All events

Bursting bubbles: new perspectives on volcanic eruptions from the communities who experience them

13:00 - 14:00 20 May 2020
Prof Jenni Barclay, UEA, Norwich, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. Some 800 million people live within 100 km of an active volcanic…

Cancelled: Jodrell Bank: 75 Years of science

20 April - 13 November 2020
-Please note that these events have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak- 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Jodrell Bank Observatory. Since 1945, this globally significant…

Cancelled: Stars and Stones

2 May - 7 October 2020
-Please note that these events have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak- 2nd May, 13th May, 24th June, 11th July, 9th September and 7th October Stars and Stones offers…

Coding Demonstrations: Programming for Social Science Research

16:00 6 - 17:00 27 May 2020
Computational methods for collecting, cleaning and analysing data are an increasingly important component of a social scientist’s toolkit. Central to engaging in these methods is the…

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…

Grubtime Natter - The Miniature Muse. Insects in Art and Culture

12:30 - 13:30 20 May 2020
Wednesday 20 May 12.30-1.30pm Sylvia’s Space Scarabs, Moths and Spiders – find out more about some of the stories of the beasts featured in Beauty and the Beasts – have your lunch…

Imran Perretta: the destructors

8 May - 4 October 2020
The Whitworth presents a new 2-screen film by London-based artist Imran Perretta. Drawing on the artist’s own experience as a young man of Bangladeshi heritage, the film explores personal…

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…

Lockdown Lectures - Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell

12:00 - 13:00 20 May 2020
Lockdown Lectures from The University of Manchester Are you looking for something more than your next Netflix box-set binge or Spotify ‘top 100’ playlist to help you through the lockdown?…

Manchester Live: Student Life

11:00 - 12:00 20 May 2020
A recent graduate will be chatting all about student life at The University of Manchester, including everything from the Students' Union and student societies to sport, accommodation,…

MES Seminar - Balazs Szentes (LSE)

13:30 - 15:00 20 May 2020
Title: TBA

Rapid Cycle Evaluation

13:00 - 16:00 20 May 2020
Due to the current Coronavirus situation our face to face CPD session has been converted into online webinar. Evaluation allows us to document the impact of a programme or project…

Science Learning at Home

20 March - 30 June 2020
Jodrell Bank Observatory is the UK’s latest UNESCO World Heritage Site and an icon for British science and engineering. For the last 75 years, the pioneering scientists and researchers…

The Carcanet Cat: Printing demo CANCELLED

11:15 - 11:30 20 May 2020
See our Columbian Printing Press in action as we print the purrrfect cat! Paws for a print to learn about Manchester-based Carcanet Press. To celebrate 50 years of poetry publishing,…

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…

Utopias

31 January - 4 October 2020
Utopia is, at its essence, about creating a perfect world, yet in this way, it is always in opposition with the present. In his seminal book Utopia (1516), Thomas More gave name and…

AGEING POPULATION & LIFE COURSE TRAJECTORIES: MICRA PhD & Early Career Conference

09:00 - 17:00 21 May 2020
With an ageing global population, research about ageing and older people is increasingly important. This one day conference aims to showcase the range of research among postgraduate…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Brian Klug (Oxford), 'Unasking the Jewish Question'

17:00 - 19:00 21 May 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programme. Brian Klug (University of Oxford) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'Unasking the Jewish…

GEIC Webinar Series – Challenges and Opportunities of Scaling Up CVD Graphene Production

14:00 - 15:00 21 May 2020
This free webinar is part of the ‘Challenges and Opportunities’ Series of Webinars hosted by the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre. Dr Paul Wiper will deliver this webinar, and…

The Children of Extinction: An Evening of Dinosaur Philosophy with Dr. Leonard Finkelman

18:00 - 21:00 21 May 2020
What do philosophy and dinosaurs have in common? Join us for an evening with Dr. Leonard Finkelman to find out how philosophy can help improve our understanding of the earth’s past…

Webinar: Key issues in reusing data

15:00 - 16:00 21 May 2020
Participants will hear about the key issues in secondary analysis as a method. The introductory session will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data and the importance of learning…

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: 'Defining Antisemitism: The IHRA Definition': Led by Brian Klug (Oxford)

14:00 - 16:00 22 May 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programmes Brian Klug (University of Oxford) will lead a Key Ideas seminar entitled 'Defining Antisemitism:…

Health Studies User Conference 2020

22 May 2020
The annual Health Studies User Conference is a one-day conference on 30 June and is free to attend. It is organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with UCL and NatCen Social…

Lockdown Lectures: Cary Cooper

12:00 - 13:00 22 May 2020
Are you looking for something more than your next Netflix box-set binge or Spotify ‘top 100’ playlist to help you through the lockdown? Then why not join some of the nation’s foremost…

Oliver Rhodes - TBA

14:00 - 15:00 22 May 2020
Dr Oliver Rhodes from The University of Manchester will be speaking at this seminar.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

Search