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Projects

We host a series of major research projects, funded by organisations including the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, and the British Academy.

Please see below for more information on a selection of major research projects in English Literature currently taking place or recently completed.

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Palestine in the popular imagination

Investigating how Palestine has been imagined in the public sphere in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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Double helix history

This project thinks about the popular understanding of the work of DNA and, more particularly, how we might understand, represent, and visualise it.

Communist march in Ukraine

Wars of position

This AHRC funded project takes a new look at communism in the west.

Lady Emmeline Courtenay, c. 1375

Medieval cloth and clothing lexis

This project investigated the complex relationships between vocabulary, artefact and image.

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My country, a journey

A research based drama on the migrant experience in Britain.

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Man of Ashes (Rih Al-Sid)

FILM000055
As his wedding date approaches, handsome young Hachemi must confront and resolve his feelings of guilt and anxiety about a sexual incident from his past.

A thoughtful, beautifully crafted film, Man of Ashes is a fascinating examination of traditional masculine roles and identity in Tunisia.
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1986
109 mins
Arab Film Distribution
Genre
Drama
Language
Arabic
Country of Origin
Tunisia
Permalink
http://arabcinemadb.alc.manchester.ac.uk/Public/Film/Show/FILM000055
Winner: Tanit d'Or—Carthage Film Festival
Un Certain Regard Award—Cannes Film Festival
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People with a connection to this film
Khadija Abaoub (Actor)Sarra Abdelhadi (Actor)Mustapha Adouani (Actor)Nouri Bouzid (Director)
Publications related to this film
J Hayes (2000) Nouri Gana (2010) Robert Lang and Maher Ben Moussa (2001) Ruth F. Davis (2010) Thomas Waugh (2000)
Copies in the collection
DVD ARA/FIL/0145 Subtitled: English
DVD ARA/FIL/0146 Subtitled: English
Record from the Contemporary Arab Cinema Database
Last modified on 06/01/2014 18:12