Events
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PhD Student Roundtable: Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture
17:00 - 19:00 4 March 2026
Papers from CSSC PhD students: Raphael Bez-Cryer, “‘True Sex’ and the Gaze in Cassils’ Cuts: A Traditional Sculpture (2011-2013)”; Eli Cugini, “The Limits of Queer Autofiction”; Ellie Milne-Brown, “A Brief History of Gender Dysphoria”; Tasha Pick, “Still Life: Loss & Dissociation in Mati Diop’s Atlantics (2019)”; Meg Wilson,...
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Research Show and Tell: EAC 'Empire and After' Cluster
14:00 - 16:00 4 March 2026
Please join us for a 'Show and Tell' by researchers affiliated with the 'Empire and After' EACW research cluster, showcasing new and developing work. The event will take place on 4 March at 2pm, in University Place 2.217. About the research cluster Empire and After (lead: Dr Howard Booth) – ‘Empire and After’ is a research group in English,...
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After the Burning Age: Green utopianism, climate catastrophe, and retooling the apocalypse
16:00 - 18:00 11 March 2026
Radical Formations seminar, University of Manchester About the seminar This talk addresses the relationship between apocalyptic visions of catastrophe and utopian accounts of liberation, putting particular emphasis on the climate crisis. The clouding of the horizon with predictions of climate disaster is a threat to utopia, making it appear that...
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Alternative Ecological Futures
16:00 - 17:00 18 March 2026
Please join us for this exciting EACW research seminar event, taking place on Wednesday 18 March, from 4–5 pm, in Sam Alex A113. The session will feature talks by Professor Allison Carruth (Princeton), author of Novel Ecologies: Nature Remade and the Illusions of Tech (University of Chicago Press, 2025), and Dr Robert Spencer (EACW). About...
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Queering Twentieth-Century Irish Women’s Writing: Uneasy Moderns book launch
16:00 - 17:30 25 March 2026
Queering Twentieth-Century Irish Women’s Writing: Uneasy Moderns book launch Speakers: Dr Naoise Murphy (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, UoM), with responses from Dr Katie Barnes (Salford), Prof. Daniela Caselli (UoM), and Dr Ben Nichols (UoM) Chaired by Prof. Jackie Stacey Venue: Room A115, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester Organised...
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Intersex: A Manifesto Against Medicalization
18:30 - 20:00 27 April 2026
Intersex: A Manifesto Against Medicalization Speaker: Dr Iain Morland (Foundational Intersex Studies scholar), in conversation with Dr Ben Nichols (UoM) Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, University Green, Manchester, M13 9GP Book tickets at the booking link! Student discount code: UOMSS100 NB. Request from Blackwell’s: If you want to also...
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