Events

Find out more about events, seminars, and public lectures in the Faculty of Humanities.

Ehrhardt Seminar: John Barton, University of Oxford, Suffering and the Problem of Evil in the Prophets

14:10 - 15:30 20 April 2023

The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online, please email lev.eakins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk. For more on the Centre for Biblical Studies, please see our website at https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/religi..

Data management basics: Introduction to data management and sharing

11:00 - 12:30 27 April 2023

Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research projects. These introductory workshops on data management basics are intended for researchers and anyone who wants to learn about research data management. This workshop is part of a series..

Ehrhardt Seminar: Alison Jack, University of Edinburgh, Biblical Themes in Contemporary Crime Fiction

14:10 - 15:30 27 April 2023

The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online, please email lev.eakins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk. For more on the Centre for Biblical Studies, please see our website at https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/religi..

WCLC - Bass clarinet and electronics with Marij van Gorkom

13:10 - 14:00 27 April 2023

Following collaborations with various NOVARS composers, Dutch bass clarinettist Marij van Gorkom returns to Manchester to perform a lunchtime concert. Specialised in performance with live electronics, she will present a programme exploring the relation between instrumental playing and interactive media.

Data management basics: Ethical and legal issues in data sharing

10:00 - 11:30 04 May 2023

Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research projects. The introductory workshops on data management basics are intended for researchers and anyone who wants to learn about research data management. The first session, Introduction to..

Ehrhardt Seminar: Alison Salvesen, University of Oxford, Symmachus, ‘the translator of the Jews’: what a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible can tell us about religious life in early 3rd C Palestine

14:10 - 15:30 04 May 2023

The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online, please email lev.eakins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk. For more on the Centre for Biblical Studies, please see our website at https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/religi..

TAI Annual Lecture 2023: Work, Health, and Wellbeing post pandemic, with Guest Speaker Professor Dame Carol Black

16:00 - 17:40 10 May 2023

In 2010 Richard Donkin, author and columnist, wrote: "The history of the way we live and work is more evolutionary than revolutionary in nature." This was true pre March 2020, but then what had been a slow migration of practice - industry to knowledge services, office to home, collective to individual, formal working hours to discretionary tim..

The Long Term Implications of Co-Creation in Higher Education

17:00 - 18:30 10 May 2023

It is broadly accepted that co-creation activities with students can directly contribute to the development of   the student co-creators' soft skills and establish a strong staff-student partnership. In this lecture we highlight how carefully employing co-created outputs in teaching new classes of students can also have long term spillover..

Thomas Ashton Institute Research Showcase

11:00 - 15:00 10 May 2023

A showcase of the diverse and innovative research happening in the Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk and Regulatory Research. This will be an in-person research showcase day on Wednesday 10th May at the University of Manchester. This free showcase will kick-off with a morning of presentations exploring the 6 research themes of the Institute:..

Ehrhardt Seminar: Alan Garrow, St Peter's, Harrogate & Sheffield Centre for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, The Didache Discoveries: Two Texts Within One

14:10 - 15:30 11 May 2023

The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online, please email lev.eakins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk. For more on the Centre for Biblical Studies, please see our website at https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/religi..