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2017 MICRA Annual Public Lecture – Ready for Ageing Now?

17:30 - 19:00 23 March 2017
2017 MICRA Annual Public Lecture Ready for Ageing Now? Lord Geoffrey Filkin CBE, Chair of the Centre for Ageing Better From MICRA and the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub In 2013, the…

Accessing collaborative research funding & support - Faculty of Humanities

13:00 - 16:00 23 March 2017
Would your research benefit from partnering with non-academic organisations but you're unsure of the support and funding to facilitate this in the relationship development phase? This…

Art History Seminar - Nicholas Penny, Visiting Pilkington Professor

17:30 - 19:00 23 March 2017
Nicholas Penny, Visiting Pilkington Professor (Whitworth Teaching Suite, 5.30-7pm)

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…

Brain-Skin Colloquium

23 - 24 March 2017
The brain-skin connection is an area of significant clinical and research interest given that there is a large body of data which demonstrates the impact of the brain on the skin and…

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: Joss Moorkens, "The Impact of Machine Translation on Translators: Perception vs. Reality"

14:00 - 15:30 23 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.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Charlotte Naylor Davies (Heythrop College), TBA

14:00 23 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…

Guy Michaels (LSE)

16:15 - 17:45 23 March 2017
Title: Flooded Cities Abstract Does economic activity relocate away from areas that are at high risk of recurring shocks? We examine this question in the context of floods, which…

Hallsworth Conference on China and the Changing Global Order

23 - 24 March 2017
How is China’s rise changing the global order? This question has become increasingly salient since the beginning of the 2010s, when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is widely assumed…

History research seminar: Evelyn Welch 'Smelling Men in Early Modern Europe.'

16:15 23 March 2017
Evelyn Welch (King’s College London) 'Smelling Men in Early Modern Europe.'

In Conversation: John Akomfrah

17:00 - 18:30 23 March 2017
Artist John Akomfrah with be in conversation with Maria Balshaw, Director, the Whitworth and Manchester City Galleries. This event accompanies the exhibition of his acclaimed video…

Lovell Lecture: Professor Danielle George

19:30 - 21:00 23 March 2017
We’re delighted to welcome Professor Danielle George, Vice Dean for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering at…

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…

Memory, Vision and Cognition: Deciphering Ancient Documents in the Digital Age

18:00 - 19:30 23 March 2017
Professor Alan Bowman Vice-President (Humanities) of the British Academy will deliver this public lecture. Professor Bowman's research interests include: Greek and Latin Papyri from…

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…

Research IT grant support clinic

15:00 - 16:00 23 March 2017
We offer a range of services to our researchers, such as high performance computing and software consultancy, but how do you know if these services are relevant to you and your research?…

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…

The Michael Kahan Kapelye

13:10 - 14:00 23 March 2017
The latest generation of musicians in the Music department's student klezmer ensemble - The Michael Kahan Kapelye - perform their own arrangements of a diverse programme of pieces originating…

Whitworth Studies: Sir Nicholas Penny - Raphael’s Rebirth

17:30 - 21:00 23 March 2017
Whitworth Studies aims to encourage and support a wide range of research projects between the Whitworth and Art History and Visual Studies (AHVS), artists, other parts of the University…

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…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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