Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 6/2/2013. A day workshop at The John Rylands Library (Deansgate) exploring the status and uses of photographic archives, collections, and technologies. Talks through the day will examine how photographic technologies are viewed as artworks or research objects in themselves, and how methods of photographic recording are…

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 26/4/2013   “Rising Powers/Inequalities: China and India” A Round Table Discussion AHRC ResearchNetwork on Inequality, Social Science and History Brooks WorldPoverty Institute, University of Manchester 22 May 2013, Samuel Alexander Building A202 1-4.40pm (Sandwich Lunch 1-2pm) Despite their differences, India and China’s transition to the status…

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 8/6/2013. Connecting Currents: Histories of Migration in China and the Pacific Tuesday, 9 July 2013 14:00-16:00 Samuel Alexander Building, Room A4 This workshop explores the impact of trade, empire and environmental crisis on the mobilities of refugees, domestic servants and labour migrants from the mid-nineteenth century…

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 23/1/2013. A familiar January, post-exam feeling but, this time, we’re talking dogs! In the nineteenth century the nature and meaning of dog breeds changed with the development of pedigree dogs. These ‘new’ dogs were displayed and judged at shows, traded in emerging markets, and became associated…