News
Find out what's been happening in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures.
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CNW welcomes new Burgess Fellows
24 Jan 2023
The Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester is welcoming its 2023 Burgess Fellows, Dr Adelle Stripe and Joe Carrick-Varty. The ...
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Who Ya Gonna Call? (in event of emergency)
19 Jan 2023
A one-man show about climate resilience, Who Ya Gonna Call? jumps headlong into some of the most difficult questions about our uncertain future - ...
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Archaeologists shed light on the lives of Stone Age hunter-gatherers in Britain
19 Jan 2023
A team of archaeologists from the Universities of Chester and Manchester has made discoveries which shed new light on the communities who inhabited ...
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CNW graduate scoops PFD dissertation prize
18 Jan 2023
A Centre for New Writing graduate has won the coveted PFD Prize for the most promising dissertation from the 2021-22 MA Creative Writing cohort. ...
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PhD composition student selected for Composition:Wales
18 Jan 2023
A final year PhD composition student with the Department of Music at The University of Manchester is one of eight composers to be selected to work ...
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International Mother Language Day 2023 Events
17 Jan 2023
Creative Manchester is delighted to present a number of events celebrating UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2023, in partnership with ...
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Staff donate 114.1kg of food and toiletries in Christmas push
17 Jan 2023
SALC staff generously donated to the Manchester Central Food Bank at Peters House in the run-up to Christmas 2022, helping families keep their ...
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In Conversation: Stephen Morris
17 Jan 2023
Macclesfield-born, Stephen Morris has often been renowned for his ‘machine-like’ skills as a drummer, beginning his career alongside vocalist Ian...
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University of Manchester welcomes Bressonian exchanges at two-day conference
15 Dec 2022
Marking 40 years since Robert Bresson released L’Argent in 1983 - his final film, bookending a 40-year career - The University of Manchester ...
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Five Art History staff publications announced
12 Dec 2022
Details of each publication can be found via the links below, from ground-breaking critiques to inspiring artbooks. Dr Charlie Miller | Radical ...
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‘Cultural History of Youth in Antiquity’ amplifies unheard voices
9 Dec 2022
A new volume edited by Professor of Ancient History at The University of Manchester Prof Dr Christian Laes gives a voice to young people who do not ...
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Prestigious awards for Drama’s Kwame Owusu and Misha Duncan-Barry
8 Dec 2022
A recent graduate of the Department of Drama and a current MA Playwriting student have recently taken home prestigious industry awards. Kwame Owusu ...
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Prof Peter Knight celebrates double publication
8 Dec 2022
Professor of American Studies Peter Knight is celebrating not one, but two published volumes in December 2022. Both books have come about as part of ...
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New Leonora Carrington art history volume features feminist arts and curatorial practice of SALC’s Dr Jenna Ashton’s
8 Dec 2022
A new publication on the influence of the late artist Leonora Carrington on contemporary artists will feature Dr Jenna Ashton's feminist arts and ...
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Relaxed Performance Festive Sing-Along returns to MHC
6 Dec 2022
The Relaxed Performance returns to the Martin Harris Centre this month, welcoming everyone, young and old, to a Festive Sing-Along in a friendly ...
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Quatuor Danel brings music in memory of lost sisters to Manchester Jewish Museum
5 Dec 2022
The University of Manchester’s resident string quartet, the celebrated Quatuor Danel, will be bringing a very special performance to the Manchester...
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Jeanette Winterson Launches Creative Manchester's 'Solstice and Equinox Series'
5 Dec 2022
Every year, in a tradition established by Charles Dickens, the Centre for New Writing’s Professor of New Writing and world-renowned ...
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Linguistic Diversity Collective formally launches with ‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities’ public panel event
30 Nov 2022
‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities: Language endangerment and maintenance’ included a cross-disciplinary panel and marked the ...
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‘Something to fight for’: Music and the Ukrainian conflict
11 Nov 2022
Professor Kevin Malone of The University of Manchester’s Department of Music has produced new music for the Ukrainian Composers Union amid the ...
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12 stunning murals which reveal a remarkable Victorian vision of Manchester
8 Nov 2022
An Art History expert from The University of Manchester has written the first in-depth account of the story behind the twelve extraordinary murals in ...
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Funding awarded to researchers exploring the role of community assets in improving health outcomes.
7 Nov 2022
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded researchers at The University of Manchester funding to partner with local communities ...
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The Greater Manchester Creative Health Strategy Launch
4 Nov 2022
On 2 November 2022, Creative Manchester hosted the GM Creative Health Strategy Launch at the Whitworth art gallery, in collaboration with the GM ...
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NOVARS at the Manchester Science Festival 2022
4 Nov 2022
The Manchester Science Festival returned this year, one of the most popular science festivals in the UK, asking its audience, ‘What does the future...
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New book confronts the intersection between mobility and the climate crisis
3 Nov 2022
A new book by Stephanie Sodero of the HCRI explores the intersection between fossil fuel-powered mobility and climate change and how communities and ...
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New publication celebrates inspirational authors from our university
1 Nov 2022
A new anthology of stories written by Manchester students is to be published later this month, celebrating the wealth of literary talent produced by ...
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In Conversation: Stephen Morris
31 Oct 2022
Macclesfield-born, Stephen Morris has often been renowned for his ‘machine-like’ skills as a drummer, beginning his career alongside vocalist Ian...
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Rave Renaissance with Graeme Park
31 Oct 2022
Manchester has long been renowned for its rich musical history and nightlife, commonly regarded as a clubbing capital of the world and once home of ...
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Watch Back: Black History Month Lecture with Professor David Olusoga OBE
24 Oct 2022
Described by attendees and viewers as a fantastic resource for students, Creative Manchester welcomed award-winning writer, historian, and ...
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Centre for New Writing alumna Saba Sams wins BBC national short story award
19 Oct 2022
Saba Sams, a Centre for New Writing Alumna, has scooped the BBC National Short Story Award for a story taken from her debut collection Send Nudes....
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ESRC Festival 2022: Imagining Public Spaces
17 Oct 2022
The Placeholders project, a research initiative between Creative Manchester and Bruntwood, aims to create, test, and refine a process for engaging ...
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Composition for reconciliations across racial lines
4 Oct 2022
In May, Prof Kevin Malone worked with the distinguished and multi-Emmy award-winning television, film and concert composer John Wineglass, whose ...
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Prof Frank Mort reflects on the death of our ‘Queen of union’
22 Sep 2022
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, our President and Vice-Chancellor, already expressed The University’s profound condolences to the Royal Family on ...
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Guilt by Association, A Black History Month Event
22 Sep 2022
In a recent conspiracy case in Manchester, prosecutors were able to build a group case against several black teenagers and have them convicted after ...
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Black History Month Lecture with Professor David Olusoga OBE
22 Sep 2022
David Olusoga is Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester, specialising in the British Empire and how different communities ...
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Launch of the Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development
21 Sep 2022
The Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development is a new interdisciplinary research group in economic history and comparative development at the ...
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Alumnus named as Writer in Residence for 2024 European Capital of Culture
21 Sep 2022
Manchester alumnus David Hartley has been named by Estonian city Tartu as ‘Writer in Residence’ for their time as European Capital of Culture in ...
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‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities’– public panel event to take place 19 October
20 Sep 2022
The Linguistic Diversity Collective and Creative Manchester present a free event taking place on 19 October at 5.30pm in the University of ...
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Sir Peter Bazalgette Keynote Lecture: “Innovation, Growth and the Creative Industries”
15 Sep 2022
From his extensive career and experience, and once described as 'the most influential man in British broadcasting,’ Sir Peter Bazalgette will be ...
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Charlotte Wetton surreal poetry collection acquired by The Emma Press
8 Sep 2022
Centre for New Writing PhD candidate Charlotte Wetton has had a collection of surreal poetry acquired by The Emma Press, an independent publishing ...
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Tongue Drum electric composition wins international prizes
8 Sep 2022
Professor of Electroacoustic Music Composition and Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studios (MANTIS) at The University of Manchester Prof David...
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Creative Manchester appoints new research leads
8 Sep 2022
Since becoming a research platform at The University of Manchester, Creative Manchester has witnessed immense growth, nurturing exciting research and...
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‘Writers sure enough’: Mentoring school children in poetry
8 Sep 2022
At first I wasn't sure I was the right person to act as a mentor for the schools poetry competition. After all I was – I am – primarily a fiction...
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Over half of children in England and Wales now born to unmarried parents
25 Aug 2022
In 2021, more babies – 51% – were born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales than to those in a marriage or civil partnership for the first ...
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Manchester Literature Festival announces luminous line-up for October 2022
24 Aug 2022
Manchester Literature Festival, the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester are partnering again for this October’s exciting Literature Live...
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Research Café: Creative Methods of Research Dissemination and Evaluation
22 Aug 2022
If you have ever considered presenting your research in alternate formats and styles to the written word, this workshop can help you discover ...
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Prehistoric Brits used rare rock crystals to mark burial sites, research finds
10 Aug 2022
Distinctive and rare rock crystals were moved over long distances by Early Neolithic Brits and were used to mark their burial sites, according to ...
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Climate Change Micropoetry Competition winners chosen on hottest day
1 Aug 2022
The theme for this year’s Micropoetry Competition of ‘Climate Change’ could not have been more fitting for the judges’ deliberations, which ...
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Upon Reflection: Creative and Cultural Collaborations Workshop
28 Jul 2022
Professor of Poetry and Creative Manchester Director, John McAuliffe, opened the workshop by providing a brief overview of Creative Manchester and ...
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Creative Manchester at the Bluedot Festival 2022
28 Jul 2022
Curated for Creative Manchester by Senior Research Fellow Ellah Wakatama OBE, the conversations focused on new publications in many genres, ...
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Thank you, Lemn
28 Jul 2022
After 7 years, Lemn Sissay has come to the end of his tenure as Chancellor of The University of Manchester. We are delighted to announce that Lemn ...
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