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2013-2014 Ferguson Lecture: David Fergusson (Edinburgh): "God's Providence Revisited"

16:00 - 17:30 6 March 2014
The 2013-2014 Ferguson Lecture

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…

Composers' Forum: Electroacoustic music composition and performance using gestural interfaces

16:15 - 18:00 6 March 2014
Daniel Barreiro (University of Manchester)

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: Timothy Lim (Edinburgh), "Scribal Features of the Rabbinic Concept of Canon"

14:00 - 16:00 6 March 2014
The Ehrhardt Seminar series from the Centre for Biblical Studies continues. 90 minutes followed by tea.

EUPATI-UK Network Key Stakeholders International Conference

10:30 - 17:00 6 March 2014
'''Host:''' NOWGEN '''About the event:''' It is our pleasure to invite you to our first EUPATI UK national network event which will take place in Leeds on Thursday, 6 March 2014.…

Feeling and the New Man: The Emotional Component of Soviet Education (1936-1940)

17:00 - 19:00 6 March 2014
Part of the seminar series YOUNG IN DANGEROUS TIMES: CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN GLOBAL HISTORY As contemporary normative material such as Pravda directives, school programmes, and methodological…

Fieri Consort

13:10 - 14:00 6 March 2014
The Fieri Consort explore inspirational sacred music by Renaissance composers Josquin des Prez and Jacobus Clemens. Fieri is fast becoming known for its fresh and vibrantly communicative…

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.…

Frames of the Author: Vitruvius as Editor

16:55 - 18:30 6 March 2014
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Habitus - a Term "qui dérange": The Translator's Habitus in the Late Habsburg Empire

14:00 - 17:00 6 March 2014
Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies Seminar Series

History Research Seminar - Lyndal Roper - 'Luther, Masculinity and Aggression'

16:00 - 17:30 6 March 2014
History Research Seminars Spring Term 2014 Lyndal Roper (Oxford) - 'Luther, Masculinity and Aggression' All welcome. Events end around 5:30pm, followed by drinks with the speaker.

Ion mobility mass spectrometry - measuring more than mass

09:00 - 10:00 6 March 2014
A Gene Regulation and Biotechnology Seminar …

Learn Together: Make a book for World Book Day

16:30 - 18:00 6 March 2014
Come along and learn a new skill with your child (or grandchild!). Join us after school and learn how to make a book, exactly like real books are made. You’ll be amazed at the notebook you take away with you!

School of Psychological Sciences seminar | Title TBA

16:00 - 17:00 6 March 2014
'''Host:''' Prof. Kevin Munro, School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' The School of Psychological Seminar series runs weekly from 3rd October 2013 to 5th June 2014.…

The 11th International Conference on Urban Health

4 - 7 March 2014
'''Host:''' Manchester Academic Health Science Centre '''About the event:''' The University of Manchester will host the 11th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) at the…

The early secretory pathway in extracellular matrix secretion

13:00 - 14:00 6 March 2014
This seminar is part of the Tissue Systems seminar series. …

The Jetty Project

10:00 - 18:00 6 March 2014
Professor Simon Guy and Dr. Angela Connelly are undertaking The Jetty-Project, a research collaboration with Newcastle University with the aim of understanding: How can a practice-led…

The Space Between: exhibition of artworks by Anthony McCarthy

27 February - 3 August 2014
The concept for the exhibition began as artist, Anthony McCarthy, walked along Chapel Street in Salford heading towards Manchester and The John Rylands Library. Armed with pencil,…

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…

ABC transporters in disease: ABCG2 contributes to the survival of hematopoietic and leukemic progenitors

14:00 - 15:00 7 March 2014
Prof. Schuetz works on the role of ABC transporters in response to chemotherapy, the biological function of ABC transporters and the regulation of ABC transporters. He is a Faculty…

The University of Manchester’s Contemporary Ensemble in Residence

19:30 - 21:30 7 March 2014
Psappha is Manchester’s pre-eminent new music ensemble specialising in the performance of music by living composers. www.psappha.com Mr Mahler, meet jazz. Camden Reeves Random…

International Women's Day

11:00 - 11:30 8 March 2014
To mark IWD, meet the indomitable Enriqueta Rylands, the inspiring woman who battled to build the Library as a memorial to her late husband.

Suffragette Legacy; How does the History of Feminism Inspire Current Thinking in Manchester?

8 March 2014
Call for Papers From The Village and David Bowie’s Suffragette City to Femen activists and Pussy Riot, the suffragette legacy is everywhere in modern culture. As part of the Manchester…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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