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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…

CMIST Short Course :: Intermediate :: Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling Using Mplus

10:00 10 - 17:00 12 March 2015
Structural Equation Models (SEM) amalgamate regression analysis, path analysis and factor analysis, allowing for more richly detailed statistical models to be specified and compared…

Dispersal Newspaper Project

3 - 31 March 2015
Pod Collective’s newspaper project is in response to the fifteenth anniversary of the dispersal programme in 2015. People who have sought asylum in the UK have been dispersed throughout…

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshops: Adam Rosen

16:15 - 17:45 12 March 2015
“Generalized Instrumental Variable Models, with Application to the Analysis of Treatment Effects” Abstract: In this talk I will present an overview of joint work with Andrew Chesher…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Walter Houston - "Justice and Righteousness: A Concept and Its Contexts"

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

Families and dictatorships, Italy and elsewhere, 1917-1945

17:00 - 18:15 12 March 2015
All are warmly invited to the Herford Memorial Lecture in Italian Studies with the collaboration of History Professor Paul Ginsborg (University of Florence) will deliver a lecture…

Geoffrey Cantor (Leeds) - "Religion and the Great Exhibition of 1851"

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

Herodotus’ last logos: the end of the Histories and the end of the Atheno-Peloponnesian Wars

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

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: 'Roger Marsh: in conversation'

16:15 - 18:00 12 March 2015
Speaker: Roger Marsh (University of York) In conversation with Kevin Malone about his new work for Vaganza (to be premiered on 13 March)

Print and Materiality in the Early Modern World: Three lectures in one evening

17:00 - 19:00 12 March 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. Sessions will be…

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…

SICK! Festival – Laughing Hole – La Ribot

16:00 - 22:00 12 March 2015
SICK! Festival is the first festival in the UK dedicated to revealing and debating our most urgent physical, mental and social challenges. It is delivered in partnership with leading…

Student Weekender - Art, Music, Science and Culture along the Student Corridor

12 - 15 March 2015
The Student Weekender 12-15 March 2015 highlights art, music, science and culture on Manchester’s student corridor (Oxford Road) through events, exhibitions, talks and performances,…

Translation Studies Seminar Series 2014/15

14:00 - 15:20 12 March 2015
Before we even begin:The challenges of gaining ethics approval for interpreting research Speaker: Jemina Napier, Heriot-Watt University

Visual Dialogues: O!PLA -The Polish Festival of Animation

18:00 - 20:00 12 March 2015
Screening and Skype conversation with O!PLA organiser Piotr Kardas and animator Anna R?kas. O!PLA is a non-profit project to promote the art of animation in Poland and abroad. It…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Philip Thomas (piano) Christian Wolff – 64 years of music

13:10 - 14:00 12 March 2015
Programme to include: For Prepared Piano (1951) Pianist: Pieces (2001) For Piano I (1952) Sailing By (2014) Christian Wolff celebrated his 80th birthday in 2014. This programme…

What’s the Weather Like Today?

12 March - 28 June 2015
The weather is fascinating. We can hardly avoid talking about it and how it makes us feel. This exhibition uses items from the Library’s collections to explore descriptions, reflections,…

Whitworth Studies seminar: Viktor Wynd

17:15 - 18:30 12 March 2015
In his recent book, Viktor Wynd’s Cabinet of Wonders, the filmmaker John Waters comments: ‘An insanely delightful how-to guide on becoming a mentally ill, cheerily obsessive eccentric…

Wonder Women: Vanishing for the vote

18:00 - 19:00 12 March 2015
Join Jill Liddington the author of ‘Vanishing for the Vote’ for a book talk on the suffragette census boycott in Manchester and beyond

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 13 March 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…

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…

Vaganza presents Eastern Exchanges, Part 1

13:10 - 14:00 13 March 2015
Geoffrey Poole Hanami Samjo Liza Lim Ming Qi plus new works by student composers in the Music Department Eastern Exchanges presents music by living Western composers who absorb…

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