Researcher Spotlight: Dr Kim Moore awarded a Cholmondeley Award for Poets
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing Dr Kim Moore has been awarded a Cholmondeley Award for Poets by the Society of Authors.
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AI Literacy Lab and Manchester Festival of Libraries – 11 June 2026
This project joins researchers, artists and organisations involved in promoting awareness around generative AI, and promoting AI literacy.
Event: Roots of Resistance: A walk through history with forgotten feminist Rosa Grindon
Roots of Resistance - Discover Rosa Grindon—a suffragist, botanist, and Shakespearean lecturer to explore feminism and the role of plants in shaping memory and identity
Social Justice Lecture Series : Ecological Harm Reduction: Reimagining Drug Policy with Clemmie James
In this powerful and eye-opening talk, expert Clemmie James will reveal how drug prohibition is not only failing to reduce harm, but is also quietly driving deforestation, environmental destruction, and social injustice across some of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet.
New Resource : Performance Research Group – Granny Jackson’s Dead
Granny Jackson’s Dead is a pioneering project that demonstrates how immersive theatre can function as an impactful method for public deliberation on emerging technologies.
New affordable housing exhibition at the Farrell Centre
Manchester School of Architecture, is co-curating an exhibition at the Farrell Centre, to explore how architectural practices and their clients use housing standardisation to achieve quality, affordable housing in the North East of England.
Protected: Centre for Fiction Hosts meetup following successful symposium
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Bunker Talks Winter/Spring 2026
Curated by the Performance Research Group at Manchester School of Art, Bunker Talks explore geopolitical, ecological or economic concerns. The talks create space for critical encounters, presentations, provocation and dialogue by interviewing industry guests about practice & research.
Future Flares Festival 2026
Future Flares Festival returns in 2026 with more innovative and impactful performances, presentations, discussions and workshops. Bringing some of the most important new voices in contemporary European performance making together in Manchester, Future Flares encourages creative discourse about just how the art-form is responding to our changing world.
Look back : 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Poetry vs Misogyny Festival 2024
Reflecting on the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Poetry and Misogyny Festival in 2024