Past events

EACW Research Seminar: Dr. Natalie Pollard (Exeter), '21st Century Climate Imaginaries: Activism, Ecopoetry and Environmental Justice'

12:30 - 14:00 8 May 2025

English, American Studies and Creative Writing research seminar: Dr. Natalie Pollard (Exeter), '21...

Reclaiming Islamic and Arabic philosophical heritage: translator’s interventions in the Hekmah Journal Translations

15:00 - 16:00 7 May 2025

Speaker: Hanan Alotaibi (PhD Researcher, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Arts, Language...

Henry Box Brown Lecture in American Studies: Prof. Adrienne Brown (Chicago), 'The Residential is Racial: A Perceptual History of Mass Homeownership'

15:00 - 16:30 7 May 2025

Henry Box Brown Lecture in American Studies: Prof. Adrienne Brown (Chicago), 'The Residential is R...

After the cuts: USAID, UK aid spending, and the future of the humanitarian sector (Zoom Webinar)

13:00 - 14:30 2 May 2025

HCRI is hosting an online roundtable about the recent dramatic changes to US & UK international aid...

Postgraduate Pianos

12:10 - 12:50 1 May 2025

Pianists from the MusM Music (Performance Studies) degree at the University of Manchester perform a...

CANCELLED: WCLC Alexandra Whittingham (guitar) & Elodie Chousmer-Howelles (violin)

12:10 - 12:55 1 May 2025

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has had to be cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenie...

Manchester Literature Festival: Kevin Barry

18:00 - 19:15 1 May 2025

‘A true wonder’ – Max Porter Tom Rourke, poet, doper, drinker is struggling to make a life fo...

EACW Research Seminar: Dr. Natasha Periyan (KCL), 'Jacob’s Room, Meritocracy and Manchester'

15:30 - 17:00 30 April 2025

English, American Studies and Creative Writing research seminar: Dr. Natasha Periyan (KCL), 'Jacobâ...

Words Across Borders: French Words in Seventeenth-Century England

13:00 - 14:30 29 April 2025

This workshop will consist of two presentations: Professor Richard Scholar (Durham) will present his...

Cultural dislocation and the politics of recognition - Gary Younge in conversation with Michèle Lamont

14:00 - 16:30 29 April 2025

Creative Manchester and the American Studies Department of the School of Arts, Languages and Culture...