Written by Kate Dorney The aim of the Manchester Digital Archive project is to make and hold space for work by performance artists of diverse heritage based in Greater Manchester. We want to create a digital collection for universities, schools and artists to use in...
Category: Equality and Diversity
Musical Memories
Written by Dr Chloë Alaghband-Zadeh"Musical Memories" is a collaborative pilot project; it has established new links between the School of Arts Languages and Cultures (in particular, the Music Department) and Crescent Community Radio, a radio station based in Rochdale...
Democracy and Grassroots Activism in Nigeria
Written by The Nigerian Society, Gerardo Serra, and Steven Pierce Nigeria is a country with a rich and multi-faceted history stretching long before colonial times, during which kingdoms and city-states thrived. During colonial rule, the Northern and Southern...
Bilingualism Series – ‘No Child Left Monolingual’
Written by Dr Julio Villa-GarcíaThe Bilingualism series at the Instituto Cervantes of Manchester & Leeds is a forum on bilingualism and multilingualism targeting a broad audience. Of great interest to parents, students, language learners, and the general public,...
Sexuality Summer School (SSS) 2020: Queering the Archive
The following activity is a work-in-progress and currently on hold due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The description below reflects the aims of the project and its proposed framework. The Sexuality Summer School (SSS) is organised within the framework of the Greater...
Deaf Education & Audiology: a journey through artefacts, archives and creativity
The histories and lived experiences of D/deafness are rich and complex. Extraordinary technological advances have been made in the exploration of hearing, alongside a better appreciation of the social and psychological impact of sensory perception on learning. The...
Congolese Women Speak
Blog post written by Siobhan Brownlie, March 2020Since February 2019 I had been doing volunteer work with three Congolese asylum seekers, encouraging them to write about their homeland. The culmination of the project was an evening at the Alliance Française where the...
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)...
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...
Trans and Non-Binary Writing Workshops
One the main aims of this workshop series was to provide a supportive environment for trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming writers from both the trans community in Manchester and within the University to come together to explore questions of creative...
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