John McAuliffe

Director, Creative Manchester

University of Manchester

Speaker Biography

John is Professor of Poetry at the University of Manchester, where he is also Director of the University’s Creative Manchester platform, managing the University’s strategic partnerships in Culture and Creative Industries and convening interdisciplinary research across Creative Industries, Createch, Creative Health and Civic Futures. He is also Associate Publisher at leading Manchester-based independent poetry press, Carcanet. John has previously been a member of the Irish Arts Council, where he was Deputy Chair and led on the Council’s ten-year strategy, Making Great Art Work. He is a member of the AHRC’s peer review college and Manchester City Councils Events Commission (Culture).

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