12 events found.
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Our Digital Afterlives at ESRC Festival of Social Science
HOME Manchester 2 Tony Wilson Place, ManchesterHow can grief technology (‘grief tech’) help us to remember someone after they die? What are the real-world implications of this technology? And finally how can immersive theatre help us to ask these questions?.
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19th Century Now!
Part of Manchester Metropolitan University’s 200th celebrations, this 2-day event highlights the continuing relevance of the 19th century today.
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FeaturedAHEAD In Conversation: Arts and humanities responding to the polycrisis
Manchester Metropolitan University - Manchester School of Art - Lowry Building Boundary St West, manchesterAHEAD at Manchester Met invites you to join regional and national thinkers, as well as researchers and practitioners working in arts and humanities, to help us set out a new agenda for how these disciplines can contribute to the policy debate and be a vital force in discourse about national renewal.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
MMU and the Manchester Poetry Library invites you to attend 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a series of poetry readings, panels, and workshops led by academics in the field. Our events examine how poetry can create transformational social change in partnership with our public and policymakers.
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FeaturedAncestral Avant-Gardes
The Holden Gallery Cavendish Street, ManchesterThis one-day event, organised by art historian and critic Claire Bishop, will offer a range of artistic approaches to ancestrality in contemporary art and performance.
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FeaturedThe Manchester International Crime and Justice Film Festival 2025
Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Cavendish Street, ManchesterWelcome to the 2025 festival sponsored by the Department of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University and curated by the university’s Policy Evaluation and Research Unit.
Since 2019 we’ve had a consistent mission – screening great films which provoke debate and provide an alternative take on crime, justice and punishment in the 21st century -
FeaturedAhead of the AI’s misinformation curve: let’s talk visual AI literacy
This exciting and timely initiative addresses the recent advancements in visual generative AI which allow anyone to create highly realistic deepfakes, leading to misinformation and personal and social harms, and cementing stereotypes and representational biases. Led by Adi Kuntsman and Jessica Elias from DISC (Digital Society Research Group), in collaboration with the AI Artist and researcher, Dr Sam Martin, the project explores these issues in dialogue with national and international experts in digital literacy, misinformation and technological challenges, and shares AI literacy tools with local communities across Manchester and beyond.
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FeaturedThe Cost of Us Film Screening and Creative Discussion
Stretford Public Hall Chester Road, ManchesterJoin us at Stretford Public Hall for “The Cost of Us” a film created by women from Trafford, exploring the impact of the cost of living crisis on women of all ages.
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FeaturedBunker Talk #153: Zodwa Nyoni
Bunker Talks invite artists and researchers to explore geopolitical, ecological or economic concerns. Curated by the Performance Research Group at Manchester School of Art
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FeaturedLUDeC Showcase: Collaborative Research in the Liveable City
School of Digital Arts (SODA) 14 Higher Chatham St,, ManchesterThe Leverhulme Unit for the Design of Cities of the Future (LUDeC) encompasses 15 researchers working to transform the way we think about cities.
This two-day conference showcases some of their innovative research traversing disciplinary boundaries to creatively envisage new ways of living and working. -
FeaturedCentre for Place Writing Pop Up Day
School of Digital Arts (SODA) 14 Higher Chatham St,, ManchesterA day of talks, readings, and discussions exploring how writing about place connects to today's big issues, from climate change to migration
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FeaturedGames Workshop Research Day : Saturday 11th October 2025
International Anthony Burgess Foundation 3 Cambridge Street, ManchesterThe 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.