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Find out what's been happening in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures.
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The Centre for New Writing and Manchester Literature Festival reveal exciting series of live events for 2021
15 Sep 2021
The Manchester Literature Festival returns this year for a spectacular series of in-person and online events, showcasing and celebrating some of ...
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Students from the Centre for New Writing launch the 2021 edition of the Manchester Anthology
15 Sep 2021
Students from the Centre for New Writing have launched the 2021 edition of the Manchester Anthology. The Manchester Anthology 2021 presents the work ...
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Martin Harris Centre reopens to the public this Autumn
15 Sep 2021
Welcome to the autumn 2021 season at the Martin Harris Centre. We are delighted to welcome you back to the Martin Harris Centre this autumn with a ...
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SALC: Connect, Engage, Inspire
14 Sep 2021
Featured Manchester City of Literature celebrated Greater Manchester's 133 libraries with a Festival of Libraries from Wednesday 9 June to Sunday ...
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Remembering 9/11 - Manchester professor launches new work to mark 20th anniversary
9 Sep 2021
A professor from The University of Manchester is launching a new music composition on Saturday to mark the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, the day ...
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Remembering 9/11: A composer's journey
31 Aug 2021
When Professor of Social and Autoethnographic Composition Kevin Malone joined the University of Manchester's music department in 1999, he could ...
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Poetry Competition's winning micropoems featured in exhibition at the Geological Society
31 Aug 2021
This year's Micropoetry competition was themed around the 2021 'Year of Space', and presented by Creative Manchester in collaboration with ...
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Larissa Fast appointed as Executive Director for the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI)
27 Aug 2021
We are delighted to announce that Larissa Fast, Professor of Humanitarian and Conflict Studies, has been appointed as the new Executive Director of ...
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“Quite unsuitable for females” – 100 years since women’s football ban
23 Aug 2021
2021 marks 100 years since the Football Association banned women’s football in England - to mark the anniversary, an expert from The University of ...
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Archaeologists reveal origins of famous Stone Age monument
10 Aug 2021
Archaeologists from the Universities of Manchester and Cardiff have discovered the origins of Arthur’s Stone, one of the UK’s most famous Stone ...
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Manchester students help to preserve Marcus Rashford mural tributes
9 Aug 2021
Students from The University of Manchester have been involved in a project to catalogue and preserve tributes left on the Marcus Rashford mural in ...
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Winners of the Creative Manchester Poetry Competition 2021 announced
23 Jul 2021
This year’s poetry competition took place from 21 March 2021 to 21 June 2021 and was presented by Creative Manchester in collaboration with the ...
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Schools Poetry Competition 2021
22 Jul 2021
The Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester’s 2021 Schools Poetry competition took place from 21 March 2021 to 28 May 2021. The theme was ...
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The University collaborates with Manchester International Festival
14 Jul 2021
The University of Manchester is a proud Silver Supporter of the Manchester International Festival, as such we are working collaboratively on a ...
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HCRI contributes to Big Ben Lying Down with Political Books artwork
13 Jul 2021
Big Ben Lying Down with Political Books is a monumental participatory artwork at this year’s Manchester International Festival by Argentinian ...
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New artwork explores the 'uncertain futures' of women over 50 post-Covid
10 Jul 2021
A new collaborative artwork has been launched at Manchester Art Gallery, which aims to explore the futures of women in work in Greater Manchester ...
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Professor John McAuliffe appointed as Creative@Manchester Platform Director
8 Jul 2021
Commenting on the appointment, Professor Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research, said: “I am thrilled that Professor John McAuliffe has been ...
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Professor Thomas Schmidt appointed as Head of School for the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
7 Jul 2021
Thomas returns to The University of Manchester, where he spent five years as Professor of Musicology and Head of the Division of Art History, Drama ...
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Virtual celebrations for the class of 2021
2 Jul 2021
This summer, The University of Manchester will be holding virtual celebrations for its graduating students, to celebrate the successful completion of...
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The University celebrates successful inaugural Festival of Libraries 2021
22 Jun 2021
The Festival of Libraries is a celebratory series of over eighty free events, highlighting the successes of 133 libraries across Greater Manchester ...
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New guide launched to help challenge Covid conspiracy theories
18 Jun 2021
A new guide has been launched to help science communicators to have conversations with individuals who buy into coronavirus conspiracy theories.
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Winners of international photography competition announced in China
11 Jun 2021
Manchester China Institute and Creative Manchester recently staged an awards ceremony in China for this year’s International Photography ...
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Winners of University’s International Photography Competition announced in Wuhan awards ceremony
11 Jun 2021
Manchester China Institute and Creative Manchester recently staged a China-based awards ceremony for this year’s International Photography ...
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Volunteers sought for Humphry Davy notebook project
8 Jun 2021
A new project to uncover previously unpublished material from the early nineteenth century’s ‘foremost man of science’ launched online on ...
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Catch-up on literary series Novel Voices
3 Jun 2021
Novel Voices saw Ellah P. Wakatama (Editor-at-Large at Canongate Books and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for New Writing) cherry-pick 10 ...
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Dr Jenna Ashton discusses art and climate change on BBC Radio 3
3 Jun 2021
A new AHRC and BBC Radio 3 podcast series Green Thinking explores issues linking climate challenge and society, in conversation with some of the ...
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International Photography Competition: Have your say in the People’s Choice Award
2 Jun 2021
Promoting mutual understanding in UK-China relations, this year’s International Photography Competition – presented by Creative Manchester and ...
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Spotlight on: Katherine Blumer
21 May 2021
The past eight years have seen The University of Manchester develop a thriving partnership with Manchester Camerata, otherwise known as ...
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Reflections from The Manchester Briefing on recovery and renewal from COVID-19
20 May 2021
Over the past year, academics including David Powell, Drs Nat O’Grady, Ayham Fattoum and Professor Duncan Shaw from HCRI, and colleagues at ...
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Screenwriting Graduate’s comedy show 'Extraordinary' greenlit for Disney+
18 May 2021
Emma Moran, who completed an MA in Screenwriting at The University of Manchester in 2020, has had her original comedy show Extraordinary greenlit ...
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Poetry Short Course announced by the University and Carcanet Press
29 Apr 2021
Would you like to start to write – or write better – poetry? The Centre for New Writing, Creative Manchester and Carcanet Press have announced a ...
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Manchester and Wuhan: Sister cities celebrated in University photography competition
16 Apr 2021
Manchester and Wuhan were officially twinned in 1986, the same year that the Chinese Consulate-General in Rusholme, Manchester opened its doors. This...
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UMIST alum ‘pays it forward’ with gift to the Manchester China Institute
31 Mar 2021
In 1994, as a researcher in CEPRI, Beijing, China, Ruomei Li was awarded a Lee Kai Hung Fellowship, enabling her to spend 12 months studying at ...
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Music society creatively engages with community during lockdown
31 Mar 2021
In December, the society held a relaxed performance with Venture Arts, a charity who work with adults with learning difficulties. The relaxed ...
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Creative Manchester Poetry Competition 2021 themed around ‘Space’
17 Mar 2021
To enter, participants are invited to write a space-themed micropoem and tweet their poem with the hashtag #micropoem21. The theme is packed with ...
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Royal ‘love letters’ revealed as evidence of an unwelcome pursuit
8 Mar 2021
A series of newly transcribed letters between the then-future George IV and his family’s sub-governess Mary Hamilton have shed fresh light on their ...
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MCI and Creative Manchester run third International Photography Competition
3 Mar 2021
The competition, which promotes mutual understanding in UK-China relations through the celebration of our common humanity, is this year themed around...
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Newly appointed Professor Maxine Peake to feature in conversation
26 Feb 2021
One of the nation’s favourite actresses, RADA-trained Maxine Peake has enjoyed a prolific career as a theatre, television, radio and film actress. ...
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Professor of Economic History awarded prize in Contemporary European Studies
17 Feb 2021
Peter Gatrell, Professor of Economic History from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The University of Manchester, has been awarded the ...
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Spotlight on: Dr Alicia J. Rouverol
12 Feb 2021
As 2020 drew to a close, Creative Manchester welcomed a new team member: writer and academic Dr Alicia J. Rouverol. Alicia has joined the University ...
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New "Made in Persia" project supported by University academic
11 Feb 2021
Made in Persia is a research and development project looking at the history of Iranian Women's position in society before and after the revolution ...
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University alumni and staff appear in BBC Radio programme
9 Feb 2021
The programme featured exciting new music from staff and alumni from The University of Manchester. This included Distractfold, co-founded by Mauricio...
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HCRI students share their volunteering stories
8 Feb 2021
Many students from HCRI’s courses go onto varying careers in humanitarianism. It can be difficult to get paid experience in the sector as a ...
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The University launches new literary series, Novel Voices.
5 Feb 2021
Taking place between February and April 2021, Novel Voices will feature five online events, each showcasing two exceptional debut authors. Following ...
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University of Manchester asks school students to write letters to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
3 Feb 2021
This spring, The University of Manchester’s American Studies programme is asking UK school students to write letters to the new US presidential ...
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Oscar-winning film director to deliver 2021 Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies
28 Jan 2021
The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that its 2021 Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be delivered ...
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Sexuality Summer School 2021: Queering the Archive
27 Jan 2021
Following the successful launch of our Digital Prequel last year, the 2021 programme (online, until further notice) will offer a series of events on ...
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Manchester presents diverse programme to mark UNESCO International Mother Language Day
20 Jan 2021
As part of International Mother Language Day 2021, an event which celebrates the nearly 200 languages spoken in Manchester and the cultural ...
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Deadline extended: Making a Difference Awards
14 Jan 2021
Due to popular demand, the deadline for entries for The University of Manchester Making a Difference Awards has been extended. The new closing date ...
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Professor Michael Wood awarded OBE for services to public history and broadcast
6 Jan 2021
Professor Michael Wood has been awarded an OBE for his services to public history and broadcasting in the New Year Honours list 2020. Wood, a ...
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