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Ssrah Hall shortlisted for Goldsmiths Prize
We're proud to announce that Helm by Sarah Hall, the Centre for New Writing's Professor of Creative Writing, has been shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize – an award for fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form.
We're proud to announce that Helm by Sarah Hall, the Centre for New Writing's Professor of Creative Writing, has been shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize – an award for fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form.
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ssrah Hall shortlisted for Goldsmiths Prize
We're proud to announce that Helm by Sarah Hall, the Centre for New Writing's Professor of Creative Writing, has been shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize – an award for fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form.
We're proud to announce that Helm by Sarah Hall, the Centre for New Writing's Professor of Creative Writing, has been shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize – an award for fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form.
Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
University of Manchester Modern Languages Academic wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (SALC) at the University of Manchester, has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize in the Languages and Literatures category. The Leverhulme Trust administered awards commemorate the work undertaken by Philip, Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of William Lever, founder of the Trust.The pri...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
The prize recognises the celebrates the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition.
For the full story, visit our website:
The Artefacts of Prediction: Imagining Tomorrow
📅 Tue 2 Dec
⏰ 2pm-3.30pm
📍 Manchester Museum
🎟️ Free – booking required
Join us for the opening of an exhibition that explores how people from 1900-present have tried to glimpse, design, or control the future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-eve...
📅 Tue 2 Dec
⏰ 2pm-3.30pm
📍 Manchester Museum
🎟️ Free – booking required
Join us for the opening of an exhibition that explores how people from 1900-present have tried to glimpse, design, or control the future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-eve...
Launch Event: The Artefacts of Prediction: Imagining Tomorrow
Join us for the opening of a new exhibition that explores how people from 1900-present have tried to glimpse, design, or control the future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Artefacts of Prediction: Imagining Tomorrow
📅 Tue 2 Dec
⏰ 2pm-3.30pm
📍 Manchester Museum
🎟️ Free – booking required
Join us for the opening of an exhibition that explores how people from 1900-present have tried to glimpse, design, or control the future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-eve...
📅 Tue 2 Dec
⏰ 2pm-3.30pm
📍 Manchester Museum
🎟️ Free – booking required
Join us for the opening of an exhibition that explores how people from 1900-present have tried to glimpse, design, or control the future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-eve...
Islamic Feminism: Hermeneutics and Activism
📅 Wednesday 26 November
⏰ 1-2.30pm
💻 Online event
🎟️ Free – Booking required
Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.com/e/islamic-fe...
📅 Wednesday 26 November
⏰ 1-2.30pm
💻 Online event
🎟️ Free – Booking required
Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.com/e/islamic-fe...
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Islamic Feminism: Hermeneutics and Activism
📅 Wednesday 26 November
⏰ 1-2.30pm
💻 Online event
🎟️ Free – Booking required
Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.com/e/islamic-fe...
📅 Wednesday 26 November
⏰ 1-2.30pm
💻 Online event
🎟️ Free – Booking required
Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.com/e/islamic-fe...
Join us for a cultural event about Kurdish storytelling and history, to celebrate the launch of 'The Last Pomegranate Tree' by Bachtyar Ali
📅 Thursday 27 November
⏰ 4.45-6pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building, SG16
🎟 Free entry, all welcome, no booking required
📅 Thursday 27 November
⏰ 4.45-6pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building, SG16
🎟 Free entry, all welcome, no booking required
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Join us for a cultural event about Kurdish storytelling and history, to celebrate the launch of 'The Last Pomegranate Tree' by Bachtyar Ali
📅 Thursday 27 November
⏰ 4.45-6pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building, SG16
🎟 Free entry, all welcome, no booking required
📅 Thursday 27 November
⏰ 4.45-6pm
📍 Samuel Alexander Building, SG16
🎟 Free entry, all welcome, no booking required
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NEW EVENT: Follow the White Rabbit: In defence of conspiracy theories
Join us in welcoming a guest lecture from Gabriel Gatehouse, followed by a discussion with Professor Gary Younge.
📅 3 December, 6–7.30pm
📍 University Place, Oxford Road
🎟️ Free: https://ow.ly/aWIq50XmrSf
Join us in welcoming a guest lecture from Gabriel Gatehouse, followed by a discussion with Professor Gary Younge.
📅 3 December, 6–7.30pm
📍 University Place, Oxford Road
🎟️ Free: https://ow.ly/aWIq50XmrSf
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
NEW EVENT: Follow the White Rabbit: In defence of conspiracy theories
Join us in welcoming a guest lecture from Gabriel Gatehouse, followed by a discussion with Professor Gary Younge.
📅 3 December, 6–7.30pm
📍 University Place, Oxford Road
🎟️ Free: https://ow.ly/aWIq50XmrSf
Join us in welcoming a guest lecture from Gabriel Gatehouse, followed by a discussion with Professor Gary Younge.
📅 3 December, 6–7.30pm
📍 University Place, Oxford Road
🎟️ Free: https://ow.ly/aWIq50XmrSf
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More events feat. Translation Multiples (also online!):
📢Thurs, 13 Nov, 2-4pm: a triple book showcase (with Delphine Grass & Anna Lanfranchi) on recent books in literary translation: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
📢Friday, 14 Nov, 5-6.30pm: a multiples workshop www.kcl.ac.uk/events/works...
📢Thurs, 13 Nov, 2-4pm: a triple book showcase (with Delphine Grass & Anna Lanfranchi) on recent books in literary translation: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
📢Friday, 14 Nov, 5-6.30pm: a multiples workshop www.kcl.ac.uk/events/works...
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
More events feat. Translation Multiples (also online!):
📢Thurs, 13 Nov, 2-4pm: a triple book showcase (with Delphine Grass & Anna Lanfranchi) on recent books in literary translation: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
📢Friday, 14 Nov, 5-6.30pm: a multiples workshop www.kcl.ac.uk/events/works...
📢Thurs, 13 Nov, 2-4pm: a triple book showcase (with Delphine Grass & Anna Lanfranchi) on recent books in literary translation: events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
📢Friday, 14 Nov, 5-6.30pm: a multiples workshop www.kcl.ac.uk/events/works...
🌍 Inundated is a networking event like no other.
A short play. Climate conversation. Rethink the future of how we work.
🗓️ Tue 4 Nov
🕠 5.30-7.30pm
📍 Revolucion de Cuba, M2 5QR
🔗 Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688161349039
#Inundated #ESRCFestival #ClimateResilience #SustainableWork
A short play. Climate conversation. Rethink the future of how we work.
🗓️ Tue 4 Nov
🕠 5.30-7.30pm
📍 Revolucion de Cuba, M2 5QR
🔗 Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688161349039
#Inundated #ESRCFestival #ClimateResilience #SustainableWork
Inundated: an immersive drama
This acclaimed, interactive performance grapples with themes of climate resilience and collective responsibility (28 Oct, 4 Nov from 5.30pm)
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🌍 Inundated is a networking event like no other.
A short play. Climate conversation. Rethink the future of how we work.
🗓️ Tue 4 Nov
🕠 5.30-7.30pm
📍 Revolucion de Cuba, M2 5QR
🔗 Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688161349039
#Inundated #ESRCFestival #ClimateResilience #SustainableWork
A short play. Climate conversation. Rethink the future of how we work.
🗓️ Tue 4 Nov
🕠 5.30-7.30pm
📍 Revolucion de Cuba, M2 5QR
🔗 Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688161349039
#Inundated #ESRCFestival #ClimateResilience #SustainableWork
We bring Black Theatre History Month to a close with a final blog post – about Christmas pantomimes featuring figures from Jamaican folk culture, incorporating patois and folk music, and addressing issues in local, national and global politics.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Black Theatre History Month: Day 31 – Caribbean Pantomime
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October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We bring Black Theatre History Month to a close with a final blog post – about Christmas pantomimes featuring figures from Jamaican folk culture, incorporating patois and folk music, and addressing issues in local, national and global politics.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Our penultimate Black Theatre History Month blog post shines the spotlight on 'Rockets and Blue Lights' – A play which explores the legacy of slavery through parallel stories of Black Londoners in the 1840s and 2000s.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Black Theatre History Month: Day 30 – Rockets and Blue Lights
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October 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Our penultimate Black Theatre History Month blog post shines the spotlight on 'Rockets and Blue Lights' – A play which explores the legacy of slavery through parallel stories of Black Londoners in the 1840s and 2000s.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
On our Black Theatre History Month blog today, we take a look at 'Flash Trash', a Jamaican reggae pantomime that was first seen in Britain at the Half Moon Theatre in London’s East End.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
On our Black Theatre History Month blog today, we take a look at 'Flash Trash', a Jamaican reggae pantomime that was first seen in Britain at the Half Moon Theatre in London’s East End.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
On day 28 of Black Theatre History Month, our blog looks at plays featuring Anansi, the trickster figure whose intelligence and cunning allow him to triumph over bigger and more powerful people and animals.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Black Theatre History Month: Day 28 – Anasi Plays
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October 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
On day 28 of Black Theatre History Month, our blog looks at plays featuring Anansi, the trickster figure whose intelligence and cunning allow him to triumph over bigger and more powerful people and animals.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Join the Centre for New Writing and @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social at @mcrlitfest.bsky.social to hear Zadie Smith discuss her new essay collection 'Dead and Alive'.
📅 Tue 4 Nov
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 @rncmlive.bsky.social
🎟 £18 (£35 including the book)
manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/zadie...
📅 Tue 4 Nov
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 @rncmlive.bsky.social
🎟 £18 (£35 including the book)
manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/zadie...
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join the Centre for New Writing and @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social at @mcrlitfest.bsky.social to hear Zadie Smith discuss her new essay collection 'Dead and Alive'.
📅 Tue 4 Nov
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 @rncmlive.bsky.social
🎟 £18 (£35 including the book)
manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/zadie...
📅 Tue 4 Nov
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 @rncmlive.bsky.social
🎟 £18 (£35 including the book)
manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/zadie...
In our Black Theatre History Month blog post today, we focus on plays by Black authors written for a solo performance.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Black Theatre History Month: Day 27 – Plays for Solo Performers
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October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In our Black Theatre History Month blog post today, we focus on plays by Black authors written for a solo performance.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
'Refugee Boy' is the focus of today's Black Theatre History Month blog – this play tells the story of Alem, his journey to find a new life in the UK, and his family's past.
Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/26/black-theatre-history-month-day-26-refugee-boy/
Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/26/black-theatre-history-month-day-26-refugee-boy/
October 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
'Refugee Boy' is the focus of today's Black Theatre History Month blog – this play tells the story of Alem, his journey to find a new life in the UK, and his family's past.
Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/26/black-theatre-history-month-day-26-refugee-boy/
Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/26/black-theatre-history-month-day-26-refugee-boy/
Learn all about productions of Shakespeare's plays directed by Black directors and performed by Black casts, on our Black Theatre History Month blog.
Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/25/black-theatre-history-month-day-25-black-shakespeare/
Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/25/black-theatre-history-month-day-25-black-shakespeare/
October 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Learn all about productions of Shakespeare's plays directed by Black directors and performed by Black casts, on our Black Theatre History Month blog.
Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/25/black-theatre-history-month-day-25-black-shakespeare/
Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/25/black-theatre-history-month-day-25-black-shakespeare/
Head over to our Black Theatre History Month blog for today's post, a round-up of plays for teenagers.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Black Theatre History Month: Day 24 – Plays for Teenagers
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October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Head over to our Black Theatre History Month blog for today's post, a round-up of plays for teenagers.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Inundated: A Climate Conversation in Performance
A unique interactive theatre event exploring how our working lives must adapt to the climate crisis.
📅 Tue 28 Oct and Tue 4 Nov
⏰ Bar opens 5.30pm. Performance 6-7.30pm
📍 Revolucion de Cuba, 11 Peter Street M2 5QR
🎟 Free – Booking required
A unique interactive theatre event exploring how our working lives must adapt to the climate crisis.
📅 Tue 28 Oct and Tue 4 Nov
⏰ Bar opens 5.30pm. Performance 6-7.30pm
📍 Revolucion de Cuba, 11 Peter Street M2 5QR
🎟 Free – Booking required
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Inundated: A Climate Conversation in Performance
A unique interactive theatre event exploring how our working lives must adapt to the climate crisis.
📅 Tue 28 Oct and Tue 4 Nov
⏰ Bar opens 5.30pm. Performance 6-7.30pm
📍 Revolucion de Cuba, 11 Peter Street M2 5QR
🎟 Free – Booking required
A unique interactive theatre event exploring how our working lives must adapt to the climate crisis.
📅 Tue 28 Oct and Tue 4 Nov
⏰ Bar opens 5.30pm. Performance 6-7.30pm
📍 Revolucion de Cuba, 11 Peter Street M2 5QR
🎟 Free – Booking required
Our latest Black History Theatre Month blog examines 'Barber Shop Chronicles', an exploration of migration, diaspora, masculinity, family and community – the play shows the experiences and preoccupations of a diverse group of black men.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Black Theatre History Month: Day 23 – Barber Shop Chronicles
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October 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Our latest Black History Theatre Month blog examines 'Barber Shop Chronicles', an exploration of migration, diaspora, masculinity, family and community – the play shows the experiences and preoccupations of a diverse group of black men.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
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Congratulations to Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (@uomsalc.bsky.social) at @manchester.ac.uk, who has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize in the Languages and Literatures category!
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University of Manchester Modern Languages Academic wins 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize
Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (SALC) at the University of Manchester, has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize in the Languages and Literatures category. The Leverhulme Trust a...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Congratulations to Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (@uomsalc.bsky.social) at @manchester.ac.uk, who has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize in the Languages and Literatures category!
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear from the virtuoso American soprano Lucy Shelton, at two upcoming events.
Find out more and book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/after-pier...
Brought to you by @manchester.ac.uk Music Department, in partnership with The Commission for New and Old Art
Find out more and book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/after-pier...
Brought to you by @manchester.ac.uk Music Department, in partnership with The Commission for New and Old Art
October 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear from the virtuoso American soprano Lucy Shelton, at two upcoming events.
Find out more and book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/after-pier...
Brought to you by @manchester.ac.uk Music Department, in partnership with The Commission for New and Old Art
Find out more and book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/after-pier...
Brought to you by @manchester.ac.uk Music Department, in partnership with The Commission for New and Old Art
Today's Black Theatre History Month blog post is all about 'Look to the Sky', a gripping play which explores the mysterious and complicated culture of inner-city youth.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Today's Black Theatre History Month blog post is all about 'Look to the Sky', a gripping play which explores the mysterious and complicated culture of inner-city youth.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
On day 21 of Black Theatre History Month, our blog looks at Black actors who have performed the role of Othello, from Ira Aldridge in the 1820s to David Harewood in 2025.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Black Theatre History Month: Day 21 – Othello
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October 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
On day 21 of Black Theatre History Month, our blog looks at Black actors who have performed the role of Othello, from Ira Aldridge in the 1820s to David Harewood in 2025.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Our latest Black Theatre History Month blog post invites you to dive into The Black Plays Archive, a rich resource of information and inspiration founded in 2013 by playwright and director Kwame Kwei-Armah.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Black Theatre History Month: Day 20 – Black Plays Archive
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October 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our latest Black Theatre History Month blog post invites you to dive into The Black Plays Archive, a rich resource of information and inspiration founded in 2013 by playwright and director Kwame Kwei-Armah.
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...
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Daniel R. Langton has published Darwin in the Jewish Imagination: Jews' Engagement with Evolution Theory (Oxford University Press, 2025). This book offers the first major study of Jewish responses to Darwinian evolution, one of the most transformative and contested ideas of the industrial age.
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Daniel R. Langton has published Darwin in the Jewish Imagination: Jews' Engagement with Evolution Theory (Oxford University Press, 2025). This book offers the first major study of Jewish responses to Darwinian evolution, one of the most transformative and contested ideas of the industrial age.