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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…

Astrophotograhy Night at Jodrell Bank

19:30 18 January 2016 - 21:00 18 January 2017
Come along to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre for an informal and fun evening of Astrophotography. You'll enjoy an Introduction to Astrophotography workshop (co-presented by Dr. Ant Holloway…

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…

Climate Control

11 May - 18 September 2016
We hear about climate change on the news and in the newspapers. Climate change is happening all around us, but this isn’t the time to ignore it, it’s the time to get really, really,…

Critical MASS Postgraduate Conference in American Studies

12:00 - 17:30 13 May 2016
Keynote speaker: Professor Zoe Trodd "The Antislavery Usable Past: Protest Memory and the Movement Against Contemporary Slavery" Zoe Trodd is Professor of American Literature in the…

Critical MASS: Postgraduate Conference

12:00 - 17:30 13 May 2016
Keynote speaker: Professor Zoe Trodd “The Antislavery Usable Past: Protest Memory and the Movement Against Contemporary Slavery” Zoe Trodd is Professor of American Literature in…

Introduction to R / Advanced Graphics

09:00 12 - 16:30 13 May 2016
Day 1: Introduction to R Day 2: Advanced Graphics Attendees may elect to attend Day 1 or Day 1 & Day 2. Participants attending Day 2 must also attend Day 1. Introduction to R: This…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 13 May 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

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…

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…

The Study at Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 31 December 2016
Big ideas. Singular collaborations. Strange and wonderful things. Exhibitions and events with some of the most interesting people we know. And somewhere that brings them all together.…

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…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 14 May 2016
See, Make and Do at the Museum Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings. Activities…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 14 May 2016
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Tour en Français - French language only

11:00 - 12:00 14 May 2016
La Bibliothèque John Rylands Deansgate ouvre ses portes pour vous emmèner à l'intérieur, et vous faire découvrir le site, dédié aux livres et à son architecture Victorienne. Cette…

Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 16:00 15 May 2016
Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts Students from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester perform in the Grand Hall. Friends of the Whitworth present a series…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: “Income inequality thesis” revisited

16:00 - 17:30 16 May 2016
The focus of the presentation is the so called “income inequality thesis”, i.e., the idea that living in countries with high income inequality is detrimental for health and well-being.…

Lifting the veil on patents and inventions: Implications for strategy research

13:30 - 14:30 16 May 2016
Patent data is a valued source of information in many areas of strategy research. However, as patents result from within-firm selection processes, patent-based studies may suffer…

Masterclass: Susan Stanford Friedman (Wisconsin-Madison), ‘A Manifesto for Planetarity and Its Discontents’

11:00 - 13:00 16 May 2016
Northern Modernism Seminar: A Research Day with Susan Stanford Friedman Masterclass (open to all MA and PhD students, NWCDTP) ‘A Manifesto for Planetarity and Its Discontents’ Suggested…

Mediator of Cultures: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and His Heritage

16 May 2016
International conference.

Susan Stanford Friedman (Wisconsin-Madison), 'Modernist Studies: Why Planetary? How Planetary?'

16:00 - 18:00 16 May 2016
Northern Modernism Seminar: A Research Day with Susan Stanford Friedman OPEN LECTURE (everyone welcome) Modernist Studies: Why Planetary? How Planetary? The lecture will discuss…

Pushing The Frontiers of Poverty Research – one day workshop

09:30 - 18:00 17 May 2016
The Poverty and Social Justice Research Group (PSJ) is a multi-disciplinary group that seeks to push the frontiers of poverty research. It critically engages with the global poverty…

Research with Families and Intimate Groups

12:30 - 14:00 17 May 2016
This workshop is for University Research Ethics Committee members, school/institute signatories, Principal Investigators, supervisors and other interested parties. Arranged by the Research…

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