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Hebrew Collections

12:00 - 13:00 4 March 2015
This monthly series of lunchtime talks introduces the new John Rylands Research Institute and its vibrant research portfolio. Each informal, accessible seminar showcases cutting-edge…

What is..? textual analysis

13:00 - 14:00 4 March 2015
All welcome. No Booking required. Presented by Imelda McDermott and Jonathan Hammond. Although discourse analysis has gained popularity in social research, there has been less attention…

Tuesday Talks – at the Whitworth – Daniel Silver

11:00 10 March 2015
Tuesday Talks return to the Whitworth Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary…

Why be normal?

19:30 10 March 2015
Tues 10 Mar, 7.30pm. The question Why Be Normal? is in one sense a challenge and a provocation: why do we have to act in conformity to long established cultural models, in particular…

MARC spring talk series: DOUBLE bill

12:00 11 March 2015
Albena Yaneva: 'What is Cosmopolitical Design?' & Angela Connelly 'Re-imagining Urban Futures: Artistic Interruptions’

What is..? situational analysis

13:00 - 14:00 11 March 2015
All welcome. No booking required. Presented by Donna Bramwell. All of our research activities take place within broader contexts and in organisational research an understanding of…

Merchants of Print: Curator tour

14:00 - 15:00 13 March 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…

A Special JMCE Event: the leader of the European Socialists in the European Parliament @ Manchester

15:00 - 16:00 17 March 2015
President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Gianni Pittella, will be speaking on the The Benefits of the European Union alongside the North West MEP Afzal Kahn (MEP)

Engaging autism | developmental implications for intervention

16:00 - 18:00 17 March 2015
'''Host:''' Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences '''Organised by:''' Autism@Manchester '''About the event:''' Increasing autism intervention research studies document impressive…

Is there such a thing as a rational suicide?

19:30 17 March 2015
Tues 17 Mar, 7.30pm. Suicide is so often seen as an essentially irrational act, wrapped up with misunderstandings of mental illness and the causes of profound unhappiness. ‘If only…

Kim Gordon Girl In A Band

20:00 - 22:00 18 March 2015
Kim Gordon's highly anticipated memoir, Girl In A Band, chronicles Gordon's career in the pioneering New York-based group Sonic Youth. One of the most revered people in modern rock…

What is..? funding policy-related qualitative organisational research

13:00 - 14:00 19 March 2015
All welcome. No booking required. Kath Checkland will explore some of the issues associated with obtaining grant funding for qualitative research in organisations. She will explore:…

Secret Cities

18:00 23 March 2015
A special guest lecture presented by MARC and cities@manchester. Xenia Vytuleva is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University.

Migratory Birds: Poetry and Perceptions of Climate Change

15:00 - 19:30 25 March 2015
Roundtable A panel of literary scholars and climate change and bird species experts will address the following questions: - How does poetry represent birds and our relationship…

What is..? using innovative approaches to explore and understand professional identity

13:00 - 14:00 25 March 2015
All welcome. No booking required. Presented by Bec Elvey and Sharon Spooner. Bec will present methods used during her PhD research on professional identity in pharmacy, which included…

Living Library (pod collective)

16:00 - 17:00 28 March 2015
Join us for a question and answer session with participants from the Dispersal newspaper project. Come and hear their stories and experiences and get your copy of the newspaper! For…

Wonder Women collection encounter

13:00 - 16:00 29 March 2015
Discover fascinating stories and the women behind them using the Library's collections and archives.

Victor Hugo résumé

11:00 - 12:00 31 March 2015
Victor Hugo published The Last Day of a Condemned Man in 1829. Initially published anonymously, this novel argues against the death penalty (which was only abolished in France in 1981).…

Collection Bites: Women and Weaving in the South Pacific Islands

13:00 - 14:00 1 April 2015
Wed 1 Apr, 1-2pm. Led by Alice Searle, aid worker and teacher, this hands on session will look at fans, baskets and mats from the islands of Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga and Tuvalu; islands…

Syncona Partners Visit | Independent investment subsidiary of Wellcome Trust

10:30 - 12:45 2 April 2015
'''Host:''' '''About the event:''' UMIP are hosting an event with [http://www.synconapartners.com/ Syncona Partners] and we would like to invite you to attend. Iraj Ali, partner…

Interpreting Papyrus

12:00 - 13:00 15 April 2015
This monthly series of lunchtime talks introduces the new John Rylands Research Institute and its vibrant research portfolio. Each informal, accessible seminar showcases cutting-edge…

POSTPONED Not an eBay for Drugs: Darknet drugs markets as a transformative market innovation

15:30 - 16:30 16 April 2015
The online drug cryptomarket 'Silk Road' has been oft-characterised as an 'eBay for drugs', with customers thought to be drug consumers making personal use-sized purchases. Our research…

Generating Shared Value: How it works. A panel discussion with Manchester City Football Club, Hazel Blears and The University of Manchester

16:00 - 17:30 21 April 2015
The new focus on Shared or Social Value creation in both business and the public sector is about lining up social and economic goals in order to advance both. Five years ago Manchester…

The Mathematisation of Daylighting: a history of British architects’ use of the daylight factor

12:00 - 13:00 22 April 2015
Part of the MARC talks Spring series

What is Meta-ethnography?

13:00 - 14:00 22 April 2015
All welcome. No booking required. Meta-ethnography is a method for reviewing and synthesizing the findings of published reports of qualitative research. It was originally developed…

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