Manchester Graduate Talent Programme

For students. Our Manchester Graduate Talent (MGT) scheme sources paid graduate-level opportunities for 2023 and upcoming 2024 graduates across Greater Manchester, including within the University itself. Further information.

Class of 2024 Graduate Careers Support

For graduating students. UoM career mentoring programme for summer 2024 graduates, to help them to connect with an industry professional for invaluable career coaching and support, is now open for applications. Applications Closing date: Wednesday 26th July. Further information. For all those finishing your course, don't forget that UoM Careers are still able to support you for another two years.

New Publication

Biblical studies. HRF Dwight D. Swanson 'Bringing the Kingdom: The Beatitudes as the Mathean Jubilee', in The Holy People of God: Identity, Contexts, Challenges, eds Svetlana Khobnya, Arseny Ermakov, Deirdre Brower Latz, Peter Rae, Mija Wi. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2024), 69-78. Further information.

New Publication

Philosophy and Religious Studies. Alex Samely has published a major new study of the way readers read texts in everyday life and professional contexts. Using philosophical, psychological and literary approaches, Samely provides a new theory of text meaning, which has important implications also for the study of religious texts and their reception. Further information.

Conference Papers

Biblical studies. At the European Association of Biblical Studies in Sofia, 15-18th July, HRF Mary Mills will present "Emotions of the Prophet" and HRF Helen R. Jacobus will present "The Textual Context of 1 Enoch in Akhmim and Oxyrhynchus". Further information.

Jewish Studies Conference

Centre for Jewish Studies. The annual conference of the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies takes place from 8 – 10 July in Bristol. Katja Stuerzenhofecker will deliver a paper entitled ‘The Jew who was there too: Orthodox women claiming mainstream ritual’. She will also participate in a panel discussion ‘Where is the contemporary in Jewish studies?’ together with Centre for Jewish Studies Fellow Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz.

Manchester Museum Panel

Science and Religion. On 12th June, Peter Scott joined a panel discussing present extinctions as part of the Extinction and Biodiversity conference held at Manchester Museum. The conference was organized by the Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science project.

New Publication

Christian History. Peter Nockles recently published a review of 'Samuel Wesley and the Crisis of Tory Piety, 1685-1720 by William Gibson (OUP 2021)' in the 'English Historical Review' (volume 139 issue 596, pages 254-257) and online. Further information.

Stephen Smalley, 1931-2024

New Testament Studies. We are sorry to learn of the death of Stephen Smalley who was Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, in New Testament in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Manchester from 1970-1977 in the era of F.F. Bruce, and Dean of Chester 1987-2001. Stephen wrote several books and articles on the Johannine Literature, some of which remain in print and are much used, including John Evangelist and Interpreter (1984), Thunder and Love: John's Revelation and John's Community (1994), The Revelation to John: A Commentary on the Greek text of the Apocalypse (2005), and Hope for Ever: The Christian View of Life and Death (2005). Philip Alexander will represent informally the University and the Department at the funeral.

New Publication

Jewish Studies. Congratulations to MA student Yehudis Fletcher on the publication of 'Indecent Jewish theology, post October 7: the G-d of the bathroom floor', in Freedman, R and Hirsh, D (eds.) Responses to 7 October: Law and Society. London, UK. Routledge, 2024. Further information.

SALC Social Responsibility Showcase

Social Responsibility. Holly Morse will be part of panel talking about working with schools for the SALC Social Responsibility Showcase. 20 June, 12.30-5.00pm Alliance Manchester Business School. Further information.

Public lecture, Jewish Muslim Forum

Muslim-Jewish Relations. CJS PhD student Robert Kanter will be giving a presentation for The Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester on 'The Rushdie affair and Muslim Jewish relations' on Sunday 23 June at 7pm. Free online event. To register, click here.