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Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms Project: Research Day

09:30 - 15:00 16 March 2017
Aphorisms Research Day: This research day showcases current research by members of the Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms project and invited guest speakers in the area…

Art History Seminar: Prof Bette Talvacchia - Michelangelo's Ignudi

17:30 - 19:00 16 March 2017
Prof Bette Talvacchia (University of Oklahoma) Michelangelo's Ignudi: from Florentine Tradition to Roman Subversion

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…

CTIS Seminar: Charlotte Bosseaux, "Translating Voices in GBV Documentaries"

14:00 - 15:30 16 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…

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.…

EAC Department PGR Keynote Event

17:00 - 19:00 16 March 2017
WILL DAVIS (University of Reading), ‘’An Anthropomorphic Insolence of Short Duration’: Samuel Beckett’s Watt and the Fiction of History’

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…

Meditative Making

17:00 - 19:00 16 March 2017
Contemplate, muse and reflect: the art of crafting can be extremely therapeutic, come spend an evening in the beautiful Historic Reading Room and relax by making something to take home.…

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,…

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…

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…

Trio Atem: Labyrinths and Mazes

13:10 - 14:00 16 March 2017
For their 10th anniversary concert, Trio Atem return with a programme of new works by: Nina Whiteman- House of Mazes, Gavin Osborn - as curve beyond points to see, Rob Corrin - Hardy's…

Unusual Views

14:00 - 15:00 16 March 2017
Take the opportunity to join us for a facilitated tour of the Library designed especially for photographers, enjoying areas of this spectacular building which aren't open to the public.…

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…

Ad Solem

19:30 - 21:00 17 March 2017
MUMS’ elite chamber choir returns to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall to present 'Sacred and Profane'. This concert features a mixture of sacred and secular pieces and will include…

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…

Ensemble Extravaganza

13:10 - 14:00 17 March 2017
From duos to quartets this concert focuses on the diverse and exciting range of student ensembles within the music department. Come and see our performers tackle some of the most gripping…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 17 March 2017
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Kaye Mitchell "In Conversation" with George Saunders

18:30 - 20:00 17 March 2017
Waterstones Deansgate, in conjunction with The University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing, is delighted to host an evening with the acclaimed American short story writer, George…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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