Events
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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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Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Research Ethos: Speed-Networking
14:30 - 16:30 13 May 2026
Each research discipline has its own ethos—distinct ways of asking questions, applying methods, and communicating ideas. This diversity can sometimes feel like a barrier to collaboration, even within schools, let alone across the wider university. As interdisciplinary research becomes increasingly vital—driven by complex societal challenges...
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Proof of Human: AI, Copyright, and the Fight for Creative Authorship with Andrew Melchior
18:00 - 19:30 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 lecture Andrew Melchior, CTO of Massive Attack...
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Future of Opera: Human-AI Improvisation
16:00 - 19:00 19 May 2026
An experimental workshop exploring digital inclusion and innovation through human–AI improvisation. This workshop, part of Tuning into Opera, a research and engagement initiative from English National Opera and The University of Manchester, and the OperAI: Future of Opera series, invites you to experience live opera reimagined through human–AI...
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Manchester Literature Festival presents Douglas Stuart
19:00 - 26 May 2026
We’re delighted to welcome back to Manchester Literature Festival Booker Prize-winning novelist Douglas Stuart, to discuss his profoundly moving new novel John of John, set on the Isle of Harris. Returning home after his art school years on the mainland, John-Calum Macleod is drawn back into a tightly bound Hebridean community shaped by faith,...
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