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…

Cyber and you - a true story: come hear it

12:30 - 13:30 16 May 2017
Do you feel cyber safe? A number of recent news stories have highlighted cases of criminals using email hacking and ransomware to access accounts belonging to Hilary Clinton and David…

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.…

Entrepreneurs@Manchester: Holly Tucker MBE

17:00 - 19:00 16 May 2017
Holly Tucker MBE will talk about her journey from alternative wreath maker to setting up notonthehighstreet, discussing the highs, and the lows, of building a brand. Now launching her…

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…

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…

SEED Teaching Matters: Old wine new bottle? The what and why of Teaching Innovation in HE

13:00 - 14:00 16 May 2017
Please do come along to the next SEED 'Teaching Matters' session, to be led by Dr. Kelly Pickard-Smith who is Teaching and Learning Advisor (Innovation) in the Directorate for the Student…

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…

D & E and CMIST seminar: Gendered Institutional Change: The Case of the Women and Equalities Committee in the UK Parliament

16:00 17 May 2017
Democracy and Elections, and CMIST joint seminar. Abstract Change at Westminster is rarely easy. This is especially so when reforms are ‘effective’; when they affect the relationship…

Department of Politics - JMCE Seminars

14:00 - 16:00 17 May 2017
Department of Politics JMCE Seminars Wednesday 17 May 2017, 14:00 @ TBC Speaker: TBC Title: TBC

Faculty Research Seminar: Population Health & Ecosystems

13:00 - 14:00 17 May 2017
The monthly Faculty Research Seminar Series is open to all staff and students and offers an opportunity to celebrate FBMH’s research achievements. Research Domain host: Population…

Global Political Economy Cluster Seminars - Ian Bruff - University of Manchester

15:30 - 17:00 17 May 2017
Ian Bruff, Manchester University The antinomies of neoliberalisation Details to follow

Research and Teaching Matters - Becoming bilingual in Scotland: Is parity of provision within Gaelic medium education a goal too far?

12:00 - 13:00 17 May 2017
The commitment to dual language learning in Scotland is evident with the introduction of policy supporting primary pupils who will complete formal learning of two languages, in addition…

Rubén Peinado Abarrio (Manchester), ‘Trauma and Exile in the Works of Roberto Bolaño and Aleksandar Hemon’

17:00 - 18:30 17 May 2017
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Research Seminars, 2016-2017, Semester 2 Room A213A, Samuel Alexander Building

Working with the Conservatives in the European Union: an insider’s view

14:00 17 May 2017
Working with the Conservatives in the European Union: an insider’s view

Beyond Borders

20 May 2017 - 3 June 2018
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging.…

Cyber and you - a true story: come hear it

12:30 - 13:30 23 May 2017
Do you feel cyber safe? A number of recent news stories have highlighted cases of criminals using email hacking and ransomware to access accounts belonging to Hilary Clinton and David…

Development Economics Seminar (Internal): Katsushi Imai (University of Manchester)

13:00 - 14:00 23 May 2017
Title: Aspirations and educational poverty traps across generations. Abstract: This paper empirically tests whether there exist any ‘aspirations failure’ and poverty traps in education…

Sarah Fielden seminar series - 'Education, Ethics and the Psy Complex'

17:00 - 18:30 23 May 2017
Seminar presented by Professor Ian Parker This lecture addresses the intersection between three forms of refusal, treating each of those forms of refusal as operating as a form of…

The choreography of everyday multiculture; Bowling together?

13:00 - 14:00 23 May 2017
Join us for this event, which is part of the CoDE Seminar Series. Speaker: Dr Emma Jackson, Goldsmiths, University of London Bowling has been used as both a bellwether and a metaphor…

CGP Cluster Seminar Dates 2016-17: Semester 2 - Lene Hansen (Copenhagen)

15:30 24 May 2017
Lene Hansen (Copenhagen) TBC Details to follow :

Sociology Research Seminar: ‘Curious Connections: On the relational and personal life significance of donating egg and sperm’ by Dr Petra Nordqvist

14:00 - 15:00 24 May 2017
You are warmly invited to the May Sociology seminar, given by Dr Petra Nordqvist, Sociology. The seminar will take place on the 24th May, 2-3pm, in the Arthur Lewis Boardroom. The…

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