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Tuesday Talks: Hayley Tompkins

11:00 - 12:30 19 February 2019
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

MRC Come and See – Careers after a PhD with Chris Humphrey

15:30 - 17:00 20 February 2019
Dr Chris Humphreys completed his PhD in Medieval Studies at the University of York and after several years in academia as a postdoc made the move to the non-academic sector. Today…

Curator’s Corner: Attitudes to menstruation through the ages

17:30 - 17:50 21 February 2019
Often a hidden subject, our collections reveal attitudes and observations that will shock and enlighten. Join one of our curators for a short talk exploring attitudes to menstruation…

Jeff Hughes: A Celebration

10:00 - 17:30 22 February 2019
A one-day meeting to celebrate the life and work of Dr Jeff Hughes (1965-2018) as a scholar, teacher, mentor and friend. The meeting will include short talks on current research in…

Tuesday Talks: Kurt Johannessen

11:00 - 12:30 26 February 2019
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Leyendas del tiempo: el flamenco durante la transición española

18:30 - 20:30 28 February 2019
The Transition is the time in which great flamenco artists like Camarón de la Isla, Enrique Morente and Paco de Lucía became stars; but it is also a period in which more marginal artists…

Tuesday Talks: Elena Volpato

11:00 - 12:30 5 March 2019
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

International Women's Day: Balance For Better

13:00 - 15:00 6 March 2019
Join us as Dr Jess Wade, scientist and equality campaigner, visits The University of Manchester to give a public talk as part of our International Women’s Day celebrations. Jess tirelessly…

The State of the Humanitarian System 2018 Panel Discussion

16:00 - 18:00 6 March 2019
Irregular migration, epidemics and conflict have stretched the capacity of the humanitarian system and are reshaping relationships both within it, and also with development actors,…

Entrepreneurs@Manchester - Piers Linney

17:00 - 19:00 12 March 2019
This event welcomes Piers Linney, who is well known for his television appearances as an investor on ‘Dragons’ Den’ and ‘The Secret Millionaire’, also has a professional background…

Tuesday Talks: Emma Hart

11:00 - 12:30 12 March 2019
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Confucius Institute Talk: China in Drag - Travels with a Cross-dresser

18:00 - 19:00 13 March 2019
Michael Bristow, BBC World Service’s Asia and Pacific editor will talk about his eight-year stay in Beijing and why he decided to write about the country’s modern history. To assist…

MRC Come & See Marc Abrahams - Improbable research & the Ig Nobel Prizes

15:30 - 17:00 13 March 2019
Improbable research & the Ig Nobel Prizes 4-5pm (coffee & cake from 3.30) The MRC Come & See has invited a renowned keynote speaker from the US: Ig Nobel founder Marc Abrahams. The…

On the scattering of electromagnetic waves by fractal screens: a Rayleigh-Sommerfeld approach

18:00 - 19:30 27 March 2019
The scattering of plane waves by complex domains (self-similar or fractal obstructions characterized by roughness across many scales) is a problem of fundamental interest for physicists…

Research seminar: Dr Patrick Quinn (UCL), Geochemical Warfare: Exploring Elemental Patterning within Emperor Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Army, China

17:00 - 18:00 2 April 2019
Emperor Qin Shihuang’s ‘Terracotta Army’ is a ceramic assemblage of immense scale, importance and world renown. These c. 7,000 ornate life-sized ceramic soldiers and horses were installed…

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