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Registration for the FBMH Future of Teaching and Learning Symposium is now open

19 September - 15 December 2025
We are excited to announce that the second FBMH Faculty Symposium on the Future of Teaching and Learning will take place on 16 December 2025. This full-day event (09:00–16:15) will…

Agustin Diz (Edinburgh): After Abundance: Guaraní Settlements and the Making of the Gran Chaco’s Extractive Frontier

17:00 - 18:30 10 December 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 10 Dec 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building,…

AHCP Research Seminars

3 December 2025 - 3 December 2026
Please check the research seminars of the department here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/department-of-art-history-and-cultural-practices-115441163851

AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Sam Power

11:00 - 12:00 10 December 2025
November’s AI Fun and ELLIS Invited Speaker is Sam Power from the University of Bristol Bio: Sam is a Lecturer in the School of Mathematics. Sam received his PhD degree in 2020 from…

Architecture for the People Manchester City Architect’s Department, 1902-2003

7 November 2025 - 28 February 2026
Public Exhibition: Architecture for the People -------------------------------------------------- For 101 years, the City Architect’s Department in the Town Hall served the citizens…

Architecture for the People: Manchester City Architect’s Department, 1902-2003

7 November 2025 - 28 February 2026
Public Exhibition: Architecture for the People For 101 years, the City Architect’s Department in the Town Hall served the citizens and met diverse civic needs by designing hundreds…

Astro Night - Kids

22 November 2025 - 7 March 2026
Let your young astronomer’s imagination run wild as they navigate the night sky in a fun-filled evening where they will learn all about the planets and constellations lighting up the…

Brownbag - Vasudha Wattal

13:00 - 14:00 10 December 2025
Title TBD

Digital Health Equity seminar: A co-production approach to understanding diversity issues in digital research

13:00 - 14:00 10 December 2025
The next seminar in the University of Manchester Digital Health Equity Seminar Series is on Wed 10-Dec 1-2pm via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/98736638103). Anita Banerji, Jasmine Folz, Ella…

Dome Show: Ted's Space Adventure

9 November - 30 December 2025
Join us in the Space Dome and blast off with Ted and Plant on an interactive adventure across the Solar System! Filled with music and rhyme, this show is the perfect introduction to…

Dr Liam Liburd (Durham University), An Accidental History of Prisons and Race in Late Twentieth Century Britain

16:00 - 18:00 10 December 2025
Department of History Guest Seminar

GDI Lecture: The rise and fall of the UK aid budget: How has the NGO landscape changed over the last 20 years?

16:30 - 18:00 10 December 2025
Speakers: Tom Baker (Save the Children UK) in conversation with Alex Molton and Fin Hanna (GDI Postgraduate Students) Cuts to the UK aid budget represent just the latest in a more…

Gemini and Mercury remastered

6 September 2025 - 4 January 2026
Embark on a breath-taking visual journey through the dawn of human space exploration in our new exhibition where we welcome back Andy Saunders for the release of the ‘prequel’ – Gemini…

Logic Seminar - Pantelis Eleftheriou

15:00 - 16:00 10 December 2025
Speaker: Pantelis Eleftheriou (University of Leeds) On the global linear Zarankiewicz problem The global Zarankiewicz's problem for hypergraphs asks for an upper bound on the number…

Mandarin Corner - EVERY WEDNESDAY

16:30 8 October - 17:30 10 December 2025
THIS IS A RECURRING EVENT - EVERY WEDNESDAY between 4:30PM – 5:30PM Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series - Scott Duxbury (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) - General Procedures for Micro-Macro Network Analysis

15:00 - 16:30 10 December 2025
How do interpersonal social interactions generate novel network structures? Historically researchers examined micro-macro linkages in social networks using simulation approaches, especially…

Modern Architecture in Models: from the B.15 Workshop Archive

11:00 31 October - 17:00 24 December 2025
An exhibition of student models from the modernist canon of the twentieth century were created by groups of students from the University of Manchester School of Architecture between…

MUMS Festive Ensembles Extravaganza

19:00 - 21:30 10 December 2025
This festive showcase will feature a wealth of MUMS Ensembles! From MUWO, MUSO and Brass Band to Choirs and Big Band. There will be a MUSO and Big Band crossover to look forward to!…

New Dome Show: What Santa Sees

15 November - 21 December 2025
Soar through our Space Dome and discover the night sky through Santa’s eyes as he races around the world on Christmas Eve! Taking a ride in Santa’s sleigh, you’ll journey past the constellations…

Printing Press Demonstration

11:30 - 12:00 10 December 2025
We showcase the use of our antique and fully functional Colombian printing press. Based on the collections, the prints are free to take home after the demonstration. The John Rylands…

Rare Reads

10:40 - 11:20 10 December 2025
During our Rare Reads facsimile encounters we share beautifully accurate copies of some of our most famous objects. The incredibly rare special collections housed within The John Rylands…

Rare Reads

14:10 - 14:50 10 December 2025
During our Rare Reads facsimile encounters we share beautifully accurate copies of some of our most famous objects. The incredibly rare special collections housed within The John Rylands…

Research Seminar, “Theorizing the Conjuncture Through Gaza: Urban Destruction and the Intensification of Authoritarian Neoliberalism" with Aleksandra Piletic (UCL)

14:00 - 15:30 10 December 2025
Research Seminar, “Theorizing the Conjuncture Through Gaza: Urban Destruction and the Intensification of Authoritarian Neoliberalism" with Aleksandra Piletic (UCL), Simon 4.04

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Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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