Events
Seeds of Hope and Action Exhibition
Seeds of Hope and Action Exhibition The Seeds of Hope and Action exhibition, developed by the Earth Charter and SGI UK, focuses on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how individuals can learn, reflect, inspire, act and lead in our daily lives. Location: Sam Alexander Building Glass Corridor Dates: 20th March until 31st..
BASE NOTES: Adelle Stripe in conversation
We're excited to welcome Adelle Stripe to hear her discuss her wonderful new book, BASE NOTES: The Scents of a Life. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4. Admission is free when purchasing a copy the book. About the book: A bedroom dreamer with a headful of Warhol, Adelle Stripe's formative years were ones of daytime drinking and..
Cultural dislocation and the politics of recognition - Gary Younge in conversation with Michèle Lamont
Creative Manchester and the American Studies Department of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures are delighted to welcome Michèle Lamont, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, for an in-conversation event with Gary Younge, award-winning journalist and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester. During this event Professors Michèle..
The Contemporary Recontextualisation of Kuwaiti and Khaleeji Folk Music: From Zuhairiya and Sowt to Tanboura and Bahri Arts
Speaker: Adnan Marafi (PhD Researcher, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures) This lecture is part of The Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) Research Seminar Series (2024-2025).
Words Across Borders: French Words in Seventeenth-Century England
This workshop will consist of two presentations: Professor Richard Scholar (Durham) will present his work on untranslated French words such as ennui or je-ne-sais-quoi and what these émigrés words reveal about the rich yet fraught relationships between France and England in the long seventeenth century. Dr Jérôme Brillaud (Manchester) will..
EACW Research Seminar: Dr. Natasha Periyan (KCL), 'Jacob’s Room, Meritocracy and Manchester'
English, American Studies and Creative Writing research seminar: Dr. Natasha Periyan (KCL), 'Jacob’s Room, Meritocracy and Manchester' Venue: C1.18, Ellen Wilkinson Building All welcome! --- This paper examines Virginia Woolf’s March 1921 visit to Manchester University as a context for understanding her relationship to meritocracy. Wo..
CANCELLED: WCLC Alexandra Whittingham (guitar) & Elodie Chousmer-Howelles (violin)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has had to be cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Manchester Literature Festival: Kevin Barry
‘A true wonder’ – Max Porter Tom Rourke, poet, doper, drinker is struggling to make a life for himself amongst the Irish migrant workers seeking to make their fortunes in Butte, Montana. Then Polly Gillespie, wife of a mine captain, walks into his life. Sparks fly, the lovers flee West, but will they reach the sunset before they’re ca..
Postgraduate Pianos
Pianists from the MusM Music (Performance Studies) degree at the University of Manchester perform a collection of solos and duos (4-hands). The programme includes Franz Schubert's Fantasia in F minor, Claude Debussy's Rêverie, Libertango by Astor Piazzolla, Rosemary by Frank Bridge, Jamaican Medley by Eleanor Alberga, and Chen Yi’s Ji-Dong-..
After the cuts: USAID, UK aid spending, and the future of the humanitarian sector (Zoom Webinar)
HCRI is hosting an online roundtable about the recent dramatic changes to US & UK international aid spending and its implications for humanitarian work. Speakers to be announced shortly. Registration via: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N4jIADi-RX653sGDOz_row Any accessibility-related or other questions to: andrew.gibson-3@manchester.a..