Past events
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Agata Serranò (Autónoma de Madrid): Participación de las mujeres en los procesos de justicia transicional. Propuestas de construcción de paz desde Colombia, Guatemala y Perú
17:00 - 18:30 26 March 2025
Part of the University of Manchester's Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies' research seminar series: This event can be followed online via this link: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: En esta charla presentaré el proyecto de investigación “La participación de las mujeres en los procesos de justicia transicional. Propuestas...
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Dylan Bradbury (UoM): "Sounds that tell a world": Mapuzugun, orality and auditory regimes in Argentina
17:00 - 14 May 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 14 May 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A214. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: In this talk I draw from my doctoral research to explore how Mapuzugun, the...
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SOLD OUT - Gemini and Mercury Remastered Heritage Lecture
19:30 - 21:00 25 September 2025
SOLD OUT -To coincide with his latest exhibition, NASA digital restoration expert Andy Saunders delivers a special Heritage Lecture sharing the untold story of humanity’s first ventures into space – and the extraordinary images that captured them.
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Nuno Palma, UoM: African Slavery and the Reckoning of Brazil
17:00 - 18:30 8 October 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 8 Oct 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A112. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: More enslaved Africans disembarked in Brazil than in any other country in...
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Leandro Minuchin, UoM: Architectures of Exit: Libertarianism, Anarcho-Capitalism, and the Substitution of Politics in Latin America
17:00 - 18:30 22 October 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 22 Oct 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A112. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: From private cities to metaverses, contemporary design is increasingly involved...
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WCLC: Giannis Koutis & Reza Mirjalali: Ottoman classical music. Presented by the departments of Music & Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
13:10 - 13:50 30 October 2025
NOTE: Unfortunately, Giannis Koutis will be unable to attend as scheduled. Reza Mirjalali has kindly agreed to perform solo. We welcome two virtuoso performers from Cyprus and Iran to the Martin Harris Centre. An oud player and teacher, giving workshops and concerts around the world, while also researching Modal Music of the Eastern Mediterranean,...
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Ed King (Bristol): Addressing Algorithmic Bias through Video Game Design in Brazil
17:00 - 18:30 12 November 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Co-organised with the Centre for Digital Humanities, Media and Culture. Wed 12 November 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A214. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract:...
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Nicolle Alzamora (UoM): A Tale of Two Invasions: Fictional Excavations of Panama’s Difficult Pasts
17:00 - 18:30 26 November 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 26 Nov 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A214. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: In this presentation, I focus on the novel Una corona con cantáridas (2018),...
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Annual Language Partner Event 2025
17:30 - 19:30 27 November 2025
Join the Manchester Confucius Institute and UoM Chinese Studies to practice your language skills and make new friends. We’ve heard that students are finding it a challenge to meet a native speaking language partner so we teamed up with the Chinese Studies Department to create this unique opportunity to introduce Chinese learners to Chinese native...
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Agustin Diz (Edinburgh): After Abundance: Guaraní Settlements and the Making of the Gran Chaco’s Extractive Frontier
17:00 - 18:30 10 December 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 10 Dec 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building, room A214. It can be followed online here: https://zoom.us/j/95860231166 Abstract: The natural resources taken from the hills and semi-arid plains that make...
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