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Accomodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 1 March 2017
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on Wednesday mornings between November and March, from 10.30am until…

Art History Seminar: Olivia Horsfall Turner - "Reading and writing architecture in early modern England"

17:30 - 19:00 1 March 2017
Olivia Horsfall Turner (V&A) Reading and writing architecture in early modern England (Samuel Alexander A.112, 5.30-7pm)

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…

Critical Global Politics - CGP Cluster Seminar - Semester 2

15:30 - 17:00 1 March 2017
Critical Global Politics - CGP Cluster Seminar - Semester 2 Andreja Zevnik (Manchester) Fear and Anxiety as strategies for resistance and political transformation Andreja Zevnik…

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.…

Drink, Draw, Dinosaur

15:00 - 16:30 1 March 2017
Drop in to our museum doodling session. Perfect for anyone who wants to take time out of their day to have a sit and a draw. We will be using our Gorgosaurus, as inspiration. You…

EAC Department Seminar Series: Emily Rohrbach (MANCHESTER), “‘Without you, I would have been somebody else’: On Contingency and the Counterfactual Imagination in Austen and Dickens”

17:00 - 18:30 1 March 2017
Emily Rohrbach (MANCHESTER), “‘Without you, I would have been somebody else’: On Contingency and the Counterfactual Imagination in Austen and Dickens”

Geography Research Seminar: Prof. Dorothea Kleine (University of Sheffield) - Engaged Digital Geographies and Participatory Action Research for Sustainable Human Development: Food Futures 2.0 Project

16:00 - 17:30 1 March 2017
Abstract: New research agendas are currently being formulated around 'digital geographies'. Drawing on her longstanding work using digital technologies for sustainable development goals,…

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Paul Oldfield, ‘The power of ‘brain drain’ in the twelfth-century kingdom of Sicily’

13:00 - 13:50 1 March 2017
History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Paul Oldfield, ‘The power of ‘brain drain’ in the twelfth-century kingdom of Sicily’

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…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 1 March 2017
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 1 March 2017
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

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 1 March 2017
Speaker: Martin Everett, University of Manchester Title: Dealing with overlapping categorical attribute data. Suppose you have a network of ties among individuals, along with their…

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,…

Undergraduate Guided Visit

13:30 - 15:30 1 March 2017
Can’t come to one of our open days? Join us for one of our regular guided visits of our campus instead, and get a feel for the facilities, amenities and atmosphere you’ll enjoy as a…

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…

CTIS Seminar: Loredana Polezzi, "Monolingual Performances and Multilingual Selves: Rethinking the translation continuum"

14:00 - 15:30 2 March 2017
The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series brings researchers from across the UK and Europe to the University of Manchester to present on their work. These…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Meredith Warren (Sheffield), 'The Transmission of Divine Knowledge through Taste: A Sensory Analysis of Rev 10:8-10'

14:00 - 16:00 2 March 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…

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