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'The Sensory War 1914 - 2014' An exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery

11 October 2014 - 22 February 2015
The Sensory War, 1914-2014 exhibition opened in October at the Manchester Art Gallery. It is the result of a four-year curatorial partnership between Dr Ana Carden-Coyne (Centre for…

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 3 December 2014
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on Wednesday mornings between October and March. Please arrive at the…

Afghanistan: The transition - public exhibition

1 December 2014 - 14 February 2015
Afghanistan: The transition - public exhibition Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)'s photography exhibition, in collaboration with documentary photographers Andrea…

Atmospheres - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

23 September 2014 - 12 January 2015
Atmospheres play a significant role in, and add an important quality to, our intimate, domestic and public lives, yet are often overlooked in social research, not least because of the…

B.15:45 Architecture modelmaking exhibition: Celebrating 45 years of the B.15 modelmaking workshop

1 September 2014 - 31 December 2015
2015 marks 45 years of the Kantorowich B.15 modelmaking workshop at The University of Manchester. The B.15:45 exhibition is a retrospective look at the last 45 years of modelmaking…

Beyond Anti-Austerity? The Possibilities and Limits of Movements Resisting Neoliberalism

15:30 - 17:30 3 December 2014
The wave of protests instigated by the financial crisis in 2011 has already developed new tactical repertoires and targeted both economic and political elites across a wide range of…

Chromatin Regulation by Polycomb Proteins in Stem Cells

12:00 - 13:00 3 December 2014
CCB Autumn Seminar Series 2014

CLACS Seminar: ‘Sexual Violence in War and Peace: Gender, Power and Postconflict Justice in Peru’.

17:00 - 18:30 3 December 2014
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Seminar Series. Guest speaker: Dr. Jelke Boesten (KCL), Senior Lecturer at the International Development Institute, King’s…

CMIST Short Course :: Intermediate :: Latent Factor Analysis

10:00 - 16:30 3 December 2014
This short course covers latent variables and factor analysis at an introductory and intermediate level. A latent variable is something invisible (such as a concept, an attitude, or…

Collection Bites: Art from Papua

13:00 - 14:00 3 December 2014
Wed 3 Dec, 1-2pm. Trainee Curator Kiera Gould will talk about the Museum’s significant collections from New Guinea. She will look particularly at objects acquired in the 1970s as part…

Communities in Communication

17 July - 21 December 2014
The Middle Ages are commonly seen as a time of widespread ignorance and prejudice, but diversity and multiculturalism are not modern inventions. Perhaps surprisingly, examples can be…

Consent and the Justification of Defensive Force | Jonathan Parry | University of Sheffield

16:00 - 17:30 3 December 2014
Political Philosophy Seminar - 45 min presentation followed by Q&A

Constructing Cyber Resilience in Europe: opportunities and challenges

14:00 - 15:00 3 December 2014
A Manchester JMCE seminar looking at the challenges of cyber security in Europe

Dalton Seminar Series - Understanding the future behaviour of nuclear waste

15:00 - 16:00 3 December 2014
A presentation will be given by Fred Mosselmans from Diamond Light Source entitled: ‘How electrons begetting photons that energise electrons leaving other electrons upset enough to…

Dis-Ability Manchester: Breaking Barriers and Celebrating Ability

12:30 - 16:00 3 December 2014
'''Host:''' Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences '''About the event:''' Wednesday 3 December is the worldwide day dedicated to celebrating the ability of disabled people: International…

Discover Computer Science

09:45 3 December 2014
The Discover Computer Science Day is designed for students who have a keen interest in studying Computer Science at degree level. This day will allow participants to get a unique…

Echo and Narcissus

11 August 2014 - 9 January 2015
Each of the mirrors in this body of work is dedicated to a literary heroine, provoking reflections of the feminine on several, potentially fragmented, levels. The statements etched…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 3 December 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…

Giving it Wigan: Norman Nicholson at 100

25 July - 14 December 2014
In celebration of writer Norman Nicholson’s centenary, this display draws on the Library’s extensive archive to tell stories of his life and work. Born in Cumbria, Nicholson drew inspiration…

Global Political Economy cluster: ‘Beyond anti-austerity: the possibilities and limits of social movements in resistance to neoliberalism’

15:30 - 17:00 3 December 2014
A roundtable discussion with movements@manchester. Speakers include: Marianne Maeckelbergh (Leiden); Nadim Mirshak (Manchester); Jamie Matthews (Manchester); Colin Barker (ex-MMU)…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 3 December 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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 3 December 2014
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. Just turn up! Please note that we cannot accept large groups on this tour. If your group would like a…

Japanese Studies: Kyoko Mimura (PhD candidate, Ochanomizu University) Automatic GE chairs & images of Japanese women

14:00 - 16:00 3 December 2014
Kyoko Mimura (PhD candidate, Ochanomizu University) University Place 6.210 Automatic GE chairs & images of Japanese women In this presentation, I'm going to talk about socio-cultural…

Live Chinese Art Demonstration

02:00 - 15:30 3 December 2014
Zheng Shenglong at Manchester Art Gallery In Conversation with KOSTYA NOVOSELOV, chaired by Karen Wang Art meets Science – Explore the common ground of art and science by witnessing…

Men Who Like Women Who Smell Of Their Jobs

1 October 2014 - 31 January 2015
The dark humour and weird logic of David Gaffney’s critically acclaimed Sawn-off Tales series meets the warped gothic fables of internationally exhibited contemporary visual artist…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Shamus Khan

16:00 - 17:30 3 December 2014
Shamus Khan, Columbia University and Fabien Accominotti, LSE Subscribers to the New York Philharmonic in the Gilded Age: From Cultural Purity to the Cooptation of Culture In this paper…

Siberia: At the Edge of the World

4 October 2014 - 1 March 2015
Until 1 March 2015. The first exhibition of its kind in the UK, Siberia: At the Edge of the World brings together natural history and cultural objects from British and Russian museums,…

Systematic open-narrative interviewing and interpretation using BNIM: an Introduction

11:30 - 16:00 3 December 2014
This is the same course that ran in Manchester earlier this year, in April 2014. It is for those having no knowledge or experience of BNIM but wanting to find out a bit about it. If…

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…

Transport Politics, Policies and Persuasions

17:30 - 19:00 3 December 2014
Will HS2 serve more than just Manchester?

Whimsical Wednesday: Crafts for Christmas

11:00 - 13:00 3 December 2014
Spend some time creating simple decorations and other Christmas crafts. A relaxing time out amidst the rush to prepare!

Whimsical Wednesday: Crafts for Christmas

14:00 - 16:00 3 December 2014
Spend some time creating simple decorations and other Christmas crafts. A relaxing time out amidst the rush to prepare!

Whitworth: Past, Present & Future tour - Saturday dates for autumn and winter

11:00 7 June 2014 - 12:00 17 January 2015
On Saturdays: Saturday 6 Dec 11am – 12noon, Saturday 17 Jan 11am – 12noon. *Tours start at The Anchor, 508 Moss Lane East • Which historic areas of the building are being restored…

Whitworth: Past, Present & Future tour - Thursday dates for autumn and winter

12:15 5 June - 13:00 4 December 2014
On Thursdays: Thursday 4 Dec 12.15pm – 1pm, Thursday 15 Jan 12.15pm – 1pm. *Tours start at The Anchor, 508 Moss Lane East. • Which historic areas of the building are being restored…

WW1 Open Lecture Series: Russia's First World War - the view from above and from below

15:00 - 16:00 3 December 2014
A talk by Prof Peter Gatrell (Department of History) - part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures open lecture series "The Different Faces of WW1". Russia's First World War…

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