12 events found.
Manchester Writing School Summer Festival
Grosvenor Theatre - Arts and Humanities Building Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomThis four-day intensive course is designed to give participants a taste of life in the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University, one of the UK’s most successful literary centres, and home to one of the country’s largest postgraduate English and Creative Writing communities. The course will introduce you to tutors and current students and […]
Guest seminar: Responding to violent extremism
BS 7.03 Business School Oxford Road, Manchester, United KingdomLunchtime seminar: Responding to violent extremism - resilience and rehabilitation.Wednesday June 18, 12-1:30pm Room BS 7.03This seminar provides an opportunity to hear from two leading Australian scholars, Ramon Spaaij (Victoria University; Manchester Met Global Chair) and Vivian Gerrand, PhD (Deakin University), exploring novel approaches to countering violent extremism.It will feature a 15-minute presentation from each speaker, followed by a facilitated […]
Seminar 6.3: Sophie Scott
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomGrosvenor 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).
Arts and Humanities Summer Party and Social
Business School Atrium Oxford Road, ManchesterWe 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 Business School Atrium. This will be a great opportunity to catch up with everyone and to celebrate the successes of this […]
Entangled II: Poetry Reading
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomManchester 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 KingdomThe 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 KingdomPlease 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 KingdomThe 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 […]
Seminar 6.4: Louise Kenward
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomGrosvenor 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).
July: 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 […]
Seminar 6.5: Quen Took
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomGrosvenor 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 KingdomGrosvenor 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).