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Find out what events are taking place at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. All of our events are free to attend.

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    The Biological Archive

    4 February 2023, 11am-4pm
    Inspired by current exhibition, Transitions in Print, meet the team behind research into the biology of books. Throughout the day, the Rylands hosts bioarchaeologists, based at Un..

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    Sunny Xin Liu & Michael Wood - Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War [Book Launch Conversation]

    23 February 2023, 5pm-6.30pm
    [IN-PERSON] This event is part of a new Chinese Culture Lecture Series organised by the Manchester China Institute and Manchester Museum. Dr. Sunny Xin Liu and Professor of Public..

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    Film screening: Dante’s Inferno- reimagined in sound

    24 February 2023, 6pm-8pm
    As part of the global Inferno project to bring to life Dante's vision of Hell using sound, Cities and Memory developed a unique collaborative soundtrack to the 1911 silent film L'I..



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