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Avoiding the Destruction of the Third Temple: Separating State and Religion in Israel (CJS Seminar Series) - Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor

16:00 - 17:30 3 October 2013
Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor opens the 2013/14 Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar Series.

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Social (Dis)Order among NT Authors - Gerald Downing

14:00 - 16:00 3 October 2013
The Centre for Biblical Studies Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates.

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 Personal Statement Drop In

3 October 2013
An informal drop in session which will enable MAP students to have their personal statement checked by a member of University staff. The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) is a structured…

Musicology Forum: 'Music and Torture in Chilean Detention Centres: Conversations with an Ex-agent of Pinochet's Secret Police'

16:15 - 17:45 3 October 2013
Recently appointed Leverhulme postdoctoral fellow, Dr Katia Chornik, presents a paper reflecting on recent fieldwork undertaken in Chile.

Narratives of Violence: Historicizing Representations of Child Combatants in African Conflict, c. 1980-2010

16:00 - 17:30 3 October 2013
This is the first talk in the History Research Seminar series of 2013-14. Dr. Stacey Hynd of Exeter University presents on Child Combatants in African conflicts followed by drinks with the speaker in a nearby pub.

Performance workshop: Northern Baroque

14:30 - 16:00 3 October 2013
Northern Baroque. A performance workshop for Manchester Music students performing on period instruments.

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…

Portrait of a Living Archive

3 October 2013 - 13 January 2014
When people think about libraries they tend to think of them as the ancestral home of written rather than visual culture. The John Rylands Library houses a significant collection of…

The Lyre's Paradox in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes

16:55 - 18:30 3 October 2013
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

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…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Baroque and Roll: Toe Tapping Tunes of the Eighteenth Century

13:10 - 14:00 3 October 2013
Guest artist Frauke Jürgensen joins Northern Baroque for an exploration of Baroque dance forms in a programme of vocal and instrumental dance numbers interspersed with theatrical dances,…

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…

World War II: Colonies and Colonials - Merika Sherwood - Book launch and author talk

18:30 - 20:30 3 October 2013
Marika Sherwood is a Hungarian-born historian, researcher, educator and author, based in England since 1965. She has written a substantial number of books on racism, colonialism and…

After Hours: Warriors of the Plains

18:30 - 21:00 4 October 2013
Explore the Warriors of the Plain and Living Cultures gallery for our After Hours in October. See museum objects normally in store, have a go at Native American beading with crafter…

Interactive Schools Poetry Event with Ian McMillan

13:30 - 15:30 4 October 2013
Celebrate National Poetry Day 2013, in this interactive schools poetry event with Ian McMillan. Ian McMillan has been a poet, broadcaster, commentator and programme maker for over…

Grandparents Weekend

11:00 5 - 16:00 6 October 2013
Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 October 11am-4pm, drop in, free. Bring the whole family for fun drop-in activities. Sat 5 Be amazed and inspired by the magnificent variety of animals, insects…

Undergraduate Open Day

10:00 - 16:00 5 October 2013
A chance for students, parents and teachers to find out more about our undergraduate courses and visit the University and its facilities. Visitors can speak to staff and students, attend…

LITERATURE LIVE: Moniza Alvi and Nadeem Aslam

18:30 - 20:30 7 October 2013
MLF and the Centre for New Writing present two extraordinary writers, who have both drawn on their Pakistani heritage to pen exquisite works of art. Moniza Alvi is the author of…

Museology Research Seminar: Whitworth Art Gallery: 21st Century Art Gallery in the Park

17:00 - 18:30 7 October 2013
Maria Balshaw is Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, part of the University of Manchester, and the Manchester City Galleries. As Director of these two major institutions, holding…

Prognostic Radiology | Seeking biomarkers of tumor pathophysiology to enhance therapeutic outcome

12:30 - 14:00 7 October 2013
'''Host:''' Biomedical Imaging Institute '''Title:''' BII SYMPOSIA/SEMINAR PROGRAMME 2013/14- Prognostic Radiology: seeking biomarkers of tumor pathophysiology to enhance therapeutic…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 8 October 2013
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Drop-in, free

Grand Round Lecture | Professor Kay Marshall

13:00 - 14:00 8 October 2013
'''Host:''' Institute of Human Development '''Speaker:''' Professor Kay Marshall, Manchester Pharmacy School '''About the event:''' The talk will include some functional pharmacology…

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