Welcome to AHEAD
AHEAD (Arts and Humanities Engagement And Dialogue) is the public engagement programme of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Manchester Metropolitan University.
AHEAD – Arts and Humanities Engagement and Dialogue, aims to elevate the Faculty in national discussions, advocating for the significance of arts, humanities, and social sciences in addressing contemporary challenges and making a positive difference.
Our world-leading research and education changes lives. Our expertise spans, art, design, fashion, English, politics, history, sociology, criminology, architecture, journalism, languages and more.
AHEAD presents a rolling programme of events and collaborations on a range of topics, disciplines and research areas from across the faculty and throughout the year.
Please join us in making a positive impact through research.
We hope you enjoy the programme!
Download the Public Engagement Calendar for upcoming activity involving Manchester Met’s Arts and Humanities Researchers
Events Programme
Our Researchers are sharing their creativity and wisdom across the university all year round. Here are a selection of ways you can hear about their impact and conversations
Highlights from the Faculty
Talking Trees / 树说/述说 an audio walk that combines notions of language, landscape and soundscapes
Talking Trees / 树说/述说 is a collaborative research project that provides students from the University of Nottingham (UoN) and other UK HE institutions with the opportunity to ‘Journey to the East’ without travelling to the country.
Preserving Stories: Film Archives in the Face of Climate Change and Global Challenges
As an artist filmmaker, and Senior Lecturer on the Filmmaking programme at SODA, Chris Paul Daniels reflects on the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) Conference in Bangkok, April 2024