Events
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Exhibition: Irrepressible - celebrating 20 years of the Morgan Centre
1 July - 2 September 2026
For the last 20 years, the Morgan Centre has explored the relational nature of social life as it is experienced in the everyday. Fuelled by unruly imagination and curiosity, and an inventive openness to new and different disciplinary and methodological approaches, the Morgan Centre has aimed to create exciting spaces for researchers to come together...
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Departmental Seminar: “Proof of Human: Provenance, Identity, and Trust in the Age of Generative Systems” – Professor Andrew Melchior
13:00 - 14:00 24 September 2026
Professor Andrew Melchior, CTO of Massive Attack and Founder of Genotone Ltd, will present a seminar entitled "Proof of Human: Provenance, Identity, and Trust in the Age of Generative Systems." Abstract: Generative systems have made it cheap to produce convincing artefacts whose origin, authorship and history may be difficult to establish. This...
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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar with Rebecca Friel MBA
12:00 - 12:30 24 September 2026
Join us for our next SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar on Thursday 24th September at 12pm Speaker: Rebecca Friel from OddArts Title Is theatre really a tool for social justice? In her talk Rebecca will cover how Theatre of the Oppressed goes on to inspire her work in communities and prisons today, and how Odd Arts uses theatre to influence systems,...
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A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2020: Celebrating presence
16:00 - 18:30 8 October 2026
Presented in collaboration with the Drama Department, Creative Manchester is delighted to host this exhibition exploring the artistry and entrepreneurship of people of African and Afro-Caribbean descent in theatre and performance in Manchester. The exhibition draws from library, museum and archive collections including Archives+ and the Ahmed Iqbal...
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SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Sarah Hall: Burning Snowflake – The 2026 Faber Lecture
18:00 - 10 October 2026
Award-winning author Sarah Hall delivers the 2026 Faber Lecture: Burning Snowflake. The natural world is burning. Time is running out. You know the story. So what possible role could something as flimsy as fiction play? From the pioneering pen of a continually visionary writer, Burning Snowflake is a fierce and rallying cry – to shrug...
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