Events
Spring Open Day at the Confucius Institute
Come along to our Spring Open Day on 5 April and take part in a variety of fun cultural activities, language tasters, sample some Chinese tea and snacks and enter our prize draw to win some great prizes: A free copy of The Book of Beijing anthology A free place on one of our lunchtime calligraphy courses (to be claimed by end of 2025) Sched..
Stachniewski Memorial Lecture: Prof. Ambereen Dadabhoy (Harvey Mudd College), 'Disappearing Muslims in Shakespeare' (Online Lecture)
Stachniewski Memorial Lecture: Prof. Ambereen Dadabhoy (Harvey Mudd College), 'Disappearing Muslims in Shakespeare' (Online Lecture) Weds 9th April, 5pm UK time Venue: Online (joining instructions to follow) --- This talk explores the dearth of Muslim representation in Shakespeare. While some characters such as Othello and the Prince..
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 (Institute of English Studies), 'Virginia Woolf, Meritocracy and Literary Impressionism: A Biopolitics of Mind and Feeling'
English, American Studies and Creative Writing research seminar: Dr. Natasha Periyan (Institute of English Studies), 'Virginia Woolf, Meritocracy and Literary Impressionism: A Biopolitics of Mind and Feeling' Venue: C1.18, Ellen Wilkinson Building All welcome!
History Research Seminar - Ritual for the Horse Spirit: Management, Care and Power at the Qing Court
Join us for the latest history external speaker research seminar. The significance and the distinct place of ritual are well known aspects of Chinese history. This paper, however, offers a fresh perspective by exploring the subject through the lens of horses and the intersection of human and animal worlds in state practice. By examining an imp..
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..