Past events
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Language and normalised abnormalities in the world today - Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
17:00 - 19:00 12 October 2023
In this lecture, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o will address topics of coloniality and harms of imperialism/colonialisation. He will, in particular, focus on the lasting impact on colonialism and imperialism on native languages, African knowledge, memory, genocide and harms against the environment. In...
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Pankhurst Seminar Series: Digital Health Inequities Edition - Developing digital tools to support a culturally-adapted family intervention with African & Caribbean people with psychosis
12:00 - 13:00 11 October 2023
Our next seminar in the Digital Health Inequities seminar series is on 11th October, 1-2pm via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/96943367950). Prof Dawn Edge & Dr Pauline Whelan from the University of Manchester will talk about ‘“CaFI Digital: Developing digital tools to support a Culturally-adapted Family...
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SEED Inaugural Lectures
15:30 - 17:30 11 October 2023
On Wednesday, 11 October join the School of Environment, Education and Development for inaugural lectures from Professor Stephen Walker (Architecture) and Professor Susie Miles (Manchester Institute of Education) from 4.30pm - 6.30pm Our inaugural lectures provide an opportunity to celebrate the achievements...
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Natalie Haynes (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)
18:00 - 19:15 11 October 2023
Rock star classicist, author and broadcaster Natalie Haynes returns to MLF to celebrate the publication of her latest non-fiction book, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth. Meet Athene, goddess of war and wisdom; Artemis, goddess of hunting and protector of young girls; Aphrodite, goddess of sex and...
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GDI Lecture Series: Unpacking the ‘Developing’ Country Classification: Origins and Hierarchies
10 October 2023 - 20 May 2024
The GDI Lecture series is pleased to present a webinar by Dr Deborah Barros Leal Farias of The University of New South Wales. Talk blurb: The division of the world into ‘developing’ and ‘developed’ countries has grown increasingly problematic in the past decades. Nonetheless, it remains embedded...
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