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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…

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…

Dragon tales

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

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…

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…

MUMS Brass Band and Wind Ensembles

19:30 - 22:00 7 February 2015
MUMS Wind Ensembles showcase three new works, written by students Sophie Sully, Emma Wilde and James Keirle, followed by a dazzling performance from The University of Manchester Brass Band, a concert not to be missed!

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 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…

Changing your IT support for the better

11:30 - 12:30 9 February 2015
Come along to one of our forthcoming roadshows and get a first look at the changes we’ll be making to our IT support model and find out about the many improvements this will bring for…

Defining the Urban

10:00 - 18:00 9 February 2015
Defining the Urban: transdisciplinary views Organiser: Deljana Iossifova. Supported by IDPM, cities@manchester, GURC and MARC School of Environment, Education and Development, University…

Museum Maketh Man

14:00 - 15:00 9 February 2015
Mon 9 Feb, 2-3pm. This tour explores how gender and sexuality is constructed or omitted in Victorian encyclopaedic museums via their displays and associated collections of natural science…

Patent use in the UK

13:00 - 14:00 9 February 2015
Patents as an institution combine incentives for the production of technological knowledge (by granting temporary monopolies) with incentives for diffusion of that knowledge (usually…

Printing Press Demonstration

12:00 - 16:00 9 February 2015
Drop in and see our printing press in action. Try your hand at making your own print.

Social Anthropology Seminar - ‘’Containment and Contagion : on the gender of sin in contemporary Catholicism’’

15:00 - 17:00 9 February 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 09 February 2015 Dr Maya Mayblin, University of Edinburgh ‘’Containment and Contagion : on the gender of sin in contemporary Catholicism’’ This…

The Somewhat Wild Show: Effects of feralisation on brain and behaviour in guppies

12:00 - 13:00 9 February 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series 2015 Predation is a critical factor affecting the success of species introduced to novel environments and the feralisation of…

A priceless break in the monotony of things: The Princess Parkway as a prototypical British motorway (1929-1939)

13:00 - 14:00 10 February 2015
This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lunchtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes…

Cooperation and Equality Seminar: Alex Barber (Open), 'Equality & Roles'

13:00 - 14:30 10 February 2015
Seminar organised by the Cooperation & Equality project. More information: http://thomassmit3.wix.com/cooperation-equality

Digital Health Assembly – Open Innovation Conference

09:00 10 - 15:00 12 February 2015
'''Host:''' Institute of Population Health '''About the event:''' If you have an interest in Digital Health, are involved in eHealth innovations or simply want to find out more about…

Explorer tour

15:00 - 16:00 10 February 2015
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST - James Laurence - Is it Diversity or Segregation (or both) that is Harmful for Social Cohesion? A Preliminary Investigation

12:00 - 13:00 10 February 2015
The Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST events showcase the work of Manchester-based early career researchers. In this instalment, which will is held ay lunchtime, James Laurence (CMIST,…

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