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Architectural Models: Past, Present, Future of a Design Practice

16:30 - 18:00 12 November 2019
Lecture by Dr Simona Valeriani, Senior Tutor V&A/RCA History of Design MA and Researcher at the V&A research Institute.

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.…

Creative Approaches to Qualitative Researching

11 - 12 November 2019
This course will: Introduce participants to creative qualitative research, both as an overall approach and as a means of generating social science research data; Introduce participants…

Creative ways to improve movement and quality of life in age-related conditions

13:00 - 16:00 12 November 2019
You are invited to a free MICRA seminar. The event begins at 1pm with a free networking lunch. There is an urgent need for cost-effective, sustainable methods to improve and maintain…

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…

Dr Ali A K Ali. Displacement as a Process of Coercive Disruption Examples from Occupied Baghdad (2003-2019)

17:00 - 18:30 12 November 2019
The seminar analyses displacement as a process consisting of coercive disruptions. It questions the prevalent conflation of displacement, forced displacement, and forced migration.…

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…

HCRI Research Seminar - Outstanding BSc Student Dissertations

16:00 - 19:00 12 November 2019
HCRI's fifth research seminar of the new term will be with recent UG graduates Isabelle Kidder, Julia Kiemle-Gabbey and Jennifer Small, who will present on their BSc dissertations.…

Ian Petrow (UCL) - The Weyl subconvex exponent for Dirichlet L-functions.

15:00 - 16:00 12 November 2019
Join us for this research seminar, part of the Number Theory Seminar Series. Abstract: In the 1920s Weyl proved the first non-trivial estimate for the Riemann zeta function on the…

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…

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…

Macro Seminar - Saleem Bahaj (Bank of England)

16:00 - 17:00 12 November 2019
Title: Employment and the Collateral Channel of Monetary Policy

Manchester Algebra Seminar -The exterior algebra of the little adjoint module.

14:00 - 15:00 12 November 2019
Speaker: Ibukun Ademehin (University of Manchester) Title: The exterior algebra of the little adjoint module. Abstract: Let g be a simple complex Lie algebra with a non-simply laced…

Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 12 November 2019
Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series External Speaker TBC

Miniature Wireless Sensors for Closed-loop Health Management Seminar

17:30 - 19:30 12 November 2019
Mobile technologies have changed our life style significantly. Personalised tools such as wearable and implantable devices through wireless communication and Internet of Things have…

Nuclear Graphite Technology Course

12 - 13 November 2019
The Nuclear Graphite Research Group of The University of Manchester are hosting a short course in Nuclear Graphite Technology on 12-13 November 2019. Around 20% of UK electrical power…

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,…

Print a Palimpsest: Printing demo

11:15 - 11:30 12 November 2019
Drop in and peek into the world of palimpsests with our unique printing press demonstration. Using our Columbian printing press we’ll explore how old manuscripts were reused, giving…

Tapestries

12 October 2019 - 1 March 2020
A tapestry is a coming together of people or things, usually thread, to make an intricate whole. This exhibition shows the breadth of the textiles at the Whitworth that are made with…

The Reno at the Whitworth

15 March 2019 - 1 March 2020
For a period of one year Linda Brogan and a group of local residents, who went to the Reno nightclub in the 1970s and 80s, will occupy the Whitworth. The Reno, located in Moss Side,…

Tours at Two

14:00 20 April 2018 - 14:45 31 December 2019
Each day our public tours are led by our Visitor Team and are an insightful view into our history, collections, exhibition spaces, architecture and park. Daily tours are designed for…

Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity

17 August 2019 - 5 July 2020
Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity In the middle of the nineteenth century wallpaper design suddenly became diverse. English manufacturers began to excel at the quick production…

Webinar: Key data: Data about countries

15:00 - 16:00 12 November 2019
This introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to learn about the international time series data available from the UK Data Service. Your host Richard Wiseman will give…

Young, Rich & Famous

10:00 1 October 2019 - 17:00 1 January 2020
In this digital age of collecting selfies and more on social media, what does immortality mean? Manchester Museum’s latest installation at Manchester’s Central Library, Young, Rich…

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