Articles tagged with 'creative-manchester' | University of Manchester

A one-man show about climate resilience, Who Ya Gonna Call? jumps headlong into some of the most difficult questions about our uncertain future - with the help of some buckets, some sand, a few old records, and a dash of black humour.Who Ya Gonna Cal...

Creative Manchester is delighted to present a number of events celebrating UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2023, in partnership with Manchester City of Literature.This year will be the 7th International Mother Language Day observed in...

Macclesfield-born, Stephen Morris has often been renowned for his ‘machine-like’ skills as a drummer, beginning his career alongside vocalist Ian Curtis in the band Joy Division. He then went on to be a founding member of New Order, and participated ...

Creative Manchester is delighted to present the upcoming Comics Up Close event, in partnership with Lakes International Comic Art Festival and Sheffield Hallam University. This event will be an insightful consideration of what makes comics special, b...

Every year, in a tradition established by Charles Dickens, the Centre for New Writing’s Professor of New Writing and world-renowned author, Jeanette Winterson, has written a new tale during the festive period, twelve of which were published in her Ch...

‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities: Language endangerment and maintenance’ included a cross-disciplinary panel and marked the official launch of the Linguistic Diversity Collective. The event was well attended by University staff, students...

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded researchers at The University of Manchester funding to partner with local communities to tackle health inequalities across the UK.The award comes as part of a new wave of research projects a...

On 2 November 2022, Creative Manchester hosted the GM Creative Health Strategy Launch at the Whitworth art gallery, in collaboration with the GM Integrated Care Partnership and GM Person & Community Centred Approaches. The event welcomed creatives an...

The Manchester Science Festival returned this year, one of the most popular science festivals in the UK, asking its audience, ‘What does the future hold for humanity?’ Under this theme, the festival welcomed an unmissable programme of experiences, ev...

Macclesfield-born, Stephen Morris has often been renowned for his ‘machine-like’ skills as a drummer, beginning his career alongside vocalist Ian Curtis in the band Joy Division. He then went on to be a founding member of New Order, and participated ...

Manchester has long been renowned for its rich musical history and nightlife, commonly regarded as a clubbing capital of the world and once home of the legendary Haçienda club. It was during his time DJ’ing at The Haçienda club that Graeme Park becam...

Described by attendees and viewers as a fantastic resource for students, Creative Manchester welcomed award-winning writer, historian, and broadcaster, Professor David Olusoga OBE, for his lecture on what it means to be Black and British and the role...

The Placeholders project, a research initiative between Creative Manchester and Bruntwood, aims to create, test, and refine a process for engaging young people in town-centre place-making, with a particular focus on public spaces, sense of ownership,...

Please join us on 8th November from 6-7.30pm in the John Rylands Library for Helen Holmes and Nick Crossley’s (Sociology) event on Rave Renaissance with DJ Graeme Park.Tickets are available here.Manchester is renowned not just for its rich musical hi...

In a recent conspiracy case in Manchester, prosecutors were able to build a group case against several black teenagers and have them convicted after they used social media messages between the teenagers that referenced violence in drill rap lyrics. T...

David Olusoga is Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester, specialising in the British Empire and how different communities experience its lasting effects in modern society. Awarded an OBE in 2019 for his services to history and co...

The Linguistic Diversity Collective and Creative Manchester present a free event taking place on 19 October at 5.30pm in the University of Manchester’s Alliance Manchester Business School penthouse event space.‘Supporting Manchester’s language commun...

From his extensive career and experience, and once described as 'the most influential man in British broadcasting,’ Sir Peter Bazalgette will be outlining the current context of the Creative and Cultural Industries, current research and projects from...

Since becoming a research platform at The University of Manchester, Creative Manchester has witnessed immense growth, nurturing exciting research and delivering outstanding workshops and events. The platform’s research is centred on three key themes:...

At first I wasn't sure I was the right person to act as a mentor for the schools poetry competition. After all I was – I am – primarily a fiction writer. But I write plenty of poetry, and had certainly studied it for long enough. As Dr Luke Brown sai...

Manchester Literature Festival, the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester are partnering again for this October’s exciting Literature Live event, bringing some of the most extraordinary contemporary writers to Manchester to discuss their lat...

If you have ever considered presenting your research in alternate formats and styles to the written word, this workshop can help you discover innovative and exciting ways to creatively conduct, present, and evaluate your research. These creative rese...

The theme for this year’s Micropoetry Competition of ‘Climate Change’ could not have been more fitting for the judges’ deliberations, which took place on the hottest day on record for the UK (19 July 2022).Despite the sweltering temperatures, an este...

Professor of Poetry and Creative Manchester Director, John McAuliffe, opened the workshop by providing a brief overview of Creative Manchester and the Creative Industries Deep Dive Aspect Project, followed by Research Associate Dr Alicia J Rouverol p...

Curated for Creative Manchester by Senior Research Fellow Ellah Wakatama OBE, the conversations focused on new publications in many genres, touching on poetry, science fiction, fantasy, nature writing, and memoir. With a variety of poets and storytel...

After 7 years, Lemn Sissay has come to the end of his tenure as Chancellor of The University of Manchester. We are delighted to announce that Lemn will continue as Creative Manchester ambassador and has also been appointed as Honorary Professor of Cr...

A number of academics from The University of Manchester have today been recognised for their knowledge and expertise by being elected as Fellows of the British Academy. ...

On 17th June 2022, the School of Arts, Languages and Culture, in collaboration with the Manchester Opera Project, presented an evening of music at Hallé St Peter’s, Manchester.This concert featured the premiere of Erysichthon’s Forest, a melodrama ba...

Aimed at Bangladeshi audiences in the North-West, ‘Migrant songs 1950s-80s: Preserving Bangladeshi musical heritage in the North-West’  has been designed to showcase folk music in tribute to the migrant experience in the region. Led by Anindita Ghosh...

In June, Creative Manchester hosted the Creativity, Health and Wellbeing Café, an informal lunch opportunity for researchers to connect with those working in the Creative Industries and Health sector. The café was hosted in collaboration with the Liv...