Past events

Digital Worlds Innovation Coaching Session

10:00 - 12:00 5 November 2026

Please note: This session is for The University of Manchester Academic Staff only Looking for help...

David Lea and the China connection - A talk by Adam Voelcker

16:30 - 18:00 5 November 2026

How can a journey change the way an architect thinks, lives and designs? In 1975, British architect...

David Lea, architect, and the China connection - A talk by Adam Voelcker

16:30 - 18:00 5 November 2026

Join us for a fascinating talk reflecting on David Lea's photographs of daily life and architecture...

Hydrocide: water is natural, scarcity is political

4 - 10 November 2026

Dr Bayes Ahmed (Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL). Chair: Mehebub Sahana; 3pm in Coupl...

Art as Testimony of Prison Experience

14:00 - 16:00 3 November 2026

Join us for a unique exhibition showcasing artwork created during a prison sentence, offering rare,...

The Cost of Connection

14:00 - 17:00 3 November 2026

The event will feature a panel discussion bringing together researchers, community organisations and...

Colours in the Field: Cotton, Empire and alternative futures in India

16:30 - 18:00 3 November 2026

Join us for an exhibition launch and panel discussion on the colonial legacies of India’s extracti...

Building China: landscapes of change

10:00 - 16:00 30 October 2026

What does it mean to build a country? Beyond its dams, roads, housing developments and rapidly chang...

Building China: Landscapes of Change

29 October - 10 November 2026

This exhibition marks the twentieth anniversary of The Confucius Institute at The University of Manc...

Those Serendipitous Mavericks: The Ratio Club and early British Cybernetics

13:00 - 15:00 29 October 2026

A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and vibrant his...