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Sexuality Summer School 2021: Queering the Archive

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Jul 5, 2021 | American Studies, Art History and Cultural Practices (AHCP), Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology (CAHAE), Drama, English Literature and Creative Writing, Equality and Diversity, Film Studies, History, Humanitarianism and Conflict Response (HCR), Linguistics and English Language (LEL), Media and Cultural Studies, Modern Languages and Cultures, Religions and Theology, Translation and Intercultural Studies

Written by Jackie Stacey, Sabine Sharp, and Janelle Hixon In May 2021, the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC) held its 14th Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised this year around the theme of ‘Queering the Archive’ and taking place online over...

Letters to a President: American Studies Writing Competition

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Jun 28, 2021 | American Studies, Engagement and outreach, English Literature and Creative Writing, History, Teaching and Learning

Written by Dr. Andrew FearnleyIn spring 2021, the American Studies programme organised a nation-wide schools’ letter writing competition, entitled ‘Letters to a President’. The competition was launched to coincide with the inauguration of US President Joe Biden, and...

Manchester Performance Archive: Towards an Equitable Practice of Archiving and Accessing Performance

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Jun 18, 2021 | Arts Management and Museology, Drama, Engagement and outreach, Equality and Diversity, Research, Teaching and Learning

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...

Sustainability in SALC

by Simon Parry | May 26, 2021 | Environmental sustainability, Social Responsibility Category

Like many other parts of the university, the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures is looking for ways to support teaching and learning about sustainability as well as thinking about how we make our business activities more sustainable. In the course of these...

Musical Memories

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | May 11, 2021 | Engagement and outreach, Equality and Diversity, Music, Research

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

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | May 11, 2021 | Engagement and outreach, Equality and Diversity, History, Teaching and Learning

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’

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | May 11, 2021 | Engagement and outreach, Equality and Diversity, Linguistics and English Language (LEL)

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,...

When the World’s on Fire

by Maria P. Arias | Apr 29, 2020 | Engagement and outreach, Environmental sustainability, Music, Teaching and Learning

The aims of this project include developing partnerships with creative or cultural organisations/practitioners such as Ebonit Sax Quartet, and creating new relationships with XR and its ally ActionNetwork. The project also seeks to extend their reach to Leeds through...

DNA Day

by Maria P. Arias | Apr 29, 2020 | Engagement and outreach, English Literature and Creative Writing

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. A day of events celebrating and investigating genetics on DNA day, the anniversary of...

Sexuality Summer School (SSS) 2020: Queering the Archive

by Maria P. Arias | Apr 29, 2020 | Engagement and outreach, Equality and Diversity, Media and Cultural Studies

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...