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'The ruff guide to Shakespeare' workshop

14:00 - 16:00 14 April 2016
What better way to get into the Shakespearian spirit than to make your very own Tudor ruff? Compare your ruff with Shakespeare's own when you find him in our magnificent Historic Reading…

Artist Sundays - Family Easter activities at the Whitworth (every Sunday in the school holidays)

11:00 27 March - 16:00 17 April 2016
Join us for special Easter holiday Artist Sundays as we re-launch our Sunday sessions for families. Extraordinary artists invent offbeat and imaginative ways for you and your family…

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…

Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar: Dominique Bourel (CNRS, Paris) - "From Kassa to Manchester and Forward: Alexander Altmann and the Mendelssohn Forschung"

16:00 - 17:30 14 April 2016
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

Easter Holiday Activities

11:00 5 - 16:00 15 April 2016
Explore, discover and create at Manchester Museum this Easter. Find your favourite animal in the Museum and create an animal hat of your own to take away. Manchester Museum has many…

Easter Holidays: Engineering the Square Kilometre Array

11:00 11 - 16:00 15 April 2016
Come and find out about a brand new telescope which is being designed by scientists and engineers at Jodrell Bank and around the world. You will have the chance to try experiments to…

Easter holidays: Meet the Expert

13:00 4 - 14:00 15 April 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…

Ebonit Saxophone Quartet

13:10 - 14:00 14 April 2016
A thrilling young quartet from Amsterdam performs new works by the University’s Kevin Malone (The Housatonic near Sandy Hook) and Richard Whalley (Iapetus Suture, based on an ancient…

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop: Prof Christian Belzil

16:15 - 17:45 14 April 2016
Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop

Ehrhardt Seminar: Philippa Townsend (Edinburgh) - "'From Every Nation': Judaism, Universalism and the Book of Revelation"

14:00 - 16:00 14 April 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

EPSRC Light Alloys Towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport (LATEST2) Showcase Event

09:30 - 16:30 14 April 2016
Free event to students and staff but registration is essential as places are limited. The event will showcase some of the high quality research undertaken during the lifetime of this…

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…

Innate Immunity to Toxoplasma gondii: a tale of mice and ment

12:00 - 13:00 14 April 2016
MIG Seminar Series

Japanese maps and European collectors: Why they were made and why they were collected?

17:00 - 19:00 14 April 2016
We are excited to welcome Professor Peter Kornicki, who will talk about the production of maps in Japan during the Edo period and their appearance in European collections, such as the…

Learning and Researching Medieval Language and Culture in an Immersive Environment - Digital Humanities @ Manchester visiting seminars

17:30 - 19:00 14 April 2016
"Study abroad is a time-tested and popular solution for learning language and culture. Unfortunately for those of us studying the past, immersion is no longer an option. My work looks…

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…

MANCEPT research seminar - Thursday 14 April - Fiona Wollard - University of Southampton - Talk title: Harming your foetus: Pregnancy and difficult deontological distinctions

16:00 - 18:00 14 April 2016
Talk title: Harming your foetus: Pregnancy and difficult deontological distinctions. Abstract: Most contemporary discussion of maternal behaviour treats mothers who fail to act…

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