Events List
(Playful) Common Ground: Universal Experiences of Play and Learning
FREE | Book online
KANARIS THEATRE, FLOOR 2
Play is something to be cherished throughout our lives, around the world and across time. Join us for a play-based workshop and story sharing session to consider how play effects how we learn throughout our lives.
Dan Hicks: Monuments Will Fall
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KANARIS THEATRE, FLOOR 2
Join Dan Hicks in conversation with Sadia Habib, to mark the release of the paperback edition of Every Monument Will Fall.
Multifaceted: Research on the Human Face
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KANARIS THEATRE, FLOOR 2
Join the Museum’s Curator of Egypt and Sudan, Dr Campbell Price to explore research on the human face from art, medicine and engineering perspectives.
Curating China, with Manchester China Institute
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TOP FLOOR CLASSROOM, FLOOR 3
What are the impacts of blockbuster exhibitions about Chinese history? Led by Jessica Harrison-Hall, Keeper of Asia at the British Museum, this talk will focus on two case studies of blockbuster exhibitions: Ming 50 years that changed China and China’s Hidden Century.
Islamic China: An Asian History
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For more than a millennium, Islam has been a Chinese religion, and native-born Chinese Muslims have played important roles in their homeland—as butchers, merchants, and farmers; diplomats, scholar-officials, and royal astronomers. Yet the Muslims of China have often been understood as inherently foreign, incompatible with Chinese culture.
Rian Thum discusses his new book, recapturing the ordinariness of Chinese Muslims and offers a fresh view of Islamic China.
Decolonise!: deconstructing the nostalgia of colonial Hong Kong
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24 January 2025 marks 185 years since Britain's initial occupation of Hong Kong.
Dr. Law Wing Sang will unpack the history of Hong Kong, how colonial power operated and why many Hongkongers miss the colonial legacy.
Collection Bites: Museums and the Gothic Novel
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SEMINAR ROOM, TOP FLOOR
In this Halloween special edition of Collection Bites, you will be transported back through time, as we look at how museums, and the increasing access to historical artefacts piqued the interest of Victorian authors to inspire some much loved gothic novels.
Collecting and Displaying China at the Oriental Museum
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KANARIS THEATRE, FLOOR 2
Experience a heartfelt, personal story of migration and self-discovery as Yuk-Lan Chan brings to life From Old Bean Grows Bak Choy. Set between Hong Kong and the UK, this intimate solo performance shares Chan’s experiences of the struggles and discoveries that come with starting anew.
The Weird and Wonderful Anatomy of Birds
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RESEARCH STUDIO, FLOOR 2
Discover the weird and wonderful anatomy of birds in the October edition of Collection Bites. In this talk, you’ll find out everything from how birds breathe with their bones, to why dinosaurs didn’t sing, and what on earth the ‘Lateral Magnocelluar nucleus of the Anterior Nidopallium’ could possibly be for!