Information Lives in DIY Culture
This is a day-long event convened by Dr Kirsty Fife, explores the relationship between DIY cultures (grassroots and political cultures and practices) and information, archives, libraries and heritage.
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AHEAD (Arts and Humanities Engagement and Dialogue) is a multidisciplinary community of academics and professional services colleagues who are focused on amplification and elevation of Faculty research on the national stage.
Our aim is to enhance support for arts, humanities and social science researchers' engagement with local, regional and national communities and with policy makers and policy influencers, helping to raise the profile of the Arts and Humanities Faculty, while also enhancing research impact.
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Future-Proofing Equality in Children’s Fiction
Bringing together children’s publishers, writers, illustrators, specialists, academics and students, this symposium will facilitate urgent conversations and bold ideas around equity in children’s storytelling
Games Workshop Research Day : Saturday 11th October 2025
The Manchester Game Centre is hosting its second annual Games Workshop Research Day on 11 October 2025!
Please join us for a day of talks and games.
For its second outing the event will run all day from 9:30am until 8:30pm and has 3 parts.
Join us at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester for a day of talks and gaming. This event is free and is open to everyone.
Dr Niall Curry appointed as a UKRI Metascience AI Fellow
Dr Niall Curry, Co-Lead of the Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics appointed as a UKRI Metascience AI Fellow
Information Lives in DIY Culture call for Facilitators
Information Lives in DIY Culture is a day-long event about the relationship between DIY cultures (grassroots and political cultures and practices) and information, archives, libraries and heritage.
Unmasking Gender: Power, Identity, Privilege in Film Conference : Call for Papers
Unmasking Gender: Power, Identity, Privilege in Film Conference : Call for Papers
Professor Kirsty Fairclough will be delivering the keynote for the Unmasking Gender: Power, Identity, Privilege in Film Conference at MediaCity, University of Salford, Manchester, UK on 10th December 2025 convened by Dr Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou and Pete Deakin.
Gothic and Heritage Fair @ Gothic Crossroads Conference, June 2025
As part of the Gothic Crossroads conference, an international event exploring and celebrating the multi and interdisciplinary crossings of Gothic and Horror studies, the Gothic Heritage fair brings together objects, collections and curators in a shared accessible space
Bunker Talks at 150
Manchester Met's experimental art series Bunker Talks hits its 150th event. Sophie Atkinson looks back at how the talks achieved the milestone
Moving Images: Exploring Migration Through Audiovisual Storytelling
"Moving Images: Audiovisual Representations of Migration and Migrants", brought together academics, artists, community members, and practitioners from across the UK and beyond, fostering rich cross-sector dialogue around migration and representation.
Language and Social In/Justice: Advanced Workshop for Teachers
Led by Dr Ian Cushing, Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, this summer school brought together educators from a variety of schools, for an intensive, two-day summer school on linguistic justice. Teachers were given cutting-edge research resources to read, discuss, and apply in their own classrooms.