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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…

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…

Causal analysis with longitudinal data using fixed and random effects models

10:00 - 16:00 21 April 2016
It is intended that students attending the course will be able to specify and estimate causal models for observational longitudinal data. Students new to longitudinal data should consider…

Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar - Yohai Hakkak (Brunel) - "Forbidden Love and Moral Panic: Jewish-Arab Couples in Contemporary Israel"

16:00 - 17:30 21 April 2016
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

Complex multi-enhancer contacts captured by Genome Architecture Mapping, a novel ligation-free approach

13:30 - 15:30 21 April 2016
This seminar is part of the CCB Spring Seminar series. Prof. Ana Pombo, Humboldt University, Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology Complex multi-enhancer contacts captured…

De morbis venereis – the scars of Venus

16:55 - 18:30 21 April 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

Econometrics and Applied Economics Workshop: Prof Frank Kleibergen

16:15 - 17:45 21 April 2016
Econometrics and Applied Economics Workshop

Ehrhardt Seminar: Benedict Kent - "Clients, Agents and Brokers: Examining Paul's Christology from a Graeco-Roman Perspective"

14:00 - 16:00 21 April 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Film night: Macbeth

19:00 - 22:00 21 April 2016
The John Rylands Library is screening the 2015 film adaptation of Macbeth in the stunning surroundings of our Historic Reading Room. Make sure not to miss out on this opportunity to…

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…

John Edward Taylor Lecture: George Lipsitz (University of California, Santa Barbara), "From Plessy to Ferguson: The Racialization of Time and Place"

17:00 - 19:00 21 April 2016
Professor George Lipsitz "From Plessy to Ferguson: The Racialization of Time and Place" Public lecture (all welcome) Book through Eventbrite: http://plessytoferguson.eventbrite.co.uk…

Lecture by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education

18:00 - 20:30 21 April 2016
Manchester International Law Centre (MILC) will welcome Dr Kishore Singh, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education is to Manchester in order to deliver a lecture on "Social…

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 21 April - Steve Hood - University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 21 April 2016
The next MANCEPT research seminar will be on Thursday 21 April, when our very own Stephen Hood will speak about “Four Reasons for Competition.” The seminar starts at 4pm in the Arthur…

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…

Precarious work: causes; consequences; and counter-measures

09:30 21 - 16:00 22 April 2016
Precarious work is a central factor in increasing inequality and insecurity across developed and developing countries and attention is needed to understand both the institutional, social…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 21 April 2016
Two classical masterpieces in G major dedicated to the Bohemian patron Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz: the first of Haydn's two quartets Op. 77 and the second from Beethoven's…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: ' Doctors and Philosophers of Composition'

14:30 - 15:30 21 April 2016
Workshop performances and discussion of new works by the University's PhD students. **PLEASE NOTE: THIS DATE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 5TH MAY 2016**

Teaching and Learning Seminar - Increasing student engagement in surveys

12:30 - 13:30 21 April 2016
Professor Mark Elliot, Chair of Data Sciences, School of Social Sciences, will be talking about how challenging it is to encourage PGT students to complete experience surveys. The students…

The Study at Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 31 December 2016
Big ideas. Singular collaborations. Strange and wonderful things. Exhibitions and events with some of the most interesting people we know. And somewhere that brings them all together.…

They Said, We Said

11 January - 29 April 2016
?'They Said, We Said' is a collection of artwork produced by members of Pure Studio, an arts facility based in Stockport that helps its members, all of whom have a learning disability,…

Tibor Reich

29 January - 29 August 2016
A celebration of post-war design alongside an exhibition of Wallpaper from the Whitworth's collection

Tyndall Manchester Seminar- Wild Interdisciplinarity: Reflections on Doing Social Science within a Technology Project

16:00 - 17:30 21 April 2016
Drawing on the experiences of a novel collaborative project between sociologists and computer scientists, this paper identifies a set of challenges for fieldwork that are generated…

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…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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