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'Theatres of Knowledge': How the world became a stage: Giulio Camillo's theatre in the collection of Richard C. Christie

12:00 - 13:00 3 May 2016
The Italian polymath Giulio Camillo (1480-1544) devised an influential ‘Theatre of Knowledge’. This fascinated not only the contemporary French King Francis I, but also the local nineteenth-century…

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…

Elicitation techniques and narrative analysis

09:30 - 13:30 3 May 2016
This half day workshop aims to show how elicitation techniques used in semi-structured/narrative interviews can be a powerful tool for capturing aspects of people’s everyday lives.…

Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop: Dr. A. M. Tanvir Hussain

13:00 - 14:00 3 May 2016
Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop Title: Willingness to pay for environmental goods under uncertainty Abstract: We develop a microeconomic approach for valuing the benefits…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 3 May 2016
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you.

Helen Yetter-Chappell (York): Idealism and the Mind-Body Problem

15:00 - 16:30 3 May 2016
This talk has two aims: (i) I develop and defend a nontheistic (quasi-Berkeleyan) idealism. On this picture, reality is a vast unity of consciousness, with an interesting internal structure.…

How the world became a stage: Giulio Camillo's theatre in the collection of Richard C. Christie

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…

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…

S-curves and mechanisms of propagation in language change

16:15 - 17:30 3 May 2016
LEL Research Seminar with Richard Blythe (Edinburgh). Abstract: "A variety of mechanisms have been proposed in sociolinguistics for the propagation of an innovation through the speech…

The Sound of Worship: Architectural acoustics in British ecclesiastical space 1800-1900 - Rachel Douglas (University of Manchester, CHSTM)

13:00 - 14:00 3 May 2016
This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lunchtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes…

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.…

Tibor Reich

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

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…

Ever closer Union? Changing relations between the Commission and the European Parliament

14:00 - 15:00 4 May 2016
Ever closer Union? Changing relations between the Commission and the European Parliament

Finance seminar by Ambrus Kecskes, Schulich School of Business, York University

14:00 - 16:00 4 May 2016
Do Technology Spillovers Affect Corporate Financial Policies?

Introduction to randomised controlled trials in the social sciences: design and analysis

13:00 - 15:00 4 May 2016
This workshop will introduce social scientists to randomised controlled trials (RCTS), using recent examples of social science trials. Participants will learn the practical steps involved…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 4 May 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Robin Burgess. London School of Economics

14:00 - 15:00 4 May 2016
TBC

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 4 May 2016
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

Using agent-based models to answer questions about language change

09:00 - 11:00 4 May 2016
LEL Masterclass with Richard Blythe (Edinburgh). Abstract: "In this informal session, I will set out my views on the role that mathematical models may - and may not - play in answering…

Webinar: Key issues in reusing data

15:00 - 16:00 4 May 2016
Participants will hear about the key issues in secondary analysis as a method. The session will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data and the importance of learning about…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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