Past events
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Digital Futures Interdisciplinary ECR Lunch Workshop
13:00 - 16:30 24 March 2026
Join us for an energising, hands?on workshop designed to spark new ideas, build connections, and elevate your digital research journey. We aim to bring Digital Economy applications into your interdisciplinary research, helping you introduce and apply your work to industry and real?world sectors. [This...
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Panel: Marking the completion of British Library Endangered Archives Project EAP1531
16:00 - 18:00 24 March 2026
We are pleased to invite you to a panel marking the completion of EAP1531, a British Library Endangered Archives Project that digitised and catalogued two endangered archival collections from the Archivo Histórico de Antioquia (1608–1750) in Colombia, now freely accessible online here: https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1531 Speakers: Prof...
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Debating Issues of War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition
24 March - 21 August 2026
Professor Asma Afsaruddin, Indiana University (online) Host: Dr Tom Woerner-Powell Abstract: War and peace are universal themes in which Muslim scholars throughout history have taken great interest. The term jihad and its derivatives have a great bearing on understanding the concepts of war and peace...
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Klezmer: The Michael Kahan Kapelye
13:10 - 13:50 23 March 2026
A concert in celebration of the life and work of Andrea Winn, who sparked the inspired partnership of Manchester Museum’s Culture Mondays and the Martin Harris Centre. The fifteenth generation of the university’s resident klezmer ensemble returns to perform a vibrant programme of modern and traditional...
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Annual Harry Street Lecture 2026 with Attorney General Richard Hermer KC
17:00 - 19:00 23 March 2026
The School of Social Sciences and Department of Law are delighted to host the 2026 Annual Harry Street Lecture delivered by an alumnus of our school and leading figure in the legal and political sphere, The Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, Attorney General of the UK Government. Full details on the lecture synopsis...
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Stockport Youth Orchestra - 70th Birthday Concert
15:30 - 17:00 22 March 2026
A celebration concert marking 70 years of Stockport Youth Orchestra, featuring current and former players including Manchester Alumni Lorna Day (mezzo-soprano), Clara Rundell and Tim Crooks (conductors).
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‘Towards the Stars’, presented by The University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra.
19:30 - 21:45 21 March 2026
Join us during galaxy season for a night of celestial celebration to lead the Spring starry nights: from Tchaikovsky to Lili Boulanger, Sibelius to Ešenvalds. This event will be taking place at Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM).
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Manchester University Baroque Orchestra: Baroque in Bloom!
13:10 - 14:00 20 March 2026
Step into the glittering world of the French court at Versailles with this joyful programme capturing the grace, colour and vitality of spring, featuring Jean-Féry Rebel’s Les Caractères de la Danse alongside the sumptuous instrumental music of Lully’s popular ballets.
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WCLC: Victor Lim & Ben Powell
13:10 - 13:50 19 March 2026
A tour de force programme of some of the most exciting two piano music of the last hundred years, from Igor Stravinsky to Errolyn Wallen, performed by two virtuoso members of the University of Manchester’s instrumental teaching staff. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of the Walter Carroll...
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Digging into the Index of Multiple Deprivation
12:00 - 16:00 18 March 2026
Hosted by Open Data Manchester, with support from the Spatial Policy and Analysis Lab, University of Manchester. With the release of the updated Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) in November, this is a chance to dig into the rationale, methodology and uses of the data. Measuring relative deprivation...
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