We are pleased to report that PhD researcher Xsara Helmi from LAURA (The Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Research Hub) will present at The Numinous Ear: Autistic Listening and Aural Diversity as a Gateway to the Divine and Sublime at Sacred Arts 2026: Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Artistic Expression and Ritual, a transdisciplinary conference hosted by the London Arts-Based Research […]
We delighted to welcome Associate Professor Barbara Barrow, from the University of Lund to this trimester’s guest speaker slot, on Wednesday 1 April from 2:30 to 4:30pm. All are welcome — please email the organiser Scott Thurston if you wish to attend (S.Thurston@salford.ac.uk) — online option available too. The abstract for Barbara’s fascinating talk is […]
We are very happy to share that Xsara Helmi, PhD Researcher with LAURA (The Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Research Doctoral Hub) funded by the Leverhulme Trust, has a forthcoming article in the Journal of Creative Research Methods (Vol. 2, Issue 1), published by Bristol University Press / Policy Press (May 2026; early view late March 2026). Titled ‘HOSPITAL NOISES: […]
Dr Kate Adams will be screening her co-directed film One Day We Will Dance With You at the Gledhill Arts Library in Jedburgh on Friday 27th February 2026 – 6:30pm until 8pm. The press release for the event is as follows. Facing and building change together: arts and science Join us for a talk and […]
The English Research Centre is proud to announce the University’s acquisition of the personal archives of prominent literary scholar, Terry Eagleton. Professor Eagleton, who was born in Salford, has bequeathed an extensive collection of his writings and other material relating to his academic life from the early 1960s all the way to 2021. Eagleton, who […]
Doctoral researcher Lucy Power reports on the opening of an unusual exhibition devoted to a writer’s group in Chorlton, South Manchester… Shhh! The Chorlton Writers’ Cafe Library Exhibition There was a joyful atmosphere last Thursday evening at Chorlton Library, when members of the Chorlton Writers’ Cafe gathered to celebrate the launch of our first exhibition […]
We are thrilled to report that Prof Jackie Kay appeared alongside Her Majesty The Queen at the launch of the National Year of Reading in Scotland on Monday 19 January. The event featured other Scottish authors, local primary school children and Dennis the Menace (!), and took place at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. The scheme […]
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Elsie Unsworth on the publication of their article in the Irish Studies Review – ‘Community, nationalism and folklore collection: a comparison of W.B. Yeats’s The Celtic Twilight and Oein DeBhairduin’s Why the moon travels’. The article can be read here. Congratulations, Elsie! This examination of W.B. Yeats’s The Celtic Twilight and Oein DeBhairduin’s Why the moon travels explores […]
Please join us at 2.30pm on Wednesday 4th February both in-person and online for our final English Research Seminar of Trimester 2. Please contact Prof. Scott Thurston for more details. Reflections from a Monograph in Progress: Reimagining Madness, Motherhood, and Disability: From Fairy Tales to Disney and Beyond Dr Hannah Helm (Salford) In this exploratory presentation, […]