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.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Sarah Whittle (St. Andrews), Romans 1:4 and the Iconography of Imperial Apotheosis

14:00 - 16:00 16 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…

Konrad Burchardi (Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm)

16:15 - 17:45 16 March 2017
Title: Migrants, Ancestors, and Foreign Investment Abstract We use 130 years of data on historical migrations to the United States to show a causal effect of the ancestry composition…

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…

Please note this Lecture has been cancelled, until further notice, Politics Pankhurst Lecture : Professor Cornelissen from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

17:30 - 18:30 16 March 2017
Please note this Lecture has been cancelled, until further notice, Politics Pankhurst Lecture : Professor Cornelissen from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

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,…

Slavery in the classical Athenian economy and the question of legal rights

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

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…

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…

Barbara Brown

17 March 2017 - 15 March 2018
Barbara Brown was the golden girl of Heal Fabrics in the 1960s and early 1970s. Talent-spotted as a student, her designs for furnishing fabrics are some of the most striking and unusual…

How do international university research ventures become institutionalized?

13:00 - 14:00 20 March 2017
International research collaborations are widespread, but few have studied those that reach the scale and scope of what we call international university research ventures (IURVs), in…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 20th March 2017 - Dr Giulia Liberatore – University of Edinburgh

16:00 - 18:00 20 March 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 20th March 2017 Dr Giulia Liberatore – University of Edinburgh Navigating Islamic Knowledge in Security Britain This paper is based on ethnographic…

Philosophy Research Seminar - Alex Grzankowski (Birkbeck)

15:00 - 17:00 21 March 2017
Title *Towards a Minimal Account of Propositions Abstract *In recent years the classical view of propositional content has come under considerable scrutiny. The classical account consists…

Seminar: Marija Vukotic (Warwick)

16:15 - 17:45 21 March 2017
Title: TBA

Faculty Research Seminar: Wednesday, 22 March 2017

13:00 - 14:00 22 March 2017
The monthly Faculty Research Seminar Series is open to all staff and students and offers an opportunity to celebrate FBMH’s research achievements. Research Domain host: Evolution,…

Finance seminar by Dong Lou, London School of Economics

14:00 - 16:00 22 March 2017
A Tug of War: Overnight Versus Intraday Expected Returns

Geography Research Seminar: Prof. Rachel Weber (University of Illinois) Risky business: Explaining the use of complex financial instruments by local governments

16:00 - 17:30 22 March 2017
Title: Risky business: Explaining the use of complex financial instruments by local governments Seminar Chair: Kevin Ward

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