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Coral: Something Rich and Strange

29 November 2013 - 16 March 2014
Temporary exhibition at Manchester Museum. Explore the enduring fascination with coral as a material, symbol and inspiration for artists, cultures and societies across the centuries.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: David Harvey, "Boasting in the Cross: Honour and Imitation in the Ethics of Galatians"

14:00 - 16:00 30 January 2014
The first in Semester 2's Ehrhardt Seminar series from the Centre for Biblical Studies.

Fortepiano Recital by Susan Alexander-Max

13:10 - 14:00 30 January 2014
In a unique recital, the world renowned fortepianist/clavichordist Susan Alexander-Max will be performing classical masterpieces by Mozart, Clementi and Haydn. Susan will perform…

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.…

Globalisation and Sustainable Development: International Transport and Sustainable Development

16:00 - 18:00 30 January 2014
This paper assesses the potential contribution for international shipping and long haul aviation to contribute to sustatinable development (SD). It considers trade and development,…

Guided Visits for Schools and Colleges

13:30 - 15:30 30 January 2014
We run regular campus visits throughout the year for groups of students in Year 10 and upwards. Activities include a welcome presentation, a question-and-answer session with a panel…

Hungarian Film and National Identity: sanctioned and subversive images of the nation

16:00 - 18:00 30 January 2014
This cinema-themed workshop, the final workshop in the 2013/14 CRES-CEELBAS Ideologies, Identities and Images in Motion series, offers three perspectives on Hungarian cinematic nation…

Memory, Mourning and Maternal Inheritances: A Daughter's Reading of her Mother's Holocaust Memoir (CJS Seminar Series) - Julie V. Gottlieb

16:00 - 17:30 30 January 2014
Julie V. Gottlieb (Leeds University) presents a special seminar for Holocaust Memorial Day.

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…

MUMS Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro

19:00 - 22:30 30 January 2014
Manchester University Music Society open the New Year with a two night run of one of Mozart’s greatest and best loved comic operas, Le Nozze di Figaro - a witty tale of love, betrayal…

Music Research Seminar: Philip Grange (University of Manchester), 'Clichés and the Individual Talent: Or, Working at your career by not working at your career'

16:15 - 18:00 30 January 2014
Philip Grange, Professor of Composition at the University of Manchester, gives the opening talk of this semester's Composers Forum.

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…

Regulation of Cell Surface Signaling in Leukocytes and Amoeba by Coronin Proteins

12:00 - 13:00 30 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Special Seminars Series …

School of Psychological Sciences seminar | Title (TBA)

16:00 - 17:00 30 January 2014
'''Host:''' Dr. Cheryl Capek, School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' The School of Psychological Seminar series runs weekly from 3rd October 2013 to 5th June 2014.…

Squaring up to Homer: Thoughts on Herodotos Book 7

16:55 - 18:00 30 January 2014
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…

Tours of Manchester Museum

6 - 31 January 2014
Taster tours Every Wednesday & Thursday, 1pm Drop-in (no need to book), free, meet at the Information Desk (Floor G) Come and join one of our Visitor Services Assistants for a tour…

Magic Carpet: Under the Sea

10:30 - 12:30 31 January 2014
Come along and see the newly opened Coral: Something Rich and Strange exhibition, enjoy under the sea sensory play and activities and be inspired by related object, - such as our puffer…

Subluminal

18:00 - 21:30 31 January 2014
Join us for a unique a light and sound experience which sets out to capture your imagination. Embark on a tour that will guide you through our impressive neo-Gothic building and amazing…

Chinese New Year

11:00 - 16:00 1 February 2014
Celebrate Chinese New Year in style with our family-friendly activities

MUMS Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro

19:00 - 22:30 1 February 2014
Manchester University Music Society open the New Year with a two night run of one of Mozart’s greatest and best loved comic operas, Le Nozze di Figaro - a witty tale of love, betrayal…

Subluminal

18:00 - 21:30 1 February 2014
Join us for a unique a light and sound experience which sets out to capture your imagination. Embark on a tour that will guide you through our impressive neo-Gothic building and amazing…

Curating Coral: Something Rich and Strange

17:00 - 18:30 3 February 2014
This talk will explore the rationale behind the Coral exhibition at Manchester Museum and reflect on the curatorial process. Marion will examine the challenges of organising a cross-disciplinary…

RNCM Monday Recital Series

13:15 - 14:00 3 February 2014
J S Bach Excerpts from Partita No 1 in B minor BWV 1002 Henri Wieniawski Legende Op 17 Adriana Lucia Cristea violin Greta Gasser piano Sergei Prokofiev Excerpts from…

Snails in art and the art of Snails

15:00 - 16:00 3 February 2014
Ecology, Evolution and Computational Biology Seminar Series

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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