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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…

Collection Bites

13:30 - 14:00 24 April 2017
Collection Bites are half an hour talks hosted by our Visitor Team every other Monday. Our Visitor Team members are with our collections every day and so are the perfect people to give…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 22 April - 17:00 31 December 2017
Are you hungry to get creative with your family? Pick up an Art Hamper, free and available any time during gallery opening hours. Our Art Hampers are filled with materials for you…

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.…

Family Ties – The Adamah Papers exhibition

7 April - 25 May 2017
A new exhibition from the Black Cultural Archives exploring a collection of papers belonging to the Adamah Family - a Ghanaian family of Kings - which reflect on the family's daily…

Introduction to STATA (introductory)

24 April 2017
The course provides an introductory training in Stata, a statistical package increasingly used for social research data analysis which has powerful data manipulation procedures and…

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…

Lucienne Day

14 April - 16 July 2017
We are delighted to be celebrating the centenary year of one of Britain’s most influential 20th century designers. Best-known for her textiles, Lucienne Day (1917 – 2010) is recognised…

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…

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 BP Annual Lecture: The future of global energy markets

17:30 - 20:00 24 April 2017
Few industries can claim to have a distinct and direct effect on every person and in every home. From prices at the petrol station to power in developing companies, energy is one industry…

The Nest

19:30 24 - 12:00 25 April 2017
The Nest is a bespoke drama production created by SBC theatre originally written and performed in the 2015 Manchester Science Festival. On 24th and 25th April 2017 The Nest returns…

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…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 25 April 2017
Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. Sessions…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

11:30 - 12:15 25 April 2017
Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. Sessions…

Beyond the cutting edge: speculations on the future of social science

16:00 - 17:15 25 April 2017
Social science faces a challenge. Its subject matter, its methods and its materials are all changing at a breath-taking speed. What will it mean to be a social scientist in five, ten,…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Professor Judith Walkowitz: Feminism and Prostitution in the 1980s: A Tale of North and South

17:00 - 19:00 25 April 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme 'Precarity'. Organised in collaboration with History at the University of Manchester. Sponsored by Modern British History Research…

Development Economics Seminar: Gharad Bryan (LSE)

13:00 - 14:00 25 April 2017
Title: Land Trade and Development: A Market Design Approach

Explorer tour

14:00 - 15:00 25 April 2017
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you.

Hip Hop and the Fight for Educational Equality in America

17:00 - 18:30 25 April 2017
Education in post-civil rights America continues to be defined by racial, social class, and gender inequality. Serious debates about failing schools have been obscured both by "post-racial"…

Musical Baby Explorers

13:00 - 13:45 25 April 2017
Join us for live music and songs inspired by our collections, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. A space to play, share and discover together Please…

POSTPONED: Dalton Seminar Series: Chasing Rainbows – MOD’s quest to dispose of EDTA-contaminated ion-exchange resin

12:15 - 13:15 25 April 2017
This event has been postponed due to last week’s announcement of the snap general election in June. All central and local government departments are now in the period of purdah and…

Racialisation relations

13:00 - 14:00 25 April 2017
Joint CoDE/Sociology Seminar Join us for this event, which is part of the CoDE Seminar Series. In order to discuss Islamophobia we should not isolate if from other forms of racial…

Seminar: Douglas Gollin (Oxford)

16:15 - 17:45 25 April 2017
Title: TBA

Webinar: Introduction to the UK Data Service

15:00 - 16:00 25 April 2017
The UK Data Service holds the UK’s largest collection of research data. This introductory webinar is for anyone with an interest in social research who wants to hear about the vast…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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