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An Evening of Imagining Medicine

18:00 - 20:00 26 October 2016
Join us at The John Rylands Library for a unique opportunity to meet the people behind our Imagining Medicine exhibition, artist Dr Sian Bonnell and art historian Dr Cordelia Warr,…

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…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 28 September - 13:55 23 November 2016
1.05pm, Wednesday 28 September – Wednesday 23 November 2016 (Apart from Wed 2 Nov) This autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for…

Bike Registration Event Cancelled

12:30 - 13:30 26 October 2016
Really sorry but due to unforeseen circumstances this event is cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience. Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students…

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…

Collections Encounter: Ye Olde Medical Hacks

14:00 - 15:00 26 October 2016
Join us as we delve into our 16th and 17th century medical collections and discover doctor’s advice on unicorn horns, poisonous cats and gunshot wounds. No need to book, just turn up.

Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the Death of Cervantes

17:00 - 18:30 26 October 2016
Speakers: . Dr José Pérez Díez (University of Leeds), ‘John Fletcher’s Love’s Pilgrimage (1616) and Cervantes’ Las dos doncellas’ . Dr Idoya Puig (Manchester Metropolitan University),…

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"

Curator's Corner: A closer look at body-snatching and dissection

11:30 - 11:45 26 October 2016
This is a great opportunity to hear the curator present a bite size introduction about the Library’s intriguing medical manuscripts collection. Discover the darker side of Manchester’s…

Finance seminar by Joan Farre-Mensa, Harvard Business School

14:00 - 16:00 26 October 2016
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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…

Geography Research Seminar: Prof. Sarah Holloway (Loughborough University), New economy, neoliberal state and professionalised parenting

13:00 - 14:00 26 October 2016
Abstract: Contemporary economic, political and social shifts in the Global North are reconfiguring the resolution of productive and reproductive labour. This talk explores how labour…

Getting to know our new Faculty: Technical Services

13:00 - 14:00 26 October 2016
For the fifth of our bite-size PSS information seminars, Peter Crowe, Head of Technical Services, explains who’s who and gives an overview of the work undertaken by his team. The…

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 26 October 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Juice from Oranges, Rocks from Space

11:30 - 12:30 26 October 2016
A new poetry performance from Helen Clare, about exhibits from around the Museum; where they came from and the journey they’ve made. There will be happy poems, sad poems, gory poems…

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

13:00 26 October 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…

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…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 26 October 2016
Bernie Hogan, University of Oxford Personal Network Capture among At-Risk Youth: Exploring Online Dating and Safer Sex Practices Structurally Personal network capture is evolving…

Mondays: Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth

10:30 18 July - 12:30 19 December 2016
Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth. Try these workshops – led by artists, dancers and musicians – and let your toddler discover, explore, create and play. Each Monday:…

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…

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…

Oct Half Term Activities: Animal Prints

11:00 24 - 16:00 28 October 2016
Be inspired by rare animals and plants and create an animal print of your own to take away. Visit our new exhibition ‘Extinction or Survival?’ on floor G. From the Dodo to the Giant…

Ocular Bionica: Hands-onica

11:00 - 14:00 26 October 2016
Create your own low-tech animations inspired by Ocular Bionica, artist Lucy Burscough’s stop-frame animated film about hybrid human-digital vision. You can also chat to Lucy about…

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…

The life story of a marginalized person in Transylvania

14:00 - 15:00 26 October 2016
Speaker: Aron Bakos (Babe?-Bolyai University) Title: Autobiographical and Oral Ethnographical Narratives of War

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.…

Visit of Niko Besnier - Simon Visiting Professor

23 October - 13 November 2016
Social Anthropology Visit of Niko Besnier Simon Visiting Professor 23 Oct – 13 Nov. 2016 Niko Besnier is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He is…

Webinar: Key issues in reusing data

15:00 - 16:00 26 October 2016
Participants will hear about the key issues in secondary analysis as a method. The session will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data and the importance of learning about…

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