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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…

Beethoven Piano Recital

13:10 - 14:00 24 April 2015
Rory Dowse and Greg Reid present an exploration of the intricacies and intensity of Beethoven’s most accomplished and challenging writing for solo piano, including a performance of…

Dalton Seminar Series - ‘Predictive Modelling in Actinide Chemistry'

12:00 - 13:00 24 April 2015
A presentation will be given by Dr Ping Yang from Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico entitled: ‘Predictive Modelling in Actinide Chemistry.’ Dr. Yang is Staff Research Scientist…

Human Behaviour Seminar Series | A Seminar on Memory and Human Behaviour

12:00 - 13:00 24 April 2015
'''Host:''' Institute of Population Health '''About the event:''' Professor Daniela Montaldi from the School of Psychological Sciences will present on the Human Behaviour and Memory.…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 24 April 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…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 24 April 2015
Fri 24 Apr, 10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Story making and activity sessions. For toddlers up to 5yrs and their families/carers (Young babies welcome with older siblings).

Making Monuments on Rapa Nui. The Statues from Easter Island

1 April - 6 September 2015
1 April-6 September 2015 Free entry The monumental stone statues of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European explorers) in the Pacific are some of the most widely recognised archaeological…

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…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with David Fanning (piano) and Richard Whalley (piano)

19:30 - 21:30 24 April 2015
Bruno Mantovani Piano Quintet Camden Reeves Gorgon's Head Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 David Fanning and Richard Whalley join the Quatuor Danel in…

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…

Self and the City Conference: Political Theology and Urban Identities

09:00 24 - 17:00 25 April 2015
Bringing together theologians, social theorists and political activists, this two-day conference considers the relationship between cities and self-identity. Read through the lens of…

What is sentiment analysis for the social web?

13:00 - 17:00 24 April 2015
This workshop will have 2 hours based in a classroom and 2 hours in a computer suite. Lecture (2 hours): This will describe how sentiment can be automatically detected in social web…

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,…

Big Saturday: Nature & Us

11:00 - 16:00 25 April 2015
Sat 25 Apr, 11am-4pm. Discover more about nature around us, and how it affects our everyday lives. Explore and delve into our Nature Discovery gallery on Floor 1. Meet Museum curators…

Early Opening for Early Birds

09:00 - 10:00 25 April 2015
Sat 25 Apr, 9-10am. Are you and your young children up with the Larks and excited to get out and about and exploring? Come along to Manchester Museum's Living Worlds and Nature Discovery…

John McAuliffe reading

14:30 - 15:30 25 April 2015
John McAuliffe, co-Director of the Centre for New Writing and award winning poet will be reading from his forthcoming collection The Way In on Saturday, 25 April at the John Rylands…

Saturday Supplement: Textiles go Green – with Katharine Hamnett

11:00 - 16:00 25 April 2015
Saturday Supplement: Textiles go Green Saturday 25 April Time: 11am-4pm Saturday Supplement: Textiles go Green Saturday 25 April, 11am – 4pm Free no booking required 11-11.30am…

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

13:00 - 14:00 25 April 2015
Come and discover how Manchester helped make the modern world... Our heritage tours lead visitors around some of the University's oldest and finest building whilst telling the history…

RNCM at the Whitworth - Kalliope Quartet Recital

15:00 - 15:45 26 April 2015
RNCM at the Whitworth Kalliope Quartet - Recital Sunday 26 April 3pm-3.45pm Programme: FERENC FARKAS. Early Hungarian Dances Intrada: Allegro moderato Lassú: Moderato, maestoso…

The University of Manchester Chorus

19:30 - 22:00 26 April 2015
To close their 79th season, University of Manchester Chorus will be joined by their daughter choir, The Cosmo Singers, and MUMS Symphony Orchestra in a fantastic performance of Mendelssohn’s…

A cross-species analysis identifies novel candidate genes for cognitive traits in both mouse and human

12:00 - 13:00 27 April 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Spring Seminar Series 2015

International Teacher’s Programme 2015: Sharing best practices in Teaching and Learning

14:00 - 15:30 27 April 2015
The International Teacher’s Programme gives academics an opportunity to share best practice and reflect on their own teaching during two residential modules. Two MBS academics will…

Sherman Lectures 2015 - Amy-Jill Levine: "Jesus in his Jewish Context: The Importance of Recovering History"

17:15 - 19:00 27 April 2015
Jesus and his first followers were Jews, thoroughly grounded in Jewish Scripture, Jewish ethics and theology, and Jewish hopes. To understand the New Testament materials is thus to…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 27TH April 2015 - Dr Katharine Tyler – University of Exeter - Scientific reality or genetic astrology?

15:00 - 17:00 27 April 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 27th April 2015 Dr Katharine Tyler – University of Exeter Scientific reality or genetic astrology? Laypeople’s perspectives on the role of genetic…

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