Past events

Manchester Histories Festival – Birth Day

11:00 - 15:00 9 June 2024

Marvel at the journey of medical advancement through artefacts from the University’s Museum of Med...

Manchester Histories Festival – Humanitarian Medicine Exhibition

11:00 - 15:00 9 June 2024

Step into the heart of humanitarianism and conflict response at The Humanitarian Archive, a captivat...

Manchester Histories Festival – Historic Footprints Walk

12:15 - 13:15 9 June 2024

Join John Piprani, The University of Manchester and Dr Tereza Ward on this fascinating walk, discove...

Manchester Histories Festival – Panel Conversation: The History and Legacy of Phil Martin and Champ's Camp

13:30 - 14:30 9 June 2024

A discussion about the history and legacy of Phil Martin and Champ’s Camp with some of the men who...

Manchester Histories Festival – Talk: Historical and Modern Slavery

14:45 - 15:30 9 June 2024

This talk centres on The University of Manchester staff’s research on slavery as both a historical...

Manchester Histories Festival – Panel Conversation: A Forgotten Wartime Tragedy

15:00 - 17:00 9 June 2024

Join us as we remember the tragic Bengal Famine of 1943, a man-made catastrophe that claimed the liv...

POSTPONED - Bridging the gap: An introduction to intercultural communication with China

12:00 - 13:30 4 June 2024

THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED TO THE AUTUMN TERM DUE TO TRAVEL DISRUPTION. NEW DATE TO BE ANNOU...

Blind Spots, Gaps, and Archival Silences: Reconstructing Contestation in the Venetian State Archive

15:00 - 17:00 28 May 2024

Venice boasts one of the largest early modern state archives. Produced by the Republic of Venice (79...

Venetian Seminar - in Memoriam Brian Pullan 1935-2022

09:00 - 16:00 17 May 2024

10.00 Coffee 10.30-12.00 Georg Christ (Manchester): Provincializing Ve...

The Gospel of Mary: Received and Retold

09:00 - 15:45 16 May 2024

We invite scholars, artists, and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines to participate in th...