Events for prospective students

Music Research Seminar

16:15 - 18:00 10 March 2016
In this Thursday Research Seminar, Caroline Bithell, Rebecca Herissone and Susan Rutherford will lead a discussion on the challenges posed by musicological and ethnomusicological research…

Nico Vascellari

25 February - 18 September 2016
Nico Vascellari’s major work, Bus de la Lum draws on the ancient powers of the forest. Light, video and sound explore the legend of a natural cavity located within the woodland of the…

The People's Galleries

18:00 - 19:30 10 March 2016
Giles Waterfield will talk about the development of art galleries and exhibitions in Britain during the long nineteenth century, with especial emphasis on Victorian Manchester. Giles's…

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…

[61] Harmonica Alley, Yokohama

29 February - 10 March 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,…

New Arrivals

12 March - 20 November 2016
This exhibition brings together a selection of works that have recently been brought into the Whitworth’s collection. Highlighting a contemporary and diverse approach to drawing, they…

Polish Language AS and A2 Workshops - REES

09:30 - 15:00 12 March 2016
Russian and East European Studies (REES) workshop for AS and A2 students, Saturday 12th March. PROGRAMME Samuel Alexander Building A104, A113, A201, A212, A215 9.45 – 9.55: Registration…

WYC MAKES: LYNGUISITIVE - SATURDAY MARCH 12TH // Da Art of Storytelling

14:00 - 16:00 12 March 2016
Over six sessions we will explore poetry & movement, slipping through crowds and searching through collections to discover new ways to create and approach art. Expect to look at image,…

The EU referendum: An academic perspective

18:00 16 March 2016
The Mancunion Live and the University of Manchester Politics Society present "the European Union referendum: An academic persective" in collaboration with Manchester Students for Europe…

Circuit: Spring Art Party

18:00 - 21:00 17 March 2016
Tonight in the Grand Hall, Cultivate Film present, DOG TOWN AND Z-BOYS, a documentary about skateboarding and SKATECREATE will show a screening of Manchester based artist and filmmaker…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 17 March 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…

Ireland, Immigration and Racism

13:00 - 14:00 17 March 2016
This focus of this seminar is upon the academic literature on racism in Ireland that has emerged during the last two decades. In effect, this literature has sought to understand how…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 23 March 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…

Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Surgery

10:00 - 16:00 25 March 2016
Finds surgery for recording and identification of objects found by members of the public from prehistory to 1700s, including metalwork, flint and pottery.

The Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 27 March 2016
Friendly, practical workshops run by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and insect identification, explore biodiversity on our doorstep. This…

Common Objects: Sonorous Matter

19:00 - 22:00 31 March 2016
Book, mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or ring 0161 275 2648 free, adults When Oskar Fischinger met John Cage he talked about a spirit that lives inside each of the world’s objects, and said…

Siberian Stories

18:00 - 19:00 31 March 2016
Book, mcrmuseum.eventbrite.com or ring 0161 275 2648 free, adults An evening presentation by Manchester Museum's Researcher in Residence. Inspired by the Museum's 2014-2015 Siberia…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 9 April 2016
See, Make and Do at the Museum Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings.…

Rock Drop: Geology Identification Sessions

14:00 - 16:00 14 April 2016
Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be available once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

Undercover policing, democracy and human rights

17:00 14 April 2016
The Undercover Policing Inquiry was appointed following revelations that undercover police officers kept lawful political campaigns under surveillance, assumed the identities of deceased…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Jing Wang: The Makers Are Coming! China’s Long Tail Revolution

17:00 - 19:00 19 April 2016
Professor Jing Wang will lecture as part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. This event is presented in collaboration…

Herford Memorial Lecture: Charles Burdett: Italy, Islam and the Islamic World from 9/11 to the Arab Uprisings

17:00 - 19:00 21 April 2016
The recent emergence and increasing visibility of Islam as Italy’s second religion is an issue of undeniable importance. It has generated an intense and often polarized debate that…

#scienceX at intu Trafford Centre

10:00 23 - 18:00 24 April 2016
Have you ever wanted to hold a piece of the moon, or to find out how electricity arrives at your plug socket? Perhaps you would you like to programme a Lego robot, or have a go at landing…

The Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 24 April 2016
Friendly, practical workshops run by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and insect identification, explore biodiversity on our doorstep. This month's…

French Studies Guest Lecture: "'Freedom of expression or freedom from Islam? The emergence of secularism in French political debate since the 1980s"

17:00 - 18:00 26 April 2016
Professor Olivier Esteves, Université de Lille (chaired by Dr Barbara Lebrun, French Studies) In 2016, secularism (laïcité) continues to be harnessed by French politicians and the…

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