University of Manchester - Archive (american-studies)
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2024
08
November
2024
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16:38
Europe/London
In the end it seems that the endorsement of Hulk Hogan mattered more than the backing of Taylor Swift. If the 2024 presidential election wasn鈥檛 confusing enough before the polls delivered their verdict, then Donald Trump鈥檚 decisive victory on …
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18
September
2024
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14:47
Europe/London
To mark World Alzheimer鈥檚 Day, Saturday 21 September, Professor Douglas Field is announcing the release of a new book, Walking in the dark: James Baldwin, my father and me, a moving literary exploration of the disease.
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2022
08
December
2022
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16:43
Europe/London
Professor of American Studies Peter Knight is celebrating not one, but two published volumes in December 2022.Both books have come about as part of large collaborative projects funded by the AHRC. Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid-19, …
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29
June
2022
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10:35
Europe/London
Each year, the British Association of American Studies (BAAS) seeks essays that explore an aspect of the American experience, researched and written by UK-based undergraduate students. Essays engaging with current issues like racial and …
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2021
07
July
2021
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14:10
Europe/London
Thomas returns to The University of Manchester, where he spent five years as Professor of Musicology and Head of the Division of Art History, Drama and Music. He has also held posts at Bangor University, the University of Frankfurt and the …
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2020
08
December
2020
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11:50
Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC) will be hosting a celebration to mark the strength and resilience of its students in a virtual event.The celebration will take place at 3pm on Wednesday 16 December …
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29
October
2020
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16:29
Europe/London
An Emeritus Professor from The University of Manchester has won the prestigious Yasnaya Polyana Literary Prize 2020 for her outstanding work in the foreign fiction category, the Russian translation of her novel, James Miranda Barry.
Patricia …
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24
September
2020
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16:38
Europe/London
In celebration of Black History Month 2020, The Faculty of Humanities at The University of Manchester has collaborated with the Centre for New Writing, The Department of American Studies and Creative 91直播 to pull together …
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17
July
2020
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10:43
Europe/London
The virtual celebration for the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures will take place at 3pm on Tuesday 28 July and will be available to view on the SALC YouTube channel. The celebrations will stay online following the event, therefore any students …
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15
July
2020
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17:19
Europe/London
Responding to the WHO’s warning that misinformation surrounding COVID-19 constitutes an ‘infodemic’, Professor Peter Knight has secured funding for a new research project that will focus on conspiracy theories as a …
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09
June
2020
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13:32
Europe/London
As a group of researchers and teachers responsible for informing and educating our students in EAC, we felt it was important to respond to the terrible death of George Floyd and the massive and profound reactions to it. We are appalled that it has …
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04
May
2020
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13:01
Europe/London
Two PhD students and a lecturer from The University of Manchester’s Department of American Studies have won prizes for their outstanding work.
Nicole Gipson has been awarded the Institute for Historical Research’s Iwan Morgan …
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03
March
2020
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10:04
Europe/London
Dr Ian Scott, Senior Lecturer in the American Studies department at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures was recently an academic consultant on ‘The Californian Century’, an insightful BBC Radio 4 series telling the dramatic …
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2018
15
February
2018
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15:23
Europe/London
The deadline is approaching for applications to the Godfrey Kearns Bursary for master's students.
We will make two awards of £250 to students enrolled on an MA course in the Division of English, American Studies and Creative Writing who …
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