Past events

Linguistics and English Language Seminar: The Optimal Assignment Principle

13:00 - 15:00 5 February 2026

Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Quantitative, Mathematical and Computati...

WCLC: Jonathan Ainscough, Sarah-Louise Young and Jordan Paul Clarke: Who I’d Be

13:10 - 13:50 5 February 2026

Three seasoned musical theatre performers explore the vast spectrum of characters found in the music...

CLACS Seminar: Austin Zeiderman (LSE) "Racial Ecologies in Fluvial Colombia"

17:00 - 18:30 4 February 2026

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

Webinar: Gender Attitudes and Trends over the Last Decade – Prof Amaney Jamal (Empowering Muslim Women in Scientific Research Series)

13:00 - 14:30 28 January 2026

Female labour force participation in MENA has been and continues to be quite low when compared cross...

Professor Steven Pierce ’s Inaugural Lecture: The Fetishistic State – Genealogies of Law in Northern Nigeria

16:30 - 18:30 28 January 2026

Guest Speaker Professor Olutayo Adesina, British Academy Global Professor (University of Manchester...

History Department Seminar: Rethinking Black British History: Perspectives from the (Cricket) Field

16:00 - 17:30 27 January 2026

Dr Michael Collins (University College London) Dr Collins will be speaking about his recent book, W...

Mandarin Corner - EVERY WEDNESDAY

14 January - 25 March 2026

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

MUMS: Public Lunchtime Concert – Festive Sing-along (RELAXED PERFORMANCE)

13:10 - 13:55 19 December 2025

This relaxed festive performance is open to all and will feature some much-loved Christmas classics...

WCLC: James Clapperton (Piano) - Where the Wild Things Are - Music that makes the Impossible Possible

13:10 - 13:50 18 December 2025

Grammy Award winner James Clapperton takes us through a journey of some of his wildest repertoire. T...

Ad Solem performing Durufle’s Requiem.

18 December 2025 - 8 February 2026

University of Manchester Chamber Choir, Ad Solem perform Durufle's Requiem in the atmospheric surrou...