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'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.…

Applied Economics Seminar - Emma Riley (Oxford)

13:00 - 14:15 7 November 2019
Title: TBA

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 25 September - 13:55 20 November 2019
Back 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 Cancelled

12:30 - 13:30 7 November 2019
Unfortunately due to the very poor weather forecast this event is cancelled as we can't mark bikes that are wet. Sorry for the inconvenience. Free Bike Marking session - To qualify…

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…

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: Ideologies of Violence: Threatening Language Ideologies vs. Threatening Language Realities: Led by Tammy A. Gales (Hofstra)

14:00 - 16:00 7 November 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Work, Leisure, Culture strand. Tammy A. Gales (Hofstra University) will lead a CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar entitled 'Threatening Language Ideologies vs.…

CTIS Seminar: Against Translation as Creative Writing: Risks and Opportunities of the Commodification of Literature

14:00 - 15:30 7 November 2019
In this presentation I make two, related, arguments. First, that literary translation is a hybrid art from, combining elements of both literary and performing arts. This claim is made…

Cézanne at the Whitworth

24 August 2019 - 1 March 2020
This exhibition celebrates an extraordinary collection of drawings and prints by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) that has been gifted and placed on long-term loan to the Whitworth by gallerist,…

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Meredith J. C. Warren (University of Sheffield) “Human and Divine Justice in the Testament of Abraham.”

14:00 - 16:00 7 November 2019
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

Elizabeth Price

25 September 2019 - 1 March 2020
Bringing together many new and acclaimed works - including drawings, sculpture and video - this exhibition engages with Price’s pre-occupations of technology, history, politics and…

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…

Family Stargazing Night

19 October 2019 - 8 February 2020
6pm – 9pm Calling all budding young stargazers. You are invited to join us for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. During our fun-packed evening you will enjoy…

Hallé Brass

13:10 - 14:00 7 November 2019
Hallé Brass, one of the foremost brass ensembles in the UK formed primarily from principal members of the internationally renowned Hallé Orchestra, present an eclectic programme of…

Instruments of Change

19 March 2019 - 31 December 2020
Instruments of Change is an exhibition that showcases objects from the Beswick Collection at the Museum of Medicine and Health, telling the stories of the people of Manchester whose…

Introduction to Astrophotography

23 October 2019 - 26 February 2020
Introduction to Astrophotography Wednesdays 23rd October, 20th November, 15th January and 26th February, 7.30pm – 10pm Jodrell Bank's popular Introduction to Astrophotography workshops…

Introduction to Data Analysis 1

7 November 2019
Introduction to Data Analysis 1 is designed for those who would like to know more about the theory and practice of quantitative methods, but lack a background in statistics. Rather…

Jewish Voices: Songs from the collections

17:30 - 19:15 7 November 2019
Discover a world of Jewish objects and let the sounds of traditional and contemporary sacred Jewish music enchant you in this one off performance in our magnificent Historic Reading…

Li Yuan Chia: Unique Photographs

18 May - 15 December 2019
In his lifetime, Li Yuan Chia (1929-1994) travelled from China, to Taiwan, Bologna and London but found his home in a house that he bought in 1972 from Winifred Nicholson in Banks at…

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,…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar (& Jewish-Muslim Research Network): Prof. Aaron Hughes (University of Rochester) “The Sh??a are the Jews of Our Umma”: Rethinking Alterity in Medieval Islam

16:00 - 17:30 7 November 2019
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

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