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"How to read a Roman portrait”? Optatian and the face of Constantine.

16:55 - 18:30 6 October 2016
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

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…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 28 September - 13:55 23 November 2016
1.05pm, Wednesday 28 September – Wednesday 23 November 2016 (Apart from Wed 2 Nov) This autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for…

Bike Registration Event

09:30 - 10:30 6 October 2016
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. LOCKS MUST BE BOUGHT THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S…

Capturing Science: Images Past and Present

22 September 2016 - 29 January 2017
A picture is worth a thousand words and captures a moment in time. Manchester is European City of Science throughout 2016 and to celebrate this, we are sharing a selection of our science…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. George Brooke (Manchester/Chester), ‘English Observations on German Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship'

14:00 - 16:00 6 October 2016
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public, with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute…

Great Escape: Movement

14:00 - 16:00 6 October 2016
Forget what you think you know about dance and imagine feeling free enough to respond to ideas and artworks using movement. These workshops are about being relaxed, playful, open and…

Lived Brutalism: Portraits at Robin Hood Gardens

3 - 21 October 2016
OPENING NIGHT: Tuesday 4 October, 7pm – 9pm. With a talk by Architects for Social Housing on estate demolition and strategies to resist it, and an introduction to the exhibition by…

Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael

30 September 2016 - 23 April 2017
This exhibition features the work of one of the radical originators and innovators of the European tradition of printmaking, Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-c. 1534). Marcantonio was…

Mondays: Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth

10:30 18 July - 12:30 19 December 2016
Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth. Try these workshops – led by artists, dancers and musicians – and let your toddler discover, explore, create and play. Each Monday:…

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…

Off Beat: Jeff Nuttall and the International Underground

8 September 2016 - 5 March 2017
Painter, poet, actor and sculptor, a man once described as "the only all-round genius most of us are likely to meet," Jeff Nuttall was one of the few people in the early 1960s to publish…

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

Policy evaluation methods

4 - 6 October 2016
This course is run in association with the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice How can one evaluate whether a government labour market programme such as the Work Programme, or…

Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 6 October 2016
Two quartets composed under fraught circumstances: Hanns Eisler’s tragic two-movement Quartet immediately reflects the tensions of pre-war fascism, while Beethoven’s masterful ‘Harp’…

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.…

Toddler tales

10:30 - 11:15 6 October 2016
Find a cosy corner, pull up a cushion and listen to fun stories. Join in playtime, creating a storyworld of your own. Suitable for families with children 5 and under.

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 7 October 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Quatuor Danel

19:30 - 21:30 7 October 2016
Two third quartets, each 40 minutes long, but from different worlds: Camden Reeves’s virtuosic exploration of time and chaos, juxtaposed with Tchaikovsky’s sorrowful memorial for his…

Seminar: Approaches at KAIST NICIE Lab to Quantifying Situation Awareness in Nuclear Power Plant MCRs

11:00 - 12:00 7 October 2016
Hosted by the Dalton Nuclear Institute and the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science. In this presentation, some empirical efforts which were made at the KAIST NICIE…

Short Course: Introduction to R (introductory)

7 October 2016
This one day course aims to provide a basic introduction to R and RStudio for those with no previous experience with this statistical programming language. We will discuss some of the…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:00 - 10:30 8 October 2016
See, Make and Do at the Museum Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings. Activities…

Journeys Festival International

11:00 - 16:00 8 October 2016
Join us as part of the city wide Journeys Festival International celebrating the artwork, music, creativity, culture and experiences of refugee artists. The Museum will be showcasing…

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

13:00 8 October 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 the Relational Event Model (REM)

10 October 2016
The course will explain how the Relational Event Model (REM) may be used to investigate patterns in ordered or timed sequences of actions.We begin by giving some examples for which…

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