Events

AHCP Research Seminars

03 December 2025 - 03 December 2026

Please check the research seminars of the department here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/department-of-art-history-and-cultural-practices-115441163851

Building China: People’s Infrastructure

01 March - 31 May 2026

"Building China: People’s Infrastructure" invites audiences to encounter China from the kitchen table and the street corner rather than the skyline. Bringing together photographs and prints from the 1950s to the 1980s with field images from the early 2000s and contemporary works, the exhibition traces urban change through the ordinary spaces..

Fascism: Histories and Meanings

17:30 - 19:00 06 May 2026

Domenico Cangiano (Universitá Ca’ Foscari Venezia) Federico Marcon (Princeton University) In conversation with: Francesca Billiani (University of Manchester) Martin Kristoffer Hamre (Freie Universität Berlin) Levi McLaughin (North Carolina State University/Simon Visiting Professor, University of Manchester) Chair: Erica Baffelli (Un..

Magic for Wellbeing Workshops

13:30 - 15:00 06 May 2026

Are you feeling stressed about your upcoming exams and looking for a way to relax and improve your wellbeing? We are pleased to offer a free workshop with magician MO Shaoxian. Over the course of the session you will learn tricks, while also develop your confidence. Practicing magic can also improve your concentration and reduce stress. All m..

Mandarin Corner

16:30 - 17:30 06 May 2026

Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural activities. Mandarin Corners are informal conversation sessions at Beginner (HSK 1-3) and Advanced (HSK 4-6) level that are designed to allow Mandarin learners to get together with fellow classmates, meet new friends and discuss..

Stephen Mossman's Inaugural Lecture – ‘Spirituality and a Military Order: God’s House in Medieval Strasbourg’

16:30 - 18:30 06 May 2026

One focus of Stephen Mossman's research for more than a decade has been the commandery of the Knights Hospitaller in medieval Strasbourg, founded by the financier and mystical writer Rulman Merswin in the 1360s to enable a form of pious retreat for the devout laity of the late medieval city. The great library that it accumulated came to form..

Linguistics and English Language Seminar: Human-AI Hybrid Language Production – Evidence from a Multi-Dialectal, Longitudinal Corpus

13:00 - 14:00 07 May 2026

Speaker: speaker: Dr Gan Qiao, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Abstract: With large language models increasingly embedded in everyday writing, language production is becoming a human-AI collaborative process. This talk examines how AI assistance shapes linguistic variation across English dialects and contexts. I present a multi-dialecta..

WCLC: Quatuor Danel with Noémi Gyori (flute)

13:10 - 13:50 07 May 2026

Mozart – Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285 Amy Beach – Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, Op. 80 No public seminar to follow Thursday 7 May concert The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust. They provide a wide-ranging programme to..

Beat the Rush Hour Concert Quatuor Danel with Petr Prause (cello)

18:00 - 20:00 08 May 2026

Generously supported by the Schubert Institute UK Schubert String Quartet in B-flat major, D36 (1813) Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D703 (1820) Schubert String Quintet in C major, D956 with Petr Prause, Cello (1828) Cellist Petr Prause joins the Danels for a captivating finale showcasing the extremes of the..

Quatuor Danel Public Workshop with Dr Anne Hyland & The Schubert Institute UK

14:30 - 16:00 08 May 2026

Dr Anne Hyland explores the rich expressive and emotional worlds of two chamber-music compositions from the extremities of Schubert’s career. The workshop will also feature the unveiling of a newly discovered string quartet by one of Schubert’s lesser-known contemporaries, Joseph Mayseder, offering a rare glimpse into the broader musical l..