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
Building China: People’s Infrastructure
"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..
Manchester University Baroque Orchestra: Baroque in Bloom!
Step into the glittering world of the French court at Versailles with this joyful programme capturing the grace, colour and vitality of spring, featuring Jean-Féry Rebel’s Les Caractères de la Danse alongside the sumptuous instrumental music of Lully’s popular ballets.
Mandarin Corner - EVERY WEDNESDAY
THIS IS A RECURRING EVENT - EVERY WEDNESDAY between 4:30PM – 5:30PM 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 learner..
Confucius Institute Spring Open Day
Keen to find out what learning Mandarin would be like? Want to improve your wellbeing and try your hand at some Chinese arts and crafts? Join us at our Spring Open Day on 21 March and take part in fun cultural activities, language tasters, a tea ceremony and a prize draw with great prizes. TICKETS ARE FREE, PLEASE BOOK VIA EVENTBRITE: https..
‘Towards the Stars’, presented by The University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra.
Join us during galaxy season for a night of celestial celebration to lead the Spring starry nights: from Tchaikovsky to Lili Boulanger, Sibelius to Ešenvalds. This event will be taking place at Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).
Stockport Youth Orchestra - 70th Birthday Concert
A celebration concert marking 70 years of Stockport Youth Orchestra, featuring current and former players including Manchester Alumni Lorna Day (mezzo-soprano), Clara Rundell and Tim Crooks (conductors).
Klezmer: The Michael Kahan Kapelye
A concert in celebration of the life and work of Andrea Winn, who sparked the inspired partnership of Manchester Museum’s Culture Mondays and the Martin Harris Centre. The fifteenth generation of the university’s resident klezmer ensemble returns to perform a vibrant programme of modern and traditional arrangements of music originating in..
Debating Issues of War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition
Professor Asma Afsaruddin, Indiana University (online) Host: Dr Tom Woerner-Powell Abstract: War and peace are universal themes in which Muslim scholars throughout history have taken great interest. The term jihad and its derivatives have a great bearing on understanding the concepts of war and peace in Islam and remains one of the most cont..
Panel: Marking the completion of British Library Endangered Archives Project EAP1531
We are pleased to invite you to a panel marking the completion of EAP1531, a British Library Endangered Archives Project that digitised and catalogued two endangered archival collections from the Archivo Histórico de Antioquia (1608–1750) in Colombia, now freely accessible online here: https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1531 Speakers: Prof Dian..