Events
CANCELLED: WCLC Alexandra Whittingham (guitar) & Elodie Chousmer-Howelles (violin)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has had to be cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Manchester Literature Festival: Kevin Barry
‘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
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)
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'
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
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'
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
Students on the Gamelan Performance module play a lively selection of music from West Java, Indonesia.
Creative Practice, Politics, and (Post)Colonialism: Roundtable Discussion
This roundtable discussion will focus on some of the challenges and insights of using creative practices when addressing issues related to politics, colonialism, and postcolonialism. Participants will share their thoughts on how creative practices, particularly creative writing and visual arts, might reshape methods, change our understanding o..
UoM Jazz Ensemble
Led by Alexander Gagatsis, undergraduate music students of the jazz ensemble module perform their own arrangements of popular music classics from the Northwest. Be prepared to listen to music by George Harrison, The Animals and The Stone Roses, arranged in jazz combo settings.