Past events

The Humanitarian Archive in Historical Perspective

14:30 - 17:00 15 April 2024

This session will explore the constitution of a new archive of humanitarian records and how historia...

CSSC Book Launch: The Routledge Handbook of Trans Literature with Dr Sabine Sharp (Manchester)

16:00 - 18:00 15 April 2024

The Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture at the University of Manchester presents: BOOK LA...

LITERATURE LIVE! Nicolas Padamsee and Keiran Goddard in conversation

17:30 - 19:00 15 April 2024

We're delighted to be working with the Blackwells Book Store to host Nicolas Padamsee and Keiran God...

Employability Preparedness of International Students for an Era of Artificial Intelligence

12:00 - 13:30 11 April 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaping the future of work, potentially replacing human jobs, and ri...

Francesca Billiani's Inaugural Lecture – 'The Aesthetics of Modernisation: Italy and the Short Twentieth-Century'

15:00 - 17:00 10 April 2024

Throughout the Twentieth Century, Italy has struggled with the imperative of becoming a modern Natio...

Agathe Faure (LSE): Moving and settling in history: Indigenous Emberá people between the city and the rainforest

16:00 - 17:30 10 April 2024

Part of the research seminar of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. This event will...

Percival Everett in Conversation

10 April - 6 December 2024

With my pencil, I wrote myself into being.’ In James, Percival Everett’s thrilling retelling of...

MUMS Public Lunchtime Concert: Quartet for the End of Time

12:10 - 13:00 8 April 2024

‘In the days when the seventh angel is ready to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God will be compl...

LITERATURE LIVE! Martina Evans and Declan Ryan in conversation

17:30 - 19:00 8 April 2024

We're partnering with Blackwell's bookshop Manchester to host Martina Evans and Declan Ryan as part...

Language Café

11:00 - 13:00 3 April 2024

We are pleased to announce the Language Café series at the University, which will be a safe space f...