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An Introduction to Computational Social Science using 'Big Data'

11 December 2015
Every day we interact with countless technological systems, which support our communication, our transport, our shopping activities, and much more. Through these interactions, we are…

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…

Crime Surveys User Conference 2015

09:30 - 16:30 11 December 2015
The programme will contain a mixture of papers from the data producers and researchers. Presentations will be based on analysis of the UK crime surveys, e.g. the Crime Survey for England…

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,…

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 11 December 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.

MUMS Lunchtime Concert - Manchester Universities String Society (MUSS)

13:10 - 14:00 11 December 2015
Manchester Universities String Society (MUSS) draws together some of the finest student string players from the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music to present…

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…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 11 December 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 3 in F, Op. 73 Shostakovich Quartet No. 4 in D, Op. 83 Shostakovich Quartet No. 5 in B flat, Op. 92 The second instalment of…

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…

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.…

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…

“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)…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 12 December 2015
9.15 -10.30am Drop in, free, Autism Friendly: suitable for children and young people aged 5-16 with a parent or carer, siblings welcome too. Join us for our early openings at the…

Darkness and Light: a gothic tour

14:00 - 15:00 12 December 2015
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Join us for an immersive behind-the-scenes tour of The John Rylands Library in all its Victorian gothic splendour; you’ll take in the original entrance…

Making the modern world: England’s first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 12 December 2015
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Quatuor Danel Afternoon Concert

14:30 - 16:30 12 December 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 6 in G, Op. 101 Shostakovich Quartet No. 7 in F sharp Minor, Op. 108 Shostakovich Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Shostakovich…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 12 December 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 10 in A flat, Op. 118 Shostakovich Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 Shostakovich Quartet No. 12 in D flat, Op 133 Two of Shostakovich's…

Socio-Cultural Implications of Post-2011 Literature, Cinema and Media in Egypt and the Arab World

09:30 - 17:30 12 December 2015
Join us for a free workshop supported by the SALC Research Networking Fund and the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies Events include: Keynote: "The Prefigurative Politics…

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…

2015 CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence Conference

13 - 15 December 2015
'''Host:''' Institute of Cancer Sciences '''About the event:''' We’re delighted to announce that the CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence (a partnership between Manchester and London)…

Quatuor Danel Afternoon Concert

14:30 - 16:30 13 December 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 138 Shostakovich Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, Op. 142 Shostakovich Quartet No. 15 in E flat minor, Op. 144…

Endotype discovery needs unified phenomarker-biomarker models

12:00 - 13:00 14 December 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Autumn Seminar Series 2015

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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