Campus visit/tour, Lecture

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 26 March 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…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 26 March 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…

Inscribed bronze rostra from the site of the final battle of the First Punic War (241BC)

17:30 - 19:00 26 March 2014
Classical Association Meeting

CIDRAL Open Event: Paul Heggarty (Linguistics, Max Plank Institute, University of Leipzig): 'Ruins and Beyond: Converging Archaeology, Genes and Language, For a Richer Tale of Our Origins'

17:00 - 19:00 1 April 2014
An interview with Paul Heggarty can be found on the Cambridge University Press website: http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2014/03/archaeology-and-language For more information on Paul Heggarty…

'A Profusion of Moorish Remains' : Victorian Encounters with the Islamic West

17:00 - 18:30 2 April 2014
Dr Eggleton is a teaching and research fellow at the University of Manchester and Leeds University. Her postdoctoral research project concerns Victorian travel encounters with Islamic architecture and decoration.

A Stroke of Bad Luck

13:00 - 14:00 2 April 2014
University of Manchester Neuroscience Society talk to be given by Professor Nancy Rothwell, President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester.

HCRI Medical Lecture Series

17:30 - 20:00 2 April 2014
This lecture is the first of what we hope to be an engaging Medical Lecture Series, for which there will be one lecture per year. The event will include a panel of key speakers to…

Law, Complexity and the Welfare System

16:30 - 17:30 2 April 2014
At any point in time the UK’s welfare system provides support to half of the UK population. But our welfare rights are governed by a highly complex legal framework, which few of us…

Public lecture by Neville Harris, Professor of Law: Law, Complexity and the Welfare System

16:30 - 17:30 2 April 2014
With a response by Upper Tribunal Judge and Emeritus Profssor, Nick Wikeley. At any point in time the UK’s welfare system provides support to half of the UK population. But our welfare…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 16 April 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…

GL Brown Prize Lecture 2014 - Porf David Eisner, University of Manchester

13:00 - 14:00 28 April 2014
Calcium in the heart: from physiology to disease It is 130 years since Sydney Ringer found that calcium is required…

Guided Visits for Schools and Colleges

13:30 - 15:30 29 April 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…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 30 April 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…

Chaucer's Postcolonial Renaissance

17:30 - 19:00 1 May 2014
The Brook Lecture in Middle English. Professor Andrew James Johnston (Freie Universitaet, Berlin), discusses "Chaucer's Postcolonial Renaissance" at John Rylands Library. All welcome.

CIDRAL Open Event: Professor Kate Fisher (Director of Centre for Medical History) with Dr Rebecca Langlands (University of Exeter): 'Pansexual Provocations among the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum'

17:00 - 19:00 6 May 2014
Pansexual provocations in the ruin of Pompeii and Herculaneum: Ruins – the partial remnants of the past – are in themselves a provocation; the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum,…

Divisional seminar for Art History, Drama & Music

16:15 8 May 2014
Dr Rachel Clements (Drama), Professor Mark Crinson (AHVS), Professor Thomas Schmidt (Music)

Child Health Research Network: The Healing Foundation Centre for Cleft and Craniofacial Research: A platform for clinical trials and collaborations

12:00 - 14:30 12 May 2014
Timetable 12 Noon : Arrival and lunch 12.55pm : Welcome and Introductions - Prof. Peter Callery (Lead, Child Heath Research Network). 1.00pm : Professor Kevin O'Brien, Director…

The Sherman Lectures in Jewish Studies 2014: Miri Rubin, "Thinking about Jews in Medieval Europe: Explorations with Text, Images and Sounds. Lecture 1: People and Places"

17:15 - 19:00 12 May 2014
The first of the annual Sherman Lectures in Jewish Studies.

CIDRAL Open Event: Professor Svetlana Boym (Harvard) 'Embarrassing Monumentality'

17:00 - 19:00 13 May 2014
More details to follow

The Sherman Lectures in Jewish Studies 2014: Miri Rubin, "Thinking about Jews in Medieval Europe: Explorations with Text, Images and Sounds Lecture 2: The Jewish Body"

17:15 - 19:00 13 May 2014
The annual Sherman Lectures in Jewish Studies

Sherman Lectures in Jewish Studies 2014: Miri Rubin, "Thinking about Jews in Medieval Europe: Explorations with Text, Images and Sounds. Lecture 3: Jews and Children"

17:15 - 19:00 14 May 2014
The annual Sherman Lectures in Jewish Studies

Special Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Lecture

15:00 - 16:30 14 May 2014
Costas Simitis (former PM of Greece) 'Where Next for the Eurozone? A new European Policy is Necessary' The event is free and open ONLY to students and staff for the three Manchester…

Sherman Lectures in Jewish Studies 2014: Miri Rubin, "Thinking about Jews in Medieval Europe: Explorations with Text, Images and Sounds. Lecture 4: Jews and Material Christianity"

17:15 - 19:00 15 May 2014
The annual Sherman Lectures in Jewish Studies conclude.

Masterclass: ‘Image Science’

11:00 - 13:00 20 May 2014
Masterclass hosted by Prof. W.J.T. Mitchell, Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago, and Editor of Critical Inquiry. During his masterclass, Prof. Mitchell…

MICRA Annual Public Lecture

18:30 - 20:00 20 May 2014
MICRA Annual Public Lecture 'Beyond the fiction and fear: finishing Alzheimer's for the future' Peter Whitehouse Co-author of ‘The Myth of Alzheimer’s’ (St Martin’s Press), Professor…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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