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The Doctoral Academy for the Faculty of Humanities, The University of Manchester
Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism

🗓️ Thursday 4 December ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online
In this Methods North West Seminar, Mark Gatto (Northumbria University) will be exploring gender, work & care through dystopian fictocriticism.

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Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism
Exploring gender, work & care through dystopian fictocriticism to challenge patriarchal norms and inspire inclusive change.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The British Federation of Women Graduates has announced their annual travel bursary, available for women postgraduate students enrolled at an institution in North West England or North Wales.

Entry deadline 5pm 9th January 2026.
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The next film showing for the Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) Film Club will be Children of Heaven (Majid Majidi).

For PGRs interested in MENA (esp. Iranian) cinema this is the film to see!

Everyone welcome 😀!
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Join this Methods North West Lunchtime Seminar
'Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism' with Dr Mark Gatto (Northumbria University)
@methodsmcr.bsky.social

🗓️ Thursday 4 December
⏰ 12-1pm
🌐 online

Sign up now! 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1963287905...
Writing and Researching Differently through Fictocriticism
Exploring gender, work & care through dystopian fictocriticism to challenge patriarchal norms and inspire inclusive change.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Manchester Research Forum for European Philosophy presents:

Artistic Reason and Imaginative Freedom: Yoko Ono’s Instruction Project qua Project of Autonomy
Dr. Gabriella Daris reflects upon the ‘instruction pieces’ by conceptual artist Yoko Ono
3:30-6pm 19 November 2025
A112, Sam Alex Building UoM
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Reposted
🚨 TOMORROW - SPACES STILL AVAILABLE 🚨
Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences
🗓️ Tues 18 Nov ⏰ 10-3pm 📍 AMBS
This free workshop introduces Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper algorithm as a model free tool for visualising data
Book now 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1801610097...
Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences Workshop
This workshop introduces the Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper algorithm as a model free tool for visualising data. By Dr Simon Rudkin.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📢 Calling all Social Media Analysts!
PGR Social Media Methods Network
🗓️ Thursday 27 November ⏰ 12-1pm 🌐 online
This Methods North West lunchtime session will bring together social media methods researchers and analysts of digital culture.

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November 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The online Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series highlights the breadth and quality of our unique Special Collections and showcases world-class collections-based research activities.

Register here to attend 😀: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Interested in turning your research into a thriving deeptech startup? Learn how through the University-sponsored Conception X Venture Scientist programme.

Sign up for an on-campus discovery session (18th November) or online discovery session (27th November): www.conceptionx.org/apply
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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💡 Meet our workshop lead Dr Simon Rudkin
Simon is a member of the UoM's Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMI) & @socialstats.bsky.social
🪧 He has pioneered application of Ball Mapper in social sciences, focusing on the info which is held within data & using that info for societal benefit
(1/2) Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences
🗓️ Tuesday 18 Nov ⏰ 10-4pm 📍 AMBS
This workshop introduces the Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper algorithm as a model free tool for visualising data.
See the full details 🔗
new.express.adobe.com/webpage/5Gf2...
Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper for the Social Sciences
See the story
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November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Join the ‘Defiance: Artists at Risk’ event on 20 November, 4:30pm at the Beyer Theatre, UoM. Our guest is Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov.

Andrey will present his new book Three Years on Fire: The Destruction of Ukraine.

Entry is free on a first come, first served basis.
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Are you a PhD student working on China?

The Manchester China Institute (MCI) invites proposals for Spring 2026 Early Career Researcher (ECR) China Studies Workshops.

To apply, please see here for details:
www.mci.manchester.ac.uk/about/events...
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📢 Methods Labs Applications Now Open! 📢
These grants offer opportunities for postgraduate and academic researchers to come together to work intensively for a concentrated period of time around particular methods or methodologies.

For more detail: www.methodsnorthwest.ac.uk/home/catalys...
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
On 12th November, take a break & come to Corridor Coffee (ground floor of the SU) from 9.30AM.

This month, the Students’ Union is encouraging students to get out in nature to improve their wellbeing, so we will be grabbing a warm drink and heading off on a walk around the local campus.
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
PGRs - are you curious about how your skills translate beyond academia?
Developing Enterprising Researchers is an online workshop to help you uncover how your research competencies align with industry needs.
📅 27th November 2025
⏰ 10:00 - 12:00
Register here:
app.manchester.ac.uk/training/pro...
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Join us for the launch of the newly reformed Digital Futures! Explore its themes and purpose, see how it can support your research, and get inspired by real case studies.

📅 11 December, from 12:00pm
📍 Register: tinyurl.com/4wkuy46c
🥗 Lunch is provided
*UoM internal event - Staff & Student Only
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Career Development for Disabled PGRs Online Session!

This session will introduce a new career development resource created specifically for disabled PGRs and share details of funding support for disabled researchers.

5 November 2025, 13:00–14:00
Register here: app.manchester.ac.uk/RESDEV0043
November 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
PGRs - Is your research based in social media methods or digital culture?

We are looking for participants and collaborators in an emerging Methods North West funded network.
Scan the QR code to submit your application by 28 November!
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Celebrate the best of UK social science research at the ESRC Festival of Social Science, with free events taking place across UoM, MMU and the University of Salford.

The festival runs until Saturday, 8 November.
For details on all the events:
festivalofsocialscience.com/events/searc...
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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📢 Speaker announcement - Dr Verity Ward
Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and founding member of the Digital Stories research approach, Verity's talk is titled: Creating space for #neurodivergent young people's voices using Digital Stories

We are so excited to have Verity join us on 7 November!
MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience
🗓️ Friday 7 Nov ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS
Bringing together academics, practitioners, parents, autistic young adults ♾️ to create ethical methods for including non-speaking neurodiverse people in research
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MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience
A full-day event bringing together academics, parents, educational practitioners and non-speaking neurodiverse young people.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Launchpad: The First Step to Becoming an Entrepreneur!

Are you dreaming of becoming an entrepreneur but unsure about which of your ideas to take forward? Test your ideas with real people and start gathering market signals. Sessions on 4th, 11th, 18th November.
Apply: luma.com/3anto9lf
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
How does the music of Joy Division relate to the city’s regeneration?

Professor Justin O’Connor (Adelaide University) considers how Joy Division’s music from the late 1970s became anthemic for a re-invented Manchester.

5pm 29th October
Book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joy-divers...
October 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Methods NW presents MethodsLab: Listening to the non-speaking experience.
🗓️ 7 November ⏰ 11-4:30pm 📍 AMBS

Co-created with neurodiverse participants, the event will produce inclusive research guidelines and foster a collaborative community of practice.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1683441712...
October 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Launching our strategy to 2035 – From Manchester for the world!
We will focus on where we can make the biggest difference, connect our strengths across teaching, research, innovation and partnerships to deliver impact here and across the world.
Explore here: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/manche...
October 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The Manchester Research Forum for European Philosophy Research Seminar Series brings you “Parataxis, Adorno, Hölderlin, Identity” with Dr Sebastian Truskolaski (German Cultural Studies, UoM) on 22/10/2025, 15:30, Room A18, Samuel Alexander Building

No registration required; all welcome 😀
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM