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Conflicts in Cities

14:00 - 16:00 18 October 2011
Manchester Architecture Research Centre (SED) presents Conflicts in Cities Speaker: Wendy Pullan (Cambridge University) 2-4pm, Coupland 1 Pear Lecture Theatre

Gateways - Year 11 Skills for Success Visit

09:30 - 14:30 18 October 2011
The University of Manchester Gateway Programme provides a new opportunity for Year 7-11 learners within Greater Manchester to participate in a coherent series of academic enrichment…

Living Worlds

14 April 2011 - 14 April 2012
Now open (permanent gallery) If you think nature is something far away, think again - we are nature. Living Worlds explores the connections between all living things, including us,…

Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert 2011

19:30 18 October 2011
Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert 2011 Cellist Lionel Cottet, accompanied by pianist Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, both from Switzerland, perform works by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and…

The Museum Allotment

27 May - 13 November 2011
The Museum’s new Living Worlds gallery explores the connections between all living things, including us, and shows how we can all shape the future by the choices we make. One of…

Unearthed: Ancient Egypt

30 September 2011 - 6 September 2012
30 Sep 2011-6 Sep 2012. Calling all budding Egyptologists and archaeologists. We need your help! Our Egyptologist Dr Digby (played on film by Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories…

we are extInked

9 July - 4 December 2011
To celebrate the opening of our Living Worlds gallery, we have teamed up with Artist group Ultimate Holding Company to present 'we are extInked' - an exhibition documenting the story…

Why National eHealth Programs Need Dead Philosophers: Wittgensteinian Reflections on Policymakers’ Reluctance to Learn from History

14:00 - 15:00 18 October 2011
Health Sciences Group-Primary Care present: Why National eHealth Programs Need Dead Philosophers: Wittgensteinian Reflections on Policymakers’ Reluctance to Learn from History Speaker:…

An exploratory study into primary teachers' professional identity and practice at a time of educational reform in Cyprus

12:30 - 14:00 19 October 2011
Humanities/Education present: An exploratory study into primary teachers' professional identity and practice at a time of educational reform in Cyprus Speaker: Christiana Karousiou…

Current dento-legal issues facing the young dentist

17:30 - 19:00 19 October 2011
Manchester Medical Society (Odontology) present 'Current dento-legal issues facing the young dentist' Speaker: Dr J Foster (Dento-Legal Adviser, Dental Protection) Coffee & Registration…

How and when does the mode of data collection affect survey measurement?

16:00 - 18:00 19 October 2011
School of Social Sciences present 'How and when does the mode of data collection affect survey measurement?' Speaker: A.E. Jackle (Essex Univ.) All welcome. This seminar is offered…

MICRA Seminar 'Male Ageing'

13:00 - 16:00 19 October 2011
Manchester Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Research on Ageing invites you to hear leading researchers in the field of ageing from the University of Manchester: A great opportunity…

Showcase lecture - Where did that bone go? 150 years of cave archaeology and museum collections

15:00 - 16:30 19 October 2011
3-4.30pm. Hannah O’Regan, Archaeology, Liverpool John Moores University. Cave archaeology has, at times, been central to our understanding of human evolution. Especially during the…

Charles White, Surgeon + Man-midwife: On the Politics of Health + Race in Early Industrial Manchester

18:00 - 20:00 20 October 2011
With Professor John Pickstone. As a young surgeon, Charles White was the effective founder of the Manchester (Royal) Infirmary, which stood in what is now Piccadilly Gardens from…

Gateways - Year 11 Skills for Success Visit

09:30 - 14:30 20 October 2011
The University of Manchester Gateway Programme provides a new opportunity for Year 7-11 learners within Greater Manchester to participate in a coherent series of academic enrichment…

Psychology for Non-Psychologists: A Meeting of Minds

18:30 - 20:00 20 October 2011
A series of inspired, occasional, pysch-based talks in a relaxed bar setting - by the British Psychological Society North West Branch Speaker: Dr Christian Jarrett From Womb to…

TANGO 5

13:00 20 October 2011
The virtuosic tango quintet Tango 5 (bandoneon, piano, bass, violin, electric guitar) showcases four of the finest musicians in the UK alongside internationally acclaimed bandoneon…

Hyperspectral imaging: needs for real time processing

14:00 - 16:00 21 October 2011
Research Computing / IT Services present Hyperspectral imaging: needs for real time processing Speaker: Amer Alroichdi, Mapping Solutions Ltd. Further details: Hyperspectral…

PSAPPHA The University of Manchester’s Contemporary Ensemble in Residence

19:30 21 October 2011
Ben Foskett On From Four (20th Anniversary Commission) Anthony Gilbert Nine or Ten Osannas Ian Wilson Dream Garden (world première) John Casken Winter Reels (20th…

Manchester Literature & Science Festivals: The Devil’s Garden

13:00 - 14:00 22 October 2011
1-2pm. Edward Docx (author of The Devil’s Garden) and Johan Oldekop (a University of Manchester scientist) discuss theories of evolution, religion and anthropological research in the…

Manchester Science Festival: Alan Turing: Tortured genius of the Computer Age

11:00 - 13:00 22 October 2011
11am-1pm. Guided walk, starting at The Manchester Museum reception. Explore the science of the city by foot with local historians and scientists, as they bring the science of the city…

Manchester Science Festival: Celebrating Trees

11:00 - 16:00 22 October 2011
11am-4pm. 2011 is International Year of the Forest. Come to The Manchester Museum to see our fruit trees in the Greenhouse and our massive 300 million year old fossil tree stump. Find…

Manchester Science Festival: Gaia: The Cabaret

17:30 - 19:00 22 October 2011
5.30-7pm. Hear the true story of how James Lovelock first glimpsed Gaia and why NASA didn’t believe him. Make friends with the mighty mitochondria and hold your breath to dive into…

Manchester Science Festival: The human body trail

14:00 - 15:30 22 October 2011
2-3.30pm. Follow the Human Body Trail around Manchester, through museums, across the city centre and into cyberspace! Join our guided walk and discussion in The Manchester Museum (including…

Seminar Test

09:00 - 18:00 22 October 2011

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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