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…

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…

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.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Walter J. Houston (Manchester), 'Folly at Bethel: Amos on Religion

14:00 - 16:00 2 February 2017
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public, with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute…

Encrypted Inscriptions: A Paradoxical Praxis

16:55 - 18:30 2 February 2017
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

World Cancer Day

11:00 - 14:00 3 February 2017
World Cancer Day Friday 3rd February 2017 University Place, Ground Floor Drum area. Check out our fight against cancer Cancer is one of the University’s five research beacons and…

Accelerating science, understanding impact: the promise of open science

13:00 - 14:00 6 February 2017
Open science aims to accelerate scientific progress to turn what is discovered into benefits for all. Researchers increasingly share their findings and research outputs in new, open…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 6th February 2017 - Dr Casey High – University of Edinburgh

16:00 - 18:00 6 February 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 6TH February 2017 Dr Casey High – University of Edinburgh Anthropological Collaboration and Social Transformation in Contemporary Amazonia My…

Philosophy Research Seminar - Lubomira Radoilska (Kent)

15:00 - 17:00 7 February 2017
Title *Self-Effacing Reasons for Action and the Epistemic Condition on Responsibility Abstract *In this talk, I explore how and why a class of self-effacing reasons for action might…

Department of Politics - JMCE seminars

16:00 - 18:00 8 February 2017
Department of Politics - JMCE seminars Wednesday 8 February 2017, 16:00 @ TBC Speaker: Prof Dr Michael Gehler (Institut für Geschichte, Universität Hildesheim) Title: The European Union: A new post-modern Empire?

Dr. Deborah Toner: Pulque and pulquerías in Mexican history and heritage

17:00 - 18:30 8 February 2017
Venue: Arthur Lewis G0.19

Geography Research Seminar: Prof. Pete Langdon (University of Southampton) - Tipping points in lake ecosystems: how well can we predict them?

16:00 - 17:30 8 February 2017
Professor Pete Langdon (Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton) Tipping points in lake ecosystems: how well can we predict them? Lake ecosystems are changing…

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars - Andrew Baker - Sheffield University - This event has been cancelled

15:30 - 17:00 8 February 2017
Andrew Baker is unfortunately ill so the seminar this afternoon (8th Feb) is cancelled. Apologies. The next GPE seminar will be on the 8th March with Silke Trommer (Manchester) and JP Singh (Edinburgh).

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 8 February 2017
Speaker: Stephen Pryke, Senior Lecturer at UCL Title: Using SNA to understand self-organising communication and information exchange networks in a £600BN rail infrastructure project…

Politics Critical Global Economy Seminar - Stabilizing the System: The New Macroprudential Political Economy - Andrew Baker - University of Sheffield

15:30 - 17:00 8 February 2017
Politics Critical Global Economy Seminar Stabilizing the System: The New Macroprudential Political Economy Andrew Baker University of Sheffield Room to be confirmed

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