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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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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”…

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.…

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…

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…

GDI Lecture Series: Understanding the contemporary food crisis: structural causes, structural solutions

17:00 - 18:30 16 February 2022
Around the world hunger continues to be a pervasive issue. This talk summarizes current evidence regarding global hunger and demonstrates that its principal cause is not to be found…

Indigeneity, Material Cultures, Affectivity; Workshop

13:00 - 14:30 16 February 2022
This workshop will be an opportunity to further explore the topics introduced in the public talk ‘Indigeneity, Material Cultures, Affectivity; Talk’. Participants will also have a chance…

Jamille Pinheiro Dias (Manchester): "On Coalition and Cosmopolitics: Notes for a Recent History of Indigenous Cultural Production in Brazil"

17:00 - 18:30 16 February 2022
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar series 2020/21. This event will be on campus (Samuel Alexander A101) but you can also follow it via Zoom.…

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