🌍 Inundated is a networking event like no other. A short play. Climate conversation. Rethink the future of how we work. 🗓️ Tue 4 Nov 🕠 5.30-7.30pm 📍 Revolucion de Cuba, M2 5QR 🔗 Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688161349039 #Inundated #ESRCFestival #ClimateResilience #SustainableWork

We bring Black Theatre History Month to a close with a final blog post – about Christmas pantomimes featuring figures from Jamaican folk culture, incorporating patois and folk music, and addressing issues in local, national and global politics. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Our penultimate Black Theatre History Month blog post shines the spotlight on 'Rockets and Blue Lights' – A play which explores the legacy of slavery through parallel stories of Black Londoners in the 1840s and 2000s. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

On our Black Theatre History Month blog today, we take a look at 'Flash Trash', a Jamaican reggae pantomime that was first seen in Britain at the Half Moon Theatre in London’s East End. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

On day 28 of Black Theatre History Month, our blog looks at plays featuring Anansi, the trickster figure whose intelligence and cunning allow him to triumph over bigger and more powerful people and animals. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Join the Centre for New Writing and @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social at @mcrlitfest.bsky.social to hear Zadie Smith discuss her new essay collection 'Dead and Alive'. 📅 Tue 4 Nov ⏰ 7.30pm 📍 @rncmlive.bsky.social 🎟 £18 (£35 including the book) manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/zadie...

In our Black Theatre History Month blog post today, we focus on plays by Black authors written for a solo performance. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

'Refugee Boy' is the focus of today's Black Theatre History Month blog – this play tells the story of Alem, his journey to find a new life in the UK, and his family's past. Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/26/black-theatre-history-month-day-26-refugee-boy/

Learn all about productions of Shakespeare's plays directed by Black directors and performed by Black casts, on our Black Theatre History Month blog. Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/25/black-theatre-history-month-day-25-black-shakespeare/

Head over to our Black Theatre History Month blog for today's post, a round-up of plays for teenagers. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Inundated: A Climate Conversation in Performance A unique interactive theatre event exploring how our working lives must adapt to the climate crisis. 📅 Tue 28 Oct and Tue 4 Nov ⏰ Bar opens 5.30pm. Performance 6-7.30pm 📍 Revolucion de Cuba, 11 Peter Street M2 5QR 🎟 Free – Booking required

Our latest Black History Theatre Month blog examines 'Barber Shop Chronicles', an exploration of migration, diaspora, masculinity, family and community – the play shows the experiences and preoccupations of a diverse group of black men. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Congratulations to Dr Ed Pulford, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies (@uomsalc.bsky.social) at @manchester.ac.uk, who has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme prize in the Languages and Literatures category! www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...

Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear from the virtuoso American soprano Lucy Shelton, at two upcoming events. Find out more and book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/after-pier... Brought to you by @manchester.ac.uk Music Department, in partnership with The Commission for New and Old Art

Today's Black Theatre History Month blog post is all about 'Look to the Sky', a gripping play which explores the mysterious and complicated culture of inner-city youth. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

On day 21 of Black Theatre History Month, our blog looks at Black actors who have performed the role of Othello, from Ira Aldridge in the 1820s to David Harewood in 2025. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Our latest Black Theatre History Month blog post invites you to dive into The Black Plays Archive, a rich resource of information and inspiration founded in 2013 by playwright and director Kwame Kwei-Armah. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Daniel R. Langton has published Darwin in the Jewish Imagination: Jews' Engagement with Evolution Theory (Oxford University Press, 2025). This book offers the first major study of Jewish responses to Darwinian evolution, one of the most transformative and contested ideas of the industrial age.

Visit our Black Theatre History Month blog to learn all about 'The Lily of Bermuda', described as "a gentle satire of British colonialism in Bermuda". Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/19/black-theatre-history-month-day-19-the-lily-of-bermuda/

On day 18 of Black Theatre History Month, our blog celebrates the work of Britain’s Black Theatre companies. Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/18/black-theatre-history-month-day-18-black-british-theatre-companies/

NEW: Reflecting on Manchester Criminal Prosecutions 📅 17 Nov, 5pm 📍Sam Alex Building Book: https://ow.ly/ibxU50Xe7zX University of Manchester School of Social Sciences School of Arts, Languages and Cultures @uomlaw.bsky.social CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity Garden Court Chambers

Black Theatre History Month continues with a blog post examining 'The Black Jacobins', a dramatization of the revolution of 1791-1804 that led to the liberation of Saint Domingue (now Haiti) from French colonial rule. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

TheCentre for New Writing, @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social and @mcrlitfest.bsky.social bring you a fascinating talk from Marcus du Sautoy, exploring the boundaries between art and mathematics. 📅 Sun 19 Oct ⏰ 4.30pm 📍 Mcr Central Library 🎟 £12 / £10 manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/marcu...

📢IN 3 WEEKS: 'You Ought To Know' - Reclaiming Black British Music His and Herstories 📅6 Nov, 6pm 📍 @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Join us to hear Karen Gabay's research findings documenting the stories of artists underrepresented in the history of the Manchester music scene. 🎫 ow.ly/aGbX50WY6hQ

Today our Black Theatre History Month blog looks at 'Leave Taking' – a play which explores the daily struggles of Enid, a Jamaican woman who emigrated to London, bringing up her two daughters as a single parent. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

'Hot Orange', a play by Half Moon Young People's Theatre that explores friendship and queer desire, is the subject of today's Black Theatre History Month blog post. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Congrats to Vona Groarke, the Centre for New Writing's Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, on being shortlisted for this year's T. S. Eliot Prize. The prize is awarded annually to the writer of the best new poetry collection published in the UK and Ireland. Read more: tseliot.com/prize/about/

In today's Black Theatre History Month blog post, we bring you a range of resources for high school teachers of Drama and English Literature that focus on Black authored plays and adaptations of novels into plays. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Delve into a selection of plays about queer love and acceptance, in today's Black Theatre History Month blog. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

We're spotlighting Ira Aldridge, an African American actor who enjoyed his greatest successes in Britain and Europe, in our blog for day 12 of Black Theatre History Month. Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/12/black-theatre-history-month-day-12-ira-aldridge/

Day 11 of Black Theatre History Month sees our blog explore plays by Black British playwrights that focus on particular periods in Black history. Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/11/black-theatre-history-month-day-11-plays-about-black-history/

This weekend – @mcrlitfest.bsky.social gets underway – with Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson, discussing their haunting new books exploring nature, myth, folklore and the female body. 📅 Sat 11 Oct ⏰ 3pm 📍 Mcr Central Library 🎟 £12 / £10 manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/sarah...

In today's Black Theatre History Month blog, we explore 'The Story of M' – a monodrama from the perspective of a white working-class woman from Liverpool, remembering her life and experiences raising dual heritage children in 1960s Manchester. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

🌟 Meet Dr João C. Magalhães (@jcmagalhaes.bsky.social), Senior Lecturer in AI Trust and Security, @uomsalc.bsky.social. 🗣️ "What if AI doesn’t fix inequality but makes it worse? To ensure AI helps rather than harms society, my research asks, who really benefits from AI?..." 🧵(1/2)

On day nine of Black Theatre History Month, our blog looks at 'Moon on a Rainbow Shawl', a plays that shows the experience of Caribbean people thinking of migrating to the ‘Mother Country’ and the factors that influenced the ‘Windrush generation’. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

🌟 Meet Dr Ana Niño, Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures. 🗣️ "My work helps students and teachers use digital tools to learn languages more effectively, making education more accessible, personalised, and engaging in a globally connected, multilingual world."

Today's Black Theatre History Month blog post looks at 'Grandad Anansi' by Half Moon Young People's Theatre – a play for 4-9 year olds exploring intergenerational relationships, migration and grief. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Head to our Black Theatre History Month blog to explore the story of The Alfred Fagon Award, an annual event celebrating Black excellence in playwriting. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Black Theatre History Month continues, with a blog about 'Advice for the Young at Heart', a 2013 play which explores issues around disenfranchised youths and their participation in riots and uprisings. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

We’re back with another Black Theatre History Month blog on ‘In Dahomey’, a production with a majority African American cast and creative team which toured the UK in 1903. Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/05/black-theatre-history-month-day-5-in-dahomey

Day four of Black Theatre History Month is all about the origins of Black History Month UK in 1987. Read more: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-a-difference/2025/10/04/black-theatre-history-month-day-4-black-history-month/

Today's Black Theatre History Month blog looks at 'Princess and the Hustler' by Nigerian British playwright Chinonyerem Odimba. Click here to read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

The second of our Black Theatre History Month blogs looks at 'Fix Up', a 2004 play which dramatises the ways in which different generations conceptualise and measure the struggle for Black progress in a racist society. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

🌟 Meet Dr Sam Hind, Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture, @uomsalc.bsky.social. 🗣️ "I research emerging technologies because understanding their social, cultural, and political risks is essential to preventing harm and shaping responsible innovation..." 🧵(1/2)

As part of Black Theatre History Month, we're sharing resources, knowledge and data about the history of Black Theatre in Britain – including a new blog post every day. Click here to read today's piece, on 'The Wind of Change': sites.manchester.ac.uk/salc-making-...

Congratulations to Keir Monteith KC, a @uomsalc.bsky.social Simon Industrial and Professional fellow, on his recent promotion to Honorary Professor of Law. Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk... @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social @uomlaw.bsky.social @eithnequinn.bsky.social

Register for the first webinar in the joint University of Sharjah and @manchester.ac.uk: 'Empowering Muslim Women in Scientific Research'. 📅 Wed 24 Sept ⏰ 1-2.30pm (UK time) 📍 Online 🎟 Free – Booking required www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-islah-j...

Join @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social for an exhibition viewing and panel discussion on Joan Brossa, presented with Manchester and Barcelona UNESCO Cities of Literature. 📅 Wed 17 Sep ⏰ 4.15-6pm 📍 Sam Alex Building, SG.16 🎟 Free – Booking required Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joan-bross...

Professor Sadiah Qureshi, a leading historian at The University of Manchester, has been awarded the prestigious Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture by the Royal Society in recognition of her research on science, race, empire and the history of extinction. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/h...

SALC wishes to congratulate Keir Monteith KC, a SALC Simon Industrial and Professional fellow, on his recent promotion to Honorary Professor of Law. Read more on our website: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/c...