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…

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…

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of immune regulation in inflammatory arthritis

12:00 - 13:00 28 April 2016
MIG Seminar Series

CpG islands are HOT regions in C. elegans an human genomes

13:30 - 14:30 28 April 2016
This is part of the CCB Spring Seminar Series 2016. Dr. Ron Chen, University of Leeds, Faculty of Biological Sciences CpG islands are HOT regions in C. elegans an human genomes Host: Gino Poulin

CTIS Research Seminar: Integrating Multimodality in the Study of Dialogue Interpreting

14:00 28 April 2016
Guest speaker: Elena Davitti, University of Surrey

Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop: Anna Salomons

16:15 - 17:45 28 April 2016
Econometrics and Applied Economics workshop

Education in an Era of Superdiversity: Effective Ways to Reach all Learners

17:00 - 18:30 28 April 2016
Sarah Fielden Seminar Series in the Manchester Institute of Education

Ehrhardt Seminar: David Shepherd (Dublin) - "The Problem of Royal Bloodguilt in the Former Prophets"

14:00 - 16:00 28 April 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Gary Keogh (Manchester) - "The Significance of the New Atheist Movement"

16:00 - 17:30 28 April 2016
The third Religions and Theology research seminar of the semester

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…

MANCEPT research seminar - Thursday 28 April - Massimo Renzo - University of Warwick

16:00 - 18:00 28 April 2016
ABSTRACT: It is now widely acknowledged that it is morally permissible to interfere with the sovereignty of another state in order to stop widespread or systematic violations of…

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…

Talking to Caesar: the Director’s Cut

16:55 - 18:30 28 April 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

The JMCE Annual Lecture 2016: Where Will Brexit Leave Britain?

15:30 - 17:00 28 April 2016
This year the JMCE Annual Lecture will be delivered by the Executive Director of the 'Britain Stronger in Europe' campaign, Will Straw. The event is free and open to both university…

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…

Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop: Dr. A. M. Tanvir Hussain

13:00 - 14:00 3 May 2016
Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop Title: Willingness to pay for environmental goods under uncertainty Abstract: We develop a microeconomic approach for valuing the benefits…

Helen Yetter-Chappell (York): Idealism and the Mind-Body Problem

15:00 - 16:30 3 May 2016
This talk has two aims: (i) I develop and defend a nontheistic (quasi-Berkeleyan) idealism. On this picture, reality is a vast unity of consciousness, with an interesting internal structure.…

S-curves and mechanisms of propagation in language change

16:15 - 17:30 3 May 2016
LEL Research Seminar with Richard Blythe (Edinburgh). Abstract: "A variety of mechanisms have been proposed in sociolinguistics for the propagation of an innovation through the speech…

The Sound of Worship: Architectural acoustics in British ecclesiastical space 1800-1900 - Rachel Douglas (University of Manchester, CHSTM)

13:00 - 14:00 3 May 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…

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