Past events

More than a 'Foul Drain': Manchester's Water History

13:00 - 15:00 25 November 2023

Where does Manchester get its water from? How has the city used water over the centuries? And how ha...

Building Manchester: A Historical Walking Tour of Manchester's Stone

13:00 - 15:00 24 November 2023

Red sandstone is Manchester’s native rock, but many of our buildings are clad in Portland Stone al...

WCLC: La Féline (French pop)

13:10 - 14:55 23 November 2023

French indie pop artist La Féline is influenced by Anglo rock but unmistakably French, with a cool...

Voices of our National Health Service: Building a national oral history archive of the NHS and Covid-19

14:00 - 15:00 23 November 2023

Between 2017 and 2022, the NHS at 70 and NHS Voices of Covid-19 projects, based at the University of...

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

22 November 2023 - 27 April 2024

Dr James Metcalf, Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century English Literature, is presenting his current proje...

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 e...

MUMS Ensemble Day 2: MUWO and Brass Band concert

15:30 - 16:45 18 November 2023

Come and watch a showcase of pieces performed by MUWO and Brass Band! Rep will include Bernstein’s...

Ad Solem and Cosmo Singers' Winter Concert

19:30 - 20:45 18 November 2023

The University of Manchester’s chamber choirs, Ad Solem and The Cosmo Singers present an evening o...

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 17 November 2023

Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22 Tchaikovsky Quarte...

WCLC: Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 13:55 16 November 2023

Richard Whalley Violin Duet (first performance) Sibelius An...