12 events found.
March: Writer’s Retreat
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomWriters’ Retreats give postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet, structured, and supportive atmosphere. The retreats are facilitated by Dr Chad McDonald, the faculty’s Senior Academic and Study Skills Tutor. Chad was awarded his PhD in History in 2019, and […]
MYRIAD: Creative Health Careers Showcase
Grosvenor Theatre - Arts and Humanities Building Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomJoin us on the 12th of March for an exciting and informative all-day conference exploring potential career opportunities in the exciting and growing field of Creative Health; how taking part in creative activity can support a community’s physical and mental health and wellbeing. The event has been designed to inspire university students across Greater Manchester […]
Research Funding: Postdocs
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomThis workshop is dedicated to postdoctoral research funding opportunities and the practicalities of applying for them. One way of continuing your research after you’ve finished your PhD is by securing a postdoctoral fellowship. There are a number of schemes open to researchers in the Arts and Humanities, including those run by the British Academy, the […]
Manchester Translation Series: Collaborative Translation Workshop
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomJoin award-winning visiting poet, translator and editor Jeffrey Yang for an engaging collaborative translation workshop. No prior language or translation experience required. In groups we will co-translate a poem by Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu (712-770 CE), teasing out different wordings and phrasings for the translation and playing with language. Using a ‘crib’, or word-for-word […]
Manchester Translation Series: In Other Words
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomIn an increasingly interconnected literary landscape, translation is not just a feature but a defining force in contemporary publishing. In this panel, poet and translator Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal chairs a conversation with Nashwa Nasreldin (ArabLit Quarterly, Poetry Translation Centre) and Sana Goyal (Wasafiri) on the intricate, dynamic editorial practices that shape contemporary literary magazines. How […]
Thinking Ethics
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomThis session dedicated to ethics is designed to be responsive to your needs, as identified in the ethics survey conducted earlier in the year. It will be an opportunity to think critically about the role that ethics plays in Arts and Humanities research, from a philosophical as well as a methodological perspective. The workshop will […]
Manchester Translation Series: Translating the Contextual
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomPoet-translators A. E. Stallings and Jeffrey Yang have worked across diverse sets of text – from ancient didactics and illustrated epics to Modern Greek activists in Stallings’ work, to translations of Tang-Song Dynasty poets and contemporary Chinese and Uyghur activists in Yang’s work, and much more. Beyond the textual and semantic, how do they translate […]
Manchester Translation Series: Trends in Translation
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomJoin editors Rachael Allen (Fitzcarraldo Editions, Granta Books), Stefan Tobler (And Other Stories) and Jeffrey Yang (New Directions, New York Review of Books) for a lively conversation on the current UK and US markets for literature in translation, chaired by Brian Sneeden (World Poetry Books). Rachael Allen is the author of Kingdomland (2019) and God […]
Manchester Translation Series: Collaborative Translation Workshop
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomJoin Oxford Professor of Poetry A. E. Stallings for an interactive collaborative translation workshop. No prior language or translation experience required. A.E. Stallings is the Oxford Professor of Poetry. Her poetry collections include Like (2018), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Olives (2012), which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award; Hapax (2006); […]
DoWell: Session 4: ‘Well-Maker-Spaces’
BS 3.01 Business School Oxford Road, Manchester, United KingdomDoWell Co-Design Workshop and Lectures Series 2024-2025 The DoWell research group offers an expanded interdisciplinary workshop and lectures series this year to provide the opportunity for colleagues to explore an exciting range of different topics, including practices and approaches to co-designing in various health and care contexts. The format of the monthly sessions is more […]
Manchester Translation Series: Who’s Laughing Now?
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomTranslating humour across cultures can be a challenge. Often a literal translation of a joke from one language to another will fall flat. But is there creative potential to be found in failed translations of humour? Join Manchester City Poet Charlotte Shevchenko Knight for a workshop which explores the poetic possibilities of jokes lost in […]
Third Annual Manchester Translation Series Reading
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomWe’re delighted to welcome Oxford Professor of Poetry A. E. Stallings and award-winning poet-translator Jeffrey Yang to Manchester Poetry Library for the third annual Manchester Translation Series. The event will include a poetry reading, along with a discussion on topics related to translation and the roles of literature in our current geopolitical moment. A.E. Stallings […]