Events

Nicolle Alzamora (UoM): A Tale of Two Invasions: Fictional Excavations of Panama’s Difficult Pasts

17:00 - 18:30 26 November 2025

This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 26 Nov 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A112. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: In this presentation, I focus on the novel Una corona con cantáridas (2..

Prof. Gareth Austin (University of Cambridge), Coercion and Markets: Reconciling Economic and Social Explanations of Slavery in Precolonial West Africa, c1450-c1900

13:00 - 15:00 26 November 2025

Department of History Guest Seminar

WCLC: Nishla Smith

13:10 - 27 November 2025

Nishla Smith is a jazz singer songwriter driven by a desire to tell stories. Her unique musical sensibility, along with this preoccupation with narrative, is recurrent throughout her diverse array of musical projects. Smith’s recent performances have seen her collaborate with a range of classical and jazz organisations in the UK, including O..

UoM Chorus & Symphony Concert

19:30 - 21:30 29 November 2025

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra present Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. Follow the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment through a night of drama, magic, and music.

Prof. Anja Laukötter (University of Jena), Colonial Botanies and Glocal Legacies: Carl Haussknecht and the 19th-Century Construction of “the Orient” in German History

13:00 - 15:00 03 December 2025

Department of History Guest Seminar

Lunchtime concert - Shostakovich Special

13:10 - 14:00 04 December 2025

Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 The Quatuor Danel mark the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel public seminar – Composition Workshop The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported..

Evening Concert with Pete Furniss (clarinet), Richard Whalley (piano)

19:30 - 05 December 2025

Joined by String Students from Chetham's School of Music Ustvolskaya Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Marc Danel with Pete Furniss and Richard Whalley Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5 Barshai Chamber Symphony (arrangement of String Quartet No. 8) Op. 110a (1960) for string orchestra, arranged by Rudolf Barshai Marc Danel joins Dr Ri..

Agustin Diz (Edinburgh): After Abundance: Guaraní Settlements and the Making of the Gran Chaco’s Extractive Frontier

17:00 - 18:30 10 December 2025

This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 10 Dec 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A214. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: The natural resources taken from the hills and semi-arid plains that mak..

Dr Liam Liburd (Durham University), An Accidental History of Prisons and Race in Late Twentieth Century Britain

16:00 - 18:00 10 December 2025

Department of History Guest Seminar

MUMS Festive Ensembles Extravaganza

19:00 - 21:30 10 December 2025

This festive showcase will feature a wealth of MUMS Ensembles! From MUWO, MUSO and Brass Band to Choirs and Big Band. There will be a MUSO and Big Band crossover to look forward to!