Past events
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Kavita Puri in conversation with David Olusoga OBE
18:00 - 19:45 11 March 2025
Join David Olusoga, Professor of Public History, in conversation with journalist, radio broadcaster, and author, Kavita Puri. Together they will be discussing Kavita’s multi-award winning BBC podcast Three Million, which explores one of the darkest chapters in Britain’s colonial history: the 1943...
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Adam Rutherford in conversation with David Olusoga OBE
19:15 - 21:00 10 March 2025
Join David Olusoga, Professor of Public History, in conversation with bestselling author, geneticist and presenter, Dr Adam Rutherford, as they navigate human history, evolution, migration and how Empire continues to shape life in Britain today. Genetics is a subject with a long past, but a short history....
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International Women's Day 2025 - Women, Heritage, and Social Justice
12:15 - 14:30 5 March 2025
Join us in partnership with MACFEST Muslim Arts and Culture Festival for a panel event celebrating International Women's Day 2025. Dr Jenna Ashton, Mahboobeh Rajabi, Nusrat Ahmed and Dr Saskia Warren will discuss the theme 'accelerating action' with a particular focus on the role of heritage, arts and...
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International Mother Language Day 2025: Not all accents are created equal
12:00 - 13:00 21 February 2025
Not all accents are created equal: A discussion of accentism within British teacher training Join the Linguistic Diversity Collective for a talk by Dr Alex Baratta on accent bias to mark International Mother Language Day 2025. A study involving 41 British teachers, most of whom were...
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International Mother Language Day 2025: Looking for languages trail
13:00 - 16:00 21 February 2025
The Linguistic Diversity Collective invites you to join us for some half-term fun to celebrate International Mother Language Day at Manchester Museum. Grab your activity sheet and follow the language-themed trail around the museum’s enchanting collections, thinking about your own language(s) along...
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The power of language: Creating Manchester Memories
12:00 - 14:00 19 February 2025
Hear from researchers, poets and collaborators about how they came together in the aftermath of the pandemic to create a book capturing local communities' experiences of the covid-19 pandemic. Featuring readings, poetry and discussion join us for a multilingual afternoon platforming creative approaches...
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David Conn: The miscarriages of justice following the Hillsborough disaster (Mark George Memorial Lecture)
17:30 - 19:00 13 February 2025
About the event David Conn will deliver the inaugural Mark George Memorial Lecture, which will reflect on the Hillsborough disaster, the families’ longstanding fight for justice and what this tells us about failures in our legal system. Conn will aim to advance discussion and understanding...
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The British Academy Lecture Series: Peter Sellars - How to End a War: The Living and the Dead Working Together in Baroque Opera
18:00 - 19:30 4 February 2025
Join us for an extraordinary evening with one of the most influential theatre directors of our time, Peter Sellars. Hosted at The University of Manchester, this event promises to explore the power of art in fostering social change and moral expression. We welcome you to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall...
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The University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) Pump Prime Call Launch Event
14:30 - 16:00 14 January 2025
The University of Manchester Research Institute (UMRI) will be launching the latest round of pump-priming awards in January 2025. The call aims to encourage collaboration and provide support for activities that will lead to an increase in successful interdisciplinary research. Awards of up to £50K...
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‘Solstice and Equinox’ Series with Jeanette Winterson CBE
18:00 - 19:30 5 December 2024
Award-winning writer, acclaimed author and Professor of New Writing at The University of Manchester, Jeanette Winterson returns to the John Rylands Research Institute and Library this Christmas. For years, she has written a new story at Christmas time and twelve of these brilliantly imaginative, funny,...
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