Events
Ed King (Bristol): Addressing Algorithmic Bias through Video Game Design in Brazil
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Co-organised with the Centre for Digital Humanities, Media and Culture. Wed 12 November 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A112. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstr..
Making Queer Photography Visible Now
V&A curator Zorian Clayton in conversation with Prof. Jackie Stacey (EACW)
Quatuor Danel Evening concert - Parisian Walkways
Saint-Saëns String Quartet No. 1 Fauré String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 Ravel String Quartet in F major The Quatuor pay homage to the French tradition of string quartet writing. Venue: Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall Price: £16.50 / £11.50 / £3.75 ________________________________________________________ “Visit The Quatuor Danel w..
WCLC: Quatuor Danel
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello, with Gilles Millet and Yovan Markovitch Aulis Sallinen String Quartet No. 3 Gilles and Yovan perform Ravel’s duet for violin and cello. The full quartet is united in performance of Sallinen’s set of variations on the traditional fiddle tune – Peltoniemi Hintrik’s Funeral March. Followed at 2.3..
Being Human Festival 2025 – Latin Grooves and Global Moves, with Carlos Maldonado and the Oxford Road Experiment.
Four-time Grammy Award–winning Puerto Rican percussionist Carlos Maldonado joins the Oxford Road Experiment, an 18-piece ensemble of talented young music students and recent graduates from the University of Manchester. This vibrant programme of Afro–Latin jazz includes the world premiere of Maldonado's Navarro Dreams, a striking fusion of..
WCLC: Guitarrísimo: Isabel Martínez. Presented by the department of Music & The Cervantes Institute
“Six Strings, Six Centuries” by Isabel Martínez invites audiences to explore the Spanish guitar’s rich legacy, from early Renaissance music to key works of the 20th and 21st centuries. Each piece reveals the instrument’s expressive power and stylistic evolution—a unique opportunity to experience its timeless beauty across six centur..
Nicolle Alzamora (UoM): A Tale of Two Invasions: Fictional Excavations of Panama’s Difficult Pasts
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 26 Nov 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A112. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: In this presentation, I focus on the novel Una corona con cantáridas (2..
Prof. Gareth Austin (University of Cambridge), Coercion and Markets: Reconciling Economic and Social Explanations of Slavery in Precolonial West Africa, c1450-c1900
Department of History Guest Seminar
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.