Past events

Biodiplomatic and Biocolonial Fictions: Speculations on Immunity, Debility, and Humanity

15:00 - 17:00 15 May 2025

The fictions, theories, and practices of diplomacy exceed statecraft and the geopolitical imaginatio...

Dylan Bradbury (UoM): "Sounds that tell a world": Mapuzugun, orality and auditory regimes in Argentina

14 May - 22 July 2025

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

Manchester Literature Festival: Laura Bates

18:00 - 19:30 13 May 2025

AI-powered technologies are revolutionising our lives and putting women and girls in danger. In her...

Creativity + AI: Music

11:30 - 13:30 12 May 2025

Presented in partnership by Creative Manchester, Digital Futures and the Turing Innovation Catalyst...

UoM Jazz Ensemble

12:10 - 13:00 12 May 2025

Led by Alexander Gagatsis, undergraduate music students of the jazz ensemble module perform their ow...

Creative Practice, Politics, and (Post)Colonialism: Roundtable Discussion

14:00 - 15:30 12 May 2025

This roundtable discussion will focus on some of the challenges and insights of using creative pract...

Gamelan Music from West Java - UoM Gamelan Ensemble

12:10 - 13:00 9 May 2025

Students on the Gamelan Performance module play a lively selection of music from West Java, Indonesi...

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...

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...

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...