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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…

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…

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.…

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

Drink, Draw, Dinosaur

3 May 2017
Drop in to our museum doodling session. Perfect for anyone who wants to take time out of their day to have a sit and a draw. You don’t have to be skilled at drawing and any style is…

Drink, Draw, Dinosaur

15:00 - 17:00 3 May 2017
Drop in to our museum doodling session. Perfect for anyone who wants to take time out of their day to have a sit and a draw. You don’t have to be skilled at drawing and any style is…

EAC Department PGR Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:00 3 May 2017
Julie Casanova 'The Chronotope and the Feminine in Rosamund Marriott Watson's Poetry’. Laura Ryan ‘‘You are white, yet a part of me’: D. H. Lawrence and the Harlem Renaissance’

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…

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

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…

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…

Mervyn Morris and Jackie Kay

18:00 - 20:00 3 May 2017
On a rare visit to the UK, one of the most distinguished literary voices of the Caribbean, Mervyn Morris, celebrates the launch of his new collection Peelin Orange (Carcanet Press),…

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…

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…

Planning for Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood Change: Current Policy & Practice Workshop

3 May 2017
Manchester Urban Institute's Spatial Policy and Analysis Lab and CUHK's Institute of Future Cities are delivering a workshop with sessions on 'Growth, spatial inequality and mobility'…

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…

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 rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 3 May 2017
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

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…

The Grad Fair

10:30 - 16:00 4 May 2017
Organised by The University of Manchester's Careers Service, this is one of the UK's largest recruitment fairs, bringing together over 140 employers and institutions with thousands…

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