Events
WCLC: Nishla Smith
Nishla Smith is a jazz singer songwriter driven by a desire to tell stories. Her unique musical sensibility, along with this preoccupation with narrative, is recurrent throughout her diverse array of musical projects. Smith’s recent performances have seen her collaborate with a range of classical and jazz organisations in the UK, including O..
UoM Chorus & Symphony Concert
The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra present Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. Follow the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment through a night of drama, magic, and music.
Ideal Leadership in the Temple Scroll (Religions and Theology – Erhardt Seminars)
Speaker: Abigail Naidu (PhD candidate, University of Birmingham)
Prof. Anja Laukötter (University of Jena), Colonial Botanies and Glocal Legacies: Carl Haussknecht and the 19th-Century Construction of “the Orient” in German History
Department of History Guest Seminar
CTIS Research Seminar - Why Creative and Collaborative Arts Matter in (De)preparing Learners for Critical Intercultural Citizenship?
This talk takes you into my journey with the arts and critical intercultural communication education. It investigates the dynamic relationship between creative art-based methods, teaching practice, theory, and research to develop a dialectical and dialogical model for (de)preparing learners for critical intercultural communication in the real..
Quatuor Danel: WCLC Lunchtime concert - Shostakovich Special
Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2 The Quatuor Danel mark the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. Followed at 2.30pm by Quatuor Danel public seminar – Composition Workshop The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported..
Quatuor Danel: Evening Concert with Pete Furniss (clarinet), Richard Whalley (piano)
Joined by String Students from Chetham's School of Music Ustvolskaya Trio for violin, clarinet and piano, Marc Danel with Pete Furniss and Richard Whalley Shostakovich String Quartet No. 5 Barshai Chamber Symphony (arrangement of String Quartet No. 8) Op. 110a (1960) for string orchestra, arranged by Rudolf Barshai Marc Danel joins Dr Ri..
The Two Worlds of the Reader: Text World and Life-world in a New Theory of Reading (Religions and Theology Reserch Seminar)
Speaker: Alexander Samely (The University of Manchester)
Agustin Diz (Edinburgh): After Abundance: Guaraní Settlements and the Making of the Gran Chaco’s Extractive Frontier
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 10 Dec 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A214. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: The natural resources taken from the hills and semi-arid plains that mak..
Dr Liam Liburd (Durham University), An Accidental History of Prisons and Race in Late Twentieth Century Britain
Department of History Guest Seminar