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A Christmas Evening with Jeanette Winterson

18:30 - 20:00 7 December 2016
Waterstones Deansgate is proud to host an evening with Jeanette Winterson to celebrate the release of her new book, 'Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days'. 'Christmas…

CIDRAL Public Lecture & Roundtable: Writing Biography with Zachary Leader

16:00 - 18:00 8 December 2016
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for Winter 2016, 'Possible Worlds'. Organised in association with the Centre for New Writing. CIDRAL presents a public lecture and roundtable…

Fighting Ebola with Information

14:00 - 16:00 24 January 2017
In December 2013, a little-known viral hemorrhagic fever was detected in a forest region of Guinea. Within months, the Ebola virus disease would become a global outbreak. To contain…

Jeff Nuttall: prankster in the underground

12:00 - 13:00 7 February 2017
The archive of Lancashire born Jeff Nuttall is the source of The John Rylands Library’s current, major exhibition, ‘Off Beat’, which showcases Nuttall’s work and correspondence with…

Manchester Urban Institute Launch: Professor Michael Keith

17:30 - 20:00 7 February 2017
As part of the Manchester Urban Institute's programme of launch events, Professor Michael Keith, Director of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, will…

Tuesday Talks: Roger Hiorns

12:30 - 14:00 7 February 2017
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The Whitworth 12.30-2.00pm,…

Research IT Club - February 2017

15:00 - 16:30 14 February 2017
The next Research IT Club will be held on Tuesday 14 February and will feature presentations on the latest developments from Research IT, making the most of our Data Processing Shared…

Tuesday Talks: Joseph Kosuth

12:30 - 14:00 14 February 2017
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The Whitworth 12.30-2.00pm,…

Tuesday Talks: Pauline Yao

12:30 - 14:00 21 February 2017
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The Whitworth 12.30-2.00pm,…

Jabs for the Nation: Public Health and the Politics of Mass Immunization in Twentieth-Century China

18:00 23 February 2017
The Second World War made vaccination a cornerstone of public health in China. When Japan invaded eastern China in 1937, the Nationalist government moved its wartime capital to Chongqing,…

Whitworth Studies - Dr Nicholas Cullinan: Directing the National

18:30 - 20:00 23 February 2017
Join us for a special evening with Dr Nicholas Cullinan to hear about his experiences as Director of the National Portrait Gallery. This talk is part of our free Whitworth Studies Programme…

Tuesday Talks: Hilary Jack

12:30 - 14:00 28 February 2017
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The Whitworth 12.30-2.00pm,…

Tuesday Talks: Amikam Toren

12:30 - 14:00 7 March 2017
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Manchester Urban Institute Launch: Lord Blunkett

17:30 - 20:00 9 March 2017
'Universities post Brexit, aspiring to remain international but with a mission that is essentially local' Lord Blunkett has served the public for over 40 years in roles including Secretary…

Tuesday Talks: Stephen Sutcliffe

12:30 - 14:00 14 March 2017
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Syrian Galen Palimpsest Project: Research Day

09:30 - 14:00 15 March 2017
Syriac Galen Palimpsest Research Day IV: This research day showcases the current state of research in the Syriac Galen Palimpsest project. It begins with a report on the identification…

Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms Project: Research Day

09:30 - 15:00 16 March 2017
Aphorisms Research Day: This research day showcases current research by members of the Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project and invited guest speakers in the area…

Tuesday Talks: Simon Faithfull

12:30 - 14:00 21 March 2017
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Music in the City, Musicians as Citizens

14:00 - 17:00 22 March 2017
Calling all music lovers and Francophiles of the North West! This workshop, led by final-year French Studies students, will encourage participants to think critically about the tensions…

In Conversation: John Akomfrah

17:00 - 18:30 23 March 2017
Artist John Akomfrah with be in conversation with Maria Balshaw, Director, the Whitworth and Manchester City Galleries. This event accompanies the exhibition of his acclaimed video…

Meeting with Juanma Carrillo

17:00 - 18:30 30 March 2017
Spanish film director, videoartist and photographer Juanma Carrillo will deliver an audiovisual presentation on his experience as an independent artist and co-founder of the audiovisual…

Monday Lunchtime Talk: The Melbourne Controversy; Jai Zhangke and the Melbourne International Film Festival, 2009

13:00 - 14:00 3 April 2017
In 2009, the famous independent Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke withdrew his films from the Melbourne International Film Festival in protest at the invitation to Rebiya Kadeer, the leader…

Emerging economies and the end of hyperglobalisation

10:00 - 11:30 8 May 2017
Richard Kozul-Wright, Director of the Globalisation and Development Strategies Division at UN Conference on Trade and Development will discuss 'Emerging economies and the end of hyperglobalisation'…

Taking on inequalities: why now and where to start?

17:30 - 19:00 9 May 2017
The University of Manchester's Global Development Institute is bringing together The Guardian, The World Bank and Oxfam for a panel discussion to take your questions on global inequalities…

'Shabtis: Suspended Truth From the Artist’s Perspective'

15:00 - 16:00 10 May 2017
Artist and archaeologist, Zahed Taj-Eddin will talk about his research in Egyptian faience, his sculptural practice and his current exhibition in the Ancient World gallery at the Manchester…

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