A celebration of Arts, Languages and Cultures
To celebrate the creation of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures on 1 September 2012 we are hosting an eight-week programme of events. The calendar of talks, performances, discussions and games reflects the breadth and diversity of work across the School and makes connections between our different interests and areas of expertise.
Join us in the conversation this autumn.
Launch calendar of events
Most events are free and are open to anyone who is interested in attending, but some require advanced booking and places may be limited. Please contact the relevant person for more information about each event and for ticketing details, where applicable.
Arts, Languages and Cultures Graduate School launch
Date: 21 September
Time: 6.30pm-8pm
Venue: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester M1 5BY
Drop-in event: no need to book.
Celebrate the opening of our new Graduate School at this networking event, including presentations by alumni and readings from graduates of our Creative Writing MA programme. Refreshments. Everyone welcome
More information: Jerome De Groot, jerome.degroot@manchester.ac.uk
Inaugural Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) Annual Public Lecture.
A Humanitarian Surge and its Demise, 1997-2003. A Personal Account by Clare Short
Date: 26 September 2012
Time: 5.30pm drinks reception, 6.30pm – 7.45pm lecture followed by Q&A
Venue: Lecture theatre A, University Place
Free, bookable event.
The annual HCRI public lecture is designed to provide a public forum for engagement and debate about humanitarian issues. We are delighted to welcome Clare Short as our speaker for the inaugural annual lecture where we ask ‘Has the humanitarian moment passed?’
Registration for this free event is now open, and available at: HCRI public lecture: A humanitarian surge and its demise, 1997-2003 - a personal account.
Please see the attached document for more information, or visit: HCRI Events Programme.
Future Delivery presented by Fluxx
Date: 2 October 2012
Time: 7pm
Venue: John Thaw Studio Theatre, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Free, bookable event.
‘Sarah is expecting – but will the outcome be what she expected?’… In matters of having children, how much control is it reasonable to expect? … An interactive event combining improvisation, debate and film. Devised and directed by Chris Johnston
For further information please visit the Martin Harris Centre
Language taster sessions
Date: 6 October 2012
Times: Various, throughout the day (see below for details)
Venue: Samuel Alexander Building (see below for room details)
Drop-in events: no need to book.
Find out more about studying languages and meet our lecturers at our Languages Open Day.
Middle Eastern Studies Talk (1)
10am- 11am, Room A201
Under Western Eyes: Perceptions and Misconceptions, Rachel Platonov
10am-11am, Room A112
Why Iberian Culture Matters (and Where Does it Lead?), Chris Perriam
11am-12pm, Room A112
Fictions of Italy, Francesca Billiani
11am-12pm, Room A7
Middle Eastern Studies (2)
12pm-1pm, Room A113
Studying Chanson at University: Edith Piaf, French icon, Barbara Lebrun
12pm-1pm, Room A7
Things you should know about Latin America but would never ask, Raul Marchena Magadan
2pm-3pm, Room A7
Watch your language. Analysing the language of the Bild Zeitung, Eva-Maria Broomer
2pm-3pm, Room A112
For more information please contact Karen Wang: karen.wang@manchester.ac.uk
Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange and beyond
Date: 10 October 2012
Time: 4pm
Venue: Arts Lecture Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building
Drop-in event: no need to book.
Anthony Burgess is perhaps the most famous past student of English Literature at the former Victoria University of Manchester. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of A Clockwork Orange, Dr Howard Booth discusses this influential work with his colleague, Dr Kaye Mitchell, and Dr Andrew Biswell, Director of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, biographer of Burgess and editor of a new edition of A Clockwork Orange. After the talk, a commemorative plaque to Burgess will be unveiled at the front of the Samuel Alexander Building, followed by a drinks reception.
More information: Howard Booth, howard.j.booth@manchester.ac.uk
Related exhibition: ‘Fifty Years of A Clockwork Orange’, The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, 20 August 2012 – 27 January 2013.
Multilingual Manchester
Date: 18 October 2012
Time: 5pm
Venue: Arts Lecture Theatre, Samuel Alexander Building
Drop-in event: no need to book.
Multilingual Manchester is a cross-disciplinary initiative aimed at celebrating, researching and raising awareness of language and cultural diversity in Greater Manchester and at highlighting relevant theoretical and policy issues. The event will present recent activities of Multilingual Manchester in research, teaching and student involvement in outreach activities, dissemination and community engagement. Followed by a drinks reception.
For more information please contact Hazel Gardner: hazel.gardner@manchester.ac.uk
Wang Anyi
Date: 20 October 2012
Time: 2pm
Venue: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester
M1 5BY
UK
Bookable, admission charge.
Celebrated for her irony and daring explorations of sexual love, Wang Anyi has penned many acclaimed novels, including The Song of Everlasting Sorrow. Shortlisted for the 2011 Booker International Prize, this is a beautifully written epic tracing the trials and tribulations of a former Shanghai beauty pageant winner from the 1940s to the present day. Wang Anyi is currently the chairperson of the Shanghai Writers’ Association and was co-author of the screenplay of Chen Kaige’s film, Temptress Moon. Part of the Manchester Literature Festival 2012, in partnership with the Confucius Institute, University of Manchester.
Tickets: £5/£3 concessions. Book on 0843 208 0500 or online at Quay Tickets.
Manchester University Music Society Symphony Orchestra
Date: 20 October 2012
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Whitworth Hall
Bookable, admission charge.
The MUMS (Manchester University Music Society) Symphony Orchestra performs the mysterious Lontano by Ligeti followed by Mahler’s Third Symphony, the late-Romantic composer’s hymn to nature and his longest work.
Ligeti – Lontano
Mahler – Symphony No. 3
Conductors: Will Hooker, Mark Heron.
Tickets: £10/ £6/£3. For further information please visit the Martin Harris Centre
Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with A.M. Homes – Male Me: Imagination and Gender
Date: 22 October 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Bookable, admission charge.
Newly appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing, Jeanette Winterson discusses gender and the imagination with acclaimed American author A.M. Homes. Part of the Manchester Literature Festival 2012.
Tickets: £12/£7 concessions. Tickets: £10/ £6/£3. For further information please visit the Martin Harris Centre
MANTIS Autumn Festival 2012
Dates: 27 and 28 October 2012
Times: 6pm and 8pm, 27 October; 6pm and 7.30pm, 28 October.
Venues: Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama: John Thaw Studio Theatre, 27 October; Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, 28 October.
Bookable, admission charge.
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents a weekend of electro-acoustic concerts featuring composers based at the NOVARS Research Centre, guest artists John Young and Barry Truax, the centenary of computing pioneer Alan Turing, and the MANTIS 48-loudspeaker sound diffusion system for an exciting and immersive listening experience.
Tickets: £7.50/£5/£3 per concert; reductions for booking more than one concert. For further information please visit the Martin Harris Centre
ENIGMA: The life and death of Alan Turing
Date: 28 October 2012
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Bookable, admission charge.
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents an electro-acoustic concert marking the centenary of mathematician Alan Turing, including the premiere of Barry Truax’s dramatic works Enigma and From the Unseen World, as well as other Turning-inspired works by Manchester-based composers.
Part of the Manchester Science Festival 2012.
Tickets: £7.50/£5/£3. For further information please visit the Martin Harris Centre
Beyond the Campus: Connecting Knowledge and Creative Practice Communities across Higher Education and the Creative Economy
Date: 5 November 2012
Time and venue: to be confirmed
Bookable, limited places.
AHRC Research Network workshop on Higher Education and the Arts and Cultural Sector with Dr. Maria Balshaw, Joint Director of the Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth Art Gallery, and Bruno Verbegt, Associate Professor, University of Antwerp and Director, Culture, Sport and Youth, Stad Antwerp. Followed by a drinks reception.
For further details of the research workshops and to download the call for papers:
To register your interest in attending: email abigail.gilmore@manchester.ac.uk with subject line 'Beyond the Creative Campus'.
Campus Obscura: Geotagging the ‘Arts Quarter’
Date: 7 November 2012
Time and venue: Afternoon, on campus. Details to be confirmed.
Free, drop-in event.
Explore the University campus in this digital gaming tour and find out the hidden stories of University life, buildings and people. If you have a smartphone, please bring it with you. Students, staff and visitors are all welcome – and we guarantee surprises … and prizes.
Organised by UniverCityCulture.
More information Kostas Arvanitis, kostas.arvanitis@manchester.ac.uk
HCRI conference: Humanitarianism: Past, Present & Future
Dates: 8-10 November 2012
Venue: Kings Conference Centre, Sidney Street,
Manchester
M1 7HB
Bookable event: registration required.
While the field of humanitarian studies is growing rapidly, it remains unclear if and in what way the research offered by historians and social scientists enters into the reflections of practitioners and policy makers. Join us at this event where we will explore the past, present, and future of humanitarianism, emphasising links between scholars and practitioners in order to forge a better understanding of the humanitarian field. Supported by the Hallsworth fund.
More information and online registration: Humanitarianism: Past, Present & Future
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts and Languages (CIDRAL) Lecture - ‘How to Create a Public Intellectual, Posthumously’, Professor Thomas Elsaesser, University of Amsterdam/ Bauhaus University Weimar
Date: 13 November 2012
Time: 5pm
Venue: John Casken Lecture Theatre, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Free, drop-in event.
Professor Elsaesser will take questions after his lecture, which will be followed by a drinks reception.
Prior to the lecture (2pm-3.30pm) Professor Elsaesser will lead a postgraduate masterclass on the topic of W.G. Sebald and the problem of writing biographies around absences and traumas.
More information: Jackie Stacey, jackie.stacey@manchester.ac.uk