News and Events

7th January 2020

Gothic cinema explained in authoritative new history of silver screen’s dark side

HOME short course and public screenings to celebrate influential genre

30th October 2019

Research celebrated at ESRC Festival of Social Science

Public can attend events on future of cities, high streets, AI and more

14th October 2019

Trick and treat: Biggest-ever Gothic Manchester Festival returns for spooky extravaganza

Talks, screenings and immersive events all themed on 'Gothic Times'

12th September 2019

Unique PhD collaboration between poet and composer to create new full-length opera

The piece will receive a broadcast concert performance from the BBC Philharmonic

6th September 2019

Manchester Voices Map: Mancunians can chart their own accents and dialects

Online map launched for huge regional language research project

25th July 2019

Lecturer unearths Daniel Radcliffe’s family history in BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?

Rachel Lichtenstein explained the actor’s ancestral links to London’s jewellery quarter

16th February 2018

Brits judge The Archers characters’ class and likeability on their accent

Those viewed as 'posh' deemed less friendly, a study shows

25th February 2015

Spring Seminar 2015 - Teaching Popular Culture and the Discourse of the University

Alfie Bown, University of Manchester