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"Ballroom Blitz"

13:05 30 September - 13:55 29 October 2015
Due to popular demand we're bringing Ballroom back to the Martin Harris Centre. Whether you've danced with us before or are a complete novice, you'll love these new routines! An…

Accounting Workshop - Yves Gendron, Universite Laval

09:30 - 17:00 27 October 2015
Making audit research matter more - Building on research experiences and engagement with audit practice and regulation

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…

Baby Explorers

11:30 - 14:30 27 October 2015
Drop in sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Visit manchester.ac.uk/museum for booking details.

Children’s spookily gothic tour

15:00 - 16:00 27 October 2015
Join us for a fun behind-the-scenes tour of The John Rylands Library. Did you know that back in Victorian times, when the Library was built, gothic writing was all the rage? So there’s…

CMIST afternoon seminar: Defeminisation of work in rural India over the long term

16:00 - 17:30 27 October 2015
India had a declining labour force participation for women 2004-2011. There were positive real rates of economic growth during the same time period. Higher female formal education…

CMIST afternoon seminar: Defeminisation of Work in Rural India Over the Long Term

Contesting the Medieval/Modern Binary

16:00 - 17:00 27 October 2015
The melding of disciplines, which seem upon first impression to be incompatible, has often been described as problematic and fruitless. In particular, the application of postcolonial…

Darkness and Light: Exploring Gothic

16 July 2015 - 10 January 2016
EXTENDED UNTIL 10 JANUARY This intriguing exhibition reveals how Gothic architecture and anatomy inspired and influenced a literary genre, and how the lasting legacy of Gothic can be…

Each Thursday: Thursday Lates

18:00 23 July - 18:00 17 December 2015
Thursday Lates Our late night openings are the perfect place to meet friends and enjoy a selection of talks, performances, film screenings, live music and artist interventions. Thursday,…

Enrgy Futures interview series

16:00 27 October 2015
As part of the Rutherford’s Garden arts/sciences collaborations research project (commissioned by The University of Manchester, artist/curator James Brady is conducting a series of…

First Saturday each month: Outdoor Art Club – Family Events – the Whitworth

11:00 1 August - 13:00 5 December 2015
Family activities at the Whitworth Outdoor Art Club On the first Saturday of each month 11am - 1pm. Free A workshop that brings art, nature and creativity together that takes…

Fuelling the calcium pumps in pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer

12:00 27 October 2015
CMD Autumn Seminar Series

Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed

8 October 2015 - 17 April 2016
A groundbreaking exhibition of over 60 animal mummies showing how modern science can help explain this ancient practice. Mummies of jackals, crocodiles, cats and birds are displayed…

Gothic fun day (fancy dress encouraged)

13:00 - 16:00 27 October 2015
Enjoy an afternoon of gothic arts and crafts activities inspired by some of the fantastic items on show in our Darkness and Light exhibition. Make your own gothic crafts, work out…

Junk Model Animals

11:00 26 - 16:00 30 October 2015
Jackals, cats, birds and crocodiles, you will see these and other animals in our 'Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed exhibition, floor G. Discover what new scientific research…

Mainstreaming Heat Networks in the UK

09:45 - 16:45 27 October 2015
This workshop provides an occasion to discuss the opportunities and challenges of mainstreaming heat networks in the UK. Professionals and academics will provide insights on the state…

Mummifying Oranges

13:00 27 - 14:00 29 October 2015
Discover more about how and why ancient Egyptians mummified animals and the science behind mummification through this hands on activity. Part of Manchester Science Festival. Visit eventbrite.co.uk/e/m…

Mummifying Oranges

14:30 27 - 15:30 29 October 2015
Discover more about how and why ancient Egyptians mummified animals and the science behind mummification through this hands on activity. Part of Manchester Science Festival. Visit eventbrite.co.uk/e/m…

Noisy Bodies

1 October - 20 December 2015
Manchester-based contemporary artist Daksha Patel fuses art with science in this exclusive exhibition. Her intriguing work explores how scientific systems visualise, map and measure…

On Making Models and Being a Model in the Nineteenth Century

15:30 - 17:00 27 October 2015
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminars Series Sept-Dec 2015. …

Pattern Factory at the Whitworth - half-term activities for families

11:00 26 - 15:00 30 October 2015
Join the production line this half term and explore the Whitworth through pattern, print and play with your family. Be inspired by our wallpaper and textile collections to create your…

Philosophy Research Seminar: Alfred Mele (Florida State)

15:00 - 17:00 27 October 2015
"Two libertarian theories: or why event-causal libertarians should prefer my daring libertarian view to Robert Kane’s view" Libertarianism about free will is the conjunction of two…

Telling Tales - Manchester Science Festival 2015 exhibition

19 October - 19 November 2015
'''Host:''' School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' ''Telling Tales'' is a collaboration between members of the Language Development and Disorders Research Group,…

The Phantoms of Congo River: Photographs by Nyaba Ouedraogo : Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 10 April 2016
Nyaba L. Ouedraogo is a self-taught photographer born in Burkina Faso, and now working and living between Paris and West Africa. The Phantoms of the Congo River is a photography exhibition…

The Study at Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 31 December 2016
Big ideas. Singular collaborations. Strange and wonderful things. Exhibitions and events with some of the most interesting people we know. And somewhere that brings them all together.…

Thursdays: Great Escape: Yoga – the whitworth

08:30 23 July - 08:30 10 December 2015
Great Escape: Yoga Thursday from 8:30am-9:45am No emails, texts, updates or alerts – yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth's peaceful setting - and some of its wonderful…

Wednesdays: Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 29 July - 08:30 16 December 2015
Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing Wednesday, from 8.30am to 9.30am £5 Tai-Chi for Wellbeing A traditional Chinese internal art for mind and body. Located in the peaceful setting…

What's in store for China? New urbanisation and its challenges

16:30 - 18:00 27 October 2015
Part of the Planning & Environmental Management 2015-6 seminar series.

Workshop on Free Will and Self Control

10:00 - 17:00 27 October 2015
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee 10.30 – 11.30 Tom Connor (Manchester), ‘Pretence as self-control’ 11.30 – 12.30 Chris Ovenden (Manchester), ‘Committed agency’ 12.30 – 1.30 Lunch (own arrangements)…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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