Events at The University of Manchester

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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…

CJS Seminar - Joachim Schlör (University of Southampton): "German-Jewish emigration to Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s. The sea voyage as a transitory experience in the migration process"

16:00 7 May 2015
The Centre for Jewish Studies seminar series continues.

CMIST Short Course :: Introductory :: Introduction to Data Analysis 1

7 May 2015
Outline This course provides an introduction to the theory and methods of quantitative data analysis, focussing on the social survey. It has an emphasis on hands-on learning, with a…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Elizabeth Shively (St Andrews) - "How Apocalyptic Discourse Functions as Social Discourse in the Gospel of Mark"

14:00 - 15:30 7 May 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar for staff and postgraduates. Followed by tea.

From Epic to Gnostic: Observations on Dynamics of Change in Persian Poetry

17:00 - 19:00 7 May 2015
A Talk Organised by MIHAN - The Manchester Iranian History Academic Network As we know it today, Persian literature emerges in the tenth century CE with a dominant discourse that tends…

History Research Seminar: Yanni Kotsonis 'Taxes and Modernity: Fiscal Regimes in Russia, Europe and North America from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries'

16:15 - 18:30 7 May 2015
History Research Seminar 2014-15: All Welcome! Yanni Kotsonis (New York University) 'Taxes and Modernity: Fiscal Regimes in Russia, Europe and North America from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries'

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 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…

Museum election day Butterfly release

11:00 - 16:00 7 May 2015
Contemporary artist, Romuald Hazoumè is to “release” the fabric butterflies from six of his compositions on election day to encourage political engagement Dance of the Butterflies…

Music Research Seminar: ‘Music and Auschwitz’

16:15 - 18:00 7 May 2015
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (London) with David Fanning (Manchester) and Katia Chornik (Manchester) ‘Music and Auschwitz’

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Doctors and Philosophers of Composition

14:00 - 15:00 7 May 2015
A workshop of new string quartets by PhD students at the University

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…

School of Psychological Sciences Seminar | Title TBC

16:00 - 17:15 7 May 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…

Structural study of yeast eIF2B by electron microscopy/Regulation of non-coding RNAs by H2A.Z in yeast and human

13:30 - 14:30 7 May 2015
CCB Spring Seminar Series 2015

Theos Aniketos/Deus Invictus: Alexander the Great and Ruler Cult

16:55 - 18:30 7 May 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Toddler tales

10:30 - 11:30 7 May 2015
Come and join us in our cosy corner and pull up a cushion. Enjoy great stories, songs and other fun activities. Just drop in! Suitable for ages 0 - 5

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 7 May 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 Bruno Mantovani Quartet No. 2 (2014) Shostakovich at his most cryptic and suggestive in his seven-movement Eleventh Quartet,…

Webinar: Key data: Qualitative and mixed methods data

15:00 - 16:00 7 May 2015
This webinar is intended for anyone who wants to know more about the qualitative or mixed-methods data available from the UK Data Service. The UK Data Service provides access to a range…

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,…

Beyond Speech conference

8 May 2015
Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers to be delivered in English for the international and interdisciplinary conference Beyond Speech: Silence and the Unspeakable across Cultures,…

CMIST Short Course :: Introductory :: Introduction to Data Analysis 2

8 May 2015
Prerequisites Participants should have a basic familiarity with a statistical software package such as SPSS. Ideally participants should also have taken Introduction to Data Analysis…

Cycle Registration Event

09:30 - 10:30 8 May 2015
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. PLEASE NOTE - All registration sessions are…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 8 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…

Isolation and Older Men: Understanding the Challenge and Developing New Services

11:00 - 16:30 8 May 2015
From Independent Age, International Longevity Centre-UK, Manchester City Council, the Whitworth Art Gallery, and the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, University of Manchester…

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