Careers Service News

For students. The Careers Service are here to support you through the upcoming examination period! Not sure where to start when thinking about a career? Or maybe you’d like to know where to look for opportunities such as graduate jobs, internships or part-time work? Want to know where you can find out more information about a particular sector? We have lots of resources to help you online via our pathways, on our website https://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/ or you can book a 1:1 appointment to chat to one of our advisors via CareerConnect.

New Publications

Biblical Studies. CBS Hon. Research Fellow Stephen Barton has been busy reviewing three books for the journal Theology. He has reviewed Klaus-Peter Adam, Hate and Enmity in Biblical Law (T&T Clark, 2022); Emanuel Pfoh, ed., T&T Clark Handbook of Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible (T&T Clark, 2023); and Joseph Sievers and Amy-Jill Levine, eds., The Pharisees (Eerdmans, 2021). Further information.

Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies

 

Biblical Studies. This week, the Ehrhardt seminar will host Allison Jack (Edinburgh) on "Biblical Themes in Contemporary Crime Fiction". Thursday, 2pm. Please contact lev.eakins@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk if you are interested in joining.

Research Seminar

Theology and AI. Scott Midson is presenting 'Eros, erotics, robotics: Towards a critical reading of perfection in lovotics' at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine seminar on 2nd May. The seminar will take place at 4-5:30pm in the CHSTM seminar room (2.57) in the Simon Building, and also on Zoom. Further information.

Centre for Jewish Studies Film Panel Discussion

Holocaust Studies. The Centre for Jewish Studies is delighted that the recording of the panel discussion of the Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 film series: Jews, Gay People and the Holocaust, is now available to view. View again.

New Publication

Dead Sea Scrolls. George J. Brooke has published "Contextualizing the Manuscripts from Cave 11Q," Revue de Qumrân 34/2 (2022): 282-289. Further information.

Public Lecture

Religion and politics. Public lecture: "War and Peace: The Birth of International Law" at the John Rylands Institute, 27th April, 5pm. The evening will be chaired by Dr Michael Hoelzl and Professor Andrej Zwitter (University of Groningen) who will present a theo-political investigation on Hugo Grotius, the founding father of international law as we know it today. This evening will offer a unique opportunity to see the Rylands very rare first edition of Hugo Grotius’ ground-breaking work on war and peace De jure belli ac pacis libri tres of 1625 and other first editions of key works which laid the foundations of our contemporary understanding of war and peace. Further information.

Sherman Conversation Application Extension 30 April

Jewish Studies. The Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce the Sherman Conversation 2023: ‘Encountering Others, Encountering Ourselves’: Reflexivity and the Jewish Studies Researcher, 4 September 2023. This workshop seeks to explore collaboratively and reflexively our positions as Jewish Studies researchers in relation to the Jewish subjects we study. We invite applications from researchers at all career stages working in Jewish Studies, broadly defined as scholarly engagement with Jewish subjects, past and present. Further information.

New Publication

 

Bible and Popular Culture. Hon. Research Fellow Siobhán Jolley has just published "Popular Music with Biblical Themes: FKA twigs’ MAGDALENE and the Liberating Power of Myth" in Understanding Religion and Popular Culture 2nd edition, published by Routledge. Further information. 

Careers Service News

Heritage Q&A Panel. Are you interested in working in a museum, gallery or at a historic property or heritage site? Come along to this interactive online event, hosted by SALC's Heritage Industries Employability Champion, to hear from UoM alumni about how they got into the heritage sector and ask them your questions as well! Wednesday 26th April 2023, 11am - 12pm (Virtual). Click here to book your place.

Conference Paper

Early Christianity. Sarah Parkhouse will be presenting "Fatal Charades and the Martyrdom of Perpetua" at the Classical Association in Cambridge, 21–23rd April. Further information.

Manchester Wesley Research Centre Annual Lecture

Methodist Studies. The 2023 annual lecture will be given by Dr Cheryl J. Sanders, Professor of Christian Ethics at Howard University School of Divinity. The title of her lecture is: ‘Holiness and Black Consciousness: The Social Witness of Black Saints, Shepherds, and Sages’. The lecture will be on Tuesday 20 June 2023 at 5pm UK time, and will be both in person and online. Register here.

New Publication

Islamic Studies. Honorary Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Manchester Centre for the Study of Christianity and Islam, Dwight D. Swanson has published a book review of Shabbir Akhtar, "Be Careful with Muhammad – Salman Rushdie and the Battle for Free Speech" online with the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies. Further information. 

BBC Radio 4 Programme

Religion and Art. Hon Research Fellow and recent PhD awardee Siobhán Jolley spoke to the Right Rev James Jones as part of a special radio 4 Easter programme, focusing on the the little-known story of Holy Saturday, the early Church’s dark night of the soul, art at the National Gallery, among other things. Listen here and read more here.

BBC Report

Alumni Activity. Recent alumnus Harry Farley had a big series of reports on the Today programme on Sheila Seleoane, the woman whose body was undiscovered in a flat in London for over a year. It was very moving, effective and far-reaching reporting. You can find a text version of the report "Why was my neighbour's body not found for two years?" and the article "What we can learn from a lonely death in social housing".

New Publication

Jewish and Biblical Studies. Daniel Langton, 'New Testament and Modern Judaism' in C.M. Furey, T. Römer, et al, eds, Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 21 (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2023), 329-333. Further information.

Methodist Studies Seminar

Methodist Studies. The next Methodist Studies Seminar will be hosted by the Manchester Wesley Research Centre and Cliff College at Nazarene Theological College in Manchester and online on Friday 12 May 2023. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. The programme and registration link can be found here. Methodist Studies Seminars provide an opportunity for established and emerging scholars of Methodist Studies to present the findings of their research. We conceive of Methodist Studies broadly and aim to provide opportunities for students of history, theology, literature, art, material culture and other fields related to Methodism.