Events
Art as Testimony of Prison Experience
Join us for a unique exhibition showcasing artwork created during a prison sentence, offering rare, personal insight into the realities of imprisonment, rehabilitation, and life beyond crime. Visitors can explore a collection of artworks the featured artist produced while serving time in prison. Alongside the artwork, extracts from interviews..
Colours in the Field: Cotton, Empire and alternative futures in India
Join us for an exhibition launch and panel discussion on the colonial legacies of India’s extractive cotton monocultures. Exhibition Overview: Combining archival research with natural pigments screen printed on cotton, Colours in the Field unearths the colonial legacies of India’s extractive cotton monocultures and their connections to M..
The Cost of Connection
The event will feature a panel discussion bringing together researchers, community organisations and people with lived experience, followed by screenings of two short films: Amphetamine (1967) by Warren Sonbert, exploring gay male intimacy and drug use in 1960s New York. GHOSTS by Thomas Roughan, examining addiction, recovery and connection w..
Hydrocide: water is natural, scarcity is political
Dr Bayes Ahmed (Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL). Chair: Mehebub Sahana; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B.
David Lea and the China connection - A talk by Adam Voelcker
How can a journey change the way an architect thinks, lives and designs? In 1975, British architect David Lea travelled to China. An early advocate of environmentally responsible architecture, Lea returned from the visit with experiences and ideas that would leave a lasting impression on his life and work. Drawing on Lea's remarkable photogra..
David Lea, architect, and the China connection - A talk by Adam Voelcker
Join us for a fascinating talk reflecting on David Lea's photographs of daily life and architecture in 1970s China. How can a journey change the way an architect thinks, lives and designs? In 1975, British architect David Lea travelled to China. An early advocate of environmentally responsible architecture, Lea returned from the visit with e..
Digital Worlds Innovation Coaching Session
Looking for help in turning innovative ideas into something greater? Sign-up now to our Digital Worlds Innovation Coaching Session with Drew Carroll. Where: Room 4.204, Uni Place, The University of Manchester When: Thursday 5th November 2026 Time: 10am - 12pm We are arranging a small-group session with an external innovation coach, to explor..
The mobility trap: transport exclusion in global south cities
Geaography Research seminar with Professor Karen Lucas (Department of Geography, UoM). Chair: Saska Petrova; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B
'The gender pay gap amongst high educated workers' - Arthur Lewis Lecture
Join us for the Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture as our guest speaker Dame Rachel Griffith, Professor of Economics, reflects on the gender pay gap, and why it is still so prevalent in highly skilled work. The extent to which males are paid more than females (the gender pay gap) has declined considerably over the past several decades, but much more..
From pans to point bars: applications of multiple elevated temperature infrared stimulated
Dr Tessa Spano (Department of Geography, UoM). Chair: Abi Stone; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B