Events
Upcoming events in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC).
- Cosmic Threads Community Quilt (24 January - 27 March 2026)
- Exhibition: MossWorlds - Re-Storying Urban Lives (12 February - 2 March 2026)
- WCLC: Percussion NOW (26 February 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Digital Worlds Fireside Chat: Meet Our Theme Lead (27 February 2026 2.30pm-4pm)
- MANTIS Festival Spring Edition (Concert 1) (27 February 2026 12.30pm-2pm)
- MANTIS Festival Spring Edition (Concert 2) (27 February 2026 2.30pm-4pm)
- Building China: People’s Infrastructure (1 March - 31 May 2026)
- How (not) to translate a Christian emotion. Fear, Consolation, and Joy in the Sixteenth-century Jesuit Mission to Japan (4 March 2026 10am-12pm)
- Ripple Effect: Co-researching Work, Precarity + Contribution in Later Life (4 March 2026 12pm)
- UMDS: Juturna (4 March 2026 7pm-8.40pm)
- The Samuel Ferguson Lecture with Prof. Maureen Junker-Kenny (5 March 2026 4pm-5.30pm)
- UMDS: Juturna (5 March 2026 7pm-8.40pm)
- WCLC: Beautiful British Isles with the Erda Ensemble (5 March 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Women in Egyptian Cinema: Shifting Narratives, Roles and Aesthetics (5 March 2026 5pm-6.30pm)
- Musica Lunchtime Concert (6 March 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- UMDS: Juturna (6 March 2026 7pm-8.40pm)
- Musica Ensembles Concert (7 March 2026 2pm-4pm)
- Activating Archives and Collections for Local and Societal Impact (11 March 2026 12.30pm-2.30pm)
- Professor Abigail Gilmore's Inaugural Lecture – 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place' (11 March 2026 4.30pm-6.30pm)
- Voices for a Better Japan: Insights from Anthropology, Religion, Sociology, and History (11 March 2026 5pm-6.30pm)
- WCLC: Ñandereko (Our Way of Life) by Ramon Gorigoitia (World Première) (12 March 2026 1.10pm-2pm)
- Student Composer Showcase Concert (13 March 2026 1.10pm-2pm)
- University of Manchester Chamber Choirs | Springtime Concert (15 March 2026 7.30pm-9pm)
- Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Dr Carolyn Swinney (18 March 2026 1pm-3pm)
- WCLC: Victor Lim & Ben Powell (19 March 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Manchester University Baroque Orchestra: Baroque in Bloom! (20 March 2026 1.10pm-2pm)
- ‘Towards the Stars’, presented by The University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra. (21 March 2026 7.30pm-9.45pm)
- Stockport Youth Orchestra - 70th Birthday Concert (22 March 2026 3.30pm-5pm)
- Klezmer: The Michael Kahan Kapelye (23 March 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- The Fear of a Shrinking Nation: Chronologies of the Future and the Collapse of Everyday Life in Japan (25 March 2026 4pm)
- The Past, Present & Future of the Computer in Electronic Music (25 March 2026 12.15pm-4pm)
- Quatuor Danel lunchtime concert with Gweneth Ann Rand (soprano), Pete Furniss (clarinet) and Richard Whalley (piano) (26 March 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Putting It Together by Stephen Sondheim (Evening Show) (27 March 2026 7pm-9pm)
- Putting It Together by Stephen Sondheim (Evening Show) (28 March 2026 7pm-9pm)
- Putting It Together by Stephen Sondheim (Matinee) (28 March 2026 2.30pm-4.30pm)
- The Kalina Balalaika Ensemble lunchtime concert (30 March 2026 1.10pm-2pm)
- The 9th International Conference on English Pronunciation: Issues & Practices (EPIP) (14 - 15 April 2026)
- WCLC: Divine Intimacies (23 April 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Creativity and AI: Cultural Heritage (30 April 2026 2.30pm-5pm)
- WCLC: Inside Lud’s Church (30 April 2026 1.10pm-2pm)
- WCLC: Quatuor Danel with Noémi Gyori (flute) (7 May 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Beat the Rush Hour concert with Petr Prause (cello) - Schubert Special (8 May 2026 6pm-8pm)
- Quatuor Danel Public Workshop with Dr Anne Hyland & The Schubert Institute UK (8 May 2026 2.30pm-4pm)
- Remote Patient Monitoring in the NHS: From Promise to Practice (14 May 2026 12pm-6pm)
- Manchester Literature Festival presents Douglas Stuart (26 May 2026 7pm)
- Manchester Literature Festival presents Tayari Jones (2 June 2026 7pm)
- Creativity and AI: Free and Open-source AI Tools and Platforms (25 June 2026 2.30pm-5pm)