Events
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..
Fear Research Network Seminar Series – 'Harsh Truths and Mistaken Vows: The Ugly Side of Buddhist Charisma'
Fear Research Network Seminar Series 'Harsh Truths and Mistaken Vows: The Ugly Side of Buddhist Charisma' Dr Sara Swenson (Darmouth College) In this talk, Dr Sara Swenson (Darmouth College) will examine "the ugly side" of Buddhist charisma through the case of an iconoclastic monk in Vietnam. Lay and monastic followers respected this monk fo..
The Faber Lecture 2025: Gary Younge (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Creative Manchester)
Award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester, Gary Younge, delivers the inaugural Faber Lecture. In Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance, Gary explores what has been termed as the ‘burden of representation’ and the pressures exerted upon the relatively small group of people f..
WCLC: In Focus - Jack Sheen. Manchester Camerata featuring Eleonore Cockerham
A whisper of Japan, a luminous glimpse into India, and a delicate sound spun from the words of a symbolist poet — this ethereal concert grows from a trio of miniature masterpieces from the dawn of modernism, all premiered together in Paris in 1914. Featured alongside these will be UK premieres by Sheen and Gellis The Thursday lunchtime conc..
Manchester University Music Society: Symphony Orchestra Concert
This concert features the premiere of PHD student, Tanguy Pocquet Du Haut-Jusse’s new composition for orchestra followed by Jacob Ter Veldhuis’ Tallahatchie Concerto for Saxophone performed by concerto competition winner, Jamie Marriot. In the second half, the orchestra will play Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7.
Sayaka Murata (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
Sayaka Murata, the internationally acclaimed author of Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings, joins us to discuss her provocative and visionary new novel, Vanishing World. In a society where sex, love and parenting have been reimagined, Amane—born from a taboo act of love—struggles to conform. As an adult, she explores anime relationship..
Marcus du Sautoy (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
In this fascinating talk, celebrated mathematician and leading scientist Marcus du Sautoy invites us to explore his new book Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity and rethink the boundaries between art and mathematics. From prehistoric stone circles to Zaha Hadid’s sweeping curves, to Shakespeare’s rhythms and Radiohead’s musica..
The Poems of Seamus Heaney (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
Don’t miss this special evening celebrating the life and work of Seamus Heaney, as five acclaimed poets gather to mark the publication of The Poems of Seamus Heaney. The definitive edition of his work, it encompasses all the poems that Seamus published in his lifetime (from Death of a Naturalist (1966) to Human Chain (2010)) alongside a numb..
Translation as Activism Workshop with Kasia Szymanska (Manchester Literature Festival)
Led by Kasia Szymanska, this participatory conversation will ask: how can we use our languages to make the change we want? Should all activists want to translate? Should all translators want to be activist? And are we talking about different things when we talk about translation as activism and translation as art? This workshop is aimed at in..
Dr James Koranyi (Durham University), New Europeans in the Carpathians, 1870s-1930s
Department of History Guest Seminar