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…

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…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Fred Schurink (UoM)

17:00 - 19:00 9 December 2015
Fred Schurink (UoM) ‘Plutarch in Renaissance England: Politics, Literature, Lives’

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…

Networking event: Focus on Nutrition, Trauma and the Elderly – opportunities to improve clinical care

17:30 - 19:30 9 December 2015
The Inflammation and Repair Domain wants to bring together clinicians and researchers to develop new collaborations in translational research across The University of Manchester faculties…

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…

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…

Disaster Dialogue: Gender in Disaster Risk Reduction

17:30 - 19:30 10 December 2015
The Disaster Dialogue series, hosted by HCRI, is a regular multi-disciplinary forum that responds to the urgent challenges posed by disaster events, including their interface with climate…

Inaugural Sir Lawrence Bragg Lecture

13:25 - 14:30 10 December 2015
The University is set celebrate the 100 years since Sir Lawrence Bragg was awarded his Nobel Prize in Physics with a day-long programme of activities. An important part of the celebrations…

The Impact of Researching the History of World War I in the Middle East and the Persianate World

15:00 - 16:15 11 December 2015
A panel of 'Practioners' joining us from a variety of UK Government bodies will discuss the impact that academic research on the history of World War I in the Middle East has on the…

“This war will not remain local” How the First World War came to the Middle East

16:30 - 18:00 11 December 2015
Keynote Lecture for the "Expectations and Realities: How the First World War arrived in the Middle East and the Persianate World" conference convened by Dr Oliver Bast (SALC, History)…

The Medicine Cabinet – Unlocking Manchester's Medical History

11:00 - 16:00 12 December 2015
The Medicine Cabinet – Unlocking Manchester's Medical History Saturday 12 December 2015 11am – 4pm Chetham's Library, M3 1SB MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students from the University…

Jodrell Bank, the Dawn of the Space Age & the Birth of Radio Astronomy Heritage Lecture

19:30 - 21:00 14 December 2015
Launch of ‘70 Years of Jodrell Bank’, a year-long celebration On December 14th 1945, Bernard Lovell first switched on his radar equipment at Jodrell Bank. He had been granted permission…

A Quest for Solidarity in a Fractured Europe

17:30 - 19:30 15 December 2015
This roundtable event will include commentaries from speakers, and an engaged discussion with the audience. Register for this event here: https://mediterranean-refugee-crisis.eventbrite.co.uk…

Saving a Century

8 January - 24 March 2016
'Saving a Century', curated by leading architectural historian Gavin Stamp, uses archive photographs and material from over 50 years of the The Victorian Society's fight to save historic…

They Said, We Said

11 January - 29 April 2016
?'They Said, We Said' is a collection of artwork produced by members of Pure Studio, an arts facility based in Stockport that helps its members, all of whom have a learning disability,…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Mary Poovey: Some Lessons of History: Why Economists Failed to Anticipate the Great Recession

17:00 - 19:00 13 January 2016
Professor Mary Poovey will lecture as part of CIDRAL's Semester 1 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Finance and the Market. This lecture explores the relationship…

Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World

21 January - 21 August 2016
Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries. Experience how supernatural forces shaped the lives of everyone from kings and…

Massimiliano Fuksas: Emotion - Strategy

18:00 - 19:30 22 January 2016
A public lecture by Massimiliano Fuksas, one of the most renowned Italian architects. Studio Fuksas, led by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, is an international architectural practice…

Tibor Reich

29 January - 29 August 2016
A celebration of post-war design alongside an exhibition of Wallpaper from the Whitworth's collection

Wallpaper

29 January - 4 September 2016
Continuing the celebration of post-war design this show features highlights from the Whitworth’s collection of 1950s and 60s wallpapers. At the heart of the exhibition are papers from…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: John Connor (Colgate University) ‘Romantic Woolf’

17:00 - 18:30 3 February 2016
John Connor (Colgate University) ‘Romantic Woolf’

70th anniversary lecture series: Jodrell Bank, the Moon and the Space Race

19:30 - 21:00 4 February 2016
On 4th February 1966 Jodrell Bank intercepted signals from the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft which had landed on the Moon the previous day. and printed them on a borrowed newspaper fax machine.…

Miyakobashi Yokocho drawings exhibition

8 - 19 February 2016
This exhibition explores Miyakobashi Yokocho in drawings, photographs and text. It reveals previously concealed glimpses into Japan’s changing urban culture. Miyakobashi Yokocho (Yokohama,…

DigiLab - Get hands-on with virtual reality

10:00 - 16:00 10 February 2016
Join us on Wednesday, 10 February from 10am and get hands-on with the amazing developments in the world of virtual reality. We’ll have Oculus Rift and the latest Google Cardboard…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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