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90 Degree Citizen

10 October - 17 November 2013
How do museums create our understandings of cultural identities, and does migrant art generate alternative connections which cut across such boundaries? A rare exhibition of work by…

Here be Dragons! A tour of the Library for children

12:00 - 13:00 12 October 2013
The walls and ceilings of the Library are full of strange and mysterious creatures – join our tour to seek them out! This tour is most suitable for families with children aged 5-10.

LITERATURE LIVE: Ali Smith

18:00 - 20:00 12 October 2013
In this event, co-sponsored by The University of Manchester and the Manchester Literature Festival, Ali Smith will read from recent work, including Artful (2012), and discuss her…

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…

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…

Poetry & Medicine workshop

10:00 - 12:00 12 October 2013
Poetry & Medicine: an unlikely combination? Discuss poetry by patients and staff worldwide that moves, surprises and "opens the windows" between medicine and the arts. Poetry newcomers…

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 Manchester Weekender - Revolutionary Screenprinting

10:00 - 17:00 12 October 2013
Especially commissioned for the Manchester Weekender, these screenprinting workshops will be led by Manchester artist Matt Davies. Please note there will be a break from 1 - 2pm.

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…

Xiaolu Guo at Manchester Literature Festival

14:00 - 15:00 12 October 2013
Manchester Literature Festival and the Confucius Institute at the University of Manchester are thrilled to present a conversation with the novelist and prize-winning indie film director…

‘Open the Windows’ Poetry & Medicine reading

14:00 - 15:30 12 October 2013
In 2007, Rebecca Goss's newborn daughter Ella was diagnosed at the hospital where Denise Bundred worked. However, they only met later as poets, writing about their respective experiences…

I Am, I Am, I Am: Reflections on Sylvia Plath - With Ali Smith & Jackie Kay

18:00 - 20:00 13 October 2013
LITERATURE LIVE: Originally published in 1963, The Bell Jar tells the story of Esther Greenwood, a talented young woman with a prestigious internship on a New York magazine. On…

Jeanette Winterson “in Conversation” with: Audrey Niffenegger PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

19:30 - 21:30 13 October 2013
Audrey Niffenegger was born in 1963 in the idyllic hamlet of South Haven, Michigan. Her family moved to Evanston, Illinois and she has lived in or near Chicago for most of her life.…

Little Red Hen

14:00 - 15:00 13 October 2013
The Puppetellers present the much loved classic tale of The Little Red Hen. The Little Red Hen lives in the farmyard. One day she finds three grains of wheat and decides to make some…

The Polari Mission Bibliothon

13:00 - 15:00 13 October 2013
Artists Jez Dolan & Joseph Richardson continue their exploration of Polari with a durational performance work – The Polari Mission Bibleathon.

Morbid Micellany

14 October 2013 - 31 January 2014
Behold bizarre bindings! Delight in death! Gaze in awe at aged autographs! Our Morbid Miscellany embraces the darker side of our collections. This selection of individual items, many…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 15 October 2013
Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren’t walking yet. Tuesdays 1 & 15 October (every other Tuesday, except school hols), 10.30-11.15am, 11.30am-12.15pm & 1-1.45pm…

Shackleton’s Man Goes South: Tony White in conversation with Gregory Norminton

19:30 - 21:00 15 October 2013
Acclaimed author Tony White was commissioned by the Science Museum to write a new work of fiction exploring the potential political, social and cultural impacts of climate change. The…

The Strathearn riverside project? Excavations at Leadketty, Perth and Kinross.

17:00 - 18:00 15 October 2013
Abstract coming soon.

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 16 October 2013
We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on the Fallowfield Campus every Wednesday morning between October and March. During the summer months we run one tour in…

Adults Returning to Education Information Session

10:30 - 12:30 16 October 2013
Adult learners considering returning to education to pursue a degree, or who have already applied to the University, can sign up for an 'Adults Returning to Education Session'. This…

MAP Interview Skills Workshop

16 October 2013
This workshop will give you an opportunity to develop your interview skills in preparation for a university admissions interview or a job interview. The Manchester Access Programme…

Star Lecture- The quantum universe

12:15 - 14:30 16 October 2013
We are proud to announce the latest in our STAR Lecture series, a Physics lecture from Prof Jeff Forshaw for students in Year 12 and 13. Jeff Forshaw is a particle physicist who has…

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