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…

Arthur D. Darbishire’s Bergsonian Biology - Emily Herring (University of Leeds)

13:00 - 14:00 26 April 2016
This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lunchtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes…

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…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Estimating the Uncertainty in the Local Authority Mid-year Population Estimates

16:00 - 17:30 26 April 2016
Abstract: Each year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces mid-year population estimates for each local authority. In the years following the Census, these are produced…

Cyclic nucleotide coupled phosphodiesterase signalling in cardiac sympathetic neurons in heart disease: novel therapeutic targets

12:00 - 13:00 26 April 2016
CMD Seminar Series - Joy Wang and Donald Ward. Host: Joy Wang

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…

Nathaniel Bland’s Turkish Notebooks

16:00 - 17:00 26 April 2016
This seminar will explore the two Turkish notebooks kept by Nathaniel Bland (1803-1865), Orientalist scholar. Bland's valuable collection of Persian, Turkish and Arabic manuscripts…

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…

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…

‘"Begin With The Girls": Narratives of Science and Education in Juvenile Periodicals, c.1860-1910’

16:00 - 17:00 26 April 2016
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminar Series Feb-May 2016. CHSTM seminars will be held fortnightly on Tuesdays at 4pm in Room 2.57 Simon Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester,…

Accounting seminar by Vicky Kiosse, University of Exeter

14:00 - 16:00 27 April 2016
Why Do Firms Retain Their Defined Benefit Plans? Evidence from the UK

CLES: Principles for good social impact measurement

13:00 - 14:00 27 April 2016
Social impact, or social value refers to the wider social, economic and environmental impacts that an organisation can have on society. The concept has been long-recognised in in the…

Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Field of 'Scaled-Up' Higher Education

17:00 - 18:30 27 April 2016
The Sarah Fielden Seminar Series in the Manchester Institute of Education

Finance seminar by Helena Idisro, ISCTE Business School

14:00 - 16:00 27 April 2016
Foreign Directors

Generation 'Hard Times': Young People in Economic Crisis

12:00 - 13:00 27 April 2016
Research and Teaching Matters seminars series in the Manchester Institute of Education

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 27 April 2016
Fiona Dobbie, University of Stirling Social network research and health behavior change: examples from smoking cessation Fiona Dobbie is a Research Fellow and PhD student in the School…

Nicola Runciman (University of Manchester): ’Landscapes of Presence and Absence in Contemporary Chilean Cinema.’

17:00 - 18:30 27 April 2016
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese research seminar series.

Roundtable Discussion: Ethics, Human Rights and Health

15:00 - 17:00 27 April 2016
This roundtable has been designed in accordance with the curriculum of the module "SALC72000 Ethics, Human Rights and Health", and in particular to the issues of access to human rights…

SCI Seminar Series - Dr Russell Hitchings - Leisure travel after retirement: anticipation and experience in the UK

16:15 - 17:45 27 April 2016
Dr Russell Hitchings, Senior Lecturer in Human Geograpy, University College London, will be giving the SCI Seminar on the 27 April 2016, entitled 'Leisure travel after retirement: anticipation…

Sportmax Beijing: selling luxury goods to the new Chinese upper classes - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 27 April 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Federico Fattori (University of Manchester) “Sportmax Beijing: selling luxury goods to the new Chinese upper classes”…

The Global Development Seminar Series 2016 - "Differentiation at the rural urban interface in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, South India"

16:30 - 18:00 27 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…

Working Beyond the Border: Labour Standards and EU Trade Agreements

14:00 - 15:00 27 April 2016
Working Beyond the Border: Labour Standards and EU Trade Agreements

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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