UoM English, American Studies & Creative Writing Department

Last call! ASLE-UKI online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment. Thur 29 Jan, 15:00-19:00 GMT. With me, Eric Gidal, James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews, & Tobias Menely. Register FREE at asle.org.uk/events/semin...

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Drawing of the whitworth arch

The Whitworth Arch 👩‍🎨

Thanks to miasportf0lio on Instagram, for our fantastic picture of the week!

25.01.2026 10:25 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

I did a less than stellar job documenting it, but I am so grateful that I got to spend today silently writing in the gorgeous @porticolibrary.bsky.social with some lovely @uomenglish.bsky.social colleagues who opted in for this January away day experiment.

22.01.2026 20:09 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you Prof Alice Hunt for this wonderful review of Voices of Thunder in @historyextra.bsky.social magazine

21.01.2026 17:06 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Young man in white sleeveless top and leather jacket on a red background - title of play 'The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me', starring Gabriel Clark.

Image of Dr Monica B. Pearl wearing glasses, shirt and jacket with arms crossed, looking into camera.

David Drake’s celebrated one-man play The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me returns to Manchester after 30 years! Don’t miss @mbpearl.bsky.social in conversation with EACW alumnus Gabriel Clark on opening night, 10th Feb: hopemilltheatre.co.uk/event/the-ni...

19.01.2026 18:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📣Sexuality Summer School | 24–29 May 2026 📅 Join us in Manchester for postgraduate workshops, seminars & public events on sex, race & sexuality. Keynotes: @crileysnorton.bsky.social, @kanerace.bsky.social & @profrichardson.bsky.social. Details and sign up: sexualitysummerschool.wordpress.com

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Friday 13 Feb, 7:45pm 📚 Join us at New Mills Town Hall for a talk by Michael Sanders: “Red” Ellen Wilkinson and the Plebs. Marking 100 years since the General Strike. All welcome! www.newmillshistory.org.uk

14.01.2026 09:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ASLE-UKI online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment - Thurs 29 Jan, 3-7pm. Featuring @brycchancarey.bsky.social, Eric Gidal, EACW's James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews & @tobiasmenely.bsky.social. Register asle.org.uk/events/semin....

13.01.2026 10:00 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Cfp for upcoming symposium "Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850," on 25–26 June, 2026. Submit a 250-word abstract and 150-word bio to James Metcalf at james.metcalf@manchester.ac.uk and Millie Schurch at millie.schurch@english.su.se by 30 January 2026.

12.01.2026 18:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dr Kelechi Anucha joins Dr Carl Death and Prof Jade Munslow Ong for African Climate Futures for an evening digging into how climate change is imagined and contested across the continent.
🗓️ 22 Jan 2026
📍 House of Books and Friends
🕕 17:00–19:00
🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/etzcr4uy
#ClimateJustice

12.01.2026 09:46 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Manchester’s English, American Studies and Creative Writing department is now on Bluesky! Follow for updates on research and events.

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