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…

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…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Studies on the transformation of the left–right divide

16:00 - 17:30 14 February 2017
Full title: CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Studies on the transformation of the left–right divide: Attitudes towards social Europe, Europe as a threat for social security, and ethnic minorities’…

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…

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,…

Seminar: Nicolas Roys (Royal Holloway)

16:15 - 17:45 14 February 2017
Title: Skill Prices, Occupations and Changes in the Wage Structure

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…

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…

CIDRAL Postgraduate Seminar: Professor Freddie Rokem: The Dramaturgical Imagination

10:00 - 13:00 15 February 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme 'Precarity'. Freddie Rokem (Professor in the Department of Theatre, Tel Aviv University) will lead a seminar for postgraduate students…

Faculty Research Seminar: Wednesday, 15 February 2017

13:00 - 14:00 15 February 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: Infection, Immunity, Inflammation…

Finance seminar by Filippos Papakonstantinou, Imperial College London

14:00 - 16:00 15 February 2017
Estimating Mutual Fund Skill: A New Approach

Geography Research Seminar: Dr. Tim Meadows (University of Manchester) - Modelling decadal-scale morphological evolution of the upper North Fork Toutle River, Mount St Helens, USA

16:00 - 17:30 15 February 2017
Dr Tim Meadows (Geography, SEED, University of Manchester) Modelling decadal-scale morphological evolution of the upper North Fork Toutle River, Mount St Helens, USA Abstract: Management…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 15 February 2017
Speaker: George Wood, University of Oxford Title:Using Social Network Analysis in Gun Violence Prevention Every year, thousands of people are killed and many more injured with a…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Philip Esler (Gloucestershire), 'New Light on Babatha and Her Final Days'

14:00 - 16:00 16 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…

Was the Greek Polis a state?

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

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 20th February 2017 - Dr Erik Bähre – University of Leiden

16:00 - 18:00 20 February 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 20th February 2017 Dr Erik Bähre – University of Leiden Precarious Categories: Race and Risk in South Africa's Insurance Market One of the…

Philosophy Research Seminar - Lea-Cecile Salje (Leeds)

15:00 - 17:00 21 February 2017
Title *Memory and Me Abstract *Let’s say that the following is a conceptual possibility: an advanced team of neuroscientists succeed in identifying and removing the parts of your brain…

Spoken English collections at the British Library

16:15 - 17:15 21 February 2017
This seminar will give an overview of Spoken English collections at the British Library using examples from the library’s extensive collection of sound recordings of British accents…

Geography Research Seminar: Dr. Alexandra Dales (University of Manchester) - Regulating the expansion of global retail capital

12:00 - 14:00 22 February 2017
Dr Alexandra Dales (Geography, SEED, University of Manchester) Regulating the expansion of global retail capital – contestation and compromise in the evolving national retail markets…

MIE Research Matters - 'Why should I teach it?' - Dr Ann Lendrum

12:00 - 13:00 22 February 2017
Examining the role of social validity for promoting the effective adoption and implementation of school-based interventions. Teachers are regularly expected to adopt and deliver new…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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