This is a short report on a collaborative project started late last year. It is focused upon an area called Greenheys, which is situated behind the University of Manchester. Greenheys has an interesting recent history. It is currently a Science Park, but up until the...
Category: Engagement and outreach
Centre for Jewish Studies public film screening ‘Wall’ (2017) with discussion
The public screening of the film Wall (2017; dir. Moran Ifergan) followed by a panel discussion with a UK-based feminist Jewish artist and SALC/Centre for Jewish Studies researchers. The event will be organised and marketed in collaboration with UK Jewish Film (UKJF)...
Capturing the Manchester Together Archive in Virtual Reality
The Manchester Together Archive (MTA) is a collection of about 10,000 items from the spontaneous memorials in St Ann’s Square and other places in Manchester after the Manchester Arena Attack (May 2017). The MTA is currently being digitised by volunteers (the...
Remembering Biafra: Public History for Community Empowerment
The event comprised four different sessions. In the first, Dr Matthew Lecznar and Dr Louisa Egbnunike offered two intellectually stimulating papers based on their research on the impact of the Biafra war on literature and visual arts. The second session saw the first...
PlaceHistory Hulme & Greenheys Community History Day
The PlaceHistory Hulme & Greenheys Community History Day is part of an ongoing project that aims to create a community-led archive of all the history projects in the Hulme and Greenheys neighbourhoods. This History Day took place on 23 November 2019 between 11am -...
Learning Together EAC/HMP Hindley pilot course
This project aims to promote social justice and equality through the joint teaching of English and American literature and creative writing to UoM students and selected prison students in Hindley Prison, a Category C men’s prison in Wigan. It builds on work already...
Loving Machines?
What does it mean to ‘love’ robots? Should we love them? Can they love us? A new wave of social robots are being designed to enter our homes and hospitals, to provide companionship for us, and to deliver care to us. As we brace ourselves for different types of...
Floreat: The Fallen
The retelling of the stories of 24 University of Manchester undergraduate students, who were killed as a direct result of their service in WWI and WWII.St Anselm Hall is a small and inclusive student community. Founded in 1907, the Hall’s ethos is built on long held...
Coletiva Ocupação Manchester Residency
coletivA had a weeklong residency between 5th-12th May in Manchester after spending the week with Transform Festival in Leeds. The group on their arrival was greeted by Pelin Basaran and accompanied by Olivia Lee (Agency project coordinator at Contact, 18 years old)...
Global Black Freedom Movements (GBFM) Network
Members of the Race, Roots & Resistance Collective (R3) launched this Network in September to bring together leading scholars C20th Global black freedom movements. Funding from the Social Responsibility and Cultural Engagement Scheme was targeted at expanding the...