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Find out what's been happening in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures.
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Obituary: Martin Amis
22 May 2023
Martin Amis, former Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing has died at the age of 73. Martin Amis, who has just died in Florida,...
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HCRI Professor to commence ambitious five-year project on the history of humanitarian medicine
19 May 2023
The project seeks to generate significant shifts in understanding its scientific and organisational specificity and role in developing clinical ...
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Former Manchester student Meera Syal wins BAFTA’s highest award
15 May 2023
The career of Manchester alumna Meera Syal was recognised by BAFTA on Sunday night, as she was given their highest Fellowship award at their ...
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Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2023
9 May 2023
7-11 June 2023 sees the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries. Following the success of the past two years of ...
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Professor David Olusoga OBE to receive BAFTA Special Award
3 May 2023
University of Manchester Professor, David Olusoga OBE will be presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards for ...
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Traces of Displacement - Exhibition telling stories about displacement launches at the Whitworth Art Gallery
27 Apr 2023
Forced displacement is one of the most urgent issues of our time, but it is not new. Conflict, persecution and environmental devastation have, ...
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Faculty of Humanities to host British Academy lecture Exploring Corruption in Roman Egypt
19 Apr 2023
The Faculty of Humanities is set to host its second event as a British Academy lecture hub. On Tuesday, 2 May 2023 the University will welcome Colin ...
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‘Looking for Languages’ at Manchester Museum
14 Apr 2023
A language-themed trail around Manchester Museum took place on 12 April and saw over 340 people take part. Families were invited to collect their ...
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A major feature of the ‘Manc’ accent is disappearing – but not in North Manchester
27 Mar 2023
New research by an expert at The University of Manchester has found that a major aspect of the traditional ‘Manc’ accent is still going strong in ...
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Practice Based Research: ‘A Journey with Two Maps’
17 Mar 2023
On 1 November 2022 I started a 9 month Knowledge Exchange fellowship within the University of Manchester’s research platform, Creative Manchester, ...
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‘Multilingual World’: New video podcast launched by Dr Serge Sagna
22 Feb 2023
A new video podcast exploring multilingualism and linguistic diversity across the globe has launched, as part of Manchester City of Literature’s ...
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Manchester rated ‘Excellent’ by UNESCO as a Creative City of Literature
20 Feb 2023
In 2017 Manchester was successful in its bid to join UNESCO’s worldwide Creative Cities network as a City of Literature, which recognised the ...
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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 participate in UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2023, in partnership with Manchester City of ...
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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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