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Postponed Apala Majumdar - Physical Applied Mathematics Seminar

14:00 - 14:50 27 November 2019
Due to the current strike action, this seminar has been rescheduled for 12 February 2020. Apala Majumdar (Bath) joins us for the Physical Applied Mathematics Series.

Andrew Titman - Testing the Markov assumption in general multi-state models

14:00 27 November 2019
Andrew Titman (Lancaster University) joins us for the Statistics seminar series. Recently there has been interest in the development of estimators of the transition probabilities for…

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: Insurgent Empire: Shades of Resistance: Led by Priyamvada Gopal (Cambridge)

14:00 - 16:00 27 November 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism theme, presented in collaboration with Creative Manchester. Priyamvada Gopal (University of Cambridge)…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Priyamvada Gopal (Cambridge): The Idea of Decolonization

17:00 - 19:00 27 November 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism theme, presented in collaboration with Creative Manchester. Priyamvada Gopal (University of Cambridge)…

Claude McKay’s Romance in Marseille: Queer, Black, and Disabled Emerge from the Archive--CANCELLED

17:00 - 19:00 27 November 2019
Research seminar in the American Studies programme's Critical MASS series followed by wine reception. All welcome! CANCELLED

Colliders, Higgs and the strong interaction

15:00 - 17:00 27 November 2019
Particle colliders are our main laboratory tool to study the smallest distance scales accessible to humankind. Recent years have seen major advances, notably the discovery of long-…

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,…

D&E Seminar with Ed Fieldhouse, Kasper Hansen and Chris Prosser: Breaking the voting habit: do interruptions to voting have long term-effects?

15:30 - 17:00 27 November 2019
Please join the Democracy and Elections Research Cluster for a special Manchester-Copenhagen collaboration: ‘Breaking the voting habit: do interruptions to voting have long term-effects?’…

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…

Democracy, Public (Infrastructure) Goods and Value Creation: Quo Vadis?

16:30 - 18:00 27 November 2019
In partnership with AMBS’ Infrastructure Development Research Group With a focus on the provision of public infrastructure goods, a panel of distinguished academics and leading professionals…

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…

Getting to Know Your Camera: Photography Workshop

24 November 2019 - 12 January 2020
10am – 1pm Ever wanted to take your camera off the auto setting and see how you can be in more control of the images you make and be able to explore more creative options? In our introduction…

Humour and the Commodification of Suffering: Humour as Aesthetic Strategy in Sites of ‘Crisis’

17:00 - 18:30 27 November 2019
Chrisoula Lionis, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, The University of Manchester Humour and the Commodification of Suffering: Humour as Aesthetic Strategy in Sites of ‘Crisis’ Mansfield Cooper Building, 2.03

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…

JMCE Seminar with Dr Lamprini Rori: The landscape of political violence in crisis-ridden Greece

14:00 - 15:00 27 November 2019
Please join the Jean Monet Centre of Excellence for a seminar with Lamprini Rori (University of Exeter) entitled 'The landscape of political violence in crisis-ridden Greece'. Dr…

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…

Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies: 'Editing Letters'

13:30 - 16:30 27 November 2019
This seminar will explore issues involved in editing correspondence. Speakers include: Dr Mel Evans (University of Leicester), Dr Emma Moreton (University of Liverpool), Prof Andrew…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 27 November 2019
Jürgen Lerner, University of Konstanz How to get work done online: network analysis of open peer-production Recent decades have witnessed the emergence of open peer-production in…

POSTPONED: GDI Lecture with Prof Paul Vallely: Is philanthropy good for international development?

17:00 - 18:30 27 November 2019
UNFORTUNATELY THIS LECTURE IS POSTPONED AND WILL BE RE-ARRANGED FOR NEXT YEAR. FULL DETAILS TO FOLLOW. The Global Development Lecture Series brings experts involved in global development…

Stargazing Night

15 November 2019 - 20 March 2020
7pm – 10pm Join us at Jodrell Bank for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. You’ll learn how to navigate the skies and locate the stars in our inflatable Planetarium,…

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,…

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 27 November 2019
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

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…

Wood Street Mission 2019 appeal

25 November - 4 December 2019
This year marks 150 years of the Wood Street Mission, a charity that since its beginnings in 1869 has collected together and distributed Christmas gifts to local children of Manchester.…

Workshop for active materials experiments at Harwell

09:00 - 17:00 27 November 2019
Workshop for development of equipment and processes for safe analysis of radioactive user samples using the beamlines on the Harwell site. We will focus on existing capability, science…

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…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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