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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…

Child Health Research Network: Caught in a cycle of legal intervention? Vulnerable birth mothers and loss of infants and children to public care

12:00 - 15:30 7 April 2014
12 Noon : Arrival and lunch 12.55pm : Welcome and introductions - Prof. Peter Callery (Lead, Child Health Research Network). 1.00pm : Born into care? High risk birth mothers…

Does sexual selection select for variation or consistency in bird song?

15:00 - 16:00 7 April 2014
Ecology, Evolution and Computational Biology Seminar Series

Easter Holidays at Manchester Museum

11:00 7 - 16:00 17 April 2014
Easter holidays Mon 7 Apr – Fri 17 Apr, 11am-4pm Get hands on at the Manchester Museum and make marvellous creations inspired by our collections. Wed 9 & 16 April: Archaeology & Science;…

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.…

Grumbold’s Dragon Egg Hunt

7 - 27 April 2014
Grumbold’s friends have been to visit him at the Library, but they’re a messy bunch and have left their dragon eggs all over the place. Can you find them all before they hatch?

Mars Exploration 7-11 Apr

11:00 7 - 16:00 11 April 2014
Become a Martian for the day and take part in some hands on experiments. Explore the surface of Mars, discover more about the largest volcano in the solar system and investigate if…

Rylands Gallery: Bitesize talk

12:30 - 13:00 7 April 2014
Drop in for this 15 minute chance to find out more about one of the new displays in the Rylands Gallery.

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 transformative capacity of new technologies: A theory of sociotechnical change - Ulrich Dolata

13:00 - 14:00 7 April 2014
How do sociotechnical fields such as business sectors, its institutions and actors, deal with radically new technological opportunities? How do they perceive, engage, and cope with…

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…

Bike Registration Event - CANCELLED

11:30 - 13:00 8 April 2014
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. Unfortunately due to the current weather conditions…

Can Manchester become a cycling city? (cities@manchester Urban Forum)

18:00 - 20:00 8 April 2014
cities@manchester Urban Forum Cycling is increasingly becoming a preferred mode of transport in cities around the world. What is the state of cycling in Manchester and what is its…

Motherhood in Antiquity (EuGeStA Colloquium)

8 - 9 April 2014
The European Network on Gender Studies in Antiquity runs a series of meetings, taking place approximately every 18 months, which aim to address issues of gendered importance across…

Regulation of gene Expression in testes-how filies make sperm

15:30 - 17:00 8 April 2014
This seminar is part of the Fly Club Seminar Series Abstract The regulation of gene expression clearly pivotal in differentiation of specific cell types. Sperm are arguably the most…

What can the Photon Science Institute do for you?

15:30 - 16:30 8 April 2014
The following short presentations will be given: Prof Richard Winpenny (Photon Science Institute Director): ’Introduction- What can the PSI do for you?’ Dr Floriana Tuna: ‘Using EPR…

Archaeology & Science; Koma Figurines and CT Scanning

12:30 - 13:30 9 April 2014
Wed 9 & 16 April: Archaeology & Science; Koma Figurines and CT Scanning 12.30-1.30pm Followed by an opportunity to create your own clay figurines 1.30-3.30pm Join Dr Sharon Fraser,…

Beyond Legal Orientalism - Reflections on the role (and rule) of Law in China and Japan

9 April 2014
The aim of this seminar is to offer some reflections and stimulate a debate on the role law plays in two prominent East Asian countries, China and Japan. Prof. Bälz, Goethe University…

Creative Methods in Gender & Sexuality

14:00 - 18:00 9 April 2014
Creative ways of doing research often yield data which is different from and richer than that yielded by interviews, focus groups and questionnaires. In public engagement and research…

Curator Talk: Bus Stop Stories

11:00 - 11:30 9 April 2014
Join photographer John Shinnick as he talks about the connections he made with people he met and photographed at his local bus stop.

Lipid-Induced Insulin Resistance and Proinflammatory Signalling in Skeletal Muscle

13:00 - 14:00 9 April 2014
Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar Series 2014

MAP Launch Event

9 April 2014
The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) is a structured scheme for local post-16 students who meet specific academic and background criteria. The aim of the programme is to support entry…

Poems and Songs by Bertolt Brecht

18:00 - 19:30 9 April 2014
The great German playwright Bertolt Brecht was also a consummate poet and song writer. Tom Kuhn and Dominic Muldowney, alongside actors and singers, present new translations of some of his greatest poems and songs

Conference in honour of Denise R Osborn

10 - 11 April 2014
Supported by The University of Manchester Department of Economics and The Manchester School journal. A conference to celebrate the career of Denise Osborn will be held at The University…

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