Seminar 6.3: Sophie Scott

Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Grosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. Tea, coffee, juice and snacks provided. Presenter: Sophie Scott. Sophie is in her 2nd year of a practice-based PhD. The research is investigating how pre-consumer fabric waste solutions can be more aligned to real world challenges, faced by fashion […]

Arts and Humanities Summer Party and Social

Business School Atrium Oxford Road, Manchester

We are pleased to announce a date for our annual Arts and Humanities Summer Party and Social, which will take place this year on Thursday 19th June from 4.30 to 6.30 pm in the Grosvenor East, 3rd Floor Open Space and Roof Terrace. This will be a great opportunity to catch up with everyone and […]

Entangled II: Poetry Reading

Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester Poetry Library and online Organised by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight, readers TBC.

Practice-based Conversations: Mapping Methods and Methodologies with Sara Davies

Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

The Poetry Library (round table) and Online via Teams This is a peer-led event organised by Nicola Lewis-Dixon Thinking about methods and methodologies in arts and design practice-based research can be challenging. There may be multiple methods involved, making it hard to pinpoint a single methodology that fits the project. The project might draw from […]

Book Launch: Routledge Companion to Irish Art

1st Floor Open Space, Righton Building Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Routledge Companion to Irish Art (2025) edited by Dr Fionna Barber (Reader in Art History, Dept of Art and Performance, Manchester Metropolitan University) and Dr Fintan Cullen (Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Nottingham). The launch is hosted by the Visual Culture Research Group at MMU. The event […]

Moving Images: Audiovisual Representations of Migration and Migrants

Geoffrey Manton Building 4 Rosamond Street West, Manchester, United Kingdom

The Migration and Interdisciplinary Global Studies (MIGS) Research Network is pleased to announce a free, one-day, in-person event exploring migration and audiovisual representation, to be held on campus on Thursday June 26th. Bringing together academics, artists, practitioners, activists, and community members, this event will showcase diverse audiovisual works created by and with migrants. Via a […]

Queer Stories of Belonging: Visual Art, Songs and Medi

GF.11 Grosvenor East Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

This event will consist of an artist panel talk involving the display and discussion of digital artwork interspersed and framed by dance and music performances, exploring queer diasporic experiences. The event will feature Tahini Molasses from the Turkish and Middle Eastern drag collective Harem of No One, and Natis, a queer migrant painter based in […]

Seminar 6.4: Louise Kenward

Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Grosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. Tea, coffee, juice and snacks provided. Email Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).

PhD Reading Group: Sound Methodologies

Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Join us for a peer-led session exploring Sound (or silence) in practice-based research. Open to all PhD researchers in Art, Design, and Humanities, at any stage of study. Format: Organised by: Jan Connett

July: Writer’s Retreat

Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Writers’ 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 […]

Seminar 6.5: Quen Took

Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Grosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. Tea, coffee, juice and snacks provided. Email Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).

Seminar 6.6: Shuwen Wang

Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Grosvenor East room 2.06 and on Teams, with optional extension until 2.30 pm for in-person attendees. Tea, coffee, juice and snacks provided. Email Loretta to say whether you would like to attend online or in person, and if you have any dietary requirements (all snacks are vegetarian).