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Aftermath: 100 years of creativity from conflict

7 February - 29 June 2014
How remarkable is it that, throughout our shared history, some people have been inspired to answer the worst examples of man’s inhumanity with acts of compassion and creativity? Aftermath…

Bus Stop Stories

20 February - 22 June 2014
At the start of 2013, John Shinnick, a Manchester photographer, set out to document the people using a local, city centre bus stop; a quiet stop were people rarely alight. The people…

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.…

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.…

Implementing optical telegraphy: a case study of R.L. Edgeworth’s Telegraphic Establishment, 1797-1805

13:00 - 14:00 25 February 2014
This is seminar is part of the CHSTM Lunchtime seminar series Implementing optical telegraphy: a case study of R.L. Edgeworth’s Telegraphic Establishment, 1797-1805. Abstract Optical…

Manchester Museum Book Club

17:30 - 18:30 25 February 2014
Buy a glass of wine or cup of coffee, meet people and discuss books inspired by the Museum’s new exhibition. This month's book is Hope Is A Thing With Feathers by Christopher Cokinos.

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…

Whimsical Weekday workshop – Design and make your own jewellery

11:00 - 16:00 25 February 2014
Hama Bead and Braiding workshop for all ages, spend the afternoon hand crafting your very own necklace or bracelet - a gift or for yourself.

“Nurturing mindfulness in schools: Advancing the science and practice of awareness and caring in education”

17:00 25 February 2014
'''Host:''' School of Environment, Education and Development During the last decade there has been great interest in how practices related to mindfulness can help to nurture the development…

“‘Seeing and Being Seen': Egyptian Women, Revolutions, and the Staging of a Shifting Public Sphere"

17:00 - 18:30 25 February 2014
This lecture will focus on the role of Egyptian women in the visual public sphere during the inter-war period in the 20th century, as well as their extended role during and after the…

'El predimionio del gris: la evolución de las actitudes de la poblacion bajo el regimen de France'

17:00 26 February 2014
Spanish and Portuguese research seminar Claudio Hernandez Burgos (Postdoctoral Fellow in History, University of Leeds and Granada) 'El predimionio del gris: la evolucion de las actitudes…

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 26 February 2014
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…

Away From Home

19:30 - 21:30 26 February 2014
Kyle's comfortable with his life as an escort until he's hired by a premiership footballer, forcing him to question his values, relationships and the whole direction his life's taking.…

Between Realism and Representation: Cinema and Society in the Middle East

16:30 - 18:00 26 February 2014
This seminar will open up discussion on cinema in the Middle East as a popular means of visual representation, and how cinema has in particular displayed as well as celebrated the vital…

Current and Future uses of Semantic Web Technologies at the BBC

14:00 - 15:00 26 February 2014
The BBC generates a vast quantity of information, broadcasting between 1,000 and 1,500 programmes per day and generating a significant news output. The BBC has also accumulated a very…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 26 February 2014
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…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 26 February 2014
If you are unable to come to one of our University open days, you can join us for a guided visit of the campus on a Wednesday afternoon. Guided visits include a presentation on the…

Harry Lesser 'Can Illness be Motivated?'

14:00 26 February 2014
Seminar given by Harry Lesser which will be of interests to those studying healthcare ethics and law. Open to all.

History Lunchtime Seminar - Professor Frank Mort 'On Tour with the Prince of Wales: Monarchy, Empire and Celebrity Culture in the 1920's'

13:00 - 14:00 26 February 2014
History Lunchtime Seminar - Spring Term 2014 Manchester Historians present their work in an informal setting, feel free to bring your lunch. Wednesday 26th February - Professor Frank…

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