All events

Audio descriptive tour - General tour for the visually impaired

14:00 - 15:00 30 April 2015
Thurs 30 Apr, 2pm.

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…

Causes and Consequences of Spatial and Temporal Cancer Evolution

13:30 - 14:30 30 April 2015
CCB Spring Seminar Series 2015

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshops

16:15 - 17:45 30 April 2015
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Ehrhardt Seminar: Amy-Jill Levine (Vanderbilt) - Sherman Lecture Feedback Session

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

John Rylands Research Institute Annual Lecture, 2015.

18:00 - 19:30 30 April 2015
The Institute is honoured to welcome Prof. Dr. Emile G. L. Schrijver as its host of the 2015 Institute Annual Lecture on 30 April 2015. Lecturing extensively across Europe, Israel…

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…

Making Fabricius take the cash: traditional exempla and the problem of modernity

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

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…

Peter Tatchell debates what next for democracy

18:45 - 20:15 30 April 2015
Calling all students: join renowned human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell for a conversation about the state of democracy at University Place on 30 April, in the run up to the General…

Public Lecture: Jahan Ramazani (Virginia), 'Close Reading, Distant Reading?: The Transnational Migration of Poetic Form'

17:00 - 19:00 30 April 2015
Public Lecture by Jahan Ramazani, Professor of English at University of Virginia, author of Poetry and its Others: News, Prayer, Song and the Dialogue of Genres (Chicago, 2013), A Transnational…

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…

Sherman Lectures 2015 - Amy-Jill Levine: "Messianic Judaism, Conversion to Christianity, Intermarriage, Inter-religious Households: Disputes for the Sake of Heaven"

17:15 - 19:00 30 April 2015
Jews who believe in Jesus of Nazareth as Lord and Saviour have, from the first-century to the present, been regarded by the majority Jewish community as best misguided and, at worse,…

The e-cigarette wars and how to lie with science

16:00 - 17:15 30 April 2015
'''Host:''' School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' School of Psychological Sciences Seminar Series. This series of talks are designed to inform postgraduate, third…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: The Michael Kahan Kapelye - The University of Manchester's Klezmer Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 30 April 2015
Each year, as part of the Ensemble Performance module, a new group of Music students becomes the latest incarnation of the klezmer ensemble named after the late Michael Kahan (Manchester…

What Causes Elephantiasis?

17:15 - 18:30 30 April 2015
'''Host:''' Manchester Medical School '''About the event:''' Manchester Tropical Medicine Society are pleased to invite you to our lecture on the topic of the parasites causing Elephantiasis,…

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,…

CMIST Short Course :: Introductory:: Cluster Analysis

1 May 2015
Outline The course aims to cover cluster analysis concepts and methods that can be used to combine similar objects into groups or clusters. This course is aimed at those with an interest…

Handmade – sociable craft workshop – at the Whitworth

14:00 - 16:00 1 May 2015
Handmade Fridays from 1 May, 2pm – 4pm. Free At the Whitworth (in the Clore Learning Studio) Monthly, sociable craft workshops, produced by and for older people in partnership with…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 1 May 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…

MUMS Vocal Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 1 May 2015
The Manchester University Barbershop Singers return to perform more exciting close harmony standards from the world of barbershop, followed by new choral music ensemble Latin Name TBC,…

PRODUCTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL & INDUSTRIAL PROTEINS IN MICROALGAE & PLANTS

10:30 - 18:00 1 May 2015
Plants and microalgae are attractive low-cost and scalable production platforms for manufacturing pharmaceutical and industrial proteins. These advantages have driven interest in their…

Roundtable with Jahan Ramazani

15:00 - 17:00 1 May 2015
Jahan Ramazani is visiting the Division of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing as the John Edward Taylor Fellow. He is author of Poetry and its Others: News, Prayer, Song…

Little Painting Challenge at the Whitworth

10:00 2 - 16:00 4 May 2015
Little Painting Challenge at the Whitworth. Winners and 1000 entries from The Little Painting Challenge competition will go on display at the Whitworth, one of the most remarkable…

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