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'Let's Talk about Prevent'

14:00 - 17:00 21 November 2018
Showcase event of the Horizon 2020 PROMISE project in collaboration with the Student Union and Islamic Society.

After the cut: Re-cutting the seventeenth-century Mughal miniature painting - Fatema Abdoolcarim

17:00 21 November 2018
Fatema Abdoolcarim, PhD Candidate with The Center for New Writing and Art History and Cultural Practices at The University of Manchester will be delivering her research paper entitled…

Ageing process in astrocytes and the progression of Alzheimer's disease like pathology

15 - 21 November 2018
As part of a British Council UK-Israel Lectureship project, Stuart Allan will be hosting Professor Dan Frenkel from Tel Aviv on Wednesday 21st November. Dan will be giving a seminar…

Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness

1 September 2018 - 24 February 2019
From the Barberini Tapestries to the Bayeux Tapestry, monumental textiles in the form of large-scale narrative embroideries, weaving and tapestries have been used to illustrate contemporary…

Alleviating anxiety and cultivating care: Young trans people in the Family Court of Australia

13:30 21 November 2018
Dr Senthorun Raj, Keele University The distress and anxiety faced by young trans(gender) people generates varied social, medical, and legal concerns. In Australia, minors have had…

An introduction to the Women Who Shaped Manchester

10:30 - 11:00 21 November 2018
Hear the stories of some of the women who shaped a changing Manchester in the early 1900s. Our curator will tell you all about the inspiring legacies they left to modern healthcare,…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 26 September - 13:55 21 November 2018
Due to popular demand, this Autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics again! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for Beginners’ in a relaxed and friendly environment. …

Bike Registration Event

12:30 - 13:30 21 November 2018
Unfortunately due to current weather conditions and poor forecast for the rest of the day this event is postponed until tomorrow same place and time. Free Bike Marking session - To…

Bodies of Colour: Breaking With Stereotypes in the Wallpaper Collection

4 May 2018 - 28 April 2019
This latest exhibition uses the Whitworth’s extensive and significant wallpaper collection to focus on how Imperial attitudes to people are reflected in wallpaper. The wallpapers in…

CGP Seminar with Maja Zehfuss: Did Merkel open the border? Migration and the Fantasy of Control

15:30 - 17:00 21 November 2018
Maja Zehfuss (University of Manchester) speaks on migration and the fantasy of control. Maja Zehfuss' work centres on the topics of war, ethics, the idea of humanity, vulnerability,…

CI Film Club

15:00 21 November 2018
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students once again from October! The club is providing a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural discussions…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 31 August 2018 - 10:00 31 May 2020
Are you and your family hungry to get creative? Pick up a picnic hamper with a difference. Come to our Oxford Road or Parkside entrance and pick up one of our special hampers - free…

Departmental Seminar: Dr Marie Guillot (Essex)

15:00 - 17:00 21 November 2018
Title *TBC Abstract *TBC

EAC Research Seminar: SARAH RAFF (POMONA COLLEGE) 'MANSFIELD PARK’S GUARDIANS AND THE ERRANT DELEGATES OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE'

17:00 - 18:30 21 November 2018
EAC Research Seminar Series, Autumn 2018 21 NOVEMBER, SARAH RAFF (POMONA COLLEGE) 'MANSFIELD PARK’S GUARDIANS AND THE ERRANT DELEGATES OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE' 5PM, SAM ALEX A7

English Corner

10:30 6 October 2017 - 12:00 31 May 2019
Fourth Friday of each month 10.30am–12pm Monthly conversation classes for people who are learning to speak English. Free, no need to book

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

Four Corners of One Cloth: Textiles from the Islamic World

23 June 2018 - 3 November 2019
A section of a Kiswa will form the heart of the exhibition. The Kiswa cloth covers the Ka’bah and is replaced each year during Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Positioned in the direction…

JMCE Seminar Series - Dr. Rachel Minto (University of Cardiff)

14:00 - 15:00 21 November 2018
Wednesday 21 November 2018, 14:00 @ University Place, 6.206 Speaker: Dr. Rachel Minto (University of Cardiff) Title: Re-wiring European Networks post-Brexit: Continuity and change from a multi-level perspective

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 21 November 2018
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Making the most of Census microdata: An introductory workshop

10:00 - 15:30 21 November 2018
Are you interested in learning more about census microdata and how they can be used in research? Have you considered using census data but are not sure what is available? Would you…

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:30 21 November 2018
Isabel Raabe, Maths skills and confidence - What can explain the gendered mismatch? While girls and boys perform similarly well in maths, girls have on average lower confidence in…

Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil

7 July 2018 - 4 August 2019
Francesco José de Goya Lucientes (1746-1828) and William Hogarth (1647-1764) were the most remarkable artists of their times. Both were famous painters, but their most compelling works…

Professor Craig Brandist, University of Sheffield: "Soviet Indology, Socialism and the 'Buddhist Revival': Two Radical Indian intellectuals in the USSR 1917-1940"

16:00 - 17:30 21 November 2018
The paper will focus on the work of two Indian socialist intellectuals: Dharmanand Kosambi (1876-1947, father of the founder of Indian Marxist historiography, D.D. Kosambi) and Rahul…

Re-wiring European Networks post-Brexit: Continuity and change from a multi-level perspective (Dr. Rachel Minto - University of Cardiff)

14:00 - 15:00 21 November 2018
The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) Seminar Series

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