Past events
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The Arab Nahda and the Rise of the “Moroccan Ear” – Talk and Book Launch
6 May - 22 August 2026
You are all warmly invited to the final talk in the AMES Seminar Series 2026 by SALC's very own Dr Samuel Llano, SPLAS. Hosts – Dr Ruth Abou Rached & Dr Ikram Bennai
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Stephen Mossman's Inaugural Lecture – ‘Spirituality and a Military Order: God’s House in Medieval Strasbourg’
15:30 - 17:30 6 May 2026
One focus of Stephen Mossman's research for more than a decade has been the commandery of the Knights Hospitaller in medieval Strasbourg, founded by the financier and mystical writer Rulman Merswin in the 1360s to enable a form of pious retreat for the devout laity of the late medieval city. The great...
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Fascism: Histories and Meanings
16:30 - 18:00 6 May 2026
Domenico Cangiano (Universitá Ca’ Foscari Venezia) Federico Marcon (Princeton University) In conversation with: Francesca Billiani (University of Manchester) Martin Kristoffer Hamre (Freie Universität Berlin) Levi McLaughin (North Carolina State University/Simon Visiting Professor, University...
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Role of informed consent in ethical data collection, sharing and reuse
09:00 - 10:30 30 April 2026
Are you collecting research data involving human participants? Do you plan to share these data? Understanding the role of informed consent when working with human participants is ethically crucial. Join us for a free, 90-minute online workshop designed to guide researchers through the complexities of...
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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series 2026
30 April - 26 November 2026
SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinars are your chance to:? Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience? Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics.? Get your questions answered with 10 mins of Q&A.? Join us on the last Thursday of the month at 12:00 pm...
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Linguistics and English Language Seminar: 'Computational Linguistics Will Not Solve All Your Problems'
30 April - 22 August 2026
Speaker: Jonathan Dunn, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The age of Large Language Models (LLMs) has created an over-confidence in computational experiments. As a computational linguist, I strongly believe that computational models can tell us a great deal about how language works and how it...
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Digital Trust & Security Webinar: Online Harms-Policy, Regulation & Policing
12:00 - 13:30 30 April 2026
Online harms are on the rise, but how well are our legal frameworks, regulatory bodies and police actually equipped to respond? This event brings together four speakers from NGO, regulation, frontline investigation and national policing to examine online harms from four different perspective: policy,...
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WCLC: Inside Lud’s Church
12:10 - 13:00 30 April 2026
A cross-genre microtonal musical event inspired by geology and mythology around the Peak Distract chasm known as Lud’s Church, performed by VORTEX: Stephen Altoft (microtonal trumpet / flugelhorn), Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos (voice / electronics) and Richard Whalley (lumatone). The Thursday lunchtime...
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Creativity and AI: Cultural Heritage
13:30 - 16:00 30 April 2026
This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and June 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the Northwest, and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries...
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Daniel Shiu
11:00 - 12:00 29 April 2026
The Internet is shifting to post?quantum security as current encryption weakens. This talk explores the risks &how we can protect our future This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering interdisciplinary connections and discussions. Talk Title: Can...
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