Exhibitions, Lecture

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…

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…

Raphael in the Sistine Chapel

12:00 - 13:00 27 May 2015
The Sistine Chapel is most famous for Michelangelo's frescoes, as well as those by Botticelli, Perugino, Ghirlandaio, and Rosselli. Raphael's contribution, the sumptuous tapestries…

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…

Veena Das Public Lecture: The Limits of the Human

15:30 - 18:00 27 May 2015
Veena Das Public Lecture 4-6 pm (teas and coffees from 3.30), John Caskin Lecture Theatre, Martin Harris Building.

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,…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Dick Hebdige (Art Institute, UC Santa Barbara): High and Dry: The Desert Studies Project

17:00 - 19:00 2 June 2015
All welcome, no booking required. Co-sponsored by: ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) A cultural critic and theorist, Hebdige has published widely on youth…

Global Political Economy Annual Lecture: Prof Phil Cerny

15:30 - 17:30 3 June 2015
"Antinomies of Globalisation"

Hollyweird Science

18:30 - 20:00 3 June 2015
This event is organised by the Science and Entertainment Lab (thescienceand entertainmentlab.com) research group within the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine…

Exercise as primary treatment for cancer: A translational approach

16:00 - 17:00 4 June 2015
'''Host:''' Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences '''About the event''' Dr Lee W Jones PhD - Exercise scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA Dr Lee…

'Torn, wrinkled, stained and otherwise naughty sheets' Quality control of printing papers in the seventeenth century

12:00 - 13:30 17 June 2015
Paper was the largest cost in the production of printed books, but we don't fully understand how the mechanism and economics of paper shaped early modern book culture. The paper used…

Why the Rylands Haggadah needed pictures, or: how Spanish Jews defined their identities through art

19:00 - 20:30 18 June 2015
The John Rylands Library, part of the University of Manchester, is custodian of one of the great illuminated Jewish books in the world: The Rylands Haggadah, written and painted in…

Thinking the suburb globally: moving sub/urban studies beyond the white picket fence

18:00 - 20:00 29 June 2015
cities@manchester presents this special guest lecture followed by drinks reception. Roger Keil is York Research Chair in Global Sub/Urban Studies in the Faculty of Environmental Studies…

"On the Practice of Humanistic Buddhism from the Perspective of the Heart Sutra" by Ven. Hsin Ting. Reception followed by lecture

18:00 - 20:15 30 June 2015
You are warmly invited to a lecture on the Heart Sutra from the perspective of modern 'humanistic Buddhism' that will take place next Tuesday at the University of Manchester Department…

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