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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…

Aftermath: Make Do and Mend

12:00 - 16:00 30 March 2014
Fake fish and fake eggs? See and taste what our families had to cook with in times when they 'made do'. Remember elbow patches, letting down sleeves and hems, darning underwear and…

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…

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.…

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 University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 30 March 2014
Triumphal Scene – Choruses from Verdi’s operas Manchester University Chorus and the Cosmo Singers celebrate the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth with scenes and choruses from…

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…

Centre for Biostatistics seminar | How SMART is your study? Designing a trial to obtain quality data about dynamic treatment regimes

15:00 - 16:00 31 March 2014
'''Host:''' Centre for Biostatistics '''About the event:''' The Centre for Biostatistics have organised a special seminar by Professor Erica Moodie, who is on sabbatical from McGill…

Literature Live: 2013 Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton

18:30 - 20:30 31 March 2014
In this event organised by The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing, we are delighted to welcome the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize Eleanor Catton. Eleanor…

Peter Coleman (Southampton): "Spirituality and Successful Ageing"

14:00 - 16:00 31 March 2014
The fortnightly Religions and Theology seminar.

Truncation of KdLEC1 protein is required for asexual reproduction in K. daigremontiana

15:00 - 16:00 31 March 2014
Ecology, Evolution and Computational Biology Seminar Series

After Modernism and Postmodernism: How Can Science Fiction Theory, Hyperreality Theory, Posthumanism and Cybernetics Help Us?

16:00 - 17:00 1 April 2014
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminars Series February-May 2014. …

Arab Uprisings and the Politics of Language

17:00 - 18:00 1 April 2014
Fifth Seminar in MES Research Seminar Series, 2013-2014 There is no doubt that the so called ‘Arab spring’ continues to affect the MENA region in all aspects, including language. …

Archaeology and Contemporaneity

17:00 - 18:00 1 April 2014
Archaeology Research Seminar from Gavin Lucas, University of Iceland

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 1 April 2014
Baby Explorers Tues 1, 15, 29 April, 10.30-11.15am & 11.30am-12.15pm & 1-1.45pm. Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday…

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…

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John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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