Events
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Percival Everett in Conversation
19:00 - 10 April 2024
With my pencil, I wrote myself into being.’ In James, Percival Everett’s thrilling retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the enslaved Jim is allowed to tell his story for the first time. While journeying down the Mississippi with Huck, Jim has a series of adventures and encounters. Often terrifying but hilariously recounted, they...
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Research Café: Plants in Civic Futures
12:30 - 14:00 10 April 2024
‘Plants in Civic Futures’ brings together academics working across Literature, History, Geography, and Cultural Practices to discuss interdisciplinary multispecies perspectives on plant lives and plant thinking. It’s an opportunity to connect, over an informal lunch, with others working on Plant Humanities. This Creative Manchester...
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Attempting to Kill the Law of Peace
16:00 - 17:30 11 April 2024
A public talk with Prof Mary Ellen O’Connell, Professor of Law and International Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame; co-hosted by HCRI and the Law School at University of Manchester. Registration and info via: https://law-of-peace.eventbrite.co.uk ABOUT THE TALK The almost unimaginable loss and devastation of World War II led to the...
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LITERATURE LIVE! Nicolas Padamsee and Keiran Goddard in conversation
18:30 - 20:00 15 April 2024
We're delighted to be working with the Blackwells Book Store to host Nicolas Padamsee and Keiran Goddard as part of their Literature Live series. Nicolas and Kieran will be talking about their new novels ENGLAND IS MINE and I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING with host Luke Brown. Doors: 18.30, starts: 18.45 Tickets are £3.50 or free when pre-ordering...
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EACW Research Seminar Series
17:00 - 18:30 17 April 2024
Chris Vardy (UoM), ‘Contemporary Prehistories’
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