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A Public Affair – Patient centred education and social responsibility

14:00 - 16:00 17 May 2016
Manchester Medical School is delighted to invite you to ‘A Public Affair – Patient centred education and social responsibility’ an event to celebrate the innovative work of Manchester…

Isabelle Douncet: Counter-projects: from urban struggle to urban renewal?

12:30 25 May 2016
MARC talk

Axel Void

16:00 - 18:00 27 May 2016
Axel Void: Street Artist speaks about his work.

Carer Café: Information Sharing Event

12:00 - 15:00 6 June 2016
Carer Café – be part of national Carer’s Week at the University of Manchester! Staff and colleagues from the Cancer, Supportive and Palliative Research Group (SUPAC) based at the School…

IBBMH Research Seminar Series | Professor James Nazroo

12:45 - 14:00 6 June 2016
Speaker: Professor James Nazroo ( http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/james.nazroo/personaldetails ) Role: Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity,…

Albena Yaneva: Five ways to make architecture political

12:30 15 June 2016
MARC talk

International Migration and Expressions of Political Identity and Belonging through Vernacular Music and Language

13:00 - 16:00 20 June 2016
Thinking carefully about what it means to ‘listen to’ or ‘hear’ everyday voices and experiences of young people whose local lives are entangled in global migratory movements. The event…

Fighting torture around the world – from Geneva, Strasbourg and Washington?

12:00 - 14:00 29 June 2016
Social science perspectives on the trajectories, workings, and effects of anti-torture multilateralism. The lecture will be given in French, with interpretation into English, Mandarin…

Utilization of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in an Emerging Knowledge Society: Harnessing Opportunities & Lessons Learnt

10:30 - 11:30 3 August 2016
Dr Roger Harrison from FBMH is delighted to welcome Dr Zeinab El Maadawi, Associate Professor and Head of e-Learning in the Medical School, Cairo University, who will be presenting…

Thursday Lates: Elizabeth Price in conversation

19:00 - 20:30 18 August 2016
FREE, Booking essential. Tickets will be available on Wednesday 27 July, 10am – via this link: http://bit.ly/2acin12 This event will start promptly at 7pm, latecomers may not be…

Treasures of the Black Cultural Archive

13:00 - 14:00 8 September 2016
Lunchtime talk by Victoria Northridge, Collections Manager at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, who will be giving a talk/presentation to share one of their collections: that…

Photographing Britain’s Black History

17:30 - 19:30 6 October 2016
Photographers Charlie Phillips (London) and Ian Johns (Manchester) show a selection of their photographs of black communities and talk about their experiences

Interactive Schools’ Poetry Performance with: JOHN HEGLEY

13:00 - 14:00 14 October 2016
English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter Acclaimed poet John Hegley will be performing to pupils from local primary schools to celebrate National Poetry Day 2016.…

Engaging and Communicating with People who are Suicidal, Self-harm or who have Depression

09:00 - 16:00 19 October 2016
This is a one-day free conference to develop, among the non-mental health workforce, skills and strategies for communicating and engaging with adults who are suicidal, who self-harm…

Chinese Gardens: History, Design and Meanings

13:00 - 14:00 24 October 2016
This illustrated talk will cover the historical development of Chinese gardens, relating this to parallel or contrasting developments in European garden history. It will outline the…

Moral Economies of Corruption: State Formation & Political Cultures in Nigeria TALK

16:00 - 18:00 25 October 2016
History's own Dr Steven Pierce has been invited to Leeds University to discuss his recent ground-breaking book on the history of corruption in Nigeria, Moral Economies of Corruption:…

Ray Costello: Black History in Liverpool & soldiers in WWI

18:00 - 19:45 25 October 2016
Ray Costello has explored the Black history of Liverpool for many years. Ray visits Manchester to talk about his work and the books he has written including Black Liverpool (2001),…

Curator's corner – Heavenly wonders

11:30 - 11:45 10 November 2016
This is a great opportunity to hear the curator present a bitesize introduction about the Library's rare and precious science and religion manuscripts collection. People through history…

Museum of Medicine and Health Artefact Talk: Lights, Camera, Action…A History of the Endoscope

17:30 - 19:00 10 November 2016
Lights, Camera, Action…A History of the Endoscope Thursday 10 November 5.30pm – 7pm, Kanaris Lecture Theatre, Manchester Museum. Another in the series of free Artefact talks Dr David…

Towards Modernity: The success of a touring British art exhibition in China

13:00 - 14:00 14 November 2016
As UK regional museums are increasingly negotiating social, cultural and economic changes, museum leaders, curators and policy makers must continuously reassess their organisation’s…

Citylabs Lounge: Introducing Health North - Connected Health Cities

08:00 - 10:30 23 November 2016
Citylabs Lounge is a monthly networking event for clinicians, academics and healthcare businesses located in the heart of Manchester’s Innovation District. These events give a valuable…

Research IT club

14:00 - 15:30 23 November 2016
We are launching a new quarterly club to keep researchers at the University of Manchester up to date with the activities of Research IT. This will be our opportunity to share with…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Professor Alessandro Schiesaro: 'Arduus ad solem'

17:00 29 November 2016
PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION OF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THE MAIN SAMUEL ALEXANDER LECTURE THEATRE. This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for Winter 2016, 'Possible Worlds'.…

What next for Syria? Civil War and the New Cold War

17:30 - 19:00 30 November 2016
On 20th September 2016, and despite a ceasefire that came into effect on 12th September, a UN aid convoy in Aleppo, Northern Syria, was attacked killing at least 20 people and destroying…

A Christmas Evening with Jeanette Winterson

18:30 - 20:00 7 December 2016
Waterstones Deansgate is proud to host an evening with Jeanette Winterson to celebrate the release of her new book, 'Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days'. 'Christmas…

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