Exhibitions, Lecture

Capturing Science: Images Past and Present

22 September 2016 - 29 January 2017
A picture is worth a thousand words and captures a moment in time. Manchester is European City of Science throughout 2016 and to celebrate this, we are sharing a selection of our science…

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…

Off Beat: Jeff Nuttall and the International Underground

8 September 2016 - 5 March 2017
Painter, poet, actor and sculptor, a man once described as "the only all-round genius most of us are likely to meet," Jeff Nuttall was one of the few people in the early 1960s to publish…

Sir Mark Elder CBE - Inaugural Lecture: Are Conductors Really Necessary?

15:00 - 16:30 29 September 2016
Join Sir Mark Elder as he gives his inaugural lecture at The University of Manchester since being appointed Honorary Professor. Sir Mark has been Music Director of the Hallé since…

Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael

30 September 2016 - 23 April 2017
This exhibition features the work of one of the radical originators and innovators of the European tradition of printmaking, Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-c. 1534). Marcantonio was…

Lived Brutalism: Portraits at Robin Hood Gardens

3 - 21 October 2016
OPENING NIGHT: Tuesday 4 October, 7pm – 9pm. With a talk by Architects for Social Housing on estate demolition and strategies to resist it, and an introduction to the exhibition by…

Mediating the Refugee Crisis: HCRI Landmark Lecture - Professor Lilie Chouliaraki (LSE)

17:30 - 19:30 3 October 2016
This HCRI Landmark Lecture will be given by Lilie Chouliaraki: Professor of Media and Communication at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has written extensively…

Britain after Brexit: political and economic challenges

17:00 - 18:30 4 October 2016
A special Pankhurst Lecture by the Politics DA and the JMCE ***The event is free and open to all, but registration is essential*** https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lord-peter-mandelson-britain-after-br…

State Theory, State Order, State System - Jus Gentium and the Constitution of Public Power

18:00 - 20:00 5 October 2016
"The historicity of international law as a system and an order is, in many ways, the historicity of the state, its concept and its theory. In this talk, I argue that how we theorize…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Professor V. Spike Peterson (Arizona): ‘Intimate Politics and Global Inequalities: The pleasure and pain of border crossings’

16:00 - 18:00 11 October 2016
This event is co-organised by co-organised by the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) and CIDRAL. It is part of CIDRAL's 2016/17 programme 'Possible Worlds'. In the spirit of the rallying…

Department of Politics Public Lecture by V. Spike Petersen (Professor of International Relations, University of Arizona) Co-organised by the Critical Global Politics Cluster and CIDRAL

16:00 - 18:00 11 October 2016
V. Spike Peterson (Professor of International Relations, University of Arizona) 11 October 2016, 4-6 P. M. Samuel Alexander Building, A113 ‘Intimate Politics and Global Inequalities:…

English Literature Research Seminar: Kirstie Blair (Stirling) 'The Rise of the Bad Poet in Victorian Scotland'

17:00 - 18:30 12 October 2016
Kirstie Blair (Stirling) 'The Rise of the Bad Poet in Victorian Scotland'

GDI Lecture series: David Hulme – Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?

17:00 - 18:30 12 October 2016
The Global Development Lecture Series brings together scholars involved in cutting edge research on international development. It aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion, providing…

History Research Seminar: Carolyn Steedman (Warwick) on “Poetry for Historians”

16:15 - 17:30 13 October 2016
History Research Seminar: Carolyn Steedman (Warwick) on “Poetry for Historians”

Idris Khan

14 October 2016 - 13 March 2017
British contemporary artist Idris Khan's new solo exhibition. Idris Khan draws inspiration from the history of art, music, philosophy and theology, laying and manipulating images and…

Imagining Medicine

14 October - 22 December 2016
Hammers, vacuum cleaners and duck beaks: see how 16th and 17th century surgical procedures have been reimagined through the photography of Dr Sian Bonnell. Bonnell's photographs take…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Professor Kai von Fintel (MIT): 'If'

17:00 - 19:00 18 October 2016
This event is part of the CIDRAL programme for Winter 2016, 'Possible Worlds'. Cognition and language revolve around distinguishing between alternative ways the world might be. As…

2016 Manson Memorial Lecture:

02:00 - 12:00 20 October 2016
A public lecture on 'Judaism and Paul: A Category Crisis' Professor Steve Mason Distinguished Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions and Cultures University of Groningen

CTIS Seminar: Dr Will Baker, University of Southampton, "Conceptualising Cultures in Transcultural Communication: From essentialism to complexity"

14:00 - 15:30 20 October 2016
The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series brings researchers from across the UK and Europe to the University of Manchester to present on their work. These…

Lecture 'The Dirt and the Book'

18:00 - 19:30 20 October 2016
Kathryn M. Rudy, Univ. of St Andrews, ‘The Dirt and the Book: How signs of wear reveal handling of prayer books in the Middle Ages’ - with hands-on element

NEW SCULPTURE

22 October 2016 - 12 June 2017
This exhibition presents a dynamic selection of contemporary sculpture recently acquired by the Whitworth. Spanning the last 25 years, the exhibition offers an eclectic journey through…

Critical MASS Seminar: Emily Trafford (UoM), "Negotiating the Superior White Universe: Visitor Participation at the Progressive Era West Coast World’s Fairs"

17:00 - 18:30 26 October 2016
Emily Trafford (UoM), "Negotiating the Superior White Universe: Visitor Participation at the Progressive Era West Coast World’s Fairs"

GDI Lecture series: Alan Winters – The UK’s Post-Brexit Trade Policy: What about development?

17:00 - 18:30 26 October 2016
The Global Development Lecture Series brings together scholars involved in cutting edge research on international development. It aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion, providing…

CTIS Seminar: Dr Ting Guo, Exeter University, "New Knowledge, Better Knowledge?: Translating Homosexuality into Chinese in Republican China (1911-1945)"

14:00 - 15:30 27 October 2016
The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series brings researchers from across the UK and Europe to the University of Manchester to present on their work. These…

History Research Seminar: Philippa Hetherington (UCL) on ‘Imperial Humanitarianism and Transnational Affect in Russian Campaigns Against the International “Traffic in Women,” 1880-1914’

16:15 - 17:30 27 October 2016
History Research Seminar: Philippa Hetherington (UCL, School of Slavonic and East European Studies), ‘Imperial Humanitarianism and Transnational Affect in Russian Campaigns Against…

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