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Running from January to April 2020
View the events programme for January to April:
More events to be announced! Please check back for more details or join our mailing list.
For our full schedule of events, please visit our 'Upcoming Events' page.
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to disability equality. If you have any access requirements, please let us know by emailing lucy.simpson@mmu.ac.uk before you attend to help us to make sure that your visit to the event is as enjoyable as possible.
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“My Dear Mr Ruskin….” Friendship, Inspiration and ScandalDate: Until Monday 1st June 2020 Included in House admission (£5 /£4) Ruskin in His Sudy at Brantwood. Credit: The Ruskin Museum, Coniston |
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Curious Things: A Glimpse into the International Mail Art Archive of Michael Leigh and Hazel JonesDate: 16th September 2019 – 3rd April 2020 FREE |
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The International Pursuit of ModernismDate: 9th – 25th January 2020 FREE |
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Professor Kristina Niedderer: Designing for Mindful ResponsibilityDate: Monday 13th January 2020 FREE |
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Future Mobility Symposium 2020Date: Tuesday 14th January 2020 FREE |
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Interruptions: Bryony Gillard and invited guestsDate: Tuesday 14th January 2020 FREE |
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The History of Gothic Cinema: HOME courseDate: 14th January 2020 – 3rd March 2020 £60/£80 |
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LGBTQ+ HistoriesDate: Wednesday 15th January 2020 FREE |
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Games and Public EngagementDate: Wednesday 15th January 2020 FREE |
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Interruptions: Nick JordanDate: Thursday 16th January 2020 FREE
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Interruptions: John Powell-JonesDate: Tuesday 21st January 2020 FREE |
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“A dupe to the puffs and tricks of all kinds of dealers!” Fake Latin Inscriptions and their Collection in Eighteenth Century EnglandDate: Wednesday 22nd January 2020 FREE |
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Citizen participation 2.0Date: Wednesday 22nd January 2020 FREE |
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Portico Prize Shortlist ReadingsDate: Wednesday 22nd January 2020 £7 - £10 |
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Ascetism and EthicsDate: Thursday 23rd January 2020 FREE |
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Interruptions: ARMDate: Thursday 23rd January 2020 FREE
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Weavers Factory Textile ShowcaseDate: Friday 24th January 2020 – Tuesday 4th February 2020 FREE |
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Oak Earth Day: John Ruskin, Ecology and CreativityDate: Friday 24th January 2020 FREE |
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Responding to Drug Related DeathsDate: Tuesday 28th January 2020 FREE |
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English Teacher/Librarian networking event, hosted by Carol Ann DuffyDate: Tuesday 28th January 2020 FREE |
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Playing CleopatraDate: Wednesday 29th January 2020 FREE |
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Sport, control and orderDate: Wednesday 29th January 2020 FREE |
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#MagicCarpet: Of wandering and weaving, of digits and the digital, of craft and craftinessExhibition dates: 30th January – 4th April2020 Public View: Thursday 30th January 2020 Panel Discussion: TO BE REARRANGED FREE |
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Professor Sarah Galvani: The reality is messy: substance use, relationships and powerDate: Monday 3rd February 2020 FREE |
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RCASS Early Career Research ShowcaseDate: Tuesday 4th February 2020 FREE |
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Castration envy: Queerness and the galli priests of Cybele in Republican RomeDate: Wednesday 5th February 2020 FREE |
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Smart Cities’ Environmental Dreams and Their Dirty Material PoliticsDate: Wednesday 5th February 2020 FREE |
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Expertise by Experience: Challenges and Prospects for Mental Health Research MethodologyDate: Wednesday 5th February 2020 FREE
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Modern Playhouses: An architectural history of Britain’s ‘new theatres’’Date: Wednesday 5th February 2020 FREE |
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Provocation 01: What are architects (good) for?Date: Thursday 6th February 2020 FREE |
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The 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections: What Happens Next?Date: Thursday 6th February 2020 FREE |
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A Talk With Adeela SulemanDate: Friday 7th February 2020 FREE |
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2019 Manchester Writing Competition GalaDate: Friday 7th February 2020 FREE |
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Yelena Popova 'The Scholar Stones Project'Date: Friday 7th February 2020 - Friday 27th March 2020 FREE |
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Mapping technology-based mobile immersive media, poetry, soundart, and their applicability to arts-science-history crossoversDate: Tuesday 11th Feburary 2020 FREE |
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Live-Action Roleplaying Games: Monsters, Props and PhilosophyDate: Wednesday 12th Feburary 2020 FREE |
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Writers at Manchester Met: Rachel Mann & Karen SolieDate: Thursday 13th February 2020 FREE |
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Words and Music: James Joyce and Anthony BurgessDate: Thursday 13th February 2020 £4 |
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Provocations: Knowing from the InsideDate: Thursday 13th February 2020 FREE |
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'Gender: A Graphic Guide' Book Launch and KeynoteDate: Friday 14th February 2020 FREE |
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The “Love Writing” Series LaunchDate: Saturday 15th February 2020 £10 |
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Europe and the Child: Crisis, Activism and CultureDate: Wednesday 19th February 2020 FREE |
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An Audience with Dean AttaDate: Wednesday 19th February 2020 FREE |
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Provocation 03: Does Architecture Make You Nervous?Date: Thursday 20th February 2020 FREE |
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Paper GeographiesDate: 20th February - 25th April 2020 FREE |
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The Poetry ExchangeDate: Friday 21 – Saturday 22 February 2020 FREE |
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An Evening with Award-Winning Author Alex Wheatle: ‘My Life Journey and Why I Write'Date: Monday 24th February 2020 FREE
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BEYOND "There's always a black issue Dear" film screening & Q&ADate: Tuesday 25th February 2020 FREE |
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Brexit: What has happened and where are we headed?Date: Tuesday 25th February 2020 FREE |
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John Held, Jr on Mail ArtDate: Tuesday 25th February 2020 FREE |
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Pencil Puzzles and Computational IntelligenceDate: Wednesday 26th February 2020 FREE |
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Professor Jean Sprackland Book Launch: ‘These Silent Mansions’Date: Thursday 2nd April 2020 FREE |
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Youth: Moss Side Portraits of MCsDate: Thursday 27th February 2020 FREE |
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To lose one’s bearings: Levinas on solitude, art and confinementDate: Friday 28th February 2020 FREE |
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Ludocapitalism: structure, culture, agentsDate: Friday 28th February 2020 FREE |
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Roots and Research: 12th Annual Postgraduate ConferenceDate: Wednesday 4th March 2020 FREE |
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The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian RenaissanceDate: Tuesday 10th March 2020 FREE |
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Regendering the TetrarchyDate: Wednesday 11th March 2020 FREE |
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Romanticising the New Silk Road: The Visuals of Chinese-Russian MediaDate: Wednesday 11th March 2020 FREE |
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Serious Games, Games and the Internet of ThingsDate: Wednesday 11th March 2020 FREE |
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Dr Moa Carlsson: Computer Aided Visions of the British Industrial Landscape (1965-1988)Date: Wednesday 11th March 2020 FREE
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Provocation 05: Designing for the UnimaginableDate: Thursday 12th March 2020 FREE |
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