School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Chinese New Year celebrations with Manchester Confucius Institute

24 - 26 January 2020
Chinese New Year is undoubtedly Manchester’s most bright and colourful annual celebration. The streets of Manchester will be awash in a sea of red lanterns, with plenty of things to…

Remembering Biafra: Public History for Community Empowerment

10:00 - 16:30 25 January 2020
January 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigeria-Biafra war (1967-1970). The Nigerian civil war invites profound questions on issues like the legacies of British colonialism,…

Chinese New Year Film Screening & Pizza: Girls Always Happy

18:00 - 21:00 27 January 2020
Welcome in the Year of the Rat with a screening of Chinese drama ‘Girls Always Happy’ on 27 January. This engaging portrait of the often tense relationship between mother and daughter…

Global Harmonies Choir

17:30 - 19:00 27 January 2020
The Confucius Institute Global Harmonies Choir is returning Monday 27 January. With rehearsals every Monday, our Choir showcases songs from around the world and is a wonderful way to…

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2020

18:00 - 19:30 28 January 2020
We are delighted to announce that the sixth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Dina Porat (Tel Aviv University) . The event is open to the public;…

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2020

18:00 - 19:30 29 January 2020
We are delighted to announce that the sixth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Dina Porat (Tel Aviv University) . The event is open to the public;…

Bogdanow Masterclass in Holocaust Studies 2020

14:00 - 16:00 29 January 2020
We are delighted to announce that the sixth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Dina Porat (Tel Aviv University). As part of the annual lecture series…

Juan del Nido (Manchester): 'Uber and gladiatorial truths: the moral traction of popular choice in Global South late capitalism'

17:00 - 18:30 29 January 2020
Abstract: Based on my fieldwork into the logics, rhetoric and affects surrounding the Uber conflict in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I will examine how the middle class’ conviction that…

PN Review 250 Launch Party

18:30 3 February 2020
Please join us in the atmospheric setting of Christie's Bistro in Manchester to celebrate the 250th issue of PN Review, with readings from contributors Parwana Fayyaz, Jane Yeh, John…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Christian Fuchs (Westminster): Capitalism and Communication: Critical Theory in the Age of the Internet and Communicative/Digital Capitalism

17:30 - 19:00 4 February 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programme. Christian Fuchs, professor of media and communication studies and Director of the Communication…

Seminar: Fugitive Words: Deep Learning and the Deep Past in Australia

16:00 - 17:30 4 February 2020
Digital Humanities Seminar to be given by Dr Michael Falk, Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of Kent. Dr Falk is a digital humanist and scholar of eighteenth-century…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: Christian Fuchs (Westminster): Internet Platforms, Social Media & Society

14:00 - 16:00 5 February 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programme. Christian Fuchs, professor of media and communication studies and Director of the Communication…

Andreas Wirsching (Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Munich) 'Towards a Neo-Liberal Europe? Economic Change, Globalization, and European Integration'

16:00 - 18:30 6 February 2020
4.15 - 5.30: 6 February (Sam Alex_A101) Andreas Wirsching (Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Munich) 'Towards a Neo-Liberal Europe? Economic Change, Globalization, and European Integration'

CTIS Seminar: Fascism through the Lens of Translation: A Comparative Study of Four Regimes

14:00 - 15:30 6 February 2020

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Sarah Thieme (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) “Contested Communities? Churches in the De-industrialized Cities of Manchester and Essen, 1960–1990”

16:00 - 17:30 6 February 2020
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

HCRI Careers in Humanitarianism Day

09:30 - 18:00 7 February 2020
Are you considering a career in the humanitarian sector? If so, join us for a fantastic day of presentations, discussion and advice from current leaders in the field of humanitarianism.…

Eve Hayes De Kalaf (Liverpool): 'Organising Citizens: Legal Identity, Access to Documentation and Race in the Contemporary Dominican Republic'

17:00 - 18:30 12 February 2020
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies seminar series. Abstract: Legal identity is a global story. Over the coming decade, states are aiming to provide all people,…

Clare Hickman (University of Newcastle) 'Pine Fresh: A history of pine aroma and health from the sanatorium to the domestic bathroom'

16:00 - 18:30 5 March 2020
4.15 - 5.30: 5 March (Sam Alex_A101) Clare Hickman (University of Newcastle) 'Pine Fresh: A history of pine aroma and health from the sanatorium to the domestic bathroom'

CTIS Seminar: Interpreting and the Belsen Relief Effort: Challenges, Strategies and Outcomes

14:00 - 15:30 5 March 2020

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