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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 –…

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…

Covid-19 Containment Measures in Japan and the Role of Society JOINT SEMINAR WITH JAPANESE STUDIES

17:00 - 18:30 14 March 2023
Amy Borovoy Covid-19 Containment Measures in Japan and the Role of Society This talk explores Japan’s policies of containing infection without heavy reliance on legally imposed lockdowns…

Digital Trust & Security Seminar Series: Robert di Schiavi

14:00 - 15:00 14 March 2023
Summary: Cybersecurity has become a major concern in the digital age, as the increasing reliance on technology has led to an increase in cyberattacks. The psychology of cyber security…

Ghosts and Monsters: Reconstructing Nature on the Site of the Berlin Wall

16:00 - 18:00 14 March 2023
In this presentation I seek to develop a larger argument from a small place that no longer exists. Since 2004 I regularly visited a wasteland or Brache, located on the site of the former…

Macro Seminar - Tobias Broer (Paris School of Economics)

16:00 - 17:00 14 March 2023
Title: TBA

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Raymond McCulloch

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

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

Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Winston Heap

15:00 - 16:00 14 March 2023
Speaker: Winston Heap Title: Mean values of the Hurwitz zeta function on the critical line and its value distribution for irrational parameters. Abstract: It is known that for typical…

NCHS: Dementia Naturally Active

14:00 - 15:00 14 March 2023
Whitworth Park Come and join City of Trees and The Whitworth for our Dementia Friendly walk on the second Tuesday of every month. The walks are designed for anyone living with a…

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.…

Seiji Shirane - Colonial Taiwan as Imperial Japan’s Southern Gateway (Book Discussion)

13:30 - 14:30 14 March 2023
(WEBINAR) On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 (1.30-2.30 GMT), Professor Seiji Shirane join the MCI to discuss his newly published monograph, Imperial Gateway: Colonial Taiwan and Japan’s Expansion…

The Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture with Professor David Scott : "A Sense of Displacement: Stuart Hall's Art of Living."

18:00 - 20:00 14 March 2023
Stuart Hall was a leading intellectual of the Black experience in Britain, but also of the Caribbean. This talk will reflect on the particular distinctiveness that Hall’s biography…

Campus visit for school and college groups

13:15 - 15:15 15 March 2023
The visits will take place between 1.15pm and 3.15pm and the timetable is as follows: 1.15pm A welcome presentation delivered by a member of the Student Recruitment Team, who will…

Can we use Fashion to enhance and embrace equality? - Dr. Aurore Bardey

12:00 - 13:00 15 March 2023
Having designed the BSc (Hons) Psychology of Fashion at the London College of Fashion in 2016, Aurore's expertise focuses on applying psychological concepts in the fashion context.…

CANCELLED Collection Encounter: Literature, loves and liminal spaces: private correspondence and conscientious objection to the First World War

13:30 - 16:30 15 March 2023
What leads people to refuse to go to war in times of conscription? How did books sustain conversation between those imprisoned for their beliefs, and their friends, families and political…

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