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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…

Embracing the links between development and environment - A Greenpeace view

16:00 - 18:00 4 November 2013
The Environment and Development Research Group of the Institute of Development Policy and Management hosts a visit from Daniel Mittler, Political Director / Head of Political and Business…

Fragmentary Ancestors: Figurines from Koma Land, Ghana

25 October 2013 - 4 May 2014
This exhibition at Manchester Museum is the first ever officially approved showing of clay figurines made by a previously little understood people in Koma Land in Ghana in West Africa.…

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…

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…

NEW! Children’s Birthday Parties

1 - 30 November 2013
For a truly unique birthday experience, celebrate your birthday with Stan, the T-Rex & friends at Manchester Museum. The museum offers birthday parties that are full of hands-on activities…

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 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…

CIDRAL Roundtable: 'Body Crossings'

17:15 - 19:00 5 November 2013
With Ron Athey (performance artist), Professor Jennifer Doyle (UC Riverside) and Dr Monica Pearl (EAC) This event marks the launch of books by Ron Athey, <i>Pleading in the Blood: The…

Composers' Forum: Stefan Litwin

16:00 - 17:45 5 November 2013
Stefan Litwin (Hochschule für Musik Saar)

Deborah Shaw (Portsmouth) 'The relationship between European funding bodies and Latin American filmmakers: new forms of dependence or new partnerships?'

18:00 - 20:00 5 November 2013
Abstract European social funding bodies aligned with film festivals, have been instrumental through their support in developing the careers of some of the most high profile contemporary…

Distributional learning of syntax

16:00 - 18:00 5 November 2013
LEL Research Seminar talk. Abstract: "Recently some new techniques of grammatical inference have been developed, inspired by some old ideas of distributional learning from structuralist…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 5 November 2013
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Drop-in, free.

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 5 November 2013
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Morbid Miscellany curator tour

15:00 - 16:00 5 November 2013
Meet the curator of Morbid Miscellany, and get the chance to see some freaky things which didn’t make it into the cases… (Most suitable for adults and older children, 12+)

Personalised Medicine | Are we Putting Promise into Practice?

17:30 - 20:00 5 November 2013
'''Host:''' Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences '''About the event:''' Personalised medicine is opening new horizons, from drug discovery and diagnostics to tissue and organ development.…

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 6 November 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 6 November 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…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 6 November 2013
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Faculty of Life Sciences UCAS Interview Day

12:45 - 16:30 6 November 2013
Applicants to Faculty of Life Sciences courses are invited to meet our staff and students, take a tour of our facilities and undertake a short interview as part of our application process.…

ICON Lecture | From Bedside to Bench: Genome Replication, Human Growth and Inflammation

12:30 - 14:00 6 November 2013
'''Host:''' Institute of Human Development '''Speaker:''' Dr Andrew Jackson, University of Edinburgh '''About the event:''' Brought to you by the University of Manchester, supported…

MAP Medicine and Dentistry Interview Skills Workshop

6 November 2013
This workshop is for Manchester Access Programme students who have applied for Medicine or Dentistry. You will be given an insight into the interview process for your chosen course…

Nowgen Leadership Skills Study Morning

09:30 - 13:00 6 November 2013
'''Host:''' NOWGEN '''About the event:''' The best leadership enables people to achieve their goals at work using their own capabilities and resources. Leaders influence choice and…

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