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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…

AHVS Seminar with Esther Teichmann, artist: "Fractal Scars, Salt Water and Tears"

17:15 - 18:30 19 February 2015
Through photographs, film and paint, Teichmann erotically travels inside caves, storms, grottoes, women and seashells, like a phenomenologist inside a waking dream.

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…

CJS Seminar - Sarah Hirschhorn (Oxford): "The Origins of the Redemption in Occupied Suburbia? Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and the Jewish-American Makings of the West Bank Settlement of Efrat, 1973-2014"

16:00 19 February 2015
The Centre for Jewish Studies seminar series continues

Demagogues and demos in Athens

16:55 - 18:30 19 February 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Dementia: causes, treatments and social impact

14:00 - 16:00 19 February 2015
From MICRA and Alzheimer’s Research UK Seminar 2pm - 4pm, free networking lunch from 1pm Currently, over 830,000 people in the UK live with dementia and this number will double in…

Drop in craft activities

10:00 - 17:00 19 February 2015
2015 is year of the sheep! Come and celebrate Chinese New Year in the Library with exciting family friendly activities for all ages.

Ehrhardt Seminar: David Harvey - "Another Reading of the Conflict in Galatians"

14:00 - 15:30 19 February 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar: David Harvey - More ''Timē'' for the Agitators: Another Reading of the Conflict in Galatians For staff and postgraduates. Followed by tea.

February half term - Meet the Expert

16 - 20 February 2015
A chance to meet one of our resident scientific and engineering experts, find out about their work and quiz them about what they do and their knowledge of Jodrell Bank. If you…

February half term – Solar System hands on activities

16 - 20 February 2015
Come along to try some science experiments for yourself. You will be able to find out about volcanoes on Mars, how gravity varies from planet to planet and why Saturn floats! This…

February half term – Solar System Science Show

16 - 20 February 2015
Come to our exciting Solar System science show and watch our demonstrations to discover why Venus is such a dangerous place to go, taking an everyday object to Neptune is not such a…

Half-term activities – Living Worlds

11:00 16 - 16:00 20 February 2015
Mon 16-Fri 20 Feb, 11am-4pm. Be inspired by the butterflies and other flying animals on display in our Living Worlds gallery and create your very own paper butterflies and animals…

History Research Seminar: Jan Georg Deutsch - 'Agamben in Ungoni. Colonialism and Violence in German East Africa'

16:15 - 18:30 19 February 2015
History Research Seminar 2014-15 Jan Georg Deutsch (Oxford) 'Agamben in Ungoni. Colonialism and Violence in German East Africa'

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: Curator tour

18:00 - 19:00 19 February 2015
Join the curators to discover more about Aldus Manutius, the journeys his books have taken over 500 years and how the books found their final home at The John Rylands Library. There…

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…

Printing Press Demonstration

10:00 - 14:00 19 February 2015
Drop in and see our printing press in action. Try your hand at making your own print.

Rock Drop

14:00 19 February 2015
Thurs 19 Feb, 2-3pm. Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be in the Museum once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies

14 February - 29 July 2015
Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists Romuald Hazoumè. It features swarms of multicoloured ‘butterflies’ which will take…

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,…

Transition pathways for a UK low carbon electricity future

16:30 - 17:30 19 February 2015
This research explores the roles of actors and governance framings in a low carbon transition, by developing and analysing scenarios or pathways to a low carbon electricity future,…

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 - 15:20 19 February 2015
Conference Interpreting: Managing expectations Speaker: Ebru Diriker, Bogazici University, Turkey

University of Manchester Drama Society: Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTA’s)

19:00 - 21:00 19 February 2015
Following the success of the Autumn Showcase 2014, The University of Manchester Drama Society are back with their first performance of the awards season. The MIFTAs open with a bang…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Psappha

13:10 19 February 2015
Krzysztof Penderecki String Trio Anton Webern String Trio Joshua Brown New work (world première) Benedict Holland violin Heather Wallington viola …

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