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Astrophotograhy Night at Jodrell Bank

19:30 18 January 2016 - 21:00 18 January 2017
Come along to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre for an informal and fun evening of Astrophotography. You'll enjoy an Introduction to Astrophotography workshop (co-presented by Dr. Ant Holloway…

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 22 January 2016
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.

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…

New Music North West Festival

22 - 29 January 2016
The RNCM and University of Manchester join forces for the biennial New Music North West festival this January, featuring 8 days of music by 100 living composers from across the North…

Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes: A free online course to learn about Earth science.

18 January - 21 February 2016
This course focuses on a basic science understanding that demonstrates how the processes on Earth (including biological processes) lead to natural climate changes that have shaped the…

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…

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.…

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,…

After the Bees: What makes a story?

14:00 - 16:00 23 January 2016
Book mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or ring 0161 275 2648 free, adults What makes a story? Create a visual storyboard for "After the Bees' project by drawing, writing and editing our film script.

Big Saturday – Animal Mummies

11:00 - 16:00 23 January 2016
Come along for a day of discovery at Manchester Museum. Meet experts and curators, and find out more about what modern science has uncovered about Animal Mummies. Get hands-on as you…

Early Opening for Early Birds

09:00 - 10:00 23 January 2016
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 tours, object handling…

After Hours: Gift for the Gods

18:00 - 21:00 25 January 2016
Drop-in, free, adults A vibrant and eclectic evening where you can meet the curators, mummify some oranges, enjoy a glass of wine, and much, much more.

Introduction to STATA short course

25 January 2016
The course provides an introductory training in STATA, a statistical package increasingly used for social research data analysis which has powerful data manipulation procedures and…

MANTIS – Part of the New Music North West Festival 2016

17:00 - 18:00 25 January 2016
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents a concert of new electroacoustic works by composers based at the Novars Research Centre. Experience new sound worlds, music and technologies…

The Everyday Life of Politics/The Politics of Everyday Life

10:00 - 13:00 25 January 2016
New political subjectivities and movements emerge from the everyday, through experiences of injustice, quotidian modes of resistance, and the development of oppositional identities.…

Writing Clearly About Research

09:30 - 17:00 25 January 2016
Understand the fundamentals of clear writing, focusing on audience, style, warranting and external application for those with some writing experience Patrick Brindle got his Ph.D.…

A Pseudo-Aristotelian Magical Arabic Manuscript at the John Rylands Library

16:00 - 17:00 26 January 2016
The John Rylands Library is in possession of a mysterious manuscript (MS 372 [404]) containing a collection of medieval Islamic magical texts, most notably the Kit?b al-miy?l???s, a…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar - Economic Outcomes and Political Support: Learning from Procedural Fairness Theories in Social Psychology

16:00 - 17:30 26 January 2016
Abstract Positive economic outcomes increase political support. That much we know on the basis of research on government approval, economic voting, or satisfaction with democracy.…

Pedro Magalhães - CMIST/Democracy and Elections seminar

16:00 - 17:30 26 January 2016
Positive economic outcomes increase political support. That much we know on the basis of research on government approval, economic voting, or satisfaction with democracy. In fact, we…

VAGANZA – Part of the New Music North West Festival 2016

13:15 - 14:15 26 January 2016
Works by student composers from The University of Manchester performed by Vaganza, the University’s new music group. Price: FREE, no booking required

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 27 January 2016
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Going Digital with Humanities Research - Two days of inspirational talks, round-table discussion and a practical TEI XML workshop

10:00 27 - 13:30 28 January 2016
The conference will gather expertise from different fields of the Humanities and, through a workshop it will introduce TEI XML to the research, IT and librarian community of Manchester.…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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