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Accounting seminar by Dr Stefano Cascino, Department of Accounting, London School of Economics

14:00 - 16:00 16 March 2016
The Decision Usefulness of Financial Accounting Information: An Experimental Interview Study of Institutional Investors

Art History and Visual Studies Talks

17:30 16 March 2016
Douglas Brine, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 'Jan van Eyck and the shield of St George'

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…

Ben Rivers

25 February - 22 May 2016
Ben Rivers presents his most ambitious work to date. The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers is Ben Rivers’ most ambitious work to date. Migrating between documentary, fantasy and fable, and…

Can I Start Again Please

19:30 - 21:00 16 March 2016
Can I Start Again Please desiccates and dissects childhood trauma via an exploration of Wittgenstein and semantics. What is being investigated is the power and failings of language…

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 16 March 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. Just turn up!

Jo Evans (UCL), ‘Childhood and Adolescence on Screen: Do We Need to Talk About Buñuel?’

17:00 - 18:30 16 March 2016
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese research seminar series for Semester 2.

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…

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

13:00 - 14:00 16 March 2016
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…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 16 March 2016
Chiara Broccatelli, University of Manchester When time matters. SNA for 2-mode Temporal Covert Networks Despite an increasing body of research on covert network dynamics, there is…

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…

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…

Palaver Festival - Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich Schiller

11:00 - 12:30 16 March 2016
The University of Manchester's German Society presents Schiller's classic drama about intrigue and love. This play has been abridged and modernised to reflect issues in contemporary…

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 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…

The Materiality of "Shu" (Documents) Traditions: The "Shu" as Seen Through Manuscripts from the Warring States Period - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 16 March 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Dirk Meyer (University of Oxford) “The Materiality of “Shu” (Documents) Traditions: The “Shu” as Seen Through…

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Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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