The Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester.
@ethnicityuk.bsky.socialReposted by @uomhums.bsky.socialJoin us in person (Manchester) or online for Stephen Small's seminar on transnational Black culture in Liverpool next week:
Faculty of Humanities
@uomhums.bsky.social
@ethnicityuk.bsky.socialReposted by @uomhums.bsky.social@uomhums.bsky.socialCould £1 change the world?
The University of Manchester are inviting children & their grown-ups to explore generosity through fun activities and challenges, to see how even the smallest amounts can make a difference.
📅 28 Oct, Manchester Central Library
👉 https://uom.link/changetheworld
@siobhanjolley.bsky.socialReposted by @uomhums.bsky.socialFirst up this week we have @joshuarushton8.bsky.social, who is working on a @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project in @uomhistdept.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
Josh will present ‘Environmental Approaches to the Early Modern Catholic World’
@uomreligion.bsky.socialReposted by @uomhums.bsky.social
@newwritingmcr.bsky.socialReposted by @uomhums.bsky.socialJoin us for an evening with Jennifer Lee Tsai and Adam Lowe to celebrate their debut poetry collections.
📅 Tuesday 6 October
⏰ 6.30-8pm
🎟️ Free – Booking required
📍 @anthonyburgess.bsky.social
Tickets and info: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...
@uomhums.bsky.social🔗 Read the full report: uom.link/urbanregener...
💡 A launch event celebrating the creative work behind the project will take place in late November. More information coming soon!
#Manchester | #Research | @uomseed.bsky.social
[2/2]
@uomhums.bsky.socialManchester is changing. But what does its future look like for the people who have called it home for decades?
This #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, we spoke to Dr Camilla Lewis (@muarg.bsky.social) about why older residents need to be included in shaping the future of their communities.
[1/2]
@uomsoss.bsky.socialReposted by @uomhums.bsky.socialHow did China become a global leader in electric vehicles and green technologies? New research from @james7jackson.bsky.social and @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social explores China’s green transition — and the political and institutional factors behind the growth of its EV sector. @uompols.bsky.social
@uomhums.bsky.socialLast week, Prof Jamie Woodward spoke to The Verb on Radio 4 to discuss all things poetry, rivers and landscape changes. Why not have a listen this morning?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0031sxl
School of Environment, Education, and Development #Rivers #PoetryLovers
@manchester.ac.ukReposted by @uomhums.bsky.socialBorn on this day in 1880. Christabel Pankhurst: Manchester student, suffragette, trailblazer. Her impact reaches far beyond the history books.
@alliancembs.bsky.socialReposted by @uomhums.bsky.socialHow can the North adapt, innovate and thrive in an uncertain world?
Join us at #FOB2026 with business leaders, policymakers, investors and academics to tackle the big questions shaping the future.
📍 AMBS | 📅 25-26 Nov
🎟️ Register: www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/events/festi...
@uomhums.bsky.socialIt's buzzing this week as we celebrate Welcome Week on campus! 🐝
We're excited for a new academic year & look forward to hearing the brilliant ideas new staff and students bring with them 💜
@manchester.ac.uk @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomseed.bsky.social @alliancembs.bsky.social
@uomsociology.bsky.socialReposted by @uomhums.bsky.social"The reality is you are more likely to be shot dead by someone you know than someone you don’t; most people who are killed by guns kill themselves"
Gary Younge review's Malcolm Gladwell's new book on gun violence in the US (and finds room for improvement)
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
@uomhums.bsky.socialWhat can objects left behind by conflict teach us about peace? ☮️
As the UN calls on countries to #InvestInPeace this #InternationalDayofPeace, take a closer look at the The University of Manchester's Humanitarian Archive and some of its stories: https://ow.ly/QkOM50ZPaLX
HCRInstitute | #Research
@uomhums.bsky.social🔗 Find out more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/e...
@uomseed.bsky.social | #ClimateChange | #China | #Humanities
[2/2]
@uomhums.bsky.social🌧️ Extreme rainfall caused by climate change is creating uneven risks to Chinese farming, leaving crops and infrastructure vulnerable.
New research highlights the need to prepare agricultural systems for a future in which extreme weather poses a significant threat: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
[1/2]
@manchester.ac.ukReposted by @uomhums.bsky.socialThis is what award-winning history looks like 👇
Professor Sadiah Qureshi’s exploration of extinction, empire and the natural world is among six works shortlisted for the 2026 Wolfson History Prize.
We're so proud! 💜 @uomhums.bsky.social
@ethnicityuk.bsky.socialReposted by @uomhums.bsky.socialSEMINAR: ‘Transnational Black culture in Liverpool in the final decades of the 20th C: legacies of West Africa in the so-called ‘2nd city of empire’
🗣️ Stephen Small (UC, Berkeley)
📅1-2.30pm Thurs 15 Oct 2026
📌University of Manchester/online
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/20cb3e...
@uomhums.bsky.social💡 @manchester.ac.uk and @arizonastateuni.bsky.social are expanding their transatlantic humanities collaboration, opening new opportunities for researchers and students on both sides of the Atlantic.
🔗 Find out more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
@uomhums.bsky.social🔗 Read more: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
[2/2]