Events
Mandarin Corner (EVERY WEDNESDAY)
HIS 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 activities. Mandarin Corners are informal conversation sessions at Beginner (HSK 1-3) and Advanced (HSK 4-6) level that are designed to allow Mandarin learners..
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..
FeRN Seminar Series: “The harga is the women’s fault” – Fearing migration’s revolutionary potential in a Tunisian border town
Valentina Zagaria Leverhulme Research Fellow Social Anthropology Department, University of Manchester Abstract: Dignity (karama) in Tunisia became politicised during the 2011 revolution through demands for systemic change that would allow citizens to reproduce valued lives without feeling ‘socially dead’ or like they were simply surviving..
Leverhulme Visiting Professor Lecture: Prof. Karen Karbiener (NYU), 'With Walt Whitman in Manchester: Local Access to America’s Global Poet'
Leverhulme Visiting Professor Karen Karbiener (NYU) will deliver a public lecture on Walt Whitman: 'With Walt Whitman in Manchester: Local Access to America’s Global Poet' Venue: Ground floor event space, John Rylands Library. **Please note change from previously advertised venue** Organised by Dr. Gordon Fraser --- Karen Karbiener is a..
Serendipity: The Afterlife of the Object - A Book Talk with Carol Mavor
Join us to hear from Prof Carol Mavor in conversation with Prof John McAuliffe about her latest book, exploring the sadness, as well as the joy, of unexpected discoveries. Carol Mavor’s first ‘happy accident’ occurred in 1980 when visiting New York’s Serendipity 3, a dessert café favoured by Andy Warhol. Mavor’s memory of eating a..
CTIS Research Seminar -Who Counts as an Author? What Is a Text? Reshaping Literary Displacement through Collaboration
This presentation explores how collaborative ways of making literature redefine literary texts as social processes, open up individual and canonical ideas of authorship and create more immediate and relational modes of literary valuation and circulation. Focusing on contexts of migration and displacement and using the Shatila Stories project (..
MUMS and UMMTS present Jesus Christ Superstar
Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Thursday 3rd April 7pm - 8:55pm Friday 4th April 7pm - 8:55pm What’s the buzz? The first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be produced for the professional stage, Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for over 40 years. A timeless work, the rock opera is set against the bac..
WCLC: Eleanor Ryan (violin), Yevgeny Dokshansky (clarinet/sax) & Ben Powell (piano)
Lecturer in Performance Studies, Eleanor Ryan (violin), University of Manchester joins Professor Yevgeny Dokshansky (Clarinet), University of Houston, and Professor Ben Powell (Piano), RNCM. Performing Clarinet Trios from the Old World and the New. • Roger J Henry (Trinidad and Tobago): Trio No.2 (British Premiere) • Glen Downie (New Zeal..
UoM Baroque Orchestra: Bach and Beyond: Treasures from the North German Baroque
The University’s Baroque orchestra and guest singers present Bach’s beautiful ‘Actus Tragicus’ cantata (no. 106) alongside Telemann’s viola concerto, the first composed for the instrument.
CANCELLED: Dan Sealey's "Beware of Darkness" Tour 2025
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has had to be cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.