Events
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Cultural dislocation and the politics of recognition - Gary Younge in conversation with Michèle Lamont
15:00 - 17:30 29 April 2025
Creative Manchester and the American Studies Department of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures are delighted to welcome Michèle Lamont, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, for an in-conversation event with Gary Younge, award-winning journalist and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester. During this event Professors Michèle...
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The Future of Arts Centres - research event
12:30 - 14:15 29 April 2025
Arts centres across the UK and Ireland have long been the quiet champions of creativity and community. Often overshadowed by theatres, galleries, and concert halls and comparatively under resourced these dynamic spaces have nurtured artistic innovation and driven social and economic growth. Their vital role became undeniable during the Covid-19...
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Environmental Humanities Annual Event: Living Proof – A Climate Story
14:00 - 17:45 30 April 2025
Please join us for this inaugural event, the first in a series to showcase and celebrate some of the diverse work on environmental questions and challenges undertaken by colleagues, alumni and students from across the Faculty of Humanities. We begin with the first screening in England of Dr Emily Munro’s 2021 documentary film, Living Proof:...
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Jailed for 8 Years for a Group Chat: Challenging Institutional Racism in the Courts (with speaker Keir Monteith KC)
17:00 - 19:00 1 May 2025
Learn how ‘law student-to-be’, Ade Adedeji, had his GBH conspiracy conviction quashed; find out why the court of appeal refused to hear evidence on whether institutional racism played a part in his wrongful conviction and why the judges failed to adopt common sense recommendations to stop this happening again. In his annual lecture at the...
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Jake Morris-Campbell & Kathryn Hurlock in conversation with Peter Scott
18:30 - 20:00 1 May 2025
Blackwell's Manchester are thrilled to bring you an evening of pilgrimage and place writing with authors Jake Morris-Campbell and Kathryn Hurlock, who will be discussing their new books BETWEEN THE SALT AND THE ASH: A Journey Into the Soul of Northumbria and HOLY PLACES: How Pilgrimage Changed the World. Jake and Kathryn will be in conversation...
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