Exhibitions, Seminar

ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol

19 November 2016 - 16 April 2017
ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol shows the sharp critical opinions of an artist known to many primarily as art salesman, purveyor of product and celebrant of capitalism. Supported by Arts…

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…

Deanna Petherbridge

2 December 2016 - 4 June 2017
A solo show of pen and ink drawings from across a 45-year career. Since the 1960s, Deanna Petherbridge has pioneered critical thinking on drawing and its place in art and architecture.…

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…

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…

Nanomaterials by Design: A New Chapter in Catalysis

13:00 - 14:00 11 January 2017
Nanomaterials based on noble metals, such as silver (Ag), gold (Au), palladium (Pd), and platinum (Pt), are widely employed as catalysts for a myriad of transformations that are relevant…

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…

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…

Revolutionary Textiles 1910-1939

2 January - 23 April 2017
In the early decades of the 20th century textile design took off in new directions throughout the Western world. Invigorated by experimental techniques, art styles such as Fauvism,…

Faculty Research Seminar Series: Wednesday, 18 January 2017

13:00 - 14:00 18 January 2017
The monthly Faculty Research Seminar Series is open to all staff and students and offers an opportunity to celebrate FBMH’s research achievements. Host: Cardiovascular, Metabolic…

School of Materials Seminar entitled "Programmable 2-Dimensional Molecular Composites"

10:30 - 12:00 18 January 2017
Professor Melik Demirel, Director of the Center for Research on Advanced Fiber Technologies (CRAFT) at Penn State University is visiting Manchester to talk about Programmable 2-Dimensional…

Tyndall Manchester seminar- Changing institutions in a changing climate

16:00 19 January 2017
In the seminar, I argue that a more rounded understanding of how to respond effectively to the challenges posed by human-made climate change may be obtained by drawing on an institutional…

Addressing ethnic inequalities in healthcare experiences and outcomes: What has evidence got to do with it?

13:00 - 14:00 24 January 2017
Join us for this event, which is part of the CoDE Seminar Series. The expectation that healthcare policy and practice should be informed by the best available research evidence in…

EVENT POSTPONED Dalton Seminar Series: Looking Forward: Nuclear Energy Issues and Opportunities

13:00 - 14:15 24 January 2017
Due to unforeseen circumstances, tomorrow's planned seminar from DG William Magwood has been postponed. A new date will be circulated as soon as possible. Please accept our sincere…

Getting money out of the ESRC’s secondary data analysis fund

14:00 - 15:00 26 January 2017
Tina Haux, from the University Kent, is a member of the ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative Panel and will be talking about the general criteria of the Initiative, the eligible…

Whitworth Young Contemporaries: And Now We Are Plastic

27 January - 2 April 2017
As technology helps us to constantly evolve, the boundaries between our physical and digital spaces are blending, yet our ability to adapt and change remains visible in our art, marking…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 30th January 2017 - Dr Chika Watanabe – University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 30 January 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 30th January 2017 Dr Chika Watanabe – University of Manchester Imprecise Numbers : Managerial and Experiental Knowledge in a Japanese NGO in…

CMIST afternoon seminar: “A Tale of Two Parasites”

16:00 - 17:30 31 January 2017
In this talk, I will first make some general comments about the role of statistical modelling in scientific research, distinguishing between empirical and mechanistic models. I will…

Children's Lives in Wartime Japan

1 February - 31 March 2017
This exhibition displays 50 entries from picture diaries made by Japanese primary school children in 1944-1945. It gives a vivid insight into the school lives of Japanese children…

Critical Global Politics - CGP Cluster Seminar - Semester 2

15:30 - 17:00 1 February 2017
Dear colleagues The Critical Global Politics cluster research seminar series begins on Wednesday 1st February when we welcome Ben OLoughlin. Ben O'Loughlin is Professor of International…

Finance seminar by Christian Larsen, London Business School

14:00 - 16:00 1 February 2017
Asset Prices and Portfolio Choice with Learning from Experience

Meetup of the Don Quijote reading group

17:00 - 18:30 1 February 2017
‘The Don Quixote Virtual Reading Group in the ‘Cervantes Reborn’ project: meetup and discussion of approaches to Cervantes in 2017’ Wednesday 1 February 2017, 5-7 pm, room A112, Samuel…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 1 February 2017
Speaker: Dominika Czerniawska Title: Structural holes and tie redundancy in scientific exchange networks On some fundamental level, we can think of scholars as actors possessing,…

Sustainability Seminar Series – Cites, Our Urban Environment: Is city living a positive in sustainability terms? With Prof. James Evans and Jonny Sadler

12:00 - 14:00 1 February 2017
Launching in January 2017, the Sustainability Seminar Series seeks to present opportunities for staff and students to make these positive contributions to our local environment. The…

Innovate UK and transparency data

12:00 - 13:00 2 February 2017
Innovate UK publishes its transparency data on a monthly data, covering each grant the organisation issues. This data has recently been expanded to include CRNs – the unique identifier…

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