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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…

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…

An assembly of Old Men and New Men: the Senate in late Pahlavi Iran

17:30 - 19:00 11 December 2014
Considering the Iranian revolution in 1979 a pivotal and unanticipated event, Western research often engaged in an almost teleological historiography of the second Pahlavi period as…

Anastasia Valassopoulos (Manchester) - "Constructing the Refugee: ‘Biblical Time’ and ‘Scriptural Geography’ at work in the Visual Culture of the Holy Land (1946- 1949)"

16:00 - 17:30 11 December 2014
Religions and Theology Seminar

Artists and Archive Film Screening

19:00 - 21:00 11 December 2014
Thurs 11 Dec, 7-9pm in the Living Worlds Gallery. Manchester Museum in association with Bigger Picture Film Festival present a programme of artist films using archive footage and live…

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…

CMIST Short Courses :: Intermediate :: Social Media Data Analysis

10:00 - 16:30 11 December 2014
The course will use the free Webometric Analyst software for the following purposes: Gathering tweets matching a geographic or keyword query Gathering comments on one or more YouTube…

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…

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Campbell Price (Manchester Museum) - Art and Religion in Ancient Egypt (with walking visit to the Egyptology collection at the Museum)

14:00 - 15:50 11 December 2014
The Ehrhardt Seminar from the Centre for Biblical Studies. 90 minutes followed by tea.

Entomology with Helen Clare

18:00 - 20:00 11 December 2014
Thurs 11 Dec, 6-8pm. Ex-science teacher, ex-literature development worker, ex-Arts Council Education Officer, Helen Clare has been professionally involved in just about anything that…

Environmental transitions: perspectives on everyday urban and regional transformation

16:00 - 18:00 11 December 2014
This afternoon seminar, organised by the Centre for Urban Energy and Resilience (CURE) and cities@manchester seeks to explore how lived experiences of nature, community and everyday…

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…

Lovell Christmas Lecture - Galaxy Clusters

19:30 - 21:00 11 December 2014
Dr Anna Scaife The University Of Southampton The largest gravitationally bound objects in the Universe, Clusters of Galaxies are the Behemoths of astrophysics. Individually, Galaxy…

Loving Illumination - Paintings of Light

4 December 2014 - 29 March 2015
In this exhibition artist Judith Hurst explores the interconnectivity of science, maths, religion and art. Working on vellum, and using inlays of exotic wood and precious metals, Judith…

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…

MUMS Festive Concert

19:30 - 21:30 11 December 2014
Reed Russian Christmas Music Tchaikovsky Marche Slave Vaughan-Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves Rimsky-Korsakov Christmas Eve Suite Join MUMS for an enchanting evening of festive…

Poetry reading with Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury

18:00 - 20:00 11 December 2014
Rowan Williams was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury and the leader of the Anglican Communion around the world. Now, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, Williams will read from…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Emulating the Classics

14:30 - 15:00 11 December 2014
A workshop of student quartets in Classical style with the Quatuor Danel and Professor Barry Cooper

Rock Drop: Geology Identification Sessions

14:00 - 15:00 11 December 2014
Thurs 11 Dec, 2-3pm. Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be available once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

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,…

Stephen Fitzsimons (Manchester) 'Aporie and the Persian Kings in Herodotus' Histories'

16:55 - 18:30 11 December 2014
The Department of Classics & Ancient History runs a regular research seminar, which meets weekly during term time throughout the academic year. Papers are given by local speakers (including…

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…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 11 December 2014
Shostakovich Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49 Smetana Quartet No. 1 in E minor (‘From my Life’) Composed in the aftermath of Stalin’s Great Terror, Shostakovich’s long-delayed first…

What Future for Britain and the EU? an MEP panel discussion hosted by the Manchester JMCE

18:00 - 20:00 11 December 2014
A panel discussion by three eminent former members of the European Parliament, chaired by Prof Dimitris Papadimitriou and involving a lengthy Q&A session. The event is co-organised…

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…

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