Creative Manchester

📚 Explore children's literature through taste at 'Tasting Children’s Literature: An Edible Read-A-Thon' as part of the Manchester City of Literature

🍎 “Tasting Children’s Literature: An Edible Read-A-Thon” is an immersive experience and read-a-thon of classic and contemporary children’s literature aimed at young children up to the age of 8.

🚸 The workshop will engage children in drawing pictures of and telling stories about the foods that come to life in their favourite stories, as well as the foods that mean most to them and their communities.

️11 June⏰10am📍Z-arts 🎟️Free

Book: https://ow.ly/rbPv50Z4CcX

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🖊️ Writing for Wellbeing: Join Centre for New Writing poets at the Manchester City of Literature to learn how creative writing can positively impact your wellbeing. These workshops have limited places and booking (free) is required.

📍Chorlton Library (9 June) and Cheadle Library (11 June)

Book: https://ow.ly/GOQF50Z4kR7

Irrepressible: an exhibition celebrating 20 years of the Morgan Centre

📅 Wednesday, 1 July, 4pm - 5:30pm
📍 South Foyer, Samuel Alexander Building, M13 9PL
🎟️ Register for free: https://ow.ly/AJIK50Z2clp

We are pleased to celebrate 20 years of the Morgan Centre with an exhibition launch, poetry performance and creative activities.

For the last 20 years, the Morgan Centre has explored the relational nature of social life as it is experienced in the everyday. Fuelled by unruly imagination and curiosity, and an inventive openness to new and different disciplinary and methodological approaches, the Morgan Centre has aimed to create exciting spaces for researchers to come together in a spirit of intellectual generosity, liveliness and enthusiasm. This exhibition is one such space, bringing together posters and materials that foreground the creative engagements and collaborations which have been at the heart of our work.

This special event will include a drinks reception.

UoM Humanities The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences

The Solstice and Equinox series returns!

Cosmic Titans – in conversation with David Olusoga

🗓️ Friday, 19 June, 7pm – 9.45pm
📍 Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, SK11 9DW

Join us as we once again partner with Jodrell Bank for an evening that moves between science, art and philosophy to ponder what it means to imagine the universe when what we know is only ever partial.

Reflecting on Cosmic Titans – an exhibition of sculpture, installation and photographic work created through collaborations between contemporary artists and leading researchers in quantum physics – the evening brings together leading voices in science and contemporary art, in a conversation hosted by historian and broadcaster Professor David Olusoga OBE.

Joining him are Professor Silke Weinfurtner, quantum physicist at the University of Manchester and co-founder of ARTlab; curator and astrophysicist Dr Ulrike Kuchner and acclaimed artist Conrad Shawcross RA whose work is featured within the exhibition.

The evening will conclude with a specially curated DJ set from artist and composer Matthew Woodham and forms an immersive response to the themes of Cosmic Titans.

Buy your ticket: https://www.jodrellbank.net/events/in-conversation-with-david-olusoga/

❓ What is Jamaican Patois/Patwah? How much variation is there between different regions of Jamaica and /or across generations, and why? How are younger generations learning, adapting, and using the language in Manchester and beyond?

️🖊 Come join Dawn Edge, Serge Sagna from Linguistic Diversity Collective and Creative Manchester at this dynamic event for that aims to engage all generations of people of Jamaican descent living in Manchester and members of the wider public who would like to learn more about Jamaican Patwa / Patois. We will explore the meanings, uses, origins, and evolution of Jamaican Patwa.

🧑‍🎓 Come ready to share, learn, and laaf till yuh glad bag buss!

📆 Wednesday 10 June, 5:30 – 7pm, Old Trafford Library

🎟️ Book your tickets here - https://www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/jamaican-patois-patwah-creole-on-the-map/

Now exhibiting in the Samuel Alexander Glass Corridor: Archiving Culture

📆 On display until 30 June
📍 Glass Corridor, Samuel Alexander Building

This exhibition was co-designed by students enrolled in the Institute For Cultural Practices- University of Manchester 'Archiving Culture' module. Convened by Dr James Fenwick, the exhibition features student-designed panels exploring themes uncovered through archival research, from Manchester’s nightlife to femme fatales on screen.

Presenting archival research through critical and inclusive lenses, the exhibition examines representation across contemporary culture, communities and histories.

School of Arts, Languages and Cultures UoM Humanities

Watch Back: Cottonopolis - The Origins of Global Manchester

Last month were delighted to host Cottonopolis - The Origins of Global Manchester at John Rylands Research Institute and Library.

In this discussion, David Olusoga OBE, was joined by Prof Edmond Smith and Dr Cassandra Gooptar. Together, they reflected on how Manchester’s rapid industrial growth was shaped by connections to India, Africa and the Americas – connections that provided raw materials, labour, markets and capital.

Watch back: https://ow.ly/SNT850Z1z9G

Today: Proof of Human - AI, Copyright, and the Fight for Creative Authorship

📅 18 May, 6.00pm - 7.30pm
📍 Auditorium, SISTER Building
🎟️ https://ow.ly/kHiV50YEPvj

Join us for a special public engagement lecture with Andrew Melchior, creative technologist, CTO of Massive Attack and founder of Genotone Ltd.

In this talk, Andrew Melchior draws on his experience advising UK government technical working groups on AI and copyright, and his work building Genotone, an open provenance protocol designed to establish verifiable authorship at the point of creation. He argues that the challenge is not simply legal but infrastructural: without a reliable way to distinguish human-made work from AI-generated content, and to trace the lineage of creative material through complex supply chains, no rights regime can be effectively enforced.

Weaving together perspectives from music, policy, and technology, the talk will sit at the intersection of AI, copyright, and artist provenance infrastructure and examine what meaningful protection for artists might look like in practice.

UoM Humanities The University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Today: CreaTech Connect - Accelerating University–Industry Partnerships

📅 18 May 2026, 4.30pm - 6.00pm
📍 Flex Space, SISTER Building, M1 7JR
🎟️ https://ow.ly/gcaC50YFIaU

Join us to explore how The University of Manchester can help businesses and academics work together for innovative applications of CreaTech.

This event aims to highlight collaborative pathways for academics interested in interdisciplinary research, (Crea)Tech enthusiasts, small and medium business owners, and Creative and Cultural Industries professionals. All are welcome; reserve your space via Eventbrite

UoM Humanities Digital Futures at The University of Manchester The University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering