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"Why drag it out into the light?" History, the early 20th century British slaughterhouse and the 'the politics of sight'.

13:00 - 14:00 13 May 2014
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Lunchtime Seminar Series, which is held weekly (during term time). All are welcome. For further information please contact stuart.butler@manchester.ac.uk…

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…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 13 May 2014
Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday (except half term school holidays when there are drop-in sensory play sessions) Book…

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…

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

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

Early Latin and late Latin/Romance: continuity and innovation

12 - 13 May 2014
The aim of the workshop is to consider aspects of the relationship between early Latin and late Latin/Romance. There is no charge for attendance at this Workshop but there are only…

From the War of Nature

11 April - 31 August 2014
Manchester Museum new exhibition. Boxing hares, burrowing parasites, baby birds and prowling wolves are just some of the characters appearing in this story of predation, competition,…

Imprinting the Imagination: Northern Renaissance Prints from the Holtorp Collection

8 May - 26 October 2014
Imprinting the Imagination delves into the world of the sixteenth-century printed image. This small but captivating show, including works by artists such as Hans Burgkmair, Albrecht…

Molecular Mechanisms for making tubes

15:30 - 17:00 13 May 2014
This seminar is part of the Fly Club Seminar Listing. The formation of tubular structures from epithelial sheets is a key process of organ formation in all animals, but the cytoskeletal…

Oscillating signaling pathways during mouse embryo development and scaling

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

Psychological Wellbeing in Advanced Cancer: What can we learn from Patients and Carers?

12:30 - 16:30 13 May 2014
'''Host:''' School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work '''About the event:''' FREE Workshop Seminars Findings from a novel and fascinating study using qualitative longitudinal…

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

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…

Waterworld: What's the big picture on future water supplies and use?

08:00 - 09:30 13 May 2014
Rylands Breakfasts are our cafe series of debates addressing important sustainability issues in an interesting and thought provoking way. Each speaker will give a 5 minute provocation…

CIDRAL conference: 'Big Ruins: The Aesthetics and Politics of Supersized Decay'

10:00 - 18:00 14 May 2014
Speakers and topics will include: Tim Edensor (Keynote): Ruins are everywhere Luke Bennett: The ruin of ruins Michael Crang: The aesthetic taming of toxicity Anca Pusca: Postcommunist…

Key Roles of Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump: From Heart Disease to Malaria Infection

13:00 - 14:00 14 May 2014
Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar Series 2014

MAP Parents event

14 May 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…

MARC Talks - Why measure urban health?

12:30 - 14:00 14 May 2014
Why measure urban health? There are a number of issues that affect urban areas (UA) primarily e.g. rapid migration into and out of the UAs, inequalities in health outcomes and exposure…

Mitchell Centre Seminar: Matthew Smith

16:00 - 17:00 14 May 2014
Title: Application of Multilevel Network Analysis to International Trade and Ownership

Non-linear dendrites can tune neurons

12:00 - 13:00 14 May 2014
This seminar is part of the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) Seminar Series …

Philosophy research seminar: Ian Proops

16:00 - 18:00 14 May 2014
Speaker: Ian Proops Title: Might I be many? Kant on the Second Paralogism

Research Matters: Beyond language: finding creative ways for interacting with research participants and audience

12:00 - 13:00 14 May 2014
This presentation will be based on creative work that was done as part of my PhD research. The work, which engaged students in a secondary school SEN unit, was based around arts and…

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…

The unusual transcriptomes of high copy repeats

12:00 - 13:00 14 May 2014
Gene Regulation and Cellular Biotechnology - Spring Seminar Series 2014

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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