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SUMMARY:Working Lunch feat. Emma Liggins 'Amelia Edwards and Egyptian Dark Tourism in the 1870s'
DESCRIPTION:Join us for lunch\, chat\, and a research paper by Dr Emma Liggins. Emma’s paper focuses on the place writing of the late-Victorian traveller and ghost story writer Amelia Edwards. In her best-selling travel narrative A Thousand Miles up the Nile (1877)\, Edwards reflected on the atmosphere of the Egyptian death-place\, aestheticising ancient and medieval tombs\, as sites of dark tourism. The useful new term ‘Graveyard Gothic’\, coined by Eric Parisot and others in 2024\, signals that memorial sites generate unease\, horror and silence. As in the place writing of Edwards’ contemporary Vernon Lee\, which lingers on the half-erased memorials on Italian tombs and churches\, forgotten stories of violent and/or oppressed women are activated and excavated by the tourist gaze.   The dark tourist may be both horrified and thrilled by this encounter with the past. \n\n\n\nAdvancing debates within death studies about dark tourism’s connections with ritual\, ambiguity and darkness (Toussaint and Decrop\, 2013; Darvay\, 2016; Stone\, 2006; Seaton\, 2002)\, I argue that Edwards seeks to reimagine lost cities of the dead. The late nineteenth century saw the popularity of Egyptian Gothic marketed to British audiences (Borwein\, 2021; Sullivan\, 2025).  As a pioneering female traveller and one of the first Egyptologists\, Edwards wrote about Egyptian tombs\, funerals and ‘sepulchral excavations’ at a time when most tourists viewed Egyptian artefacts in British museums rather than visiting in person. This paper offers a new reading of Edwards’ accounts of visiting ancient tombs in Cairo and the necropolis of Sakkara. It asks how late-Victorian dark tourism renders the death space a sacred space and reflects on the ways in which A Thousand Miles up the Nile memorialises the lost women of Egypt. \n\n\n\nDr Emma Liggins is Reader in English and Co-Director of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her publications include The British Short Story (with Andrew Maunder & Ruth Robbins) (Palgrave\, 2011) and The Haunted House in Women’s Ghost Stories\, 1850-1945: Gender\, Space and Modernity (Palgrave\, 2020). She has edited a special issue of VPR on the Strand Magazine (2021) and has chapters in The Edinburgh Companion to the Victorian Ghost Story (2025) and Ghosts and the Gothic (2025). She is currently working on a monograph Victorian and Edwardian Death Spaces: Gender and Memorialisation for Manchester University Press.              e.liggins@mmu.ac.uk
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/working-lunch-feat-emma-liggins-amelia-edwards-and-egyptian-dark-tourism-in-the-1870s/
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SUMMARY:PGMAPS Symposium: Decolonised Narratives?
DESCRIPTION:This symposium is hosted by postgraduate researchers of the Centre for Migration and Postcolonial Studies (MAPS) at Manchester Met. \n\n\n\nIn a climate that sees frequent conflict between decolonial movements and efforts to reinvigorate the colonial projects of past centuries\, from Palestine and Sudan to Myanmar and Taiwan\, decoloniality as practice has come under increasing public scrutiny. It is more crucial now than ever to consider the possibilities and limitations of efforts to decolonise raised in the critical works of thinkers from Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o to Walter Mignolo to Olúfẹ ́mi Táíwò\, and the creative projects of artists-activists like Arundhati Roy and Lubaina Himid. \n\n\n\nIn 2002\, world-systems theorist Immanuel Wallerstein called on scholars to ‘make our disciplines less dubious’ by abandoning the imperialist logic of dividing academic knowledge into separate disciplines (460). This symposium creates a space for exploring the nuance of decolonisation through the sharing of trans-disciplinary knowledge\, in which scholars and practitioners come together to respond to the following key questions: \n\n\n\n•To what extent is decolonial thought/practice a useful tool in spaces such as in academia\, politics and ideas of nationhood\, and how fully can this be realised? \n\n\n\n•What happens when there is resistance to decolonisation\, evidenced in the scrapping of EDI agendas\, the banning of books\, the rewriting of historical narratives and ongoing neocolonial efforts? \n\n\n\n•How are people across different disciplines reimagining decoloniality and how are they embedding it into their creative and critical practices? \n\n\n\nThis is an in-person symposium hosted by the Centre for Migration and Postcolonial Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. We will be joined by Dr Sunita Abraham (Lecturer in Decolonisation at Lancaster University) and Anjum Malik MBE (Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University) as keynotes. Dr Abraham has worked extensively within the field of decolonisation including researching Lancaster’s connection to the transatlantic slave trade and decolonisation within universities. Anjum Malik is a prolific writer and broadcaster with the BBC and was appointed City Poet for Manchester. She will be discussing her film: We Are Butterflies Forever in Flight. \n\n\n\nThe keynotes will be followed by a series of short papers and discussions and the day will conclude with an optional conference dinner. Refreshments and a conference lunch will be provided\, but the optional conference dinner will be payable by delegates. \n\n\n\nThe conference will take place in Grosvenor East rooms GE4.07 and GE4.08.
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/pgmaps-symposium-decolonised-narratives/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260615T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260915T170000
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SUMMARY:Decolonised Narratives? PGR-Led Symposium
DESCRIPTION:In a climate that sees frequent conflict between decolonial movements and efforts to reinvigorate the colonial projects of past centuries\, from Palestine and Sudan to Myanmar and Taiwan\, decoloniality as practice has come under increasing public scrutiny. It is more crucial now than ever to consider the possibilities and limitations of efforts to decolonise raised in the critical works of thinkers from Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o to Walter Mignolo to Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò\, and the creative projects of artists-activists like Arundhati Roy and Lubaina Himid. \n\n\n\nIn 2002\, world-systems theorist Immanuel Wallerstein called on scholars to ‘make our disciplines less dubious’ by abandoning the imperialist logic of dividing academic knowledge into separate disciplines (460). This conference seeks to create a space for exploring the nuance of decolonisation through the sharing of trans-disciplinary knowledge\, in which scholars and practitioners may come together to respond to the following key questions: \n\n\n\n\nTo what extent is decolonial thought/practice a useful tool in spaces such as in academia\, politics and ideas of nationhood\, and how fully can this be realised?\n\n\n\nWhat happens when there is resistance to decolonisation\, evidenced in the scrapping of EDI agendas\, the banning of books\, the rewriting of historical narratives and ongoing neocolonial efforts?\n\n\n\nHow are people across different disciplines reimagining decoloniality and how are they embedding it into their creative and critical practices?\n\n\n\n\nThis will be an in-person symposium at Manchester Metropolitan University where we will be joined by Dr Sunita Abraham (Lecturer in Decolonisation at Lancaster University) and Anjum Malik MBE (Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University) as keynotes. Dr Abraham has worked extensively within the field of decolonisation including researching Lancaster’s connection to the transatlantic slave trade and decolonisation within universities. Anjum Malik is a prolific writer and broadcaster with the BBC and was appointed City Poet for Manchester. She will be discussing her film: We Are Butterflies Forever in Flight. \n\n\n\nSubmissions: \n\n\n\nResponses may take the form of academic papers\, poetry performances\, video essays\, posters\, mini workshops\, and other forms of creative presentation. Each presenter will be given up to 20 minutes for their presentation with time for questions and discussion after each panel. \n\n\n\nPlease submit a 250-word abstract and 50-word bio to the organisers Devjani Bodepudi\, Brontë Crawford and Sumithreyi Sivapalan at mapssymposium2026@gmail.com by 3rd July 2026. Please indicate clearly the format of your submission (panel\, paper\, performance\, poster presentation\, video essay\, film etc) and any accessibility requirements we can support with. \n\n\n\nThe conference is free to attend with refreshments and lunch included. There will also be 3 travel bursaries to support the attendance of postgraduate or unwaged scholars available for train travel up to £50. Please indicate if you wou like to be considered.
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/decolonised-narratives-pgr-led-symposium/
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SUMMARY:Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a 2-day writing retreat at Gladstone’s Library. \n\n\n\nOpen to MAPS centre members.
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/writing-retreat/
LOCATION:Gladstone’s Library\, Church Lane\, Hawarden\, CH5 3DF
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SUMMARY:Waving Kites: Hong Kong Diasporic Cinema UK Tour
DESCRIPTION:Waving Kites: Hong Kong Diasporic Cinema UK Tour\, taking place in five cities in April-May 2026\, explores Hongkonger diasporic experiences across different moments and places. Bringing together three feature-length documentaries and a selection of short films\, it traces a range of perspectives—from hope to disillusionment\, separation and exploration\, the struggle to settle\, and reflections shaped by global capitalism and xenophobia. These films attend not only to those who have left\, but also to those who remain; to building relationships in places that may feel unwelcoming; and to how migration can open paths to self-understanding. Together\, they span diasporic experiences from the 1980s to more recent waves of emigration\, moving between Hong Kong\, the United States\, and the United Kingdom.  \n\n\n\nThe MMU event on April 30th includes a screening of three short films\, followed by a post-screening discussion with programme convenor\, Dr Bruce Lai and Dr Sarah Ilott from the Centre for Migration and Postcolonial Studies. The screening is free\, and all are welcome. \n\n\n\nWaving Kites is organised by Newcastle University and supported by BFI’s National Lottery Screen Heritage Fund. \n\n\n\nReserve a spot through the Eventbrite page here.
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/waving-kites-hong-kong-diasporic-cinema-uk-tour/
LOCATION:SODA Cinema\, Manchester Metropolitan University\, School of Digital Arts\, 14 Higher Chatham Street\, Manchester\, M15 6ED\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Bidding Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop led by experienced and successful bid writer\, Professor Kate Pahl. \n\n\n\nOpen to MAPS staff and PGR members.
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/bidding-workshop/
LOCATION:SODA 1.07\, 14 Higher Chatham Street\, Manchester\, M15 6ED
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SUMMARY:Research Sharing Day
DESCRIPTION:We invite all MAPS researchers (staff and students) to join us for a research sharing afternoon\, starting with lunch in The Grove.
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/research-sharing-day/
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SUMMARY:Renaissance One presents Colonial Countryside
DESCRIPTION:Renaissance One presents Colonial Countryside with Corinne Fowler and Peter Kalu\, chaired by Melanie Abrahams\, sponsored by the Centre for Place Writing and the Centre for Migration and Postcolonial Studies \n\n\n\nIn 2020\, author and academic Corinne Fowler co-authored a report investigating the colonial histories of National Trust properties following the initiation of a groundbreaking creative project bringing together 10 and 11 year old children\, professional authors\, historians and critics to examine the impact and reverberations of UK country houses with significant and reverberating colonial histories. The resulting book\, Colonial Countryside\, co-edited by Fowler and Jeremy Poynting of Peepal Tree Press (2024)\, is an anthology of personal and critical responses including creative writing by global majority writers and essays by leading historians and artists. \n\n\n\nThis event offers readings and perspectives from the book and an audience Q&A that brings together Corinne Fowler with Peter Kalu\, one of the 10 featured writers\, chaired by the wider project’s Associate Producer\, Melanie Abrahams. \n\n\n\nThe event will be preceded by a soft drink reception at 5pm\, and followed by a book signing with the authors. The event will then begin at 5:30pm.
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/renaissance-one-presents-colonial-countryside/
LOCATION:Manchester Poetry Library\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251009T173000
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SUMMARY:Postgraduate Welcome Dinner
DESCRIPTION:We would like to invite our new and returning postgraduate students to join us for a welcome (back) dinner at Indian Tiffin Room.
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/postgraduate-welcome-dinner/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250422T080000
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SUMMARY:Comedy and Racial Justice Conference
DESCRIPTION:Mixed Bill and Manchester Metropolitan University’s Centre for Migration and Postcolonial Studies \n\n\n\nThis conference seeks to investigate how comedy – as an artistic form\, performance mode and research discipline – functions as a critical tool in the fight for racial justice. In so doing\, it will shine a light on research that often struggles to be taken seriously within the academy. While acknowledging the sometimes-fraught relationship that comedy has with racial justice\, racism and colonialisation\, we hope to centre discussion on how comedy can push beyond this heritage and be used productively to support racial justice and liberation without reproducing racial trauma. The full call for papers and conference rationale can be found here.
URL:https://maps.mmu.ac.uk/event/comedy-and-racial-justice-conference/
LOCATION:Grosvenor East Building\, Manchester\, M15 6BG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:This is a demo event
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