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Online Talk: Collecting and Displaying China at the National Museum of Scotland

18:00 - 19:00 25 November 2021
A new East Asia gallery opened at the National Museum of Scotland in February 2019 as the final stage of the Museum’s fifteen-year transformation and renovation. The new gallery presents…

MIOIR Seminar Series - How Canadian firms mitigate innovation barriers to (try to) remain innovative

15:30 - 16:30 29 November 2021
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 21/22, webinar hosted by Catherine Beaudry, Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Industrial…

Navigating crisis from the margins: LGBTQIA+ vulnerability and resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic. Research and stories from the UK and Brazil.

13:00 - 15:00 1 December 2021
The coronavirus pandemic and responses have had uneven impacts on different segments of societies. Despite growing awareness and research into lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer,…

GM Connected Health Ecosystem: Digital Health Inequities

10:00 - 12:00 6 December 2021
The next Connected Health Ecosystem of 2021 will be held virtually on Monday 6th December, 10.00 - 12.00. The global pandemic has highlighted the extensive health inequities that exist…

Online Talk: 'To laugh or not to laugh' - Contemporary Chinese Theatre

18:00 - 19:00 20 January 2022
Theatre is an art of coming together in presence. Therefore, it might not be surprising that we do not hear much of Chinese theatre in recent months. In my talk I would like to address…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Workforce age diversity and innovation performance: Evidence from a panel of U.K. universities

15:30 - 16:30 31 January 2022
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 21/22, webinar hosted by Dr Shukhrat Nasirov, Lecturer in Innovation at the Alliance Manchester Business School,…

Digital Discoveries: Email Archives and the Palladium Project

14:00 - 16:00 9 February 2022
Join Jessica Smith, Paul Carlyle, Jochen Farwer and Ian Gifford from the University of Manchester Library Special Collections and Digital Development teams, as they present the findings…

GM Connected Health Ecosystem: How the Pandemic has Sparked Innovations and New Partnerships

13:00 - 15:00 10 February 2022
The next Connected Health Ecosystem of 2021 will be held virtually on Thursday 10th February, 13.00 - 15.00. The pandemic has impacted nearly every aspect of lives and has turned…

Indigeneity, Material Cultures, Affectivity; Talk

16:00 - 18:00 15 February 2022
Join Alexandra Alberda (Manchester Museum) Robert Preucel (Haffenreffer Museum), Rachel Winchcombe (University of Manchester), and Beatriz Marín-Aguilera (University of Cambridge) for…

(Heritage) language learning during and after a global pandemic: a virtual roundtable discussion

19:00 - 20:30 22 February 2022
Join us for a virtual roundtable discussion on the challenges and opportunities of (heritage) language learning during a global pandemic. The roundtable will bring together language…

Mother language(s) from my field site

14:00 - 16:00 22 February 2022
A Linguistic Diversity Collective (LEL) activity for International Mother Language Day, led by Dr Serge Sagna. Staff and student fieldworkers will present video recordings and photos…

Dr Emma Chapman - Preventing & Tackling Sexual Misconduct: Lessons Learned

15:00 - 16:00 23 February 2022
The Department of Physics & Astronomy welcomes Dr Emma Chapman for our February Colloquium. There are many obstacles in the way of navigating the academic world successfully. This…

Explore your own Language – talking about time and space

16:00 - 17:30 24 February 2022
This online activity will actively involve speakers of different ages and proficiencies of languages spoken in Manchester - the intended audience are teachers and students at supplementary…

Systems Software for emerging non-traditional hardware topologies

14:00 - 15:00 9 March 2022
Please join us for our forthcoming Atlas Talk (online) in Computer Science on Wednesday 9 March at 14:00 – speaker Antonio BARBALACE Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91551538062…

MIOIR Seminar Series - UK Science and Innovation Policy: Problems and Paradoxes

14 March 2022
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 21/22, webinar hosted by Paul Nightingale, Associate Dean at the University of Sussex Business School, where…

Reciprocal Design: Exploring Hands-On Remaking with Early Modern Objects; Talk

16:00 - 18:00 15 March 2022
How does making shape the lives of artefacts? How does remaking shape our understanding of artefacts’ past lives? Join Marta Ajmar (Victoria & Albert Museum) for a conversation that…

Manchester Community Sharewear

19:00 - 20:00 16 March 2022
A Making a Difference Event Dr Louise Cooke will host a brief presentation followed by a Q&A and we will discuss next steps as to ‘Manchester Community Sharewear' Clothing deprivation…

Islamic Manuscript Cultures; Talk

16:00 - 18:00 22 March 2022
Join Christopher Bahl (Durham University) and Konrad Hirschler (University of Hamburg) for a conversation that will bring together manuscript studies, Islamic Studies, and material…

Online Talk: Chinese Tea Culture - from the Yunnanese forests to Europe

18:00 - 19:00 22 March 2022
Join the Confucius Institute for an online talk on Chinese tea with tea-scholars and farmers Vivian Zhang and Lorenzo Barbieri from Eastern Leaves, who will show us how tea is grown…

Sarah Jones Careers Seminar

16:00 - 17:00 22 March 2022
Join the HCRI for its new Careers Seminar Series! Hear all about where your degree can take you from those in the workplace. We're delighted to welcome Sarah Jones, Headteacher at…

A conversation with Kodo Nishimura

17:45 - 19:00 23 March 2022
A conversation with Kodo Nishimura, Buddhist monk, makeup artist and LGBTQ+ activist, and author of This Monk Wears Heels.

MIOIR Seminar Series - Reconfiguration events and new firm survival

15:30 - 16:30 4 April 2022
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 21/22, webinar hosted by Orietta Marsili, Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Director of CREI…

Paul Crookes - The Developing Landscape of EU-China Relations

14:00 - 15:00 6 April 2022
This presentation will analyse the current relationship between the European Union and China to assess the key characteristics and issues of tension in major policy areas, presenting…

GM Connected Health Ecosystem: Deep dive into the GM Care Record – connecting health and care across Greater Manchester

13:00 - 15:00 26 April 2022
The next Connected Health Ecosystem of 2021 will be held virtually on Tuesday 26 April 2022, 13.00 - 15.00. Health and care organisations across Greater Manchester have accelerated…

Writing and Industrial Revolution, 1795 - 1835 with Jon Mee

17:15 - 19:00 26 April 2022
In this online event, Professor Jon Mee (University of York) presents, “All that the most romantic imagination could previously have conceived”: Writing an Industrial Revolution 1795…

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