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A Month of Celebrations: International Women's Day Lunchtime Speakers - The Contribution of Women across the Lifespan in the Covid-19 Crisis

16 - 30 March 2022
A month of celebrations for international women's day: lunchtime talks to highlight women's contribution to the Covid- across the lifespan To celebrate International Women’s Day on…

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

CoDE seminar: 'Decolonisation through ubuntu: reflections on responsive pedagogies in South African universities' zethu Matebeni (Fort Hare)

15:00 - 16:15 17 March 2022
How do we begin to account for what seems to be a ‘pause’ in decolonisation efforts since the end of #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall campaigns in South African universities? What…

Ehrhardt Seminar: J. Thomas Hewitt, University of Aberdeen ‘The Destiny of the Nations in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and the Pauline Epistles’

14:00 - 15:30 17 March 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…

Film Screening of "The Chicago Boys" and Q&A with the directors

16:00 - 18:00 17 March 2022
After the 1973 coup which brought Augusto Pinochet to power, a group of Chilean economists were given the power to turn Chile into a laboratory for the world's most radical neo-liberal…

Geographical data visualisation of UK Census data

13:30 - 17:00 17 March 2022
A table of numbers is not always the best way to present census data, often we want to visualise information in some way to help people see patterns quickly. This free online workshop,…

GM Cyber Foundry Cyber Security Clinic in partnership with F-Secure

14:00 - 16:00 17 March 2022
Since its launch in 2018, the Greater Manchester Cyber Foundry (GMCF) programme has supported over 130 businesses with business growth, stability, and security. The programme has delivered…

Keynote Film Seminar - Independent Filmmaker and Founder of the Slamdance Film Festival Dan Mirvish

17:00 17 March 2022
The departments of English, American Studies and Creative Writing and Drama are delighted to welcome filmmaker Dan Mirvish to Manchester. Dan is co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival…

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…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Professor David Tollerton (University of Exeter) “The Religious Challenges of Linking Holocaust Memory with Colonial Violence”.

16:00 - 17:30 17 March 2022
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is a hybrid session and can be attended in person or online. Please register to receive the Zoom link…

Sasha Panfilov -- In silico–in vitro approach to study and control cardiac arrhythmias

15:00 - 16:00 17 March 2022
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by Sasha Panfilov (Gent, Belgium) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series…

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…

The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series: Mapping Manchester’s Early African Diaspora Communities

12:00 - 13:00 17 March 2022
In this lunchtime talk, historian Kerry Pimblott and Maya Sharma (Collections and Engagement Officer at the AIU RACE Centre) will discuss how interested teachers, students, and community…

WCLC - Madeleine Mitchell Violin Recital with Nigel Clayton, piano

13:10 - 13:55 17 March 2022
The distinguished violinist includes pieces written for her by Kevin Malone - World Premiere: Your Call is Important to Us, Errollyn Wallen CBE and Sadie Harrison - Aurea Luce, included…

Avant-garde and arts-based methods in qualitative research - Online

21 - 23 March 2022
This course will give you an overview of avant-garde and arts-based approaches of doing qualitative research and provide you with basic knowledge about creative methods in the social…

Literature Live: The 2022 Burgess Fellows – Natasha Brown and Will Harris

18:30 - 20:00 21 March 2022
Join us for the latest in the Literature Live series, presented by the Centre for New Writing in partnership with the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. This event will welcome…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr. Annelies Kusters and Dr Erin Moriarty

16:00 - 18:00 21 March 2022
Title : Ethnographic film as cosmopolitan product Description : In this presentation we reflect on ethnographic filmmaking as cosmopolitan process and product. We will discuss two…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Sinead Lyle

13:00 - 14:00 22 March 2022
Speaker: Sinead Lyle - UEA Title: Higher level Rouquier blocks Abstract: In the symmetric group algebra, the Rouquier blocks are an important class of blocks. We shall explore some…

Martin Palmer - Daoism in China’s Climate Change Policy

12:30 - 13:30 22 March 2022
This event is co-organised with the Manchester Museum. In this talk, broadcaster and theologian Martin Palmer will be examining the unique Daoist understanding of the Climate Crisis,…

Workshop: Academic aero mobility in a post-pandemic future

09:00 - 11:00 22 March 2022
This workshop aims to spark/leverage changes on the academic structures and systems, helping to build institutional alliances that leverage About this event This workshop aims to spark/leverage…

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