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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…

Cell fusion, self-signalling and network formation in fungi

09:00 - 10:00 20 March 2014
Nick Read has recently relocated from Edinburgh to Manchester to head up the Fungal Infection group. His work covers several important fungal pathogens. Most filamentous fungi form…

Ehrhardt Seminar: George van Kooten (Groningen/Cambridge) "The Notion of 'being begotten/born of God' in John, the Corpus Hermeticum and Greek Mythology"

14:00 - 16:00 20 March 2014
The Ehrhardt Seminar series from the Centre for Biblical Studies continues. 90 minutes followed by tea.

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 20 March 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…

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.…

Italian Fascism: Truman Show or Comic Opera? / The Party and the People

13:00 - 15:00 20 March 2014
Two Italian Studies seminars with guest lecturer Professor Paul Corner (University of Siena, IT) 1pm - 'Italian Fascism: Truman Show or Comic Opera? Some Methodological Considerations'…

James Wallis Barnes (Sussex), "Meeting around the Table: ‘Openness’, Community and the Self in a Christian Spiritual Community in the Southern Balkans"

16:00 - 17:30 20 March 2014
The R&T Seminar Series continues

MICRA: PhD Student Conference

10:00 - 16:00 20 March 2014
MICRA: PhD Student Conference European Ageing Research: Current Trends and Developing Research Careers From MICRA and Age UK 10.00am-4.00pm, registration from 9.30am This conference…

Of Filial Sons and Copycat Pirates: The Urge to Understand Chinese Culture through ‘Key Concepts’

14:00 - 17:00 20 March 2014
Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies Seminar Series

On first looking into Ted Hughes' Birthday Letters: elegiac receptions from Hermesianax to Hughes

16:55 - 18:30 20 March 2014
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

The Metabolic phenotypying of host microbiome Interactions

12:00 20 March 2014
(FLS) Greater Manchester Immunology Group Seminar Series

The Michael Kahan Kapelye - Klezmer Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 20 March 2014
Programme to include: Wedding music of the Ashkenazi communities of Eastern Europe Named after the Manchester classical and klezmer violinist tragically killed in June 2008, the…

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…

Tour and treasures

14:00 - 15:00 20 March 2014
Take a closer look at some items from the Library’s magnificent collections and find out more about this historic building.

Tri-institute Mandela Memorial Lecture

17:00 - 19:00 20 March 2014
BWPI, HCRI and IDPM are leading centres of research and teaching at The University of Manchester. Working in the closely related fields of poverty, conflict and development, we explore…

Cosmo Singers

19:30 - 21:30 21 March 2014
Lullabies, work songs, spirituals and other traditional music from Hungary, Finland, Mexico, Kenya and South Africa brought to life by the Cosmo Singers. Directed by Justin Doyle,…

Health Services & Delivery Research and Public Health Research Seminar

10:45 - 15:00 21 March 2014
Places are currently available for a free seminar to highlight NIHR funding programmes on Friday, 21 March 2014 in the Jean McFarlane Building from 10:45am, with lunch, until 3pm. …

In Transit: From Meterology to Atmospheric Science, 1900-1960

13:00 - 14:00 21 March 2014
This seminar is about the historical future as atmospheric researchers envisioned it in the early decades of the twentieth century, from the era of Marconi wireless and the Wright flier…

Tag the Library!

11:00 - 15:00 21 March 2014
Everyone’s used to 'tagging' and 'liking' things online, but how about if you were given real labels and could put them anywhere in the Library? What would you choose to tag and why?

Unusual Views: Library tours for photographers

15:00 - 16:00 21 March 2014
Take the opportunity to photograph the Library building from spectacular viewpoints not normally open to the public!

VAGANZA - Composers’ Showcase Concert

13:10 - 14:00 21 March 2014
Come and join us as Vaganza celebrates the extraordinary diversity and ingenuity of music by our student composers.

Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient History

10:30 - 18:00 22 March 2014
This annual conference (also known as AMPAH) is designed to offer an opportunity for UK postgraduates in Ancient History to present aspects of their work to friendly audiences of other postgraduates.

Water Day

11:00 - 16:00 22 March 2014
Clean water is an essential part of our life, but not everyone is as lucky as us to have access to it. See examples from our collection relating to water and join us for fun activities.

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