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Age Friendly: Handmade

14:00 12 January - 16:00 13 July 2018
Sociable craft workshops, produced by and for older people in partnership with Age Friendly Manchester Fridays (Except during school holidays), 2pm - 4pm. Booking essential. Free …

Alison Wilding

16 February - 12 August 2018
Turner Prize nominee and Royal Academician Alison Wilding presents works spanning the past 20 years of her career. This new show at the Whitworth will comprise of three major sculptures,…

Apna: Ours Yours Everybody’s

3 February - 13 May 2018
Apna is a word used in many languages across South Asia meaning ‘ours, yours or everybody’s’. This reflects how the Whitworth shares the collection that is housed here. In the Collections…

Art History Lecture - Cristina González, Oklahoma State University

17:30 - 19:30 22 March 2018
As part of the ‘Foreign Bodies’ research project, Dr Cristina González (Oklahoma State University) will be delivering a lecture: 'Conventual Bodies and the Body of Christ: The Power…

Art History Masterclass - Dr Cristina González (Oklahoma State University)

10:00 - 12:00 22 March 2018
As part of the ‘Foreign Bodies’ research project, Dr Cristina González (Oklahoma State University) will be delivering a masterclass: ‘Itinerant Images in Spanish America: Art, Object,…

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.…

Cecily Brown: Shipwreck drawings

17 November 2017 - 15 April 2018
This is an exhibition of a extraordinary series of drawings by Cecily Brown, of wrecked ships and their passengers. Brown’s practice of painterly interrogation of an existing image,…

Cozens and Cozens

16 June 2017 - 24 June 2018
Father and son, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, were influential watercolour painters of the 18th century. Alexander was a drawing master who dedicated his career to teaching young…

CTIS Seminar: Francis Jones, "Collaborative Translation of Poetry: The PoetTrio Experiment"

14:00 - 15:30 22 March 2018
The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series brings researchers from across the UK and Europe to the University of Manchester to present on their work. These…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Samuel Rogers (Manchester), "Socio-Economic Markers in the Parable of the Good Samaritan"

14:00 - 16:00 22 March 2018
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

English Corner

10:30 6 October 2017 - 12:00 31 May 2019
Fourth Friday of each month 10.30am–12pm Monthly conversation classes for people who are learning to speak English. Free, no need to book

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 22 March 2018
Teachers can arrange for their post-16 students to visit The University of Manchester campus to support them with the Extended Project qualification for their students. The Extended…

In the Land

27 January - 4 November 2018
Rethinking the form, texture and space of the natural landscape. This exhibition looks back at a period of intense experimentation in British painting and sculpture where artists,…

John Stezaker

1 December 2017 - 24 June 2018
Using vintage photographs, old film stills, postcards and book illustrations, John Stezaker makes collages that subvert their original imagery, creating unique and compelling works…

NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis (CPD accredited)

22 March 2018
This course will show participants how to use statistical analysis software, in this instance SPSS. In the course, participants will be introduced to the SPSS environment as well as…

South Asian Modernists 1953-63

30 September 2017 - 15 April 2018
South Asian Modernists 1953-63 30 September – 15 April 2018 South Asian Modernists will explore the works of Pakistani and Indian artists who worked with Victor Musgrave between 1953-63.…

UCAS Exhibition Hereford and Worcester

22 March 2018
UCAS exhibitions are an opportunity for students to explore a variety of options in one setting. They're a chance to get talking with university admissions staff, find out what life's…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - The Michael Kahan Kapelye: Klezmer Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 22 March 2018
There’s no need to book – this concert is free and you can just turn up on the day. The Music Department’s student klezmer ensemble – The Michael Kahan Kapelye – share their year of…

The Institute for Fiscal Studies Public Talk in partnership with The University of Manchester

13:00 - 15:00 23 March 2018
Institute for Fiscal Studies Public Talk on Friday 23 March 2018: How should we think about trade in the era of Brexit and “America First”? What is the value of trade? What effects…

‘Ich bin ein Hamburger’: Music from Baroque Hamburg

13:10 - 14:00 23 March 2018
As one of the most vibrant cultural centres of the Baroque period, Hamburg was a hotbed of musical talent throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. From Handel’s first opera, Almira,…

‘Mutations in Citizenship’: Activist and translational perspectives on migration and mobility in the age of globalisation

09:00 - 17:00 23 March 2018
An interdisciplinary research symposium on the themes of migration, translation and citizenship, produced with the generous support of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies…

‘Mutations in Citizenship’: Activist and translational perspectives on migration and mobility in the age of globalisation

23 March 2018
Migration has always played an important role in the history and development of human societies, but the past fifty years have seen marked rises in the movement and mobility of diverse…

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