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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…

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Gergely Juhász (Liverpool Hope): Early-Modern English Afterlife Beliefs and Exegesis: The Debate between William Tyndale and George Joye on Translation 'Resurrection'

14:00 - 15:30 12 February 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates. Followed by tea.

Gregory Scott (Edinburgh) - "Destructing and Reconstructing Buddhist Sacred Places in Modern China"

16:00 - 17:30 12 February 2015
The Religions and Theology seminar series continues.

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…

Music Research Seminar: ‘Renaissance roots and baroque “affetti” in the sacred music of Alessandro Scarlatti’

16:15 - 18:00 12 February 2015
Speaker: Luca della Libera (Rome) ‘Renaissance roots and baroque “affetti” in the sacred music of Alessandro Scarlatti’

Ovid’s Sibylline Visions

16:55 - 18:30 12 February 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Print and Materiality in Early Modern World: Three different lectures at one event

17:00 - 19:00 12 February 2015
John Rylands Seminar on Print and Materiality in the Early Modern World 2014/15 interdisciplinary seminar series John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester • Dr Sara Barker,…

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…

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 - 15:20 12 February 2015
Translation and creativity Speaker: Kirsten Malmkjaer, University of Leicester

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Elizabeth Jordan: Clarinet works of John Adams and Steve Reich

13:10 - 14:00 12 February 2015
John Adams Gnarly Buttons Steve Reich New York Counterpoint John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons for clarinet and chamber ensemble, including banjo and keyboard samplers, uses American…

Why do voters prefer politicians in power?

12:00 - 13:30 12 February 2015
Special Democracy and Elections seminar The Incumbency Bias: When the Wisdom of the Crowd Fails by Catherine De Vries, University of Oxford The incumbency advantage is a well-documented…

Alternative Metrics for Research Assessment

13:00 - 14:00 13 February 2015
This talk will describe a range of web-based metrics that can be used as impact indicators in various contexts. Although less robust than citation counts, they can sometimes be used…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 13 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…

Open Lecture on the work of a Shadow Minister with Lucy Powell (MP)

11:00 - 12:30 13 February 2015
Policy@Manchester and the Parliamentary Outreach Service present the Lucy Powell (MP for Manchester Central) open Lecture on the work of a Shadow Minister, at the University of Manchester.…

Social Anthropology Seminar - ‘’cows, beef and identity politics in contemporary India” - Dr James Staples, University of Brunel, London

13 February 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 23rd February 2015 Dr James Staples, University of Brunel, London ‘’COWS, BEEF, AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA” The fact that debates…

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