Events
AHCP Research Seminars
Please check the research seminars of the department here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/department-of-art-history-and-cultural-practices-115441163851
WCLC: Quatuor Danel lunchtime concert
**Please note, due to unforeseen circumstances, there has been a change to the advertised programme for this event** Mozart K 546 Aadagio and Fugue in C minor Gubaidulina Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H Beethoven Opus 18 No. 2 The Quatuor Danel return for their long awaited first concert of the 2026-27 season. Foll..
What's next for China's economy?
Join us for a panel discussion and book launch discussing the future of China's economy with two eminent speakers. Accounting for more than a third of the world's population, China and India have the potential to wield enormous economic and political power. China is already vying with the US for the top spot in the global economy, and on some..
Quatuor Danel Evening Concert – Shostakovich 120 years with Adam MacKenzie (bassoon)
**Please note, due to unforeseen circumstances, there has been a change to the advertised programme for this event** Quatuor Danel mark the 120th anniversary of Shostakovich’s birth. Programme to include Beethoven and Roxanna Panufnik’s Cantator & Amanda. Beethoven Opus 18 No. 4 in C minor Roxanna Panufnik Canta..
EACW Seminar: Radical Data Histories
Prof. Lauren Klein (Emory) in conversation with EACW's own Dr. Jo Taylor about Klein's new book, Data by Design: Visualization and Power from Abolition to the Dawn of Data Science (MIT Press, Oct 2026).
WCLC: Duo Folclore (violins)
Presented by the Department of Music and the Cervantes Institute Duo Folclore Folk–classical violin duo Alice Barron and Fuensanta Zambrana Ruiz explore a rich palette of traditional music, folk-inspired classical duets and improvisation. In collaboration with Instituto Cervantes Manchester, they present a programme of Spanish and Latin..
SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Maggie O’Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell makes a welcome return to Manchester Literature Festival with her extraordinary new novel, Land - a sweeping, multi-generational epic inspired by her own family history and the dramatic landscapes of Ireland’s Atlantic coast. Set in 1865, in the shadow of the Great Hunger, the novel follows mapmaker Tomás and his son as..
SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Sarah Hall: Burning Snowflake – The 2026 Faber Lecture
Award-winning author Sarah Hall delivers the 2026 Faber Lecture: Burning Snowflake. The natural world is burning. Time is running out. You know the story. So what possible role could something as flimsy as fiction play? From the pioneering pen of a continually visionary writer, Burning Snowflake is a fierce and rallying cry – to shr..
Manchester Literature Festival presents Paul Mason: Reds
A decade after PostCapitalism, Paul Mason returns to Manchester Literature Festival to discuss REDS: A Global History of Communism, his provocative new book exploring one of history's most powerful and contested political ideas. In his bold and unsettling re-evaluation of communism, Paul traces the story of communism across centuries and co..
Manchester Literature Festival presents The Observer Book Club with Deborah Frances-White
Author, comedian and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, Deborah Frances-White joins us for a lively and illuminating conversation about her latest book, Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have, exploring how to navigate polarisation, disagreement and the increasingly heated debates shaping public life. Drawing on her belief in the import..