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"The Mill and the Cross" - film screening with filmmaker Lech Majewski

18:00 - 21:00 20 February 2015
Russian and East European Studies and the University of Manchester Polish Student Society are hosting a meeting with the Polish artist, filmmaker, poet and stage director Lech Majewski…

'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…

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…

Book launch: Sacred and Secular Musics by VS Kalra

19:00 20 February 2015
Virinder S. Kalra book launch featuring a musical performance by Raj Veer. Drawing on examples from spiritual music of North West India, this talk will illustrate some the themes from…

DEADLINE - applications to the cities@manchester Summer Institute in Urban Studies 2015

20 February 2015
The cities@manchester 2015 Summer Institute in Urban Studies (SIUS15) will take place at the University of Manchester from the evening of Sunday 28 June to the evening of Thursday 2…

Drop in craft activities

10:00 - 17:00 20 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.

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 20 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…

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…

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,…

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

19:00 - 21:00 20 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…

Drop in craft activities

10:00 - 17:00 21 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.

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 22:00 21 February 2015
Sibelius Tapiola Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Sibelius Pohjola’s Daughter Nielson Symphony No. 5 MUMS Symphony Orchestra Perform a set of powerful and emotive orchestral works…

Tour en Français - French language only tour

11:00 - 12:00 21 February 2015
La Bibliothèque John Rylands Deansgate ouvre ses portes pour vous emmèner à l'intérieur, et vous faire découvrir le site, dédié aux livres et à son architecture Victorienne. Cette visite…

Drop in craft activities

12:00 - 17:00 22 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

Explorer tour

11:00 - 12:00 22 February 2015
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Did the origin of muticellularity in cyanobacteria trigger the Great Oxidation Event?

12:00 - 13:00 23 February 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series 2015 At the end of the Archean cyanobacteria rapidly oxygenated Earth's atmosphere, during the so called Great Oxidation Event…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr James Staples, Brunel University London - ‘’COWS, BEEF, AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN COTEMPORARY INDIA”

15:00 - 17:00 23 February 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 23rd February 2015 Dr James Staples, Brunel University London ‘’COWS, BEEF, AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN COTEMPORARY INDIA” The fact that debates…

The ghost of Kristian Birkeland

13:00 - 14:00 23 February 2015
University of Oslo physics professor Kristian Birkeland’s helped create Norsk Hydro in 1905, Norway’s most important industrial company in the 20th century. For the university, this…

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