Events

EACW Research Seminar: Dr. Natasha Periyan (KCL), 'Jacob’s Room, Meritocracy and Manchester'

16:30 - 18:00 30 April 2025

English, American Studies and Creative Writing research seminar: Dr. Natasha Periyan (KCL), 'Jacob’s Room, Meritocracy and Manchester' Venue: C1.18, Ellen Wilkinson Building All welcome! --- This paper examines Virginia Woolf’s March 1921 visit to Manchester University as a context for understanding her relationship to meritocracy. Wo..

Seeds of Hope and Action Exhibition

20 March - 30 April 2025

Seeds of Hope and Action Exhibition The Seeds of Hope and Action exhibition, developed by the Earth Charter and SGI UK, focuses on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how individuals can learn, reflect, inspire, act and lead in our daily lives. Location: Sam Alexander Building Glass Corridor Dates: 20th March until 31st..

CANCELLED: WCLC Alexandra Whittingham (guitar) & Elodie Chousmer-Howelles (violin)

13:10 - 13:55 01 May 2025

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has had to be cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Manchester Literature Festival: Kevin Barry

19:00 - 20:15 01 May 2025

‘A true wonder’ – Max Porter Tom Rourke, poet, doper, drinker is struggling to make a life for himself amongst the Irish migrant workers seeking to make their fortunes in Butte, Montana. Then Polly Gillespie, wife of a mine captain, walks into his life. Sparks fly, the lovers flee West, but will they reach the sunset before they’re ca..

Postgraduate Pianos

13:10 - 13:50 01 May 2025

Pianists from the MusM Music (Performance Studies) degree at the University of Manchester perform a collection of solos and duos (4-hands). The programme includes Franz Schubert's Fantasia in F minor, Claude Debussy's Rêverie, Libertango by Astor Piazzolla, Rosemary by Frank Bridge, Jamaican Medley by Eleanor Alberga, and Chen Yi’s Ji-Dong-..

After the cuts: USAID, UK aid spending, and the future of the humanitarian sector (Zoom Webinar)

14:00 - 15:30 02 May 2025

HCRI is hosting an online roundtable about the recent dramatic changes to US & UK international aid spending and its implications for humanitarian work. Speakers to be announced shortly. Registration via: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N4jIADi-RX653sGDOz_row Any accessibility-related or other questions to: andrew.gibson-3@manchester.a..

Henry Box Brown Lecture in American Studies: Prof. Adrienne Brown (Chicago), 'The Residential is Racial: A Perceptual History of Mass Homeownership'

16:00 - 17:30 07 May 2025

Henry Box Brown Lecture in American Studies: Prof. Adrienne Brown (Chicago), 'The Residential is Racial: A Perceptual History of Mass Homeownership' Venue: A7, Samuel Alexander Building --- Blurb for 'The Residential is Racial': Housing experts and activists have long described the foundational role race has played in the creation of ma..

Reclaiming Islamic and Arabic philosophical heritage: translator’s interventions in the Hekmah Journal Translations

16:00 - 17:00 07 May 2025

Speaker: Hanan Alotaibi (PhD Researcher, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures) This lecture is part of The Department of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) Research Seminar Series (2024-2025).

EACW Research Seminar: Dr. Natalie Pollard (Exeter), '21st Century Climate Imaginaries: Activism, Ecopoetry and Environmental Justice'

13:30 - 15:00 08 May 2025

English, American Studies and Creative Writing research seminar: Dr. Natalie Pollard (Exeter), '21st Century Climate Imaginaries: Activism, Ecopoetry and Environmental Justice' Venue: C1.18, Ellen Wilkinson Building 1.30pm **Please note change from previously advertised time** Sponsored by the EACW Environment and Ecologies Research Group..

Gamelan Music from West Java - UoM Gamelan Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 09 May 2025

Students on the Gamelan Performance module play a lively selection of music from West Java, Indonesia.