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.…

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).

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…

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…

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…

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

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,…

Seminar: De-colonial computing - CANCELLED

14:00 8 February 2017
Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. Speaker: Mustafa Ali (Open University) More details to follow This is a Critical Investigations of Digital Culture Seminar, organised…

Sociology Seminar 8th Feb, 2-3pm ALB Boardroom by Laura Fenton

14:00 - 15:00 8 February 2017
You are warmly invited to the first Sociology seminar of 2017, given by Laura Fenton, Sociology. Laura's talk is entitled: 'Beyond 'Mother's Ruin': Re-conceptualising the Socio-Moral…

The European Union: A new post-modern Empire

16:15 8 February 2017
The European Union: A new post-modern Empire

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…

A conversation with death row exonerees

18:00 - 20:00 9 February 2017
Amicus presents Sunny and Peter: Surviving death row. Sunny Jacobs: Sunny and her first husband, Jesse Tafero, were both implicated in the shooting of two police officers in Florida…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Philip R. Davis (Sheffield), The Bible and the Spade: Some Thoughts on 'Biblical Archaeology'

14:00 - 16:00 9 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…

MANCEPT Research Seminar Semester 2 - Dr Phil Parvin (Loughborough) - ‘Democracy Without Participation: A New Politics for a Disengaged Era’.

16:00 - 17:30 9 February 2017
Dr Phil Parvin (Loughborough) will give a paper on, ‘Democracy Without Participation: A New Politics for a Disengaged Era’. Democracy Without Participation: A New Politics for a Disengaged…

Pastoral Song in Ovid's Metamorphoses

16:55 - 18:30 9 February 2017
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 13th February 2017 - Dr Emanuel Schaeublin – University of Zurich

16:00 - 18:00 13 February 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 13th February 2017 Dr Emanuel Schaeublin – University of Zurich ‘May God sustain you’: Social interactions as a field of ethical practice in…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Deleuze and Minor Literatures

12:00 - 14:00 14 February 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme, 'Precarity'. Professor Margaret Littler (German Studies) will lead a seminar for postgraduate students and staff entitled Deleuze…

Sustainability Seminar Series – Air quality: Changing air quality and the impact on health With Prof. Gordon Mcfiggans and Dr. Sheena Cruickshank

12:00 - 14:00 14 February 2017
Sustainability Seminar Series – Energy, Well-Being, Biodiversity, Food, Travel & More Launching in January 2017, the Sustainability Seminar Series seeks to present opportunities for…

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