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…

Closing the Gender Pay Gap: What are the issues?

12:00 - 13:30 8 March 2017
In connection with International Women’s Day, the Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Team at Alliance MBS is hosting a free session about the Gender Pay Gap. To reflect and share their insights…

Critical Discourses in the Academy: Foucault and Lacan - approaches to discourse analysis (Seminar 2)

16:00 - 18:30 8 March 2017
We are very excited to have presenting at the seminar Professor Derek Hook (Duquesne University), Professor Michael Miller (Upstate Medical University, State University of New York)…

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

14:00 - 16:00 8 March 2017
Department of Politics - JMCE seminars Wednesday 8 March 2017, 14:00 @ TBC Speaker: Reetta Toivanen (University of Helsinki) Title: European fantasy of the Arctic region as a tabula rasa

European fantasy of the Arctic region as a tabula rasa

14:00 8 March 2017
European fantasy of the Arctic region as a tabula rasa

Geography Research Seminar: Dr. Ross Jones (University of Manchester) - Climate-compatible global production networks and the case for degrowth

16:00 - 17:30 8 March 2017
Title: Climate-compatible global production networks and the case for degrowth Abstract: There is an emerging consensus, and indeed urgency, to ‘act’ in some way on climate change.…

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars - Silke Trommer - University of Manchester and JP Singh - University of Edinburgh

15:30 - 17:00 8 March 2017
Silke Trommer, Manchester University, and JP Singh, Edinburgh University Trading Cultures: On Paternalism and Collective Action in North-South Trade Relations and Political Contestation at the WTO Details to follow

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 March 2017
Speakers: Frank Boons and Wouter Spekkink Title: Using event graphs for analysing social process In this seminar we report on ongoing work to use event graphs as tools for increasing…

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…

PEM Research Series Seminar 2017 - Putting the ‘landscape’ back into planning: Why green infrastructure is important in urban planning

17:00 - 18:30 8 March 2017
This seminar will be presented by Dr Ian Mell, Lecturer in Environmental Planning. Ian has recently joined the Planning and Environmental Management team from the University of Liverpool.…

Research and Teaching Matters - Review of psychological measures

12:00 - 13:00 8 March 2017
Presented by Michael Wigelsworth.

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,…

Sooni Taraporevala: Home in the City, Bombay 1976-Mumbai 2016

4 March 2017 - 1 January 2018
The first UK solo exhibition of photographer Sooni Taraporevala. Photographer, screenwriter, filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala will present a series of black and white photographs depicting…

Toils of Labour Museum of Medicine and Health exhibition for International Women's Day

12:30 - 17:00 8 March 2017
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health will be marking International Women's Day with an afternoon of activities in Roscoe Building. See bit.ly/IWD_FBMH for more information. …

Valentino Gianuzzi: Before Amauta: The Early Peruvian Avant-Gardes and the Fear of Modernity (1916-1926)

17:00 - 18:30 8 March 2017
Event organised by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Cultural Studies. Arthur Lewis G0.19

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…

Brian Bell (Kings College London)

16:15 - 17:45 9 March 2017
Title: The Burden of Legacy Costs: Evidence from Pension Black Holes Abstract Who pays for the costs that arise from legacy employment arrangements? We create a unique dataset that…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Loveday Alexander (Sheffield), 'Orality and the Gospels'

14:00 - 16:00 9 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…

History Research Seminar: Charles West (University of Sheffield) ‘“A long and a dark tale” – Clerical Exemption before Becket.’

16:15 - 17:45 9 March 2017
Charles West (University of Sheffield) ‘“A long and a dark tale” – Clerical Exemption before Becket.’

The four-legged getaway car: donkeys and their owners in papyri from Roman Egypt

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

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 13th March 2017 - Dr Alanna Cant – University of Kent

16:00 - 18:00 13 March 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 13th March 2017 Dr Alanna Cant – University of Kent On The Object Itself: Oaxacan Woodcarvers And The Allure Of Their Art Current scholarship…

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