School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Dr James Koranyi (Durham University), New Europeans in the Carpathians, 1870s-1930s

13:00 - 15:00 22 October 2025
Department of History Guest Seminar

Leandro Minuchin, UoM: Architectures of Exit: Libertarianism, Anarcho-Capitalism, and the Substitution of Politics in Latin America

17:00 - 18:30 22 October 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 22 Oct 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building,…

Mandarin Corner - EVERY WEDNESDAY

16:30 8 October - 17:30 10 December 2025
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…

Mimi Khalvati: Rylands Poetry Reading (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

19:00 - 20:15 23 October 2025
Join us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading, this year delivered by one of our best-loved poets Mimi Khalvati. Her award-winning lyrical poetry has been inspired by everything from…

Mapping Biblical Reception: Questions, Answers, Stories (Religions and Theology – Erhardt Seminars)

15:00 - 17:00 27 October 2025
Speaker: Dr Andrew Mein (The Queen's Foundation)

Repatriation, Rematriation, and Museums: Perspectives from Mexico and the Americas

17:00 - 19:00 4 November 2025
This session brings together three guest speakers from Mexico and the Americas who will present perspectives on museums, cultural heritage, and the processes of repatriation and rematriation…

Uniting musical cultures from Manchester to Hong Kong

18:00 - 19:00 4 November 2025
In October, Robert Guy was invited to conduct the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong making his debut at Hong Kong City Hall. Whilst in Hong Kong, Robert presented a guest lecture…

Zadie Smith (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

19:30 - 20:45 4 November 2025
Zadie Smith, one of the most beloved writers of her generation, joins us to discuss her illuminating and keenly-awaited new essay collection Dead and Alive. Written with her usual…

You Ought To Know – Reclaiming Black British Music His and Herstories

18:00 - 19:30 6 November 2025
Join us as we share the findings from a recent research project, “You Ought To Know – Reclaiming Black British music His and Herstories”. You will learn more about the stories of artists…

The Convent in the Community: How Secular Use of Sacred Space Contributes to Catholic Nuns' Pursuit of the Good in Eastern Indonesia (Religions and Theology Reserch Seminar)

15:00 - 17:00 10 November 2025
Speaker: Meghan Rose Donnelly (The University of Manchester)

Jeanette Winterson (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

19:00 - 20:15 11 November 2025
Forty years after her era-defining debut Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns with One Aladdin Two Lamps - a bold, brilliant celebration of the transformative…

Ed King (Bristol): Addressing Algorithmic Bias through Video Game Design in Brazil

17:00 - 18:30 12 November 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Co-organised with the Centre for Digital Humanities, Media and Culture. Wed 12 November…

Making Queer Photography Visible Now

16:00 - 17:00 12 November 2025
V&A curator Zorian Clayton in conversation with Prof. Jackie Stacey (EACW)

Putting on the New Self: Representing Conversion with Costume Change in Bible Films (Religions and Theology – Erhardt Seminars)

15:00 - 17:00 17 November 2025
Speaker: Dr Katie Turner (public historian and educator)

A Decolonial Reading of the Nicene Creed from a Dalit Theological Perspective (Religions and Theology Reserch Seminar)

15:00 - 17:00 24 November 2025
Speaker: Raj Patta (The University of Manchester alumni)

Nicolle Alzamora (UoM): A Tale of Two Invasions: Fictional Excavations of Panama’s Difficult Pasts

17:00 - 18:30 26 November 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 26 Nov 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building,…

Prof. Gareth Austin (University of Cambridge), Coercion and Markets: Reconciling Economic and Social Explanations of Slavery in Precolonial West Africa, c1450-c1900

13:00 - 15:00 26 November 2025
Department of History Guest Seminar

Ideal Leadership in the Temple Scroll (Religions and Theology – Erhardt Seminars)

15:00 - 17:00 1 December 2025
Speaker: Abigail Naidu (PhD candidate, University of Birmingham)

Prof. Anja Laukötter (University of Jena), Colonial Botanies and Glocal Legacies: Carl Haussknecht and the 19th-Century Construction of “the Orient” in German History

13:00 - 15:00 3 December 2025
Department of History Guest Seminar

The Two Worlds of the Reader: Text World and Life-world in a New Theory of Reading (Religions and Theology Reserch Seminar)

15:00 - 17:00 8 December 2025
Speaker: Alexander Samely (The University of Manchester)

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John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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