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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…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 14 March 2017
Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. Sessions…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

11:30 - 12:15 14 March 2017
Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. Sessions…

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 Symposium: Precarity, Spectrality, and Hauntology

16:00 - 18:00 14 March 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme 'Precarity'. Hauntology, a term originated by Jacques Derrida in Specters of Marx in relation to the simultaneous and continuous…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar- Frozen or Malleable: Political Ideology in the Face of Economic Hardship

16:00 - 17:30 14 March 2017
Abstract: To what degree do people adjust their political ideology in response to deteriorations in their material circumstances, such as job loss or negative income shocks? To answer…

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 - The JMCE Annual Lecture

16:00 14 March 2017
Department of Politics - The JMCE Annual Lecture (THE JMCE ANNUAL LECTURE) Tuesday 14 March 2017, 16:00 @ TBC Speaker: Jeffrey Franks (Director of the IMF Europe Office and Senior…

Environmental Economics Seminar: Souvik Datta (University of Glasgow)

13:00 - 14:00 14 March 2017
Title: The impact of indoor solid fuel use on the stunting of Indian children Abstract: About half of Indian children under the age of three years are stunted. We use data from the…

Explorer tour

14:00 - 15:00 14 March 2017
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you.

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…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 14 March 2017
Join us for live music and songs inspired by our collections, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. A space to play, share and discover together Please…

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…

Philosophy Research Seminar - Jules Holroyd (Sheffield)

15:00 - 17:00 14 March 2017
Title *Implicit Bias, Self-Defence, and the Reasonable Person Abstract *The reasonable person standard is used in adjudicating claims of self-defence. In US law, an individual may…

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: Ludo Visschers (Edinburgh)

16:15 - 17:45 14 March 2017
Title: TBA

SICK! Festival

8 - 25 March 2017
SICK! Festival The award-winning SICK! Festival returns to Manchester and Salford from 8 to 25 March 2017 with a three-week programme taking place across the city and with venue partners…

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…

Stachniewski Memorial Lecture: Maxine Peake in conversation about Shakespeare and politics

17:15 - 19:00 14 March 2017
* PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT! * PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE The 2017 Stachniewski Memorial Lecture will take place on the 14 March, 2017. Maxine Peake will be…

The IMF and the Eurozone Crisis: troublemaker or trouble-shooter?

16:00 - 17:30 14 March 2017
You are cordially welcome to this JMCE special event: The IMF and the Eurozone Crisis: troublemaker or trouble-shooter? A special JMCE event Dr. Jeffrey Franks Director of…

Thinking about Teaching? PGCE Open Evening

18:00 - 20:00 14 March 2017
Teaching is a challenging yet rewarding career which allows you to inspire future generations. Very few careers can match teaching for opportunities to make a real difference to the…

Tuesday Talks: Stephen Sutcliffe

12:30 - 14:00 14 March 2017
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

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…

Accomodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 15 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…

Syrian Galen Palimpsest Project: Research Day

09:30 - 14:00 15 March 2017
Syriac Galen Palimpsest Research Day IV: This research day showcases the current state of research in the Syriac Galen Palimpsest project. It begins with a report on the identification…

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