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Collecting Trees

22 June - 6 October 2013
Trees are important to all of us. People plant trees to commemorate loved ones, climb them as children (and sometimes as adults) and worry about them being cut down. Collecting Trees…

Doubleday Lecture 2013 - Pandemics |Are we all doomed?

14:00 - 15:00 25 September 2013
'''Host:''' Manchester Medical School Please join us for the Manchester Medical School Doubleday Lecture 2013. This year features the highly acclaimed Professor Sunetra Gupta delivering…

Historical Totality and the African American Archive

17:00 25 September 2013
As part of the Critical MASS Seminar Series, presented by Dr Lloyd Pratt, Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Oxford.

Ice Age to Iron Age 10 week WEA course

14:45 - 16:45 25 September 2013
This course will explore our human past through archaeological sites and past events across Europe, including the cave art that emerged 30,000 years ago, the Stone Age villages of the…

Learn to Dance “Strictly Style” – Return to the Ballroom!

13:05 - 14:00 25 September 2013
Due to popular demand we’re bringing Ballroom back to the Martin Harris Centre. Whether you’ve danced with us before or are a complete novice, you’ll love these new routines! You…

Locating Boccaccio in 2013

11 July - 20 December 2013
On the 700th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition celebrates the enduring popularity of the works of the Italian medieval author Giovanni Boccaccio. Taking a wide-ranging overview…

MAP Guidance Interviews

25 September 2013
Each MAP student will have a UCAS Guidance Interview in September. This is a 20 minute informal chat with a member of staff at the University of Manchester. The Guidance interview…

Picturing Stories: British and French Romantic Illustrations

9 August 2013 - 9 January 2014
This exhibition explores the development of French and British Romantic illustration during the period 1770-1860. In contrast to earlier allegorical images, Romantic pictures are full…

Polari Mission: Bona Eek

16 August 2013 - 2 February 2014
Polari's history is as diverse as the people who have used it. For the Polari Mission project artists Jez Dolan and Joseph Richardson have created a series of innovative visual artworks…

Taster Tour of Roman Objects

13:00 25 - 14:00 26 September 2013
Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September Taster Tour of Roman Objects 1pm- 2pm The Manchester Museum has a fascinating collection of Roman objects. Manchester itself was a Roman fort,…

The Whitworth closure for major development work

2 September 2013 - 14 February 2015
The Whitworth reopens on Saturday 14 February 2015. The gallery is currently closed in order to carry out major development work, transforming the Gallery into a new 21st century Gallery…

Warriors of the Plains: 200 years of Native North American honour and ritual

25 May - 3 November 2013
Ceremonial shirts, moccasins and tomahawks, alongside photographs of these objects in use, bring to life the world of Native North American warfare and ritual from 1800 to the present…

Whimsical Wednesday: Mono-printing

13:30 - 16:00 25 September 2013
How about trying something new, or something you’ve not done for a while? These sessions offer the opportunity to dip your toes into a creative activity, in a comfortable and supportive…

Arachne and Thersites: genre and social class

16:55 - 18:30 26 September 2013
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Ehrhardt Seminar: Covenant and Election in Pre-Sectarian Compositions from Qumran - George Brooke

14:00 - 16:00 26 September 2013
The Ehrhardt Seminar for Staff and Postgraudates (from all over the place!). 90 minutes, followed by tea.

Left Behind, Left Below: Parodies of the Apocalypse in Popular Culture (Religions and Theology Seminar Series) - Andrew Crome

16:00 - 17:30 26 September 2013
The massive success of the "Left Behind" novels in 2000s America helped to cement the idea of the "rapture" as a key part of US popular culture. In recent years a number of parodies…

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John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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