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
UNMASKED - Mental Health Photography Exhibition
UNMASKED is a powerful photography exhibition exploring mental health through lived experience, personal stories, and creative expression. Coinciding with World Suicide Prevention Day, the exhibition encourages honest conversations, challenges stigma, and promotes greater understanding of mental health. Every photograph has been self-direc..
Welcome Week Show: Chameleon by Jess Telling
Welcome Week Show: Chameleon by Jess Telling Following consecutive 4* runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and London, Chameleon celebrates its finale in Manchester. With dry wit and existential dread, our autistic heroine plunges headfirst into an identity crisis questioning whether her all-consuming relationship is worth losing herself. A 20-30 mi..
Autumn Open Day at the Confucius Institute
Come along to our Spring Open Day and experience Chinese culture in the heart of Manchester. Keen to find out what learning Mandarin would be like? Want to improve your wellbeing and try your hand at Chinese arts and crafts? Join us for our Autumn Open Day on 26 September and take part in fun cultural activities, language tasters, a tea cerem..
A Jubilee Overture - 75 years of Philip Sparke
The Martin Harris Centre welcomes The KNDS Fairey Band. Featuring the music of acclaimed composer Philip Sparke and the composers who inspired him, to celebrate his 75th year. Including ‘A Road Less Travelled By’ — the set work for the 2026 National Brass Band Championships
Exhibition launch event: 'grasp, grasp' by Sian Fan
The University of Manchester and the Fear and Belonging in Minority Buddhist Communities Research Project Team invite you to a launch event for ‘grasp, grasp’ by Sian Fan, with an artist Q&A led by Chris Wright, former Executive Director of FutureEverything.
The Moving Century: A History of Migration Seen from the Future
A hundred years ago, there were no visas or passports. Today on the seabed of the Mediterranean lie the bodies of fifty thousand migrants drowned along the smuggling routes. How did we get here? And, above all, how will we get out of it? Gabriele Del Grande takes us on a journey through images and words through the history and future of migrat..
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
Quatuor Danel mark the 120th anniversary of Shostakovich’s birth. Beethoven String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Opus 18 No. 4 Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in Bb major, Opus 18 No. 6 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Opus 73
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..