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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 in Transition: Humanitarian Action in a Fragile Context

17:30 - 19:30 5 February 2015
Afghanistan in Transition: Humanitarian Action in a Fragile Context (roundtable discussion) Afghanistan is currently going through political, economic, security and humanitarian transitions.…

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…

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…

David Law - "The 'Prophethood' of Jesus: Islamic Inclusivism in Said Nursi's Risale-i-Nur"

16:00 - 17:30 5 February 2015
The Religions and Theology seminar series continues.

Ehrhardt Seminar: Michael Flowers - "Josephus' 'Ambiguous Oracle'"

14:00 - 15:30 5 February 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates. Followed by tea.

Health Policy, Politics and Organisation group (HiPPO) workshop

13:00 - 15:00 5 February 2015
Booking for this event will commence at 9am on 19th January. This workshop will be led by Julia Segar and Anna Coleman with support from the HiPPO team. We will outline approaches…

History Research Seminar: John Foot: The end of the asylum. Radical psychiatry and institutions in Italy in the 1960's and 70's

16:15 - 18:30 5 February 2015
History Research Seminar 2014-15 John Foot (Bristol) The end of the asylum. Radical psychiatry and insitutions in Italy in the 1960's and 70's

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…

Lovell Lecture – PLATO: Discovering Earth-like planets around other stars

19:30 - 21:00 5 February 2015
The European Space Agency will launch its ‘PLATO’ satellite mission in 2024. PLATO will survey vast areas of the sky for long periods of time, gathering a huge amount of information…

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…

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…

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,…

The extracellular matrix fine-tunes the innate immune response to infection

10:30 - 11:30 5 February 2015
De-regulation of the host response to infection can lead to systemic inflammatory conditions such as sepsis, where tissue damage and organ failure result from excessive pro-inflammatory…

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…

The Whorfian Infant

16:00 - 17:15 5 February 2015
'''Host:''' School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' School of Psychological Sciences Seminar Series. This series of talks are designed to inform postgraduate, third…

To Como then I came: on writing the modern biography of an ancient Roman

16:55 - 18:30 5 February 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Toddler Tales

10:30 - 11:30 5 February 2015
Come and join us in our cosy corner and pull up a cushion. Enjoy great stories, songs and other fun activities. Just drop in! Suitable for ages 0 - 5

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 - 15:20 5 February 2015
Diaspora: Multilingual and intercultural communication across time and space Speaker: Zhu Hua, Birkbeck College, University of London

Careers in Humanitarianism 2015

09:00 - 17:00 6 February 2015
3rd Annual Careers in Humanitarianism Day, hosted by the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) Considering a career in the humanitarian sector? Join us for a day of…

Celebrating Research Success in FLS - Making Molecules the MIB Way

15:00 - 16:00 6 February 2015
The second seminar in the ‘Celebrating Research Success in FLS’ series will be given by Professor Nigel Scrutton, who is a member of the Biotechnology & Synthetic Biology (BSB) Research…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 6 February 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…

Older people and sexual wellbeing: research, practice and educational issues

14:00 - 16:00 6 February 2015
From MICRA, Manchester Metropolitan University, the Association for Education and Ageing (AEA) and Age UK Seminar 2pm - 4pm, free networking lunch from 1pm Human sexuality is a universal…

Population genomics and adaptation in the marine flagellate Oxyrrhis marina

11:00 - 12:00 6 February 2015
This is a one-off special seminar hosted by Cathy Walton. …

Dragon tales

11:00 - 12:00 7 February 2015
Join us to hunt out the Library's mythical beasts before settling down for stories!

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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