NTC Sydney Martin Lecture 2025

Annual lecture. Please plan to join the 2025 Sydney Martin Lecture with Dr. Manon Ceridwen James on Monday, 23 June. Her lecture title is Just a Joke? Insights from Theology, Humour and Comedy. Nazarene Theological College, Dene Road, Didsbury. 7.30-9pm Register here.

Rylands Blog Post

Biblical Studies. Peter Oakes and Sarah Parkhouse have written about the pilot project exploring the treasure trove of Coptic manuscripts at the John Rylands Library, "Far from Being in the ‘Most Useless’ Place: Linking John Rylands Coptic Manuscripts with the Coptic Community" on the Rylands blog. Read the entry here.

Academic consultation, Belgrade

Jewish Studies. Daniel Langton will be attending a four-day meeting in Belgrade as a British representative as part of the Holocaust Research Institute Partnership Network Meeting (UK and Southeastern Europe) to consider the question of source competence and historical skills in Holocaust and Jewish Studies within the European academy. 16-20 June 2025. 

Take Part in the Graduate Outcomes Survey

Did you graduate from UoM between February and April 2024? You’ve been sent the Graduate Outcomes survey via email! It aims to understand your perspectives & your current status. Find out more here.

New publication

Jewish Studies. MA student Yehudis Fletcher has co-authored a chapter entitled 'Judaism: Our Revolt-ing Women: Bringing Women Together to Highlight Abuse in Jewish Communities Today' in Abuse in World Religions edited by Johanna Stiebert (Routledge, 2025), 7-23. Further information

Book Presentation

Biblical studies. Siobhán Jolley presented her recently published book 'Reimaging the Magdalene: Feminism, Art, and the Counter-Reformation' to the Feminist Theology Network on 28 May.

Conference Paper

Religion and politics. Samuel O'Connor Perks gave a paper at the 'Money Talks: Futures for the Economic Humanities', University of Edinburgh, May 28 & 29. His paper was titled: 'Disagreements about Enchantment: An Exploration of Diverging Historiographic Commitments'. Further information.

Plenary Session Paper

Religion and the Environment. Two members of the Religion, Theology & Climate Change research team, Fin Malcolm and Gemma Edwards, are speaking at a plenary session of the Alternative Futures and Popular Protest conference, 3-5pm on Monday 16th June in Humanities Bridgeford Street Building (opposite Arthur Lewis), University of Manchester. There’s tea and coffee in the foyer from 2.40pm and the session is in the big lecture hall off the foyer.

Art and Christianity International Conference Workshop

Art and religion. Siobhán Jolley was part of a group representing Art + Christianity at "Creation Day & the Nicaea Centenary: Crystallizing the Ecumenical Dream of the New Liturgical Feast" conference, 5-7 May 2025, Assisi. Siobhán led a workshop about developing and commissioning art to support the celebration of the new ecumenical feast, Creationtide. Further information.

Manchester Wesley Research Centre Annual Lecture

Annual lecture. The Manchester Wesley Research Centre invited you to join in person and online on Tuesday 17 June 2025 at 5pm (UK time) for the 2025 MWRC Annual Lecture given by Prof Randy L. Maddox, the William Kellon Quick Professor Emeritus of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies, Duke Divinity School. The title of his lecture is ‘Charles Wesley and Lady Huntingdon: Erstwhile “Best of Friends”’. The lecture will take place online and at the JB Mclagan Chapel at Nazarene Theological College. You can register for a link to attend the event online here.