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A first critical edition of a late Latin medical text: the Latin Alexander Trallianus

16:55 - 18:30 26 May 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

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…

Cancelled- Tyndall Manchester Seminar- Changing institutions in a changing climate by Professor Audley Genus

16:00 - 17:30 26 May 2016
Please note that this event has been cancelled.

CIDRAL Symposium: Freddie Rokem: The Ludic Logic of Tragedy

10:00 - 12:00 26 May 2016
****THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED**** This symposium is part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme entitled Cultures and Temporalities. It is co-organised by CIDRAL, LIS, German Studies,…

Climate Control

11 May - 18 September 2016
We hear about climate change on the news and in the newspapers. Climate change is happening all around us, but this isn’t the time to ignore it, it’s the time to get really, really,…

Environmental and Resource Economics Seminar: Prof. Michael Finus

14:00 - 15:00 26 May 2016
Environmental and Resource Economics Seminar Speaker: Prof. Michael Finus (University of Bath) Title: Public Good Agreements under the Weakest-link Technology Abstract: We analyze…

Lecture - Character and Consciousness in the British Enlightenment: the Interpretation of Dreams

16:00 - 17:00 26 May 2016
Professor Phyllis Mack, Rutgers State University, USA will be visiting The John Rylands Research Institute to deliver a programme of seminars in the week beginning Monday May 23 2016.…

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…

Sexuality Summer School: Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer

20:00 26 May 2016
Penny Arcade is a force of nature. Longing Lasts Longer is the Edinburgh Fringe’s double award-winning show from New York’s undisputed queen of the underground, which turns contemporary…

Structural and genomic insights into how our genomes are organised

13:30 - 14:30 26 May 2016
This is part of the CCB Spring Seminar Series 2016. Prof. Tom Owen-Hughes FRSE, University of Dundee, Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression Structural and genomic insights into…

The structural basis of Laminin:cell interactions

13:00 - 14:00 26 May 2016
"Laminins are large heterotrimeric extracellular matrix proteins essential for correct formation of basement membranes. Binding of the c-termini of laminins to cells occurs via two…

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

Vesicle and RNA secretion by helminths: a new mode of parasite-host communication

12:00 - 13:00 26 May 2016
MIG Seminar Series

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…

Webinar: What are APIs?

15:00 - 16:00 26 May 2016
An Application Programming Interface (API) is a generic term for a well-defined set of rules or protocols which allows two applications, or an application and an end user, to communicate…

Axel Void

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

Greek into Arabic, Arabic into Latin, and reinterpretation of what constitutes Western Civilization

12:00 - 13:30 27 May 2016
A seminar by Prof. Greg Crane, Professor of Digital Humanities at Leipzig University, editor-in-chief of the Perseus Digital Library, and currently S.T. Lee Visiting Professor at Institute of Classical Studies, London.

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 27 May 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Magic Carpet: A Tadpole's Tale

10:30 - 11:30 27 May 2016
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

Magic Carpet: A Tadpole's Tale

11:30 - 12:30 27 May 2016
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

Big Saturday: Rainforest

11:00 - 16:00 28 May 2016
A day bursting with hands-on craft and art activities for all the family. Find out what life is like in the Rainforest. Discover the incredible diversity of life as you see some of…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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