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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…

Brave New World 2015 MANCEPT Graduate Conference

25 - 26 June 2015
Brave New World 2015, is the nineteenth annual postgraduate conference organised by the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT). The conference will take place on Thursday…

Discover Chemistry

09:45 - 15:30 26 June 2015
This day provides hands-on experience of Chemistry courses at The University of Manchester. It gives you the chance to see (and use) for yourselves the kind of scientific instrumentation…

Discover Social Anthropology

09:45 - 15:45 26 June 2015
What makes men and women different?... How do elites maintain their power?... Does the supernatural exist?... What do clothes say about the wearer?... Are you what you eat?... …If…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 26 June 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…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 26 June 2015
Fri 26 Jun, 10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Story making and activity sessions. For toddlers up to 5yrs and their families/carers (Young babies welcome with older siblings).

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…

Practical Approaches to Tibullus the Idealist

14:00 25 - 18:00 26 June 2015
The 'forgotten man' of Augustan poetry, Albius Tibullus needs assessment beyond elegy proper and etymology, to see how the wallflower wins through to immortality. Many moderns have…

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…

Short Course in Ethnographic Documentary 2015

22 June - 3 July 2015
The 2015 Short Course in Ethnographic Documentary at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, is addressed to beginners who want to learn the technicalities…

The Urban Big Data Centre – An Introduction to Our Data Services and Research

09:30 - 12:30 26 June 2015
This seminar will give an overview of the UBDC’s research, data services and the data products you can expect to have access to as we continue to develop our offer during 2015. The…

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,…

Big Saturday: Ancient Greeks, Myths and Monsters

11:00 - 16:00 27 June 2015
Sat 27 Jun, 11am-4pm. Come along to our family Big Saturday and discover more about the Ancient Greeks. With activities for all the family and objects from the Museum’s collections. Ancient Greek Costume Optional!

Early Opening Early Birds

09:00 - 10:00 27 June 2015
Sat 27 Jun, 9-10am. Are you and your young children up with the Larks and excited to get out and about and exploring? Come along to our early opening for early birds. Enjoy self-led…

Saturday Supplement: The 1960s?

10:00 - 15:00 27 June 2015
Saturday Supplement: The 1960s? 27 June 11am – 4pm A whole day exploring the 1960's through guided walks, tours, discussions and screenings co-curated with The Manchester Modernist…

Tour en Français - French language only tour

11:00 - 12:00 27 June 2015
La Bibliothèque John Rylands Deansgate ouvre ses portes pour vous emmèner à l'intérieur, et vous faire découvrir le site, dédié aux livres et à son architecture Victorienne. Cette visite…

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

13:00 - 14:00 27 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…

Beekeeper Taster Day

10:00 - 16:00 28 June 2015
Join us for a one day course in the science of beekeeping with a Master Beekeeper Learn about the life of a honeybee How and where to set up a hive, including equipment required Practical…

Pharmacy Education Conference 2015

09:30 - 16:30 29 June 2015
'''Host:''' Manchester Pharmacy School '''About the event''' We would like to welcome all those who have an interest in pharmacy undergraduate education to the Pharmacy Education…

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…

Transnational Cultures of Petitioning symposium

11:30 29 - 15:00 30 June 2015
Two day symposium on petitioning in the modern period in a transnational perspective. Keynote by Prof. David Zaret (Indiana) on 'Petition and Response in Pre-Modern Eurasia' on Monday…

Women Life-Writing: Migration, Language and Identity

10:30 - 18:00 29 June 2015
Programme: Narrating Place, Migration and Language: from Anna’s Perspective Máiréad Nic Craith, Heriot-Watt University Signatures in the Feminine: Women’s oblique autobiographies…

Bike Registration Event

12:00 - 13:00 30 June 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…

Victor Hugo collection encounter

11:00 - 12:00 30 June 2015
Victor Hugo published The Last Day of a Condemned Man in 1829. The novel argues against the death penalty (which was only abolished in France in 1981). In this collection, you will…

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