All events

AN IMPERFECT ACCOUNT OF A COMET

18 November 2022 - 16 April 2023
An Imperfect Account of a Comet is an audio-visual installation by Lynda Laird celebrating the celestial discoveries of the 18th century astronomer Caroline Herschel. The work is presented…

APOLLO REMASTERED

3 December 2022 - 16 April 2023
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of our last steps on the Moon, Andy Saunders will present a small selection of remastered photographs from the final mission of the programme –…

Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis - Online

27 January - 24 February 2023
Longitudinal data is essential in a number of research fields as it enables analysts to concurrently understand aggregate and individual level change in time, the occurrence of events…

MUMS Opera: Mrs President by Victoria Bond

19:00 - 21:00 18 February 2023
Join MUMS Opera for their performance of Victoria Bond’s Mrs. President, an opera detailing the life of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States…

Outdoor Art Club

10:30 - 14:30 18 February 2023
Creative activities designed to encourage children to play freely whilst exploring nature outdoors. Splash around in the water play, create a masterpiece in our mud painting studio…

George Magnus - Forecasting China’s post Zero-Covid Economy

12:30 - 13:30 20 February 2023
[WEBINAR] How will China's staunch policy of zero-covid and its abrupt ending dictate the future of its economy? For more than three decades, the global economy was defined by unbridled…

Gilded Space-Time: Economic subjectivities in a boom-and-bust economy

16:00 - 18:00 20 February 2023
Dr Amy Penfield Gilded Space-Time: Economic subjectivities in a boom-and-bust economy This paper explores moral reflections in encounters with gold and the activity of prospector…

International Energy Poverty Action Week (IEPAW) - Online

20 - 24 February 2023
Join us for a week of online events centred on global energy poverty action and solutions, calling on decision makers to #ActOnEnergyPoverty We believe that everyone has the right…

Afrocats x Whitworth

12:00 21 - 15:00 23 February 2023
Afrocats x Whitworth is a dynamic partnership that first began in Spring 2022 when the Whitworth and Afrocats joined forces for a creative arts, dance, and music 'Takeover' aimed at…

COEH Seminar: 'Can a chatbot enhance hazard awareness in the construction industry?' - by Dr Rita Yi Man Li

14:00 - 15:00 21 February 2023
On Tuesday, 21 February at 2pm, we will welcome Dr Rita Yi Man Li who will present on 'Can a chatbot enhance hazard awareness in the construction industry?' Dr Rita Yi Man Li serves…

Comics Up Close conference: New Perspectives in Comics 2023 (part of International Mother Language Day 2023)

10:00 - 17:00 21 February 2023
Why Comics? What Can They Do? The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in partnership with Creative Manchester and Sheffield Hallam University invite you to join a day packed with…

Generative methods in Machine learning: Applications in science and engineering

15:00 - 17:00 21 February 2023
Note: this is a hybrid learning event. It is most beneficial to attend in-person Learning objectives: 1. To provide the audience with an accessible overview of the theory of generative…

Macro Seminar - Xavier Mateos-Planas (Queen Mary)

16:00 - 17:00 21 February 2023
Title: Trade Credit Default

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Rescheduled due to strike

13:00 - 14:00 21 February 2023
There will be no seminar this week due to industrial action.

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Paul Voutier

15:00 - 16:00 21 February 2023
Speaker: Paul Voutier Title: A kit for linear forms in three logarithms (joint work with Maurice Mignotte) Abstract: Lower bounds for linear forms in logarithms are a powerful tool…

Training Course on Visualisation & quantification of tomographic datasets

09:00 21 - 17:00 22 February 2023
A 2 day training course covering theory and computer-based practical works using the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software. Lab/synchrotron X-ray tomography has emerged as one of…

MET Seminar - Volker Nocke (Mannheim)

17:00 - 18:00 22 February 2023
Title: Consumer Search and Choice Overload Abstract: In this paper, we develop a model of within-firm sequential, directed search and study a firm’s ability and incentive to steer…

PEM/MUI Research Seminar - Modelling and simulating urban expansion in Africa

12:00 - 13:30 22 February 2023
You are kindly invited to our next PEM/MUI Research Seminar This is a hybrid event taking place on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm at ALB, G.035/36 and on Teams (for…

Roxana Dumitrescu - title tbc

15:00 - 16:00 22 February 2023
Roxana Dumitrescu (King's College London) will speak in the Probability seminar. (online) abstract tbc

SQUIDS Seminar: Marie-Therese Wolfram - TBC

15:00 - 16:00 22 February 2023
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: TBC

Applied Seminar - Michele Fioretti (Science Po)

13:00 - 14:00 23 February 2023
Title: Saving for a Dry Day: Coal, Dams and the Energy Transition Abstract: Renewable generation creates a tradeoff between current and future energy production as generators produce…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Kelsie Rodenbiker, University of Glasgow 'Looking for Gold in Mud’: Ancient Ecclesiastical Perceptions of Pseudepigraphy

14:10 - 15:30 23 February 2023
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,…

The Whitworth

Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum