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Information Lives in DIY Culture
FeaturedSchool of Digital Arts (SODA) 14 Higher Chatham St,, ManchesterJoin us at SODA (School of Digital Arts) for 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. Examples of this include (by aren’t limited to!) setting up physical and/or digital […]
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Film Screening Double Bill: Poetry and Misogyny & On Me
FeaturedSchool of Digital Arts (SODA) 14 Higher Chatham St,, ManchesterJoin us on Tuesday 25 November 2025 as we mark the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence with an evening of powerful films and meaningful discussion on this urgent and ongoing issue.
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Future Flares Festival 2026
FeaturedGrosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Cavendish Street, ManchesterFuture 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.
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Animoted
FeaturedSchool of Digital Arts (SODA) 14 Higher Chatham St,, ManchesterAnimoted brings together a collection of artworks and projects led by Adinda van ’t Klooster investigating how emotion can be tracked and assessed by machines and used aesthetically in mapping decisions in interactive artworks and interfaces.
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Frantz Omar Fanon & Stand Up to Racism : Philosophies of Resistance
FeaturedPeople's History Museum Left Bank Spinningfields, ManchesterThe Manchester Metropolitan University Human Sciences Seminar Series is an invited speaker and research seminar organised by the Department of History, Politics and Philosophy
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Philosophy in Prisons : Philosophies of Resistance
FeaturedPeople's History Museum Left Bank Spinningfields, ManchesterThe Manchester Metropolitan University Human Sciences Seminar Series is an invited speaker and research seminar organised by the Department of History, Politics and Philosophy
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Visual Arts Book Launch : Adam Walker – Textual Actants
FeaturedGrosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Cavendish Street, ManchesterPlease join us for an event celebrating the publication of Adam Walker’s new book, Textual Actants (Infrastructure) (Ma Bibliothèque). Adam will be joined in conversation by Susannah Thomson, Laura Haynes, and Nell Osborne, who will also give readings of their work.
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Human Rights & Resistance : Philosophies of Resistance
People's History Museum Left Bank Spinningfields, ManchesterThe Manchester Metropolitan University Human Sciences Seminar Series is an invited speaker and research seminar organised by the Philosophy section of MMU’s Department of History, Politics and Philosophy Tickets £5 full / £3 concessions Free tickets for Manchester Met staff and students - email ahead@mmu.ac.uk for more details The 2026 series, Philosophies of Resistance, will explore the […]
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Social Justice Lecture Series : Ecological Harm Reduction: Reimagining Drug Policy with Clemmie James
FeaturedGeoffrey Manton Building Rosamond St West, ManchesterIn this powerful and eye-opening talk, Clemmie reveals 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.
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Roots of Resistance
FeaturedBirch Community Centre Brighton Grove, Manchester, United KingdomThis event explores the intersection of feminism, public green spaces, and the role of plants in shaping memory and identity. It centres on the legacy of Rosa Grindon—a suffragist, botanist, and Shakespearean lecturer—and uses her story as a lens to reflect on women’s lives are remembered . Rosa Grindon, initiated the first version of the […]
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Society for European Philosophy Public Talks
FeaturedThe Transdisciplinary Philosophy Research Group (TPRG) presents a series of events open to the public inviting audiences to contemplate European philosophical ideas with renowned international speakers.
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Games Workshop Research and Play Convention 2026
FeaturedInternational Anthony Burgess Foundation 3 Cambridge Street, ManchesterJoin The Manchester Game Centre for a day of talks and games as part of the 3rd annual Games Workshop Research and Play Convention event on 19th September.