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

Martin Amis, former Professor of Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing has died at the age of 73.Martin Amis, who has just died in Florida, worked as our first Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester's Centre for New Wr...

Gary Younge, award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology, Gary Younge, has been shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Journalism 2023. Formerly a columnist at The Guardian he is an editorial board member of the Nation magazine and the...

Creative Manchester and Digital Futures are hosting a CreaTech Innovation Showcase on 17 May.CreaTech is the intersection of creativity meeting technology. It brings together creative skills and emerging technologies to create new ways of engaging au...

A new photography exhibition has opened at the Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) promoting mutual understanding in UK-China relations through focusing on our common humanity.The Manchester China Institute (MCI), in partnership with Creative ...

7-11 June 2023 sees the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries.Following the success of the past two years of celebrations, the 2023 festival showcases a vibrant programme of events in libraries across all ten boroughs...

University of Manchester Professor, David Olusoga OBE will be presented with a BAFTA Special Award at the forthcoming BAFTA Television Awards for outstanding contribution to television.

Forced displacement is one of the most urgent issues of our time, but it is not new. Conflict, persecution and environmental devastation have, throughout history, led people to flee their homes and seek safety elsewhere.Traces of Displacement present...

Images of immigration and refugee experiences rarely include their voices and this event will reflect on different approaches to reframing, raising awareness of and centring immigrant stories.Reserve your spot to join Creative Manchester for a roundt...

A language-themed trail around Manchester Museum took place on 12 April and saw over 340 people take part.Families were invited to collect their ‘Looking for Languages’ trail sheets from members of the Linguistic Diversity Collective, find the langua...

Budding writers have been challenged to craft a Twitter micropoem on the theme of the ‘science around us’ by Creative Manchester, which has launched its annual Micropoetry Competition to mark World Poetry Day....

On 1 November 2022 I started a 9 month Knowledge Exchange fellowship within the University of Manchester’s research platform, Creative Manchester, and working with Lime Arts, the city’s NHS Trust arts and health organisation. I am still in the proces...

A new video podcast exploring multilingualism and linguistic diversity across the globe has launched, as part of Manchester City of Literature’s International Mother Language Day 2023 celebrations.The podcast is hosted by Lecturer in Linguistics at T...

In 2017 Manchester was successful in its bid to join UNESCO’s worldwide Creative Cities network as a City of Literature, which recognised the significant contribution of literature to the city. As one of its key creative institutions which includes t...

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 participate in 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 Manchester, a celebrati...

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...