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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…

HCRI Speaker Series: More than a T-shirt: how ordinary people can prevent human rights abuses (some of the time)

16:00 - 18:00 8 February 2016
Title: More than a T-shirt: how ordinary people can prevent human rights abuses (some of the time) This interactive session will explore how ordinary people can deter violence in areas…

LITERATURE LIVE: Ian McGuire and Rupert Thomson

18:30 - 20:00 8 February 2016
Ian McGuire grew up near Hull and studied at the University of Manchester and the University of Virginia, USA. He is co-founder and co-director of the University of Manchester's Centre…

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…

MCCIR AZ GSK Update Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 8 February 2016
The next MCCIR AZ/GSK Update Seminar is taking place on Monday the 8th of February 2016 Altered immunogenicity of porcine hearts via ex vivo perfusion Will Critchley There are approximately…

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,…

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…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Piers Vitebsky (University of Cambridge)

16:00 - 18:00 8 February 2016
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 08 February 2016 Dr Piers Vitebsky, University of Cambridge Title: “Changing forms of loss and redemption in Tribal India" During the 1970s,…

The Global Political Economy research cluster seminar - After Austerity: The Financialisation of the Welfare State - Wednesday 24th February - 3pm

15:00 - 18:00 8 February 2016
Dear colleagues The Global Political Economy research cluster invite you to the following seminar, which takes place at 3pm on Wednesday 24th February in 4.212 University Place: …

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,…

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…

CANCELLED: CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Work-life balance and class: in search of working-class work-lives

16:00 - 17:30 9 February 2016
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this seminar has had to be cancelled. We hope to rearrange this seminar for a future date. Abstract: The common conclusion from work-life studies…

Explorer tour

11:00 - 12:00 9 February 2016
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you! To book a place for this event, phone our Customer Services team on 0161 306 0555.

Five years after the January 2011 Uprising: How did the Uprising affect people's lives and aspirations in poor communities in Egypt?

17:00 - 18:30 9 February 2016
Solava Ibrahim is Deputy Programme Director, MSc in Poverty, Inequality and Development Studies and a lecturer in International Development here at the University of Manchester's Institute…

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