Past events

The Faber Lecture 2025: Gary Younge (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Creative Manchester)

18:00 - 19:30 16 October 2025

Award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester, Gary Y...

Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

14:00 - 15:15 11 October 2025

Join us for a captivating afternoon with two of Britain’s most original literary talents, Sarah Ha...

Evening Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

18:30 - 20:30 10 October 2025

Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5, Marc Danel, violin and Richard Whalley, piano Jim Aitchison Piano Qu...

Lunchtime concert - In Memoriam, Gubaidulina (1931-2025)

12:10 - 13:00 9 October 2025

Bach Cello Suite No. 1 Gubaidulina Reflections on the theme B-A-C-H Shostakovich String Quarte...

Resistance in the Age of Trump 2.0

15:00 - 16:00 9 October 2025

Roundtable Speakers: Prof. Elisabeth Anker (George Washington University) Prof. Sonya Posmentier (N...

Reading Marx Then and Now

15:00 - 16:00 8 October 2025

Prof. Andrew Hartman (Illinois State University) Prof. David Alderson (EACW)

Dr Caroline Bressey (University College London), The Black Barmaid in England: Sexuality and Performance in Publands of the fin de siècle

15:00 - 17:00 8 October 2025

Department of History Guest Seminar

Mandarin Corner - EVERY WEDNESDAY

8 October - 10 December 2025

THIS IS A RECURRING EVENT - EVERY WEDNESDAY between 4:30PM – 5:30PM Mandarin Corner is back for a...

Nuno Palma, UoM: African Slavery and the Reckoning of Brazil

16:00 - 17:30 8 October 2025

This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed...

Guest lecture: Place-making and the role of culture in Manchester

16:30 - 19:00 8 October 2025

Creative Manchester and the Manchester Urban Institute are delighted to welcome Luthfur Rahman OBE,...