Religions & Theology Research Seminar

Religion & Theology. On 17th November there will be a panel on "Pedagogies for value-based teaching: Religions & Theology in the classroom and beyond" with Hannah Cobb, Scott Midson, Holly Morse, and Katja Stuerzenhofecker. The departmental research seminars (download full schedule here) take place 4pm–5:30pm at Mansfield Cooper 2.04 and via Zoom. For Zoom access, please email: wren.radford@manchester.ac.uk or scott.midson@manchester.ac.uk. 

Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies

Biblical Studies. 6th October, Graham Twelftree (London School of Theology), ‘Magic and the Purpose of John’s Apocalypse’ at 2.00-3.30pm. The seminar will take place both in Mansfield Cooper 4.08 and on Zoom. To register to attend online, please email lev.eakins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk. 

Graduate Outcomes survey

Help your department! Did you finish your course between May and July 2021? You will have received an email inviting you to fill in the Graduate Outcomes Survey! Take 10 minutes to tell us your thoughts about uni, your degree, and what graduate success means to you. Find out more: Graduate Outcomes survey (The University of Manchester).

Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies

Biblical Studies. For the first paper in the Autumn 2022 Ehrhardt seminar series, Todd Klutz will present the paper ‘Judas and Association (Dis)order in John 12 – 13’ on 29th September at 2.00-3.30pm. The seminar will take place both in Mansfield Cooper 4.08 and on Zoom. To register to attend online, please email lev.eakins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk. 

Press Reports

Religion & Politics. Michael Hoelzl has been acting as guest correspondent for the Catholic Press Agency to report from the late Queen's funeral and its theo-political meaning and impact. Michael followed the memorial service with a few hundred others at a public viewing at the University and then in a pub. "It was interesting that the moment the service started, people lost interest... Nobody here could do anything with the liturgical language", he commented. The analysis sparked quite a lot of interest in German speaking countries and went a little bit viral! For German press engagement, see here, here, and here.

Religions & Theology Research Seminar

Religion & Theology. The departmental research seminars (download full schedule here) will take place 4pm–5:30pm at Mansfield Cooper 2.04 and via Zoom. The first in the series is Seoyoung Kim on 29th September, presenting the paper "Glocal church praxis on water justice". For Zoom access, please email: wren.radford@manchester.ac.uk or scott.midson@manchester.ac.uk. 

New Publication

Christian studies. Peter Scott has contributed a chapter, ‘Theology after Marxism?’ to the book Marxism, Religion, and Emancipatory Politics, published by Palgrave Macmillan in August 2022. Further information.

International Advising

Collège de France. Professor Emeritus George J. Brooke will be in Paris (6-7 October 2022) as a member of the International Strategic Orientation Committee (COSS) of the Collège de France, providing advice on the medium and long-term strategy of this prestigious institution founded by Francis I in 1530.

Reading group, Phenomenology

Phenomenology. The Phenomenology Reading Group will resume this semester, reading Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment. The provisional sequence of meetings will be on Wednesdays at 5–6.30 pm: 12 October, 26 October, 9 November, 23 November, 7 December and 21 December (tbc). The group will meet by zoom. Please get in touch with the convenor Alex Samely (alex.samely@manchester.ac.uk) if you wish to join. Further information.

Careers Service News

Welcome to new students and welcome back to our returning students! To search for careers opportunities, book places on events and to arrange careers, application and CV advice appointments, register on CareerConnect, our online opportunities and events portal. To get the most from the Careers Service during this academic year, make sure that your profile in CareerConnect, our online opportunities and events portal, is up to date. If you give us permission to contact you, we will then use the information you provide us about your occupational areas of interest and your ‘Careers Readiness Stage’ to send you tailored emails suggesting relevant support and events. It all takes just a couple of minutes – simply log into CareerConnect, select the ‘Me’ dropdown menu at the top of the screen and click on ‘Profile’. Remember, our support is open to all students in all year groups, and UoM graduates (for up to two years after the end of your course), regardless of whether you have absolutely no idea of what you want to do in the future or you have started to form some ideas. Our website has a comprehensive overview of the support that we offer.

Postgraduate success

Biblical Studies. Congratulations to Siobhán Jolley who, having completed her PhD under the supervision of Holly Morse and Peter Oakes, having worked closely with the Centre for Biblical Studies, and having co-taught on several of our courses, will be the next Ahmanson Research Fellow in Art and Religion, which will involve looking after the art and religion programming at the National Gallery, undertaking research into the collection, and teaching on the collaborative Christianity and the Arts MA with King’s College London.