Events

MLF 2024: An Audience with Rebecca F. Kuang

19:30 - 20:45 17 October 2024

Bestselling global sensation, Rebecca F. Kuang is the author of the ‘Hard to put down, harder to forget’ (Stephen King) satirical phenomenon Yellowface, inventive fantastical novel Babel and TikTok favourite The Poppy War trilogy. Both Yellowface and Babel were awarded Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and received critical...

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WCLC: Tom Ollendorff, Will Vinson, David Ingamells and Viktor Nyberg (Jazz Quartet)

13:10 - 13:55 17 October 2024

Guitarist Tom Ollendorff embarks on a European tour with this Quartet this October featuring the highly regarded saxophonist, Will Vinson. The tour is celebrating the release of Tom's critically acclaimed album 'Open House' which has been described by Jazzwise as a 'combination of fearsome musical chops, sophisticated compositional sensibility...

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MIOIR Seminar Series - Coevolution in Economic Systems

15:30 - 16:30 21 October 2024

Coevolution in Economic Systems Prof. Dr. Francisco Fatas-Villafranca, economist at the University of Zaragoza (Spain), will be discussing current developments in the coevolution of economic systems. Coevolution in economic systems plays a key role in the dynamics of contemporary societies. Coevolution operates when, considering several evolving...

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Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir (book launch)

16:00 - 17:30 23 October 2024

Join us for this hybrid event with Dr Omer Aijazi, Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at the Humanitarian & Conflict Research Institute (HCRI), to hear about and discuss the content of his new book - Atmospheric Violence. ABOUT THE EVENT Time: 16:00 - 17:30, 23rd Oct 2024 Location: Ellen Wilkinon Building + Zoom (Room sent to registrants) Discussant:...

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Gathering of Strangers: Why Museums Matter

18:00 - 20:00 24 October 2024

Join The Whitworth and Creative Manchester for a very special Thursday Late, where culture leader Maria Balshaw will be in conversation with visual artist Cornelia Parker about her latest book. ‘Public institutions do not sit “outside” society, they are the barometer of time and place. How museums and...

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