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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…

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…

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'

'Who should pay for social care?' An IFS Public Talk with the University of Manchester

17:00 - 18:30 7 November 2019
As our population ages, government spending on health, long-term care and pensioner benefits is projected to rise from 14% of national income today to almost a quarter in the 2060s.…

Binary and the Baby: tensions between mathematics and engineering in The University of Manchester

16:30 - 18:00 7 November 2019
There are two separate blue plaques on the Coupland Street building complex, neither visible from the other: one recognises Alan Turing as a founder of computer science, while the…

Confucius Institute Talk: Wellbeing - The Chinese Approach

18:00 - 19:00 11 November 2019
What really is wellbeing and do we need to look at the wellbeing of the Chinese nationals in our communities differently? This talk will explore these questions by arguing that Chinese…

CIDRAL Event: Colin Grant in conversation with Ellah Wakatama Allfrey

18:00 - 20:00 14 November 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. Colin Grant…

From Seeing to Discovering - A unique exploration of the interplay between art and mathematics

16:00 - 17:00 14 November 2019
Our civilisation has been developed based on modern knowledge and tradition, or oriental and occidental, but there is an important third source which has been often been largely neglected:…

Whitworth Studies - Mark Westgarth - Curating SOLD!

17:00 - 18:00 14 November 2019
Whitworth Studies Are you interested in fresh thinking about the visual arts? The Whitworth Studies offers a programme of talks, events and performances for a broad public audience.…

Manchester Rheumatology Afternoon meeting: November 2019 - Bethan Jones 'Patient Activation: What is it and what do I need to know?'

14:30 - 16:45 15 November 2019
The MRA meetings are monthly educational rheumatology meetings, which will be of interest for anyone working in clinical or research fields related to rheumatology or musculoskeletal…

Uncovering Manchester’s stories with China - Being Human Festival Event

14:00 - 15:30 16 November 2019
Newspapers, archives and gravestones contain hidden stories of Manchester people linked to China. In this talk, come along to hear about a cast of characters from an under-explored…

Discovering Emigrant Children

17:30 - 19:30 21 November 2019
This event offers the unique chance to learn about the 90,000 orphaned British children who forcibly emigrated from the North-West of the UK to Canada between the 1860s and 1920s, as…

'Professional, Regimented and Aggressive: Social class, masculinity and the experiences of Parachute Regiment soldiers during and after the 1982 Falklands War'

16:00 - 17:30 28 November 2019
Helen Parr (Keele University) 'Professional, Regimented and Aggressive: Social class, masculinity and the experiences of Parachute Regiment soldiers during and after the 1982 Falklands War'

CIDRAL Event: Richard Seymour in conversation with Ellah Wakatama Allfrey

14:00 - 16:00 28 November 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism theme, presented in collaboration with Creative Manchester. Richard Seymour, who runs the blog Lenin's…

Manchester: Take Drugs Seriously - Panel discussion

19:00 - 21:00 28 November 2019
Anyone's Child: Families for Safer Drug Control will host a series of events across Manchester. Come along and learn about the impact of drugs on the city and how we can better protect…

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