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Symposium: Linguistics in Action
Symposium: Linguistics in Action
The Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics is pleased to invite you to our inaugural research symposium Linguistics in Action on the 28th of May 2025. Staff and students will showcase the work we do in the centre, guided by our aims of affecting change and addressing issues in social justice through linguistics research. Please sign up to this […]
History, Politics & Philosophy postgrad research conference
History, Politics & Philosophy postgrad research conference
Showcasing recent studies by postgraduate researchers in thefields of History, Politics and Philosophy, the theme for this year's conference is 'Conflict and Cohesion'. Please note this in person only and there will be no live stream. More information and pre-recorded presentations will be available here: https://bit.ly/hpprcMMU Refreshments will be provided. Local historian Steve Roman has […]
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June: Writer’s Retreat
June: Writer’s Retreat
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 […]
Meet, Greet, Connect and Create
Meet, Greet, Connect and Create
PhD students from all disciplines are warmly invited to a new PhD student-led online initiative. If you are interested in joining please email Arlene Jackson
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Writing Ethics Workshop: How do we write about ethical complexities?
Writing Ethics Workshop: How do we write about ethical complexities?
Please note this event takes place online via Teams, the link is available via Moodle. You are cordially invited to the next event in our “writing ethics” series: a short on-line writing retreat. Although primarily aimed at PhD students, the session would be beneficial for anyone who is reflecting on ethical complexities in their publications. […]
PhD Reading Group, Session on Decolonial Methodologies
PhD Reading Group, Session on Decolonial Methodologies
Join us for a peer-led session exploring decolonial methodologies in research. Open to all PhD researchers in Art, Design, and Humanities, at any stage of study. Format: This is a supportive space for discussion, learning, and exchanging ideas.
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Seminar 6.2: Nerea Wachter Galindo
Seminar 6.2: Nerea Wachter Galindo
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).
Embedding Co-production in your research with Alix Moreleigh, the Booth Centre
Embedding Co-production in your research with Alix Moreleigh, the Booth Centre
In-person in GE 2.06 and online via Teams Organised by Katie Chatburn. Please email Katie if you’d like to attend in person. 2025 sees the 30th anniversary of our thriving Booth Centre community, here in Manchester. We exist in partnership, to raise the voices of all who have been impacted by homelessness and to celebrate […]
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Manchester Writing School Summer Festival
This 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 […]
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Guest seminar: Responding to violent extremism
Guest seminar: Responding to violent extremism
Lunchtime 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 […]
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Seminar 6.3: Sophie Scott
Seminar 6.3: Sophie Scott
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
Arts and Humanities Summer Party and Social
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 […]
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Entangled II: Poetry Reading
Entangled II: Poetry Reading
Manchester Poetry Library and online Organised by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight, readers TBC.
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Practice-based Conversations: Mapping Methods and Methodologies with Sara Davies
Practice-based Conversations: Mapping Methods and Methodologies with Sara Davies
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
Book Launch: Routledge Companion to Irish Art
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 […]
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Moving Images: Audiovisual Representations of Migration and Migrants
Moving Images: Audiovisual Representations of Migration and Migrants
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
Queer Stories of Belonging: Visual Art, Songs and Medi
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 […]