Past events
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Christabel Pankhurst Lecture 2026: PUSHing for Justice: Women, Power and the Unfinished Fight for Equality
15:00 - 17:30 29 April 2026
Join us for the Annual Christabel Pankhurst Lecture as our guest speaker, trailblazing legal leader and equality advocate Dr I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC. reflects on what it truly means to lead as a woman within systems that too often reward conformity and resist change. In “PUSHing for Justice: Women,...
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Alternative democratic spaces: environmentalism and Algerian youth politics
29 April - 8 August 2026
Dr Jessica Northey, Coventry University Host: Dr Ikram Bennai Abstract: The uprisings in the Arab world since 2011 brought profound changes. The Algerian hirak of 2019 constituted a massive political and social movement affecting popular consciousness that change was possible. While youth participation...
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Celebrating ten years of MUARG: Urban ageing research and action
28 April - 8 August 2026
Join us at the St Thomas Centre in Ardwick, Manchester, on Tue 28 Apr 2026 to celebrate the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group’s (MUARG) 10-year anniversary! To celebrate ten years of MUARG’s collective research into making our cities and communities better for older people, we will be hosting...
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Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing
09:00 - 10:30 23 April 2026
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. A key data management component is considering the ethical and legal issues of collecting, using and/or sharing data. Researchers obtaining...
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Research Café - Religion, Culture and Community
11:00 - 13:00 23 April 2026
Join Creative Manchester and the Manchester Museum for an informal research café exploring the ways in which cultural institutions and faith spaces bring people together. As societies become increasingly polarised, cultural institutions and faith spaces have a vital role to play in bringing people...
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WCLC: Divine Intimacies
12:10 - 12:50 23 April 2026
Join Tangram on a deep exploration between Chinese philosophy and Western classical music. Divine Intimacies presents a programme for Chinese and Western instruments showcasing how ancient divination practices have inspired music, ritual and performance for over 1,000 years. Presented by the Department...
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Responses to Ecological Crises through Creative and Civic Participation
11:00 - 13:00 22 April 2026
Join us for an informal research café exploring the ways in which art, research and movement come together to break down barriers. At this event you will hear about the Manchester Histories ‘This is Us’ project, which celebrates overlooked stories, reflects on complex legacies, and creates spaces...
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Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Co-Authorship: Rotating Roundtables
13:30 - 15:30 21 April 2026
Co-authoring can offer significant benefits in interdisciplinary research bringing together experts from various fields to produce impactful publications. How can we effectively manage co-authoring processes to ensure equitable contributions and recognition? What best practices can we adopt to enhance...
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MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing Discovery Session
17:00 - 18:00 21 April 2026
We’re hosting two online information sessions to help you explore our new MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education at The University of Manchester. Why sign-up? Improving our understanding of how education can support mental health and wellbeing is one of the most pressing challenges of our...
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Beyond Growth: Cultural & Creative Industry Policies for a New XXI Century
09:00 - 14:30 17 April 2026
Join us for an open Stakeholder Forum to review and reflect on economic development policies for the creative and cultural sectors for the 21st century across the Global North and the Global South. This programme is the second day of a two-day workshop held at the University of Manchester in partnership...
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