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ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

22 January - 31 December 2022
Be blown away by the stunning images in this year’s Astronomy Photography of the Year exhibition from The Royal Observatory Greenwich. IMAGE: Polar Lights Dance © Dmitrii Rybalka

Ehrhardt Seminar: Walter Houston, University of Manchester, 'Prophecy and Religion Revisited: John Skinner and Evangelical Biblical Criticism.'

14:00 - 15:30 10 February 2022
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

Exchanges: Recent Additions to the Collection

2 July 2021 - 1 May 2022
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…

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…

Outdoor Explorers

4 August 2021 - 17 August 2022
Whether you live in a city or town, countryside or seaside, you will find all sorts of nature on your doorstep. Just like the scientists and researchers who have collected and studied…

Social Statistics Seminars 2021/22

1 October 2021 - 30 June 2022
We are pleased to announce this year's Social Statistics Seminars. Our speakers: 12/10: Iris Gomez-Lopez (University of Michigan) 02/11: David Haziza (University of Ottawa) 07/12:…

Still Parents: Life after Baby Loss

24 September 2021 - 4 September 2022
Still Parents is the first exhibition of its kind, creating a platform to share personal stories open conversations and break the wall of silence that continues to surround baby loss.…

Sustainable Futures Seminar Series | Beyond COP26 - tools for a ‘collective climatic intelligence’ & The NERC Digital Solutions Hub

14:00 - 15:15 10 February 2022
This event will see separate talks from The University of Manchester's Joe Ravetz and Professor Richard Kingston. Agenda: 14:00: Welcome and introduction with event chair (TBC) …

Suzanne Lacy: What kind of city? A manual for social change

26 November 2021 - 10 April 2022
The Whitworth presents the first major UK presentation of multiple works of US artist Suzanne Lacy, a pioneer of social practice and community organising for almost five decades. In…

Telescope Talks

25 September 2021 - 29 May 2022
Telescope Talks (weekends only) Times: 11am, 12pm, 2:15pm and 3:15pm Come and join one of our expert Explainers for a talk about the Lovell telescope. You’ll learn all about the fascinating…

The Door Opened: 1980s China - Photographs by Adrian Bradshaw

26 January - 6 July 2022
One can argue that nostalgia is the strongest emotion, a pure mixture of wistfulness and melancholy. Adrian Bradshaw, an English photographer, brings that sense of yearning into full…

Urban Infrastructural Configurations with Penny Harvey

16:30 - 18:00 10 February 2022
We are running a 2021-22 Reading Group on urban infrastructural (re)configurations. We are interested in infrastructure and the everyday, focusing on the human-infrastructure interface.…

WCLC - Full of Eastern Promise

13:10 - 13:55 10 February 2022
Featuring Rozanna Madylus (mezzo soprano) and Michelle Assay (piano), ‘Full of Eastern Promise’ is a celebration of East-West cultural encounters through music and poetry. The concert…

Clothing Poverty: Exposed

18:00 - 19:30 11 February 2022
A short documentary exposing the truth about the most hidden aspect of poverty in the UK today -- lack of access to clothing, and its impact • What does it mean to really have nothing…

Manchester Connect

14:00 - 15:00 14 February 2022
Book a one-to-one 15 minute session with a member of staff to find out more about applying for study at Manchester. Manchester Connect is a free online service for prospective students…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr. Stefano Pontiggia

16:00 - 18:00 14 February 2022
Title : Of Money and Relations: Marginality and Post-Revolutionary Life in South-Western Tunisia Description : Redeyef is a mining town located in the Tunisian southwest, known…

Conversations on Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice

15:00 - 16:00 15 February 2022
Urban Ageing and Spatial justice: Space, place and age-friendly cities In the third conversation in this series on urban ageing, Sheila Peace from the Open University and Jarmin Yeh…

FutureDAMS Webinar Series - The Economics of Infrastructure Development in East Africa

15:00 - 16:30 15 February 2022
The demands for water, energy, and food resources in the East Africa Region are rapidly rising, stemming from growing populations, economic development, and changes in lifestyles. Climate…

Gabriel Dill (Oxford) - Around the support problem for Hilbert class polynomials

15:00 - 16:00 15 February 2022
Abstract : I will report on joint work in progress with Francesco Campagna. Let H_D(T) denote the Hilbert class polynomial of the imaginary quadratic order of discriminant D. We study…

Macro Seminar - Markus Poschke (McGill)

16:00 - 17:00 15 February 2022
Title: Gender, Work, and Structural Transformation

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Diego Berdasco

13:00 - 14:00 15 February 2022
Speaker: Diego Berdasco - Queen Mary University Title: From infinitely many to just a handful: representations of symmetric groups. Abstract: One of the most important open problem…

Manchester Connect

15:00 - 16:00 15 February 2022
Book a one-to-one 15 minute session with a member of staff to find out more about applying for study at Manchester. Manchester Connect is a free online service for prospective students…

Sinicising Islam: Roundtable Discussion

12:30 - 13:30 15 February 2022
A “strike hard” (Yanda) campaign was launched in Islamic communities in China in 2014. Under this campaign, various expressions of Islamic identity have been labelled as “extremist”…

Turing Fellow 'Spotlight': 15 February

14:00 - 15:00 15 February 2022
The Digital Futures team are hosting talks by The University of Manchester's new Turing Fellows for 2021-22. Richard Allmendinger, Senior Lecturer in Decision Sciences at the Decision…

Webinar: Reproducibility: Collaborative working

14:00 - 15:00 15 February 2022
Working together on a software or data project is a challenge. You have probably heard of git and GitHub but do you know what they are? Join the UK Data Service for this free webinar…

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