Events
AHCP Research Seminars
Please check the research seminars of the department here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/department-of-art-history-and-cultural-practices-115441163851
Mandarin Corner - EVERY WEDNESDAY
THIS 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 learner..
CLACS Seminar: Lucía Tiscornia (University College Dublin): Criminal Governance in Unexpected Places: The case of Uruguay
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. PLEASE NOTE THIS SEMINAR IS ON A THURSDAY, STARTS AT 4PM AND IS NOT IN THE SAM ALEXANDER BUILDING THURSDAY 26 Feb 2026, 4pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Mansfield Cooper 4.05. It can be followed online here: https://tinyurl.com/yzm..
CTIS Research Seminar - Surviving Translation + Q&A
Surviving Translation takes an in-depth look at the ethics of translation – focusing specifically on the traumatic experiences of female migrants. Starting with Charlotte Bosseaux’s research, film director, cinematographer and editor, Ling Lee, alongside Charlotte who co-created the film, captured intimate conversations with migrants and l..
WCLC: Percussion NOW
Art flourishes when tradition meets innovation. This concert, rooted in Miquel Bernat’s forward-looking artistry, unveils world premieres by Azguime and several first performances in England, an encounter where history, imagination, and the avant-garde merge to keep artistic creation vibrantly alive. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are par..
MANTIS Festival Spring Edition (Concert 1)
Join us this Spring for the MANTIS Festival, showcasing innovative audio-visual and electroacoustic works by postgraduate composers at the University of Manchester. In partnership with the MHC Lunchtime Concert on the 26 of February, featuring renowned percussionist Miquel Bernat.
MANTIS Festival Spring Edition (Concert 2)
Join us this Spring for the MANTIS Festival, showcasing innovative audio-visual and electroacoustic works by postgraduate composers at the University of Manchester. In partnership with the MHC Lunchtime Concert on the 26 of February, featuring renowned percussionist Miquel Bernat.
Building China: People’s Infrastructure
"Building China: People’s Infrastructure" invites audiences to encounter China from the kitchen table and the street corner rather than the skyline. Bringing together photographs and prints from the 1950s to the 1980s with field images from the early 2000s and contemporary works, the exhibition traces urban change through the ordinary spaces..
How (not) to translate a Christian emotion. Fear, Consolation, and Joy in the Sixteenth-century Jesuit Mission to Japan
Dr. Linda Zampol D’Ortia (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) This talk considers the rarity of mentions of fear in the literature composed by the Catholic missionaries of the Society of Jesus from Japan, in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The mission, founded by future saint Francis Xavier in 1549, by the 1580s made accommod..
Research Show and Tell: EAC 'Empire and After' Cluster
Please join us for a 'Show and Tell' by researchers affiliated with the 'Empire and After' EACW research cluster, showcasing new and developing work. The event will take place on 4 March at 2pm, in University Place 2.217. About the research cluster Empire and After (lead: Dr Howard Booth) – ‘Empire and After’ is a research group in En..