Events
Upcoming events in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC).
- MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 1) (31 October 2026 6pm-7pm)
- MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 2) (31 October 2026 7.30pm-9pm)
- MANTIS Festival Fall Event (Concert 3) (1 November 2026 2pm-3.30pm)
- Art as Testimony of Prison Experience (3 November 2026 2pm-4pm)
- Colours in the Field: Cotton, Empire and alternative futures in India (3 November 2026 4.30pm-6pm)
- The Cost of Connection (3 November 2026 2pm-5pm)
- David Lea and the China connection - A talk by Adam Voelcker (5 November 2026 4.30pm-6pm)
- Ghost of the AI Empire | The Sci-Fi Opera Where You Decide the Ending (6 November 2026 7pm-9.30pm)
- Beyond the Ceasefire: The Continuing Crisis in Tigray (11 November 2026 2pm-3.30pm)
- EACW Research Seminar: Trans Visibility (12 November 2026 4pm-5pm)
- WCLC: A recital for Philip Grange’s seventieth birthday (12 November 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- 'The gender pay gap amongst high educated workers' - Arthur Lewis Lecture (17 November 2026 5pm-7.30pm)
- Care Responders Study Performance (18 November 2026 5.30pm-7.30pm)
- The Chinese story of bamboo: Sustainability in material and culture (19 November 2026 6pm-7pm)
- WCLC: Quatuor Danel with Sir John Tomlinson (bass voice), Pete Furniss (clarinet) and Richard Whalley (piano) (19 November 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Quatuor Danel Evening Concert – Philip Grange 70 years (20 November 2026 7.30pm)
- Ghost in the Machine: The Battle for the Human Mind (26 November 2026 1pm-3pm)
- WCLC: Leon Bosch & Rebeca Omordia - The South African Double Bass (26 November 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert (27 November 2026 7.30pm-9.30pm)
- University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra Concert (28 November 2026 3pm-5pm)
- WCLC: Clare Wilkinson and Jacob Heringman (3 December 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Relaxed Performance Festive Sing-along (4 December 2026 11am-11.50am)
- Manchester University Baroque Orchestra: Rejoice Greatly! A Handel Celebration (7 December 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Rebellion: A film about the Bradford 12 and the need for self-defence [in person] (9 December 2026 5.45pm-8pm)
- Festive Symphony Concert (10 December 2026 6.30pm-7.30pm)
- WCLC: Quatuor Danel with Nina Whiteman (mezzo-soprano) and Pete Furniss (clarinet) (10 December 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Luca Akaeda Santesson (organ) (11 December 2026 7.30pm)
- Gamelan Music from West Java (14 December 2026 1.10pm-2pm)
- The KNDS Fairey Band present Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman and other festive musical magic! (14 December 2026 7.30pm-9.30pm)
- Festive Ensembles Concert (16 December 2026 6.30pm-8.30pm)
- WCLC: PG Prize Winners’ concert with Twee Dang and Xian Wu (17 December 2026 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- The Spectre of Automation: Robots in the New Jerusalem (28 January 2027 1pm-3pm)
- Quatuor Danel Evening Concert at Stoller Hall – America 250 Years (3 February 2027 7.30pm)
- Lunchtime concert with Richard Whalley (piano) (4 February 2027 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- “It’s alive!”: Prometheus, Frankenstein, and the Cyborgs (25 February 2027 1pm-3pm)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Intergalactic Network: The real origins of the Internet (18 March 2027 1pm-3pm)
- Lunchtime concert with Richard Whalley (piano) (15 April 2027 1.10pm-1.50pm)
- Quatuor Danel Beat the Rush Hour concert with Richard Whalley (piano) (16 April 2027 6pm-8pm)
- A Tale of Beer, Chile, and Syn: Cybernetics in the service of socialism (20 April 2027 1pm-3pm)
- Algorithms against Neurons: The great schism between AI and cybernetics (27 May 2027 1pm-3pm)
- Transcendence or Termination?: Cybernetics, transhumanism, and the future (24 June 2027 1pm-3pm)