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Confucius Institute Public Talk: Contemporary Chinese Culture through Performing Arts

18:00 - 19:00 16 May 2019
The talk will explore the current British perception about Chinese culture and how different artforms and works might help to raise public understanding and appreciation of contemporary…

One Giant Leap: Talk and Tour

9 May - 5 September 2019
One Giant Leap:Jodrell Bank and the Race to the Moon July 2019 will mark 50 years since humans first set foot on another celestial body. In this, the 50th anniversary year of the moon…

Stars and Stones

3 April - 4 September 2019
Stars and Stones offers a rare opportunity to explore The Blackden Trust and Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre on the same day. You’ll have the chance to discover the science and the stories…

The Importance of the Moon: Past, Present, and Future. With Dr Jim Green, NASA Chief Scientist

18:00 - 19:00 20 May 2019
Join the Earth and Solar System team, the Royal Astronomical Society and the organising committee of the European Lunar Symposium for an exciting talk about the Moon with Dr Jim Green,…

One Giant Leap: Talk, Tour and Picnic

22 May - 25 September 2019
One Giant Leap: Jodrell Bank and the Race to the Moon July 2019 will mark 50 years since humans first set foot on another celestial body. In this, the 50th anniversary year of the…

The mechanics of flight: Why birds wish they were helicopters?

18:30 - 20:30 6 June 2019
Birds, bees and bats all evolved powered flight by flapping their wings. The reciprocating motion of the wings provides thrust, while the shape and orientation of the wings generates…

Emergency Ethnography: Anthropology in and of Public Health Crises

16:00 - 18:00 27 June 2019
Recent global health and humanitarian crises—the West African Ebola Virus epidemic in particular—have brought new attention to the social life of emergency: how human behaviour influences…

Lemn Sissay and Dave Haslam in conversation - SOLD OUT

20:15 - 21:15 27 June 2019
This event is now SOLD OUT. As part of Didsbury Arts Festival 2019, Creative Manchester presents University of Manchester Chancellor and poet, Lemn Sissay in conversation with DJ,…

Neurodevelopmental and neurological aspects of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) + Keynote Lecture

28 June 2019
Morning session - Early Development and Neuroscience - Chaired by Professor Jonathan Green and kicks off with the Keynote lecture by Professor Mark Johnson, 1931 Professor of Experimental…

Talk and Reception for Professor Jack Dongarra

10:00 - 11:00 28 June 2019
To celebrate the election of Professor Jack Dongarra, who holds an appointment in the School of Mathematics, as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, there will be a 30 minute talk…

Biofilm and Microbiomes - The key to our health?

18:30 - 20:30 4 July 2019
In his talk Professor Andrew McBain will tell us about biofilms, which form when microorganisms grow on surfaces (including the teeth, the digestive tract and the general environment)…

Documenting history: Book Panel Event

18:00 - 20:00 5 September 2019
Documenting history: Book Panel Event (In partnership with Blackwell’s) Why should Jallianwala Bagh be remembered? How can we understand what really happened that day in 1919? Hear…

Clean Air for Greater Manchester - Joint Launch of The University of Manchester’s Air Quality Supersite and Manchester Urban Observatory

15:00 - 17:00 18 September 2019
The launch of two major investments in air quality research at The University of Manchester The event will launch The University of Manchester’s Air Quality Supersite and the Manchester…

CI Talk: Understanding the Multiple Meanings and Spaces of Manchester’s Chinatown

18:00 - 19:00 24 September 2019
Discussing the results of research undertaken in Manchester’s Chinatown, this talk will explore the multiple meanings of the site, exploring how Chinatown allows for acts of social…

CIDRAL Event: Gary Younge in conversation with Ellah Wakatama Allfrey

14:00 - 16:00 1 October 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism theme, presented in collaboration with Creative Manchester and the Centre for New Writing. Gary Younge,…

Gandhi, Amritsar and Darwen: A Journey of Rightful Protest

18:00 - 19:30 2 October 2019
To mark the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birth we will be highlighting his visit to Darwen, Lancashire in 1931: Why did he make the visit to the cotton mills, and how did it influence…

'A European obsession with vengeance: reclaiming ngozi spirits from the ethnographic record'

16:00 - 17:30 3 October 2019
History Department Research Seminar Diana Jeater (University of Liverpool) 'A European obsession with vengeance: reclaiming ngozi spirits from the ethnographic record'

An Interactive Schools' Poetry Performance with John Hegley

10:30 - 11:30 4 October 2019
An Interactive Schools’ Poetry Performance with John Hegley English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration of poetry…

Brilliant and Black presents Professor David Olusoga

12:00 - 14:00 10 October 2019
Public lecture given by David Olusoga OBE to celebrate Black History Month at The University of Manchester About this Event To celebrate Black History Month we are delighted to…

Helping Refugees Past and Present (part of Journeys Festival International)

16:00 - 17:30 11 October 2019
A platform to understand why people engage in refugee work, what specific areas they’ve addressed, the challenges they encounter, but importantly, what keeps them going. The event will…

Chen Qiufan and Xia Jia at Manchester Literature Festival

14:00 - 15:00 12 October 2019
We are delighted to welcome two of China’s most acclaimed science fiction writers to MLF. Chen Qiufan (aka Stanley Chan) is the author of Waste Tide. Set in the world’s largest e-waste…

One Giant Leap: Talk and Tour

12 October - 17 November 2019
One Giant Leap: Jodrell Bank and the Race to the Moon, 13:30-16:00 NEW DATES ANNOUNCED! 2019 marks 50 years since humans first set foot on another celestial body. And so, in this,…

Confucius Institute Talk: Lao Zi – the law governing all laws

18:00 - 19:00 22 October 2019
Lao Zi, the first philosopher of Chinese Daoism has shaped Chinese philosophy and is highly respected in all circles in China; he was a venerated philosopher to the Confucians; to the…

HCRI Research Seminar- Tackling multiple challenges at once: Are we drifting away from our core mission?

16:00 - 19:00 30 October 2019
HCRI's third research seminar of the new term will be with guest speaker Sophie Delaunay. Event title: Tackling multiple challenges at once: Are we drifting away from our core mission?…

'Race and respectability in mid-twentieth-century London'

16:00 - 17:30 7 November 2019
Rob Waters (Queen Mary) 'Race and respectability in mid-twentieth-century London'

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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