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AHVS Seminar with Malcolm Bull, Visiting Pilkington Professor: "On Corruption: political agency in a depoliticised society"

17:15 - 18:30 13 May 2015
Join in for a seminar-style session, assigned reading TBA soon.

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…

Bringing research closer to policy: Potentials and challenges in developing countries. Case studies from Indonesia

15:00 - 16:30 13 May 2015
Research has been believed to be a strategic undertaking through which policy can be influenced, and made better. The term ‘evidence-based policy’ stems from the very idea that the…

CMIST Short Course :: Introductory :: Population Estimating and Forecasting

13 May 2015
This course is aimed at those with a working knowledge of demography but who have a need to expand this into the use of estimation and forecasting. The morning sessions will focus on…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 13 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…

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…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series: Thomas House

16:00 - 17:30 13 May 2015
Thomas House, University of Manchester Social Networks for Spreading I will consider three aspects of spreading processes such as disease epidemics, gossip, or social influence, on…

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…

Sociology seminar: Why is my curriculum white? - Dr Katy Sian

13:45 - 15:00 13 May 2015
All welcome. This paper will discuss some of the key challenges and barriers around decolonizing the social sciences. Drawing upon insights from a range of critical thinkers across…

The Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals: Innovation on a Global Scale or Business as Usual?

13:00 - 14:30 13 May 2015
In September 2015 the United Nations General Assembly will agree a new set of global development goals to replace the Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015). These Sustainable Development…

Webinar: Finding and accessing data in the UK Data Service

15:00 - 16:00 13 May 2015
This webinar is intended for anyone who wants to know more about finding data from the UK Data Service. Participants will be given a practical overview, focusing on the Service's search-and-browse…

Wednesday Tours at Manchester Museum: "English" Coinage

14:00 - 15:00 13 May 2015
Wed 3 Jun, 2pm. Weekly Wednesday tour at Manchester Museum, with a different theme each week.

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,…

“Business is brisk at this time of the year”: Blue-collar professionals, edgework, and extreme work in the UK ambulance service

13:00 - 14:00 13 May 2015
This seminar discusses emergent findings from an ongoing ethnography of front-line NHS paramedics. It focuses specifically on occupational culture and ‘professionalism’; and explores…

CJS Seminar - Yuval Sinai (Yale Law School): "Jewish Law in Israel: Law, Religion and State"

16:00 - 17:30 14 May 2015
The Centre for Jewish Studies seminar series continues.

CMIST Short Course :: Advanced:: Demographic Forecasting with POPGROUP

14 - 15 May 2015
The course introduces the standard methods of forecasting population, households and the labour force, each with age and sex detail, through use of the POPGROUP software. The course…

Control of life and death by De-ubiquitylation

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

Curator tour: What’s the Weather Like Today?

11:00 - 12:00 14 May 2015
Join the curators for a tour of this vibrant exhibition and find out how the exhibition came about, the role the weather plays in literature, and how artists describe the weather to…

Current and Future Trends in European Research in Ageing: 4th MICRA PhD Conference

09:30 - 16:00 14 May 2015
MICRA Ph.D student conference in association with Age UK Registration from 9.15am MICRA is set to hold its annual PhD Conference on 14th May 2015. This conference is open to all…

Museums at Night: Brighter Sound

18:00 - 21:00 14 May 2015
Thurs 14 May, 6-9pm. Brighter Sound brings together musicians Jason Singh and Giuliano Modarelli in an event inspired by India’s Warli artists and the animation of the Museum’s collections.…

Whitworth Studies seminar: Malcolm Bull, Visiting Pilkington Professor: ‘Postmodernism Revisited, or, the Decline of Decadence’.

17:15 - 18:30 14 May 2015
Malcolm Bull has been University Lecturer in Fine Art at The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford since 1992. His most recent books are Anti-Nietzsche (Verso, 2011); The Mirror…

Cycle Registration Event

09:30 - 10:30 15 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…

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…

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