12 events found.
PhD Led Seminar: 5.9
Grosvenor East (GE) 2.06 Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomThis is a series of informal seminars led by and for Arts & Humanities doctoral students. Each seminar is presented by a different PhD researcher and involves plenty of interactive discussion. This is a friendly, supportive space in which we develop critical research skills and build community. When and where: Thursday 6th March 2025 from […]
Archives as Adventure: International Research In Progress
Manchester Poetry Library Grosvenor Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, United KingdomAn illustrated talk followed by Q&A discussing an exciting international research project in progress, unearthing extraordinary archive material from a range of private and public archives in Germany, Poland, and France. Manchester Metropolitan University researcher and writer Rachel Lichtenstein is currently six months into a two-year project to find previously unknown documents, images, recordings, and […]
International Film première– The Last Shoemakers of Doon Valley
Cinema GF12 SODA Building 14 Higher Chatham Street, Manchester, United KingdomAs part of Go Global Week 2025 in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities we will be showcasing a second film premiere by current PhD student Lokesh Ghai and his friend and collaborating filmmaker Jaymin Modi. This film is a celebration of the resilient community of shoemakers of the Doon Valley in northern India. Shoemaking […]
Reflecting on researcher vulnerability
Please register your attendance if you would like to attend this online masterclass. Methods Masterclass Sessions are suitable for both doctoral students and academic staff. In this interactive online masterclass, we will be exploring the topic of researcher vulnerability – the physical and/or emotional harm an individual may encounter when conducting research. Whether feeling upset […]
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 […]