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Accounting seminar by Eija Vinnari, University of Tampere, Finland

14:00 - 16:00 17 February 2016
Institutional and Actor-Network Theories of Accounting: Can They Be Combined?

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…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: François Hartog: Towards a New Historical Condition

17:00 - 19:00 17 February 2016
Professor François Hartog will lecture as part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. Might recent and unfolding…

CIDRAL Workshop: Unmentionables: Conversations about the Obscene

14:00 - 17:00 17 February 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. Concern over the social appropriateness or offensiveness…

Collections encounter: 'I put a spell on you' The Moses Gaster collection

14:00 - 15:00 17 February 2016
For centuries people across the world wore amulets to protect themselves against the evil influences of witches, demons, and other mischievous powers. Learn more by delving into our…

Dalton Seminar Series: Putting the 'Nuclear' back into Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

12:00 - 13:00 17 February 2016
The Dalton Seminar Series aims to promote exchange and offer informative events across institutions and facilities associated with The University of Manchester’s Dalton Nuclear Institute.

Destination Space - The Astronaut Science Show

11:00 15 - 12:00 19 February 2016
This December, British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake will start his mission to the International Space Station. To celebrate this mission, our science show will show you…

Destination Space – the astronaut science show

15 - 19 February 2016
In December 2015, British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake started his mission to the International Space Station. To celebrate this mission, our science show will show you…

February half term: Meet the Expert

13:00 15 - 13:45 19 February 2016
A chance to meet one of our resident scientific and engineering experts, find out about their work and quiz them about what they do and their knowledge of Jodrell Bank. If you have…

Finance seminar by Arie Gozluklu, Warwick Business School

14:00 - 16:00 17 February 2016
Global Political Risk and Currency Momentum

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…

Global Development Institute Launch - Winnie Byanyima

17:00 - 18:30 17 February 2016
Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Global Development Institute on 17 February 5.00-6.30, at The University of Manchester. The launch will feature a keynote lecture on addressing…

Half Term Activities (Mon 15 – Fri 19 Feb)

11:00 15 - 16:00 19 February 2016
Plait & Print Explore different wrapping techniques and textured fabrics used to wrap Animal Mummies and create a relief print to take home Drop in, free, all ages

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 17 February 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.

Investigating the role of microRNAs in autism susceptibility

16:00 - 17:00 17 February 2016
Audience: This talk is for all Please contact Emma Gowen (emma.gowen@manchester.ac.uk) to reserve a place. Thomas Bleazard "Investigating the role of microRNAs in autism susceptibility"…

Krasnoiarsk, 1917: Revolutionary power in the Russian provinces, reconsidered (CRES Research Seminar)

17:00 - 18:30 17 February 2016
All are welcome to attend the next Cross-Disciplinary Russian and Eurasian Studies Network (CRES) Research Seminar: 17 February 2016 5pm-6.20pm, Roscoe building, Room 4.8 Dr Alistair…

Magic Carpet –The Porridge Pot

11:30 - 12:30 17 February 2016
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

Magic Carpet –The Porridge Pot

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…

Magical creatures: The power of paws, claws, feathers and fur

11:00 - 16:00 17 February 2016
Within many societies, witchcraft and spells have long been associated with all varieties of animals. Get up close and personal with some of the animals that have featured in the most…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 17 February 2016
Bruce Edmonds, Manchester Metropolitan University How can we check Social Network models and measures? Agent-base modelling as the next level test after face validity. All social network…

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…

Prof. Saúl Sosnowski (Maryland): 'And when they got back….: Literature and the Return from Exile in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay'

17:00 - 18:30 17 February 2016
Organised by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Venue: Arthur Lewis Boardroom [3rd floor].

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…

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture: Prof. Jackie Pearson (Manchester), ‘Speaking with the Supernatural in Early Modern England’

17:00 - 19:00 17 February 2016
Annual Stachniewski Memorial lecture hosted by the Division of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing in association with UMUCU. Prof. Jackie Pearson (Manchester), ‘Speaking…

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