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…

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…

Dalton Seminar Series: Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: Energy Justice for the 21st Century?

12:45 - 13:45 30 March 2017
Social acceptability remains a critical challenge for nuclear energy and, especially, for new technologies such as small modular reactors (SMRs). While significant efforts are being…

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: Dwight Swanson (Nazarene Theological College), Exegesis of Scripture in the Gospel of Matthew: A Close-up

14:00 - 16:00 30 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…

Francesco Bravo (University of York)

16:15 - 17:45 30 March 2017
Title: Semiparametric quantile regression with missing data. Abstract: In this talk I discuss a general methodology to deal with missing data in semiparametric quantile regression…

John Akomfrah

24 March - 23 July 2017
John Akomfrah's acclaimed video installation Vertigo Sea. Vertigo Sea, a three-screen film, first seen at the 56th Venice Biennale as part of Okwui Enwezor's All the World's Futures…

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,…

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…

Sustainability Seminar Series – Commuter Travel: The impact of the Oxford Road corridor travel changes With David Budd and Julia Durkan

12:00 - 14:00 30 March 2017
Sustainability Seminar Series – Energy, Well-Being, Biodiversity, Food, Travel & More Launching in January 2017, the Sustainability Seminar Series seeks to present opportunities for…

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…

Written on paper or carved in stone? – The impact of different types of evidence on the study of Roman collegia.

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

Gender Identity

13:00 - 15:00 31 March 2017
Dr Simona Giordano will now be presenting on Friday 31st March (which was rescheduled) on 'Gender identity' issues in children, which will explore the ethics around gender re-assignment…

The Tabley House Collection

13:00 1 April - 13:00 29 October 2017
As a university of Manchester country house collection, The Tabley House Collection showcases a permanent exhibition of early British modern masters alongside interchanging displays…

MIE Seminar: Ability Grouping in Mathematics

16:30 - 18:30 3 April 2017
David Pomeroy from the Victoria University of Wellington, NZ will be giving a seminar on setting and ability grouping in New Zealand. David was formerly Diane Reay’s PhD student at…

Research and Teaching Matters - FRIENDS for Life is a primary school based cognitive-behavioural preventative programme

12:00 - 13:00 5 April 2017
Presented by Michael Wigelsworth.

Sarah Fielden seminar series - 'Are there too many kids with SEN? Exploring the factors that influence over-identification'

17:00 - 18:30 5 April 2017
Seminar presented by Dr Garry Squires Why Sarah Fielden? The Manchester Institute of Education is recognised internationally as a leading centre of educational research. Education…

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