Past events
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Proof of Human: AI, Copyright, and the Fight for Creative Authorship with Andrew Melchior
17:00 - 18:45 18 May 2026
A special lecture and discussion with composer, musician, technologist and producer Andrew Melchior. Join us in welcoming composer, musician, technologist and producer Andrew Melchior to The University of Manchester and hear his compelling case for the fight for creative authorship. During this public...
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Filming the City
08:00 - 15:00 14 May 2026
How might moving images reshape the ways in which cities are studied, represented and understood? This question sits at the centre of an upcoming USL ThinkSpace event, which brings together scholars working across the arts, architecture, urban studies and film studies to reflect on the methodological...
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Plants and Creative Practice 3: Textile Arts
16:00 - 17:15 11 May 2026
The finale of the Plants and Creative Practice online event series In this final event of the Plants and Creative Practice webinar series, cultural geographer Arianna Tozzi (UoM, Hallsworth Research Fellow Geography) and artist Rowland Ricketts (IU, Eskenazi) will consider different ways of engaging...
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Creativity and AI: Cultural Heritage
13:30 - 16:00 30 April 2026
This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and June 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the Northwest, and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries...
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Communities of Environmental Knowledge
11:00 - 13:00 29 April 2026
Join us for an informal research café exploring the ways community support and involvement connect to environmental action. Community support and involvement are crucial to the success of environmental action; diversity of both knowledge and experience are central to achieving effective and equitable...
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Plants and Creative Practice 2: Sound
16:00 - 17:15 28 April 2026
The second in the Plants and Creative Practice online event series This second event in the Plants and Creative Practice webinar series brings together Korean composer and eco-sonic artist Younje Cho (IU, Jacobs) and improviser, artist and researcher Henry McPherson (UoM, Music), who will talk about...
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Research Café - Religion, Culture and Community
11:00 - 13:00 23 April 2026
Join Creative Manchester and the Manchester Museum for an informal research café exploring the ways in which cultural institutions and faith spaces bring people together. As societies become increasingly polarised, cultural institutions and faith spaces have a vital role to play in bringing people...
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Solstice and Equinox series: Cottonopolis-The Origins of Global Manchester
17:30 - 18:45 23 April 2026
Join us at the next event in the Solstice and Equinox series as we explore Manchester’s cotton industry and its global connections. Cottonopolis examines how 18th-century Manchester was transformed into a manufacturing centre at the heart of Britain’s expanding cotton trade – a city so closely...
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Responses to Ecological Crises through Creative and Civic Participation
11:00 - 13:00 22 April 2026
Join us for an informal research café exploring the ways in which art, research and movement come together to break down barriers. At this event you will hear about the Manchester Histories ‘This is Us’ project, which celebrates overlooked stories, reflects on complex legacies, and creates spaces...
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Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Co-Authorship: Rotating Roundtables
13:30 - 15:30 21 April 2026
Co-authoring can offer significant benefits in interdisciplinary research bringing together experts from various fields to produce impactful publications. How can we effectively manage co-authoring processes to ensure equitable contributions and recognition? What best practices can we adopt to enhance...
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