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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 –…

Applied Seminar - Monica Costa-Dias (Bristol and IFS)

13:00 - 14:00 9 March 2023
Title: Higher Education Sorting and Social Mobility (with Jack Britton and David Goll) Abstract: Education is a main facilitator of social, inter-generational mobility, and higher…

Bolton Primary Science Subject Leader Network: Spring Term Meeting

13:00 - 16:00 9 March 2023
We're delighted that SEERIH's termly Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Networks will take place in person throughout 2022-2023. In order to facilitate forward planning in schools,…

Democracy: Should We Replace Elections With Random Selection? (MANCEPT)

16:00 - 17:30 9 March 2023
Dr Annabelle Lever (Sciences Po, Paris) Abstract: Over the past ten years or so, a lively debate has developed about how democratic voting should take place and, to a lesser extent,…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Mary Mills, Liverpool Hope University/Maryvale Institute, Landscape Transformation in Isaiah 34-5: Between Utopia and Dystopia

14:10 - 15:30 9 March 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,…

Lewis Lab Seminar - Thilo Huning (York)

16:00 - 17:00 9 March 2023
Title: TBC

Lydia Becker Institute Research Showcase

12:00 - 17:00 9 March 2023
We’re excited to announce the Lydia Becker Institute Research Showcase 2023 which will take place on 9 March. Becker Executive Talks – 12.00pm-1.00pm - Michael Smith Building Lecture…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Theo Douvropoulos

13:00 - 14:00 9 March 2023
The algebra seminar next week will be given by Theo Douvropoulos from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. We draw attention to the fact that it will be on Thursday 9th March…

Queering the lens of Black activism in the UK

17:30 - 19:30 9 March 2023
In the second of our SLRC in conversation series we invite a discussion that reflects on the (in)visibility of LGBTQ+ Black people in the stories we tell ourselves about Black liberation,…

Transitions in Print: Exhibition Tour

14:00 - 15:00 9 March 2023
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has one of the world’s greatest collections of 15th-century printed artefacts, which have been examined by scholars for over 100 years.…

WCLC - Seyed Ali Jaberi and the Hamdel Ensemble: ‘The Old Harpist’

13:10 - 14:00 9 March 2023
An unmissable opportunity to hear world-renowned tanbur player Seyed Ali Jaberi with the contemporary Persian Sufi Hamdel Ensemble in a programme of music with poetry by the 13 century…

Why is it important to study volunteer translation from an autoethnographic perspective?

14:00 - 15:30 9 March 2023
Join us for a CTIS research seminar: Why is it important to study volunteer translation from an autoethnographic perspective? Abstract: June 2020. I’m lying in my bed, listening to…

Wordsworthian Tree Planting and the English Lake District

17:00 - 18:00 9 March 2023
William Wordsworth was a keen planter of trees—from the Dove Cottage garden to the grounds at Rydal Mount, to landed estates, friends’ houses, and the local churchyard—he planted a…

NCHS: Silent Spaces

10:00 - 12:00 10 March 2023
Take time out and enjoy the restorative benefits of being peaceful in a green space. All we ask is: No phones, no talking and no cameras. Thank you.

PLAY Day

10:30 - 14:30 10 March 2023
A space for under 5s and their grown-ups to come together to play, be curious and be creative with simple, open-ended play resources. Our School of Creativity space will be packed…

NCHS: Silent Spaces

10:00 - 12:00 12 March 2023
Take time out and enjoy the restorative benefits of being peaceful in a green space. All we ask is: No phones, no talking and no cameras. Thank you. https://silentspace.org.uk

Annual Gillian White Lecture 2023

17:00 - 19:00 13 March 2023
Crude Knowledge: Decolonisation and Hydrocarbon Epistemes Decolonisation in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s included demands for sovereign control over and new ways of accounting for, pricing,…

Arturo Araujo -- Modelling biological first principles to understand clinical outcomes [IN PERSON]

14:00 - 15:00 13 March 2023
Join us for this seminar by Arturo Araujo (Roehampton/UCL) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be found…

Commoning Data: Informational politics in the Energy Crisis

16:00 13 March 2023
Dr Hannah Knox Commoning Data: Informational politics in the Energy Crisis In this talk I will draw on recent research with two projects that have been pursuing energy activism through…

Manchester-Melbourne Water Research Seminar: Urban Sustainability and Water Security of China (hybrid)

09:00 - 10:00 13 March 2023
The Manchester-Melbourne Water Research Network, brought to you by the University of Manchester (School of Environment, Education and Development) and the University of Melbourne (Centre…

The Imperial Origins of Policing (Julian Go, Uni of Chicago)

18:00 - 19:30 13 March 2023
P?rofessor Julian Go (University of Chicago) will deliver a public lecture entitled 'The Imperial Origins of Policing: Race, Militarization, and the Boomerang Effect in Britain and…

British science week at the Manchester Musuem

14 - 15 March 2023
British Science Week 2023 (https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ ) will be taking place from 10th – 19th March 2023 and is a 10-day celebration of all things STEM. The Manchester Museum…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Raymond McCulloch

13:00 - 14:00 14 March 2023
Speaker: Raymond McCulloch - Manchester Title: TBC Abstract: TBC Tea and biscuits 12:45 in the foyer

NCHS: GROW

10:30 - 12:30 14 March 2023
Whitworth Park Community Garden, GROW is a project that promotes the benefits of engaging in horticultural activities to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of an individual.…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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