Articles tagged with 'arts-languages-cultures' | University of Manchester

This year’s poetry competition took place from 21 March 2021 to 21 June 2021 and was presented by Creative Manchester in collaboration with the Geological Society of London and the Centre for New Writing. Entrants were asked to respond to the theme o...

The Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester’s 2021 Schools Poetry competition took place from 21 March 2021 to 28 May 2021. The theme was space, and entries were received from school pupils across Greater Manchester.The Creative Manchester and...

FeaturedManchester City of Literature celebrated Greater Manchester's 133 libraries with a Festival of Libraries from Wednesday 9 June to Sunday 13 June. Creative Manchester hosted a number of events at the festival, including the Research and Librar...

The University of Manchester is a proud Silver Supporter of the Manchester International Festival, as such we are working collaboratively on a number of flagship events as part of MIF21. Both students and academics are involved in the Festival, which...

Big Ben Lying Down with Political Books is a monumental participatory artwork at this year’s Manchester International Festival by Argentinian artist Marta Minujín. The installation, featuring a 42-metre structure of London’s iconic Big Ben clock towe...

A new collaborative artwork has been launched at Manchester Art Gallery, which aims to explore the futures of women in work in Greater Manchester after the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Commenting on the appointment, Professor Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research, said: “I am thrilled that Professor John McAuliffe has been appointed as Director for the new Creative@Manchester research platform. John brings with him a wealth of...

Thomas returns to The University of Manchester, where he spent five years as Professor of Musicology and Head of the Division of Art History, Drama and Music. He has also held posts at Bangor University, the University of Frankfurt and the University...

This summer, The University of Manchester will be holding virtual celebrations for its graduating students, to celebrate the successful completion of their studies. These will be hosted locally for the majority of programmes in the week beginning Mon...

The Festival of Libraries is a celebratory series of over eighty free events, highlighting the successes of 133 libraries across Greater Manchester for their cultural significance alongside their role in providing outstanding services to empower and ...

A new guide has been launched to help science communicators to have conversations with individuals who buy into coronavirus conspiracy theories. ...

Manchester China Institute and Creative Manchester recently staged an awards ceremony in China for this year’s International Photography Competition, which marked the 35th anniversary of Manchester’s twinning with the city of Wuhan. ...

Manchester China Institute and Creative Manchester recently staged a China-based awards ceremony for this year’s International Photography Competition, which marked the 35th anniversary of Manchester’s twinning with Wuhan. Hundreds of caring-themed s...

A new project to uncover previously unpublished material from the early nineteenth century’s ‘foremost man of science’ launched online on 29 June, and the organisers are seeking volunteers to help. ...

Novel Voices saw Ellah P. Wakatama (Editor-at-Large at Canongate Books and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for New Writing) cherry-pick 10 exceptional debut authors who were invited in pairs to feature in conversation about their craft and journ...

A new AHRC and BBC Radio 3 podcast series Green Thinking explores issues linking climate challenge and society, in conversation with some of the UK’s leading researchers.This 45-min launch episode on Radio 3 features SALC academic Dr Jenna Ashton, ta...

Promoting mutual understanding in UK-China relations, this year’s International Photography Competition – presented by Creative Manchester and the Manchester China Institute – celebrates the 35th anniversary of Manchester’s twinning with Wuhan, the c...

The past eight years have seen The University of Manchester develop a thriving partnership with Manchester Camerata, otherwise known as “Britain’s most adventurous orchestra” (The Times). Cementing this partnership is an exciting new ESRC CASE Studen...

Over the past year, academics including David Powell, Drs Nat O’Grady, Ayham Fattoum and Professor Duncan Shaw from HCRI, and colleagues at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), have shared global learning, best practice and research findings t...

Emma Moran, who completed an MA in Screenwriting at The University of Manchester in 2020, has had her original comedy show Extraordinary greenlit for Disney+, after teaming up with BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning production compan...

Would you like to start to write – or write better – poetry? The Centre for New Writing, Creative Manchester and Carcanet Press have announced a new Poetry Short Course, to be delivered online from 12-23 July.The course provides an opportunity for as...

Manchester and Wuhan were officially twinned in 1986, the same year that the Chinese Consulate-General in Rusholme, Manchester opened its doors. This twinning process was built on several decades of Chinese influence and culture in Manchester, which ...

In 1994, as a researcher in CEPRI, Beijing, China, Ruomei Li was awarded a Lee Kai Hung Fellowship, enabling her to spend 12 months studying at UMIST. She began her studies in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics in November 1994 ...

In December, the society held a relaxed performance with Venture Arts, a charity who work with adults with learning difficulties. The relaxed performance provided Christmas music for the Venture Arts Christmas party with around sixty of their members...

To enter, participants are invited to write a space-themed micropoem and tweet their poem with the hashtag #micropoem21. The theme is packed with infinite possibilities; the solar system, meteorites, comets, planets, moons and stars. The main challen...

A series of newly transcribed letters between the then-future George IV and his family’s sub-governess Mary Hamilton have shed fresh light on their relationship. The 240-year-old letters – based at the Royal Archives in Windsor - reveal Hamilton’s pe...

The competition, which promotes mutual understanding in UK-China relations through the celebration of our common humanity, is this year themed around the question, ‘What does caring mean to you?’In the competition, entrants are asked to use smartphon...

One of the nation’s favourite actresses, RADA-trained Maxine Peake has enjoyed a prolific career as a theatre, television, radio and film actress. Her career highlights include The Theory of Everything, Shameless, Dinnerladies, Three Girls, and many ...

Peter Gatrell, Professor of Economic History from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The University of Manchester, has been awarded the 2021 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies...

As 2020 drew to a close, Creative Manchester welcomed a new team member: writer and academic Dr Alicia J. Rouverol. Alicia has joined the University as Research Associate on Creative Manchester’s Deep Dive project—a collaborative endeavour with Aspec...