Exhibitions, Seminar

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…

David Harvey (University of Nottingham)

16:15 - 17:45 27 April 2017
Title: Sign-Based Tests for Financial Bubbles in the Presence of Nonstationary Volatility Abstract: There is a large body of evidence illustrating that explosive bubbles (and collapses)…

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: Prof. Mary E. Mills (Newman University), 'City as Sustainable Enviroment'

14:00 - 16:00 27 April 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…

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…

History Research Seminar: 27 April – Judy Walkowitz ‘The Spatial Politics of Reading in the Archives: A Memoir’

16:15 - 17:45 27 April 2017
Judy Walkowitz (Johns Hopkins) ‘The Spatial Politics of Reading in the Archives: A Memoir’

Israel Studies Seminar - Brian Klug (Oxford), 'Words of Fire: Ahad Ha'am and the Jewish Future'

16:00 - 17:30 27 April 2017
The Centre for Jewish Studies seminar programme has an Israel Studies theme. Our seminar programme is open to all (for free) and there is no need to book. Ahad Ha'am (the pen name…

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…

Lysias and Socrates in Plato’s Phaedrus

17:00 - 18:30 27 April 2017
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar. Towards the beginning of Plato’s Phaedrus, Phaedrus reads to Socrates a speech attributed to Lysias (230e-234c). In the speech, as Phaedrus…

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 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…

Ageing + social eating: developing age-friendly communities through eating with others

14:00 - 16:00 28 April 2017
Social eating or commensality has been associated with range of health and social benefits for older adults in the UK and globally. There is limited information on why older adults…

Development Economics Seminar: Chris Woodruff (University of Oxford)

13:00 - 14:00 2 May 2017
Title: What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka. Abstract: When households increase their deposits in formal bank savings accounts, what is the…

Seminar: Renato Faccini (Queen Mary)

16:15 - 17:45 2 May 2017
Title: TBA

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: Lauren Berlant on Precarity

10:00 - 12:00 3 May 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme, 'Precarity'. Professor Jackie Stacey (English, American Studies and Creative Writing) will lead a seminar for postgraduate students…

Department of Politics - JMCE Seminars

14:00 - 16:00 3 May 2017
Department of Politics - JMCE Seminars Wednesday 3 May 2017, 14:00 @ TBC Speaker: TBC Title: TBC

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars : Adrienne Roberts - University of Manchester

15:30 - 17:00 3 May 2017
Adrienne Roberts, Manchester University. Critically Interrogating Women's Entrepreneurship Initiatives in Pakistan: Reflections on Gender and Class Details to follow

Glycosaminoglycan Engineering: Towards Novel Polymers, New Tools, & Next-Gen Therapeutics

11:00 - 12:00 3 May 2017
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), a class of polysaccharides that includes hyaluronan, heparin and chondroitin, are essential macromolecules in mammals. GAGs have therapeutic potential in…

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Keith Brown, TBA

13:00 - 13:50 3 May 2017
History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Keith Brown, TBA

Masterclass: Judith Walkowitz

10:00 - 12:00 3 May 2017
Judith Walkowitz (Professor Emerita History, Johns Hopkins University and Simon Visiting Professor 2017) will lead a masterclass. All MA and PhD students in the School welcome, on…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 3 May 2017
Lorien Jasny: Using Networks to Measure Belief Change in Collaborative Environmental Management Collaborative management initiatives are increasingly being used in environmental…

Research IT Grant Support Clinic

15:00 - 16:00 3 May 2017
We offer a range of services to University researchers such as high performance computing and software consultancy, but how do you know if these services are relevant to you and your…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Paul Middleton, 'Confronting Violence in the Apocalypse: Reading Revelation through the Brick Bible'

14:00 - 16:00 4 May 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…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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