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"They should speak Latin and no other language": the pains (and pleasures) of learning Latin in the Renaissance

17:30 - 18:45 18 March 2015
Manchester Classical Association Lecture

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 18 March 2015
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on Wednesday mornings between October and March. Please arrive at the…

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 :: Foundation Skills for Data Analysts

18 March 2015
Prerequisites No previous experience of data analysis is assumed, however participants should be familiar with working in the Windows environment. The course is designed for those without…

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…

English Literature Research Seminar: David Shuttleton (Glasgow), 'Seminal Weakness and Steel’d Nerves: Male sexual disorders in Dr William Cullen’s "Consultations" (1760-1790)'

17:00 - 18:30 18 March 2015
English Literature Research Seminar David Shuttleton (Glasgow) Seminal Weakness and Steel’d Nerves: Male sexual disorders in Dr William Cullen’s ‘Consultations’ (1760-1790)

Global Political Economy research cluster seminar, Dr Chris Rossdale (RHUL)

15:30 - 17:00 18 March 2015
'Militarism, Anti-Militarism and the Politics of Resistance: An Ethnography'

Glossing the Word of God Exploring a Medieval Qur'an and its Interlinear Translations

14:00 - 15:30 18 March 2015
Despite the frequent claim that the Qur’an is untranslatable, many historical copies contain Persian or Turkic translations between the lines of Arabic scripture. Qur’ans with interlinear…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 18 March 2015
If you are unable to come to one of our University open days, you can join us for a guided visit of the campus on a Wednesday afternoon. Guided visits include a presentation on the…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 18 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…

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…

Knowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies: A patent citation analysis

13:00 - 14:00 18 March 2015
Speaker: Ralf Martin (Imperial College London) Abstract: How much should governments subsidize the development of new clean technologies? We use patent citation data to investigate…

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…

Master's open day

14:00 - 16:00 18 March 2015
Join us for an afternoon of exhibitions on studying at the School of Law. Following on from The University of Manchester's morning sessions, the School of Law will be holding bespoke…

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…

Mitchell Centre: Sociology Book Launch

15:00 - 17:00 18 March 2015
Come and join us for the Sociology book launch! • Elisa Bellotti, Qualitative networks. • Nick Crossley (et al) Social Networks and Musical Worlds. • Nick Crossley Networks of Sound,…

Neiva Vieira de Cunha (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro): 'New conflicts in the margins of the city: public policies in the favelas in Rio de Janeiro'.

17:00 - 18:30 18 March 2015
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Seminar Series: 'Latin America: The Potential of the Global South?' Venue: Arthur Lewis Boardroom

The Whitworth

Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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