Exhibitions, Lecture

CreaTech Innovation Showcase @ School of Digital Arts (SODA)

12:00 - 17:30 15 November 2023
The School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University will host a CreaTech Innovation showcase along with our colleagues in the Greater Manchester Universities Partnership.…

Global Drug Policy Reformer Ruth Dreifuss to Speak at Inaugural Criminology Lecture

10:30 15 November 2023
Renowned Swiss politician Ruth Dreifuss will deliver the inaugural Department of Criminology Annual Lecture at the University of Manchester on November 15th, 2023. Madame Dreifuss,…

The Long Term Implications of Co-Creation in Higher Education NEW DATE

17:00 - 18:30 15 November 2023
It is broadly accepted that co-creation activities with students can directly contribute to the development of the student co-creators' soft skills and establish a strong staff-student…

Resilience to economic shrinking as a development strategy for the 21st century

16:00 - 17:30 21 November 2023
Dr. Martin Andersson and Dr. Tobias Axelsson from Lund University will present their work on “Resilience to economic shrinking as a development strategy for the 21st century” and their…

Queering the Clinamen: Unearthly Objects as Queer Forms in Eighteenth-Century Poetry

17:00 - 19:00 22 November 2023
Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture hosts this public lecture with Dr James Metcalf. The event is followed by drinks reception. Everyone is welcome!

Sarah Fielden Lecture with Prof Susan L. Robertson

16:00 - 17:30 22 November 2023
The Sarah Fielden Lecture Series: "Promises Promises: The OECD, Promissory Legitimacy and its Strategic Re-Negotiation of Education Futures" - Professor Susan L. Robertson All staff,…

Empowerment in the context of international migration: The case of women and gender non-conforming people in Mexico

14:00 - 15:30 24 November 2023
Join the Global Development Institute for a lecture and Photovoice exhibition presenting some of the creations of the research project collaborators Migration brings with it new opportunities…

Carol Mavor- 2023-24 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History: Like the Sea: Dancing with Mary Glass (1946-2021)

17:00 - 19:30 5 December 2023
University of Manchester Professor Emerita Carol Mavor returns to campus as the 2023-2024 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History. She will deliver a trio of lectures as well…

Reimaging urban reform: Emerging insights from the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC)

16:30 - 18:00 5 December 2023
With Diana Miltin (GDI), Shuaib Lwasa (ISS), Victoria Beard (Cornell), and more speakers TBC Africa’s urban populations are set to double over the next 25 years, reaching 1 billion…

Reimaging urban reform: Emerging insights from the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC)

Carol Mavor- 2023-24 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History: 'A patch of yellow, a coat of blue: inside my heart and Vermeer'

17:00 - 19:30 6 December 2023
University of Manchester Professor Emerita Carol Mavor returns to campus as the 2023-2024 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History. She will deliver a trio of lectures as well…

Inaugural Lectures - Prof Ian Mell and Prof Ralitza Dimova

16:30 - 18:30 6 December 2023
On Wednesday 6 December, join the School of Environment, Education and Development at The University of Manchester for inaugural lectures from Ian Mell, Professor in Environmental &…

Irene Manton Lecture 2023

17:30 - 19:00 6 December 2023
This lecture is free to attend and will take place in person and online. It is open to everyone with A-level students especially welcome. The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health…

Carol Mavor-2023-24 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History: 'At once, she is one'

13:15 - 15:30 7 December 2023
University of Manchester Professor Emerita Carol Mavor returns to campus as the 2023-2024 Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History. She will deliver a trio of lectures as well…

Medicine Unboxed; An Exhibition of artefacts from the Museum of Medicine and Health

10:00 - 17:00 7 December 2023
Students of Art Gallery and Museum Studies in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, present a one-day only exhibition of medical instruments and equipment from the Museum of Medicine…

Vital Topics: A Nature Positive Economy

17:30 11 December 2023
Beccy Speight, CEO, RSPB, will give this Vital Topics lecture at Alliance Manchester Business School. A Nature Positive Economy As demands on our planet continue to grow, there is…

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures LIVE! @ Jodrell Bank

18:00 - 20:30 16 December 2023
Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement are honoured and very excited to announce that we will be live streaming The Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES this winter as part of our Solstice…

The Art of Science with Prof. Tim O'Brien

19:30 - 21:00 19 December 2023
The Art of Science: Seeing the Shock of an Exploding Star Every now and again, a previously unknown star becomes visible in the night sky. These events do not mark the birth of new…

Stonehenge: Solstices & Stones with Prof. Mike Parker-Pearson

19:30 - 21:00 20 December 2023
Stonehenge: Solstices & Stones Research in the last 20 years has revolutionised our knowledge and understanding of Stonehenge and the people who built it. This talk presents the major…

Industrialization and Assimilation: Understanding Ethnic Change in the Modern World

16:00 - 17:30 24 January 2024
Elliott Green (LSE) explains how and why ethnicity changes across time, showing that, by altering the basis of economic production from land to labour and removing people from the 'idiocy…

The Albatross Lecture 2024: Professor Mark Miodownik

11:00 - 14:00 30 January 2024
Why the Albatross Lectures? Check back soon to find out why we chose the Albatross to champion this lecture. The Albatross Lecture 2024 Join us on 30th January 2024 to hear a keynote…

Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture - Trust in Government and Economic Performance

17:00 - 19:00 6 February 2024
Join us for Professor Sir Tim Besley's public lecture addressing how trust in the government is linked to economic performance. In this lecture, Professor Sir Tim Besley will explore…

Digital Transformation in Healthcare: An Ecosystem Approach

17:30 - 18:30 7 February 2024
At this event Panos Constantinides, Professor of Digital Innovation and Digital Learning Lead for Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School, will launch his new book…

Research Café: Creative Health and Health Inequalities

12:00 - 14:00 7 February 2024
Research Café: Creative Health and Health Inequalities Join us for a panel discussion on Creative Health and Health Inequalities in Greater Manchester. The relationship between the…

The infrastructural South:Techno-environments of the third wave of urbanization

15:00 - 17:00 7 February 2024
GDI Lecture organised in conjunction with the Department of Geography and Manchester Urban Institute. In this lecture, Jon Silver will discuss insights from his recent book, The Infrastructural…

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