Past events

Manchester Histories Festival – Panel Conversation: A Forgotten Wartime Tragedy

15:00 - 17:00 9 June 2024

Join us as we remember the tragic Bengal Famine of 1943, a man-made catastrophe that claimed the liv...

POSTPONED - Bridging the gap: An introduction to intercultural communication with China

12:00 - 13:30 4 June 2024

THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED TO THE AUTUMN TERM DUE TO TRAVEL DISRUPTION. NEW DATE TO BE ANNOU...

Blind Spots, Gaps, and Archival Silences: Reconstructing Contestation in the Venetian State Archive

15:00 - 17:00 28 May 2024

Venice boasts one of the largest early modern state archives. Produced by the Republic of Venice (79...

Venetian Seminar - in Memoriam Brian Pullan 1935-2022

09:00 - 16:00 17 May 2024

10.00 Coffee 10.30-12.00 Georg Christ (Manchester): Provincializing Ve...

The Gospel of Mary: Received and Retold

09:00 - 15:45 16 May 2024

We invite scholars, artists, and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines to participate in th...

Heritage and Archival Correspondences: The attentive public and the ‘impact’ of discovery

09:00 - 15:00 16 May 2024

This one-day workshop explores the direct engagement of an ‘attentive public’ with researchers a...

Spring Chinese Calligraphy Course (EVERY THURSDAY)

16 May - 13 June 2024

Learn the art of Chinese calligraphy this Spring Whether you are new to writing Chinese characters...

EACW Research Seminar Series

13:00 - 14:30 15 May 2024

Marilynn Richtarik (Georgia State University), ‘Getting to Good Friday: Literature and the Peace P...

Tan Dun's Ghost Opera and the Chinese New Wave

17:00 - 18:00 13 May 2024

Join us for our May public talk given by the curator of our 2024 Chinese New Year concert, Po Hang Y...

Gamelan Music from West Java

12:10 - 12:55 10 May 2024

Experience the vibrant gamelan music from West Java, Indonesia. Our concert features instruments per...