Events for prospective students

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

12:00 - 13:00 6 May 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…

Community Open Day

10:00 - 14:00 9 May 2015
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Lawrence of Arabia and Beyond - Other Lawrences and the other Lawrence

10:00 - 16:30 15 May 2015
2015 makes the 80th anniversary of the death of T. E. Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'. This one-day workshop brings together scholars to discuss aspects of Lawrence's career and reputation…

Symposium: LifeWriting and the Historiography of the Persianate World 1794-1989

15:30 - 17:00 15 May 2015
3.30 – 4.30 Formal presentations (20 minutes each plus 10 minutes of dedicated discussion) 1) 3.30 – 4.00 The historical prosopography of Modern Iran (1848-1979) in the age of Digital…

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

13:00 - 14:00 16 May 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…

Philosophy and the Sciences

10:30 - 17:15 18 May 2015
Scientists sometimes express the view that science, in principle, has all the answers to the important questions about the Universe and our place in it, and that philosophy therefore…

Sexuality Summer School: Public Lecture with Gavin Butt (Goldsmiths): "Anti-Gravitas: Queer Importance in Art and Performance"

12:00 - 14:00 18 May 2015
These public events accompany the Sexuality Summer School, a five-day event for postgraduates, organised by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC) at the University…

Sexuality Summer School: Screening of Fig Trees (John Greyson, 2009) and roundtable with John Greyson, Lisa Henderson & Richard Dyer

17:00 18 May 2015
5-6.30pm “Why Sing?” Roundtable with clips. Filmmaker John Greyson (York, CA) in conversation with Richard Dyer (Kings) and Lisa Henderson (UMass Amherst) 6.45-8.30pm Screening of…

Turning the tide in Oceania: a call for a global network to transition the Pacific to low carbon sea transport

16:00 18 May 2015
The Atoll Nations of the Pacific face imminent destruction, possibly the first national level collateral damage of climate change. At the global scale we wait for Paris to see if our…

Sexuality Summer School: Performance lecture with Del LaGrace Volcano: “INTER*ME: Give me an L! G! B! T! I! Q! or How I Lived (Through) my Acronymous Identities”

17:00 - 19:00 19 May 2015
All Sexuality Summer School events are free with no booking required. First come first served: arrive early to avoid disappointment. These public events accompany the Sexuality Summer…

Sexuality Summer School: Performance by David Hoyle of "I, Victim"

20:00 - 22:00 20 May 2015
These public events accompany the Sexuality Summer School, a five-day event for postgraduates, organised by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC) at the University…

Sources of alienation in schooling : a classroom focus

17:00 - 18:30 20 May 2015
Sarah Fielden Seminar series Manchester Institute of Education open to all staff.students and members of the public Email shelley.darlington@manchester.ac.uk to reserve a place

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

12:00 - 13:00 20 May 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…

Sexuality Summer School: Public Lecture with Sarah Schulman (CUNY): “Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility and the Duty of Repair”

17:00 - 19:00 21 May 2015
“It is not only that we may not choose with whom to cohabitate, but that we must actively preserve the unchosen character of inclusive and plural cohabitation; we not only live with…

The science and art of scientific advice

16:00 - 17:30 21 May 2015
In October 1964, Sir Solly Zuckerman was appointed the first UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA). Fifty years on, scientific advice has never been in greater demand; nor it…

Lovell lecture - First light

19:30 - 21:00 26 May 2015
Professor Jim Dunlop, Institute of Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh. Professor Dunlop will talk about how recent advances in observational astronomy, especially the refurbishment…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 27 May 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…

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

13:00 - 14:00 30 May 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…

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

12:00 - 13:00 3 June 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…

CIDRAL and HOME: Post-Show Q&A, The Funfair

19:30 4 June 2015
The Funfair Simon Stephens' new version of Kasimir and Karoline by Ödön von Horváth Directed by Walter Meierjohann Disaffected youth. Unemployment. Growing pessimism towards politics.…

The Anthropocene and the Rupture of Climate Change

16:00 - 17:30 5 June 2015
Abstract: Earth System scientists believe the Earth has entered a new epoch in the Geological Time Scale, the Anthropocene or ‘the Age of Man’, in which humans now rival the great forces…

CIDRAL and HOME: The Funfair Pre-show Introduction with Steve Parker (UoM): Ödön von Horváth’s Kasimir und Karoline: a play for our times

18:00 11 June 2015
This insightful talk will be a great chance to explore the background to The Funfair before you take your seats. Looking beyond the rollercoasters and candy floss it will examine Kasimir…

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