School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Woodblock print exhibition: The Soul of the Black Earth

20 September - 29 October 2021
Manchester Confucius Institute is delighted to welcome students back to campus. In celebration, they are hosting an exhibition featuring a selection of woodblock prints to give a taste…

Novel Voices: Heba Hayek in Conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama (ONLINE)

19:00 - 20:00 25 October 2021
The Novel Voices series features Ellah P Wakatama (Senior Research Fellow) in conversation with debut authors about their craft and the journey to shaping their first, published full…

A Dialogue on Visual Novels (Games) - Webinar

13:10 - 14:30 27 October 2021
‘Playing with Characters: Dating Sims as a Transcultural Space’ Nicolle Lamerichs AND ‘Affection by Design: Adult Computer Games as Moving Images’ Patrick Galbraith East Asian Studies…

Paul Merchant (Bristol): 'An Archipelagic Nation? Ecology and Identity on Chile’s Pacific Coast'

17:00 - 18:30 27 October 2021
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series 2020/21. This event will be via Zoom. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/94462492930 Abstract:…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. John Barclay (Durham University) Discussion of themes from the 2021 Didsbury Lectures, 'Beyond Charity: Rethinking Gift and Community with Paul’

14:00 - 16:00 28 October 2021
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. All sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Professor Michael Burdett (University of Nottingham) “Death and Glory in a Technological World”

16:00 - 17:30 28 October 2021
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is an online-only session. Please register to receive the Zoom link by emailing Dr Andrew Boakye.…

Research seminar: Peacebuilding through discursive civility

16:00 - 19:00 28 October 2021
Dr Stef Pukallus is Senior Lecturer in Public Communication and Civil Development at the University of Sheffield. She is co-founder and Chair of the Hub for the Study of Hybrid Communication…

Novel Voices: Caleb Azumah Nelson & Brandon Taylor (ONLINE)

1 - 14 November 2021
This Digital event will be available for tickets holders to watch from 1pm on Monday 1 November until midnight on Sunday 14 November on the MLF Vimeo channel. Two brilliant young novelists…

Diversity in Creative and Cultural Industries at the intersection of Covid and Black Lives Matter

16:30 - 17:30 3 November 2021
Online event Lack of diversity in the cultural sector has been highlighted as a significant issue with substantial evidence (ACE, 2019; Malik and Shankley, 2020, Ali and Bridget, forthcoming)…

Film screening: "Beyond Fordlândia" (Marcos Colón, 2017)

17:00 - 19:00 3 November 2021
The year 2017 is symbolic for the Amazon Rainforest. The cut in Norwegian resources for the combat of deforestation, the dubious regulations of the National Copper Reserve and Associates…

Novel Voices: Micaiah Johnson in Conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama (ONLINE)

19:00 - 20:00 8 November 2021
The Novel Voices series features Ellah P Wakatama (Senior Research Fellow) in conversation with debut authors about their craft and the journey to shaping their first, published full…

The Moses Gaster Seminar

14:00 - 15:30 9 November 2021
This academic year (2021-22) the John Rylands Research Institute and Library will complete the online cataloguing of the codices in Hebrew script in the Rylands Library Manchester.…

Creative and cultural collaborations in social science research (part of the ESRC Festival 2021)

12:30 - 14:00 10 November 2021
What happens when social science meets the creative and cultural sector? About this event Can universities and cultural leaders really change policy when they work together? What…

Erika Edwards (UNC Charlotte)

17:00 - 18:30 10 November 2021
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series 2020/21. This event will be via Zoom. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/94462492930 Based on…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Jon Darby (Nazarene Theological College) ‘Singing and Textual Transmission in the Dead Scrolls: The Corporate Song of Praise in Psalm 154’

14:00 - 16:00 11 November 2021
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. All sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Elia Maggang (University of Manchester) "A Trinitarian Pneumatology of the Maritime"

16:00 - 17:30 11 November 2021
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is a hybrid session and can be attended in person or online. Please register to receive the Zoom link…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Stephen Barton (Durham University and University of Manchester) ‘Creation in the Synoptic Gospels’

14:00 - 16:00 18 November 2021
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. All sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Novel Voices: Nicola Garrard in Conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama (ONLINE)

19:00 - 20:00 22 November 2021
The Novel Voices series features Ellah P Wakatama (Senior Research Fellow) in conversation with debut authors about their craft and the journey to shaping their first, published full…

Abeyamí Ortega (UoM): 'The ‘mestizo gaze’ and the ‘scopic regime of mestizaje’: Racial logics, visual culture, and citizenship in Mexico'

17:00 - 18:30 24 November 2021
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series 2020/21. This event will be on campus (Samuel Alexander A101) but you can also follow it via Zoom.…

Museums as space of care: COVID-19 responses

17:15 - 18:15 24 November 2021
Online Event Drawing on her recent book, The Museum as a Space of Social Care (2020), Dr Nuala Moore explores the potential of ‘care thinking’ for understanding the social role of…

International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War

16:00 - 18:00 25 November 2021
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute and the Centre for Jewish Studies are hosting this Seminar on Jewish humanitarianism. In 1914, seven million Jews across Eastern Europe…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Katherine Brown (University of Birmingham) “Extremist Myths and Extremist Masculinities in Indonesia, Philippines and Pakistan”

16:00 - 17:30 25 November 2021
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is a hybrid session and can be attended in person or online. Please register to receive the Zoom link…

The 2021 Manson Memorial Lecture: Dr Catrin Williams (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) ‘Signs and Scripture in the Gospel of John’

14:00 - 16:00 25 November 2021
An annual lecture in place of the Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar. Attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk.…

Hunting down a theory on monuments: memorials, trauma and healing

17:15 - 18:15 1 December 2021
Online Event Hunting down a theory on monuments: memorials, trauma and healing Ana Milosevic is known by the academic community as 'the Monument Hunter.' She is Post-Doctoral Researcher…

Navigating crisis from the margins: LGBTQIA+ vulnerability and resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic. Research and stories from the UK and Brazil.

13:00 - 15:00 1 December 2021
The coronavirus pandemic and responses have had uneven impacts on different segments of societies. Despite growing awareness and research into lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer,…

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