof. Eagan Dean (Freiburg Center for Advanced Study/College of Wooster (USA)), followed by response and conversation with our own Dr. Gareth Gavin. (Dean will be sharing…

Daniel Siemens (Newcastle University), 'A story with a happy ending? Writing the biography of the German-Jewish photographer Fred Stein (1909-1967) today'

15:00 - 17:00 18 November 2026
Daniel Siemens (Newcastle University), 'A story with a happy ending? Writing the biography of the German-Jewish photographer Fred Stein (1909-1967) today' History Research Seminar, hosted by Modern British Studies

The Chinese story of bamboo: Sustainability in material and culture

18:00 - 19:00 19 November 2026
Join us for our next public talk to learn about the Chinese story of bamboo with Fang Zong. Bamboo, as a model of sustainability, is deeply rooted in Chinese traditions of material…

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