Past events
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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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Beyond Growth: Cultural & Creative Industry Policies for a New XXI Century
09:00 - 14:30 17 April 2026
Join us for an open Stakeholder Forum to review and reflect on economic development policies for the creative and cultural sectors for the 21st century across the Global North and the Global South. This programme is the second day of a two-day workshop held at the University of Manchester in partnership...
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Co-Creation for Innovation in Creative Industries Symposium
09:00 - 15:00 16 April 2026
Join us for a forward-looking dialogue between academics and practitioners exploring the role of co-creation in innovation across the creative industries. Creative companies are increasingly embracing co-creation that enables deeper engagement with audiences, the development of socially and environmentally...
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Plants and Creative Practice: Poetry
17:00 - 18:15 26 March 2026
What do plants have to do with creative work? The first event in the Plants and Creative Practice webinar series brings together poets John McAuliffe (The University of Manchester) and Cathy Bowman (Indiana University) for a lively exchange of work and conversation about how plant life might enter,...
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The Past, Present & Future of the Computer in Electronic Music
12:15 - 16:00 25 March 2026
Music and Manchester: Join us for a research cafe exploring the past, present and future of computers in electronic music. While Manchester is prominently featured in music history, the role that it played in the creation of electronic music is less known. This event will: take the audience back to...
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Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Harnessing Storytelling to Amplify Research
13:45 - 14:45 18 March 2026
How can we ensure our interdisciplinary research creates real-world benefits? At The University of Manchester, we recognise that transformative research requires not just technical expertise, but also strong collaborations across disciplines and authentic engagement with communities. This workshop...
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Research café and exhibition launch - Encountering Biblical Bodies: Sarah Lightman's Biblical Women
16:30 - 18:30 16 March 2026
Join Creative Manchester for an informal research cafe and exhibition viewing of Sarah Lightman’s Biblical Women. As part of the Centre for Biblical Studies’ CIDRAL-funded programme of events entitled Encountering Biblical Bodies, we are pleased to host works from artist Sarah Lightman’s Biblical...
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Activating Archives and Collections for Local and Societal Impact
12:30 - 14:30 11 March 2026
Join us for an informal research café exploring the ways in which archives and collections can generate social value. Libraries, galleries, and museums hold archives and collections that, beyond their historical and cultural significance, possess considerable but often under-realised potential to generate...
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Ripple Effect: Co-researching Work, Precarity + Contribution in Later Life
4 March - 22 April 2026
International Women's Day 2026 Join us in partnership with MACFEST (Muslim Arts and Culture Festival) and Healthier Futures for a panel event celebrating International Women's Day 2026. We will be welcoming a panel from Uncertain Futures, a participatory research project exploring art as a research,...
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Exhibition - Encountering Biblical Bodies: Sarah Lightman’s Biblical Women
3 - 26 March 2026
As part of the Centre for Biblical Studies’ CIDRAL-funded programme of events entitled Encountering Biblical Bodies, Creative Manchester are pleased to host works from artist Sarah Lightman’s Biblical Domestic and Menstrual Hystery series in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor. In these paintings,...
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