Article in Church Times

Christian studies. David Law has written a public facing piece "Saint in Zanzibar, headache in Lambeth: Bishop Frank Weston (1871-1924)" for the Church Times. Further information.

Affective Artefacts Seminar

Magic. Wednesday 6th November, the Affective Artefacts Seminar welcomes archaeologist Nigel Jeffries (MOLA) and historians Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrooke (Hertfordshire) to speak about their exciting interdisciplinary project, Early Modern Witch Bottles: Concealed and Revealed. Ellen Wilkinson, A3.7 at 4pm.

Spotlight on Ruth Hadley-See Toh, alumna

Religion and politics. Dr Ruth Hadley-See Toh was a student on our MA programme on Religion and Political Life and went on to complete a doctorate on the concept of tolerance, supervised by Dr Michael Hoelzl. She now works in the Civil Service in the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and leads a small team representing the UK’s interests in multilateral agriculture reform negotiations at the World Trade Organization. Ruth was recently part of the UK team that attended the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi alongside the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, and regularly travels to Geneva to cover negotiations.

Research Seminar Talk

Islamic studies. Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies talk welcomes Dr Kamran Khan (University of Birmingham) on the topic 'Regimes of Shibboleth Consciousness: Justice making, Language and ‘Muslims’. Thursday, 7 November, 2–3.30pm. Further information.

Abduction of Weizmann bronze busts, University of Manchester

Jewish history. The BBC reports: "Police are investigating reports of a burglary at a university in which two busts of the first president of Israel were taken. Footage circulating online showed two masked people smashing a glass display case in the University of Manchester's chemistry building and removing two busts of Chaim Weizmann, who had been a lecturer there in the early 1900s." The University has issued an appeal for tolerance. See the CJS's online exhibition on 'Manchester and Zionism' for more information on the role of Manchester and the University in the modern history of the Jewish national movement.