Exhibitions, Seminar

A Stone's Throw

18 April - 17 July 2016
In this photographic exhibition, Manchester photographer John Shinnick has captured the words and voices of people who interact with the centre of Manchester, a metaphorical stone’s…

Accounting seminar by Ole-Kristian Hope, University of Toronto

14:00 - 16:00 20 April 2016
Third-Party Consequences of Short-Selling Threats: The Case of Auditor Behavior

Ben Rivers

25 February - 22 May 2016
Ben Rivers presents his most ambitious work to date. The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers is Ben Rivers’ most ambitious work to date. Migrating between documentary, fantasy and fable, and…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Levinas and the Disruption of Knowledge

15:00 - 17:00 20 April 2016
This seminar is part of CIDRAL's Theory Intensives series. Professor Alex Samely (Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester) will lead a seminar on the work of Emmanuel Levinas.…

Finance seminar by Juan Sotes-Paladino, University of Melbourne

14:00 - 16:00 20 April 2016
The Invisible Hand of Internal Markets in Mutual Fund Families

George Lipsitz (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Art-Based Community Making in Houston and New Orleans"

13:00 - 14:00 20 April 2016
George Lipsitz (University of California, Santa Barbara), "Art-Based Community Making in Houston and New Orleans"

Introduction to CLES: Local economics for positive outcomes

13:00 - 14:00 20 April 2016
The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) is an independent think tank based in Manchester. CLES believe that all local economic policy and practice should have a commitment to…

Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World

21 January - 21 August 2016
Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries. Experience how supernatural forces shaped the lives of everyone from kings and…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 20 April 2016
Jerome Drevon, University of Manchester

New Arrivals

12 March - 20 November 2016
This exhibition brings together a selection of works that have recently been brought into the Whitworth’s collection. Highlighting a contemporary and diverse approach to drawing, they…

Nico Vascellari

25 February - 18 September 2016
Nico Vascellari’s major work, Bus de la Lum draws on the ancient powers of the forest. Light, video and sound explore the legend of a natural cavity located within the woodland of the…

oxygen/hypoxic physiology in tumour cells

16:00 20 April 2016
Part of the 'Leaders in Science Seminar Series 2016' Further details available soon

Pankhurst Politics Seminar: Implications of 2016 Welsh Assembly Elections

12:30 - 13:30 20 April 2016
In this talk Rob Ford and Nerys Evans discuss the recent history of the Welsh Assembly to date and the forthcoming Assembly elections in May. Both speakers will examine the significance…

Perspectivism and Totality in Computer Games and their Constitution of Subjectivities

14:00 - 15:00 20 April 2016
Computer games have variously been described as a ‘paradigmatic media of Empire’ (Dyer-Witheford & de Peuter, 2009, p.xv), as ‘allegories for our contemporary life under the protocological…

Spatial appropriations: forced mobility of the underprivileged - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 20 April 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Ximin Zhou (University of Manchester) “Spatial appropriations: forced mobility of the underprivileged” 20 April,…

The Global Development Seminar Series 2016 - "Understanding youth poverty in Arusha, Tanzania: Capturing economic, social and psychological dimensions"

16:30 - 18:00 20 April 2016
The Global Development seminar series bringing together scholars involved in cutting edge research on international development. It aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion, providing…

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

14:00 - 15:00 20 April 2016
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage 20th April 2016 at 14:00 in Kilburn L.T 1.4 Speaker: Ms Sydney Padua (sydneypadua.com) Host: Ross King Abstract One hundred years…

They Said, We Said

11 January - 29 April 2016
?'They Said, We Said' is a collection of artwork produced by members of Pure Studio, an arts facility based in Stockport that helps its members, all of whom have a learning disability,…

Tibor Reich

29 January - 29 August 2016
A celebration of post-war design alongside an exhibition of Wallpaper from the Whitworth's collection

Wallpaper

29 January - 4 September 2016
Continuing the celebration of post-war design this show features highlights from the Whitworth’s collection of 1950s and 60s wallpapers. At the heart of the exhibition are papers from…

Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar - Yohai Hakkak (Brunel) - "Forbidden Love and Moral Panic: Jewish-Arab Couples in Contemporary Israel"

16:00 - 17:30 21 April 2016
Centre for Jewish Studies Seminar

Complex multi-enhancer contacts captured by Genome Architecture Mapping, a novel ligation-free approach

13:30 - 15:30 21 April 2016
This seminar is part of the CCB Spring Seminar series. Prof. Ana Pombo, Humboldt University, Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology Complex multi-enhancer contacts captured…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Benedict Kent - "Clients, Agents and Brokers: Examining Paul's Christology from a Graeco-Roman Perspective"

14:00 - 16:00 21 April 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

MANCEPT research seminar - Thursday 21 April - Steve Hood - University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 21 April 2016
The next MANCEPT research seminar will be on Thursday 21 April, when our very own Stephen Hood will speak about “Four Reasons for Competition.” The seminar starts at 4pm in the Arthur…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: ' Doctors and Philosophers of Composition'

14:30 - 15:30 21 April 2016
Workshop performances and discussion of new works by the University's PhD students. **PLEASE NOTE: THIS DATE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 5TH MAY 2016**

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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