Faculty of Humanities

Guillaume Candela (University of Cardiff) "Recovering Hidden Histories: Reconstructing Trajectories and Experiences of Racialised and Enslaved Individuals in Colonial Paraguay"

17:00 - 19:00 7 October 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 7 October 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person and online. You can…

Humanitarianism Under Pressure

17:00 - 18:00 12 October 2026
Humanitarianism is under growing pressure - and the ways we understand humanity, war, suffering and accountability are changing. Join Prof Bertrand Taithe (HCRI) for a special online…

British Academy Lecture 2026: Professor Stefano Bartolini

17:00 - 19:00 14 October 2026
Rule Making Rules: The Origins of Western Political Institutions and Why They Matter Today. The University of Manchester is delighted to host Professor Stefano Bartolini, Emeritus…

Beyond the Ethics Board: Strengthening Ethical Practice in Qualitative Humanities and Social Science Research

12:00 - 16:30 20 October 2026
This event will mark the launch of a new report on 'Strengthening Ethical Practice in Qualitative Humanities and Social Science Research', funded by the University of Manchester’s Enhancing…

David Wood (UCL, London) "The Andes on the Small Screen: The Cultural Politics of Multilingual Translation"

17:00 - 19:00 21 October 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 21 October 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person and online. You can…

Beyond the Ceasefire: The Continuing Crisis in Tigray

14:00 - 15:30 11 November 2026
HCRI public event about the situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, following the civil war and the 2022 ceasefire. SPEAKERS Our guest speakers for this hybrid event are: - Dr Teklehaymanot…

Perla Polanco (Manchester) "Oil Nationalism and the Coloniality of Resource Extraction in Mexico" and Mauricio Renteria Gonzalez (Manchester) "Racialised Mobility Within Lima's Dominant Class"

17:00 - 19:00 11 November 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 11 November 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person and online. You can…

Nicholas Trajtenberg "Do Opportunity Effects Travel?" and Olga Sanchez de Ribera "Evaluating a community-based domestic violence programme in the Dominican Republic”

17:00 - 19:00 25 November 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 25 November 2026, 5pm (UK time). The event will be in person and online. You can…

Laura Bunt-MacRury (Centro de Estudios Agropecuarios, Cusco, Peru) "The Political Ecology of Biodiversity in the Andes"

17:00 - 19:00 9 December 2026
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 21 October 2026, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person and online. You can…

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