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A Stone's Throw

18 April - 17 July 2016
In this photographic exhibition, Manchester photographer John Shinnick has captured the words and voices of people who interact with the centre of Manchester, a metaphorical stone’s…

Accounting seminar by Ole-Kristian Hope, University of Toronto

14:00 - 16:00 20 April 2016
Third-Party Consequences of Short-Selling Threats: The Case of Auditor Behavior

Assessing and adjusting for missing data in longitudinal studies

10:00 - 16:00 20 April 2016
It is intended that students attending the course will be able to assess the implications of non-response for different kinds of datasets that they might use. Students new to longitudinal…

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…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Levinas and the Disruption of Knowledge

15:00 - 17:00 20 April 2016
This seminar is part of CIDRAL's Theory Intensives series. Professor Alex Samely (Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester) will lead a seminar on the work of Emmanuel Levinas.…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Kath Burlinson (Authentic Artist) ‘"Iterated jingles": Christina Rossetti from page to stage’

17:00 - 18:30 20 April 2016
Kath Burlinson (Authentic Artist) ‘"Iterated jingles": Christina Rossetti from page to stage’

Expressing priorities: A new practitioner tool for domestic abuse perpetrators

14:00 - 15:30 20 April 2016
Recent research in Wales suggests that the group of domestic abuse perpetrators causing the most harm is likely to include some combination of serial, high-risk and repeat…

Faculty Research Series

12:30 - 14:00 20 April 2016
12:30 – 2:00pm (lunch 12:30 – 1:00pm; presentations 1:00 – 2:00pm) Michael Smith Lecture Theatre (lunch in lounge area) Hosted by Institute of Population Health and School of Psychological…

Finance seminar by Juan Sotes-Paladino, University of Melbourne

14:00 - 16:00 20 April 2016
The Invisible Hand of Internal Markets in Mutual Fund Families

Francesco Nava (LSE)

17:00 - 18:00 20 April 2016
Title: TBA

George Lipsitz (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Art-Based Community Making in Houston and New Orleans"

13:00 - 14:00 20 April 2016
George Lipsitz (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Art-Based Community Making in Houston and New Orleans"

Introduction to CLES: Local economics for positive outcomes

13:00 - 14:00 20 April 2016
The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) is an independent think tank based in Manchester. CLES believe that all local economic policy and practice should have a commitment to…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 20 April 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

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…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 20 April 2016
Jerome Drevon, University of Manchester

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…

oxygen/hypoxic physiology in tumour cells

16:00 20 April 2016
Part of the 'Leaders in Science Seminar Series 2016' Further details available soon

Pankhurst Politics Seminar: Implications of 2016 Welsh Assembly Elections

12:30 - 13:30 20 April 2016
In this talk Rob Ford and Nerys Evans discuss the recent history of the Welsh Assembly to date and the forthcoming Assembly elections in May. Both speakers will examine the significance…

Perspectivism and Totality in Computer Games and their Constitution of Subjectivities

14:00 - 15:00 20 April 2016
Computer games have variously been described as a ‘paradigmatic media of Empire’ (Dyer-Witheford & de Peuter, 2009, p.xv), as ‘allegories for our contemporary life under the protocological…

Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Surgery

10:00 - 16:00 20 April 2016
Finds surgery for recording and identification of objects found by members of the public from prehistory to 1700s, including metalwork, flint and pottery

Spatial appropriations: forced mobility of the underprivileged - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 20 April 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Ximin Zhou (University of Manchester) “Spatial appropriations: forced mobility of the underprivileged” 20 April,…

The Global Development Seminar Series 2016 - "Understanding youth poverty in Arusha, Tanzania: Capturing economic, social and psychological dimensions"

16:30 - 18:00 20 April 2016
The Global Development seminar series bringing together scholars involved in cutting edge research on international development. It aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion, providing…

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