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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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Big Saturday: The Body Experience

11:00 - 16:00 18 March 2017
Researchers from across the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at The University of Manchester will take over the Museum from top to bottom, allowing you to explore the human body…

Body Experience 2017

10:00 - 16:00 18 March 2017
Researchers from across the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at The University of Manchester will take over the Museum from top to bottom, allowing you to explore the human body…

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

13:00 - 14:00 18 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…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra and String Orchestra (MUWO and MUSO)

19:30 - 21:00 18 March 2017
MUWO and MUSO return to the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall to perform a range of works from Arensky’s Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky to Ellerby’s Clarinet Concerto, featuring soloist…

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…

GRCF: What it is and how to write fundable proposals

14:00 - 16:00 21 March 2017
Workshop 1 GRCF: What it is and how to write fundable proposals ‘Please note: this is an internal workshop for staff in the Faculty of Humanities’ An overview of the GCRF funding…

Neuroscience and Mental Health Domain Day on Language

09:00 - 16:30 21 March 2017
The Neuroscience and Mental Health Domain is holding a 'Language Day' on Tuesday March 21st in which people working on typical and atypical speech and language processing and production…

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

Tuesday Talks: Simon Faithfull

12:30 - 14:00 21 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…

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