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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 28 January 2015
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…

Annual Lecture 2015: Sir Paul Nurse FRS

17:00 28 January 2015
Sir Paul Nurse FRS, a Nobel Prize laureate, will soon be visiting the University giving a seminar titled 'Controlling the cell cycle'. This will take place on Wednesday 28th January…

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…

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies - Prof. Christopher Browning (North Carolina): "Agency in the Holocaust: Perpetrators, Survivors, Rescuers"

27 - 29 January 2015
The Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies. See www.manchesterjewishstudies.org/bogdanow-lectures-2015/ for further information. Open to all. Room TBC.

Dr. Rachel Herrmann (Southampton) “A Great Dish of Blood”: Victual Warfare in the Revolutionary South.

17:00 - 18:30 28 January 2015
Dr. Rachel Herrmann (Southampton) “A Great Dish of Blood”: Victual Warfare in the Revolutionary South.

Drama in the Gutter

17:30 - 18:45 28 January 2015
Manchester Classical Association Lecture. Most people nowadays associate Roman comedy with the plays of the celebrated playwrights Plautus and Terence, who influenced generations of…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 28 January 2015
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…

Global Political Economy research cluster seminar, Martín Arboleda (Manchester)

15:30 - 17:00 28 January 2015
‘Financialisation of nature, urbanisation of the world: the sociospatial ramifications of the gold bubble in the Chilean Andes’, PhD presentation.

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 28 January 2015
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 28 January 2015
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…

Later-Day Saints

23 January - 28 June 2015
Our ancestors often relied on their beliefs to make sense of their world - is there an equivalent in our modern world of celebrity and material culture? Later-Day Saints brings the…

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…

Rings within rings, amino acids in patellamides

12:00 - 13:00 28 January 2015
Part of the Leaders in Science Lecture Series, hosted by the Faculty of Life Sciences.

Rings within rings, amino acids in patellamides

12:00 - 13:00 28 January 2015
Part of the 'Leaders in Science' Lectures

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,…

Social Policy in a Cold Climate - The coalition's social policy record: Policy, spending and outcomes 2010-2015

09:00 - 12:30 28 January 2015
Book now to secure your place at the launch of findings of a major research programme examining the Coalition’s social policies and their impact Email: case@lse.ac.uk (please include…

The Invitation to Imagine: Spaces of Memory in Post-Dictatorship Argentina

17:00 - 18:30 28 January 2015
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Seminar Series: 'Latin America: The Potential of the Global South?' Venue: Arthur Lewis Boardroom

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…

Whimsical Wednesday: Book Folding

11:00 - 14:00 28 January 2015
A restful, simple way of passing the time, folding pages of old books to create new designs.

Languages in the Real World - an interactive workshop for language undergraduates at The University of Manchester

13:00 - 15:00 29 January 2015
Ever thought about sharing your love of languages with young children or teenagers? Ever thought about how languages work in classrooms? Ever thought about embarking on a career in…

Merchants of Print: from Venice to Manchester

29 January - 21 June 2015
This exhibition celebrates the legacy of Aldus Manutius (1449 – 1515), an Italian humanist scholar who founded the Aldine Press at Venice. His publishing legacy includes scholarly…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series : Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time

13:10 - 14:15 29 January 2015
Composed while a prisoner of war, Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time is one of the most moving testaments ever written to the freedom and resilience of the human imagination. Through…

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