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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…

Bookhands in letters from late antique Egypt

12:00 - 13:00 1 November 2016
Using as a case study an unpublished letter from an ecclesiastical environment, written in the so-called 'sloping pointed majuscule', this paper will investigate late antique letters…

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…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar - Adjustment to retirement and its consequences for intra-cohort social inequality in Germany

16:00 - 17:30 1 November 2016
Access to resources and well-being is socially stratified across populations in the life phase of work. The most obvious change that comes with transition to retirement is that the…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 1 November 2016
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Drop in, free, adult

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 1 November 2016
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Drop in, free, adult

Idris Khan

14 October 2016 - 13 March 2017
British contemporary artist Idris Khan's new solo exhibition. Idris Khan draws inspiration from the history of art, music, philosophy and theology, laying and manipulating images and…

Imagining Medicine

14 October - 22 December 2016
Hammers, vacuum cleaners and duck beaks: see how 16th and 17th century surgical procedures have been reimagined through the photography of Dr Sian Bonnell. Bonnell's photographs take…

Invitation to attend a workshop on new approaches to dementia

15:00 - 17:00 1 November 2016
The University of Manchester has been successful in securing funding for MRC Momentum awards: Institutional pump-priming awards for dementia research providing £750,000 in total funds…

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…

NEW SCULPTURE

22 October 2016 - 12 June 2017
This exhibition presents a dynamic selection of contemporary sculpture recently acquired by the Whitworth. Spanning the last 25 years, the exhibition offers an eclectic journey through…

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…

Seminar: Sekyu Choi (University of Bristol)

16:15 - 17:45 1 November 2016
Title: Sorting on-line and on-time

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.…

Visit of Niko Besnier - Simon Visiting Professor

23 October - 13 November 2016
Social Anthropology Visit of Niko Besnier Simon Visiting Professor 23 Oct – 13 Nov. 2016 Niko Besnier is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He is…

Bike Registration Event

09:30 - 10:30 2 November 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…

Geography Research Seminar: Dr. Ruth Massey (University of Free State, South Africa), Would the real Johannesburg please stand up: misguided urban renewal in post-apartheid South Africa

16:00 - 17:30 2 November 2016
Would the real Johannesburg please stand up: misguided urban renewal in post-apartheid South Africa Abstract: South Africa’s cities (particularly Johannesburg) are currently undergoing…

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