The university is the first in Britain to have an American Studies programme, and it is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary this week with a concert by the acclaimed Harlem born Jazz singer Sandi Russell. The programme was created at The University of Manchester in the academic year of 1947 to 48 – along with the first ever British professorial chair in American Studies.
The concert will launch an International Conference on the American South at the University from May 22 to 24. It is the first of a series of international meetings based around the theme of Understanding the South, Understanding America organized jointly by the Universities of Manchester and Florida
