Events
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Solstice and Equinox series: Cottonopolis-The Origins of Global Manchester
18:30 - 19:45 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 associated with the industry that it became...
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Plants and Creative Practice 2: Sound
17:00 - 18:15 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 how their praxis engages with and responds to...
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Communities of Environmental Knowledge
12:00 - 14:00 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 change. This research café brings together...
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Creativity and AI: Cultural Heritage
14:30 - 17:00 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 community. The second event of the 2026...
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Plants and Creative Practice 3: Textile Arts
17:00 - 18:15 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 with plant-based materials, processes and histories...
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