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A Rubbish Night at the Museum

10:00 19 April - 17:00 5 May 2018
If you care about the rubbish in the streets of Greater Manchester, come along and see an exhibition of nearly 100 displays by artists, photographers, researchers, companies, community…

Adults Returning to Education Session

09:00 - 14:00 2 May 2018
Adult learners who are considering returning to education to pursue a degree, or who have already applied to Manchester, can sign up for an Adults Returning to Education Session. This…

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,…

American Studies Seminar with Ivy Wilson (Northwestern)

12:00 - 14:00 2 May 2018
An interactive lunchtime seminar with Ivy Wilson. Dr Wilson will lead a discussion, in preparation for which it would be helpful to read Kodwo Eshun's article “Further Considerations…

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…

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.…

Centre for Social Ethics and Policy: Biomedical Jurisprudence PGR Work in Progress

10:00 - 13:00 2 May 2018
Programme: 10:00 Ed Horowicz (Year 2 BMJ) - Gender Identity of Children and Conditions Relating to Sexual Health within the ICD-11: Lessons to Learn from an Intersex Perspective 10:45…

CI Film Club

14:00 - 16:00 2 May 2018
The Confucius Institute Film Club forms part of their intercultural activities for students and provides a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural discussions on a wide variety…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Michael North, 'Connected Oceans: Seas as Media of Global Exchange'

17:00 - 19:00 2 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity. Hallsworth Visiting Fellow, Michael North (Professor of Modern History, University of Greifswald),…

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…

Critical Global Politics Cluster Seminars Semester 2, 2017-2018 - Wednesday May the 2nd - Lauren Wilcox - University of Cambridge

15:30 - 17:00 2 May 2018
Wednesday, May 2 3.30-5 ALB G30/31 Lauren Wilcox University of Cambridge War Beyond the Human

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

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

From atoms to planets: Understanding planetary magnetic records using multiscale and multidimensional microscopy

13:00 - 14:00 2 May 2018
Join us for this School of Earth and Environmental Sciences research seminar with guest speaker Joshua F Einsle. Traditional paleomagnetism focuses on the measurement and characterisation…

GDI Lecture with Dr Sara Dorman: Understanding Zimbabwe: from liberation to authoritarianism

16:30 - 17:30 2 May 2018
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Dr Sara Dorman, The University of Edinburgh, to discuss Zimbabwe: from liberation to authoritarianism Zimbabwe’s…

Geography Department Research Seminar: Dr Murray Gray (School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London)

16:00 - 17:30 2 May 2018
Geography Department Research Seminar Geodiversity and its role in geosystem services, geoconservation and other ‘geos’ Dr Murray Gray (School of Geography, Queen Mary University…

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,…

Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves

30 March - 28 August 2018
Ten Thousand Waves is the most recent in a series of major moving image acquisitions by the Whitworth and was supported through Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund. Rooted in the Morecambe…

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…

Lecture "Hieroglyphics of Blackness"

17:00 - 18:30 2 May 2018
Henry "Box" Brown Inaugural Lecture in American Studies by Dr Ivy Wilson (Northwestern)

Morgan Centre seminar: 'Temporal atmospheres: the micro-politics of power at Smithfield Market, London'

14:00 - 16:00 2 May 2018
Speaker: Monica Degen (Brunel) and Camilla Lewis (Manchester) Exploring the changing feel of place, this paper offers a detailed account of the micro-politics of power at Smithfield…

MRC Proximity to Discovery Phase 4 – Funding to support interactions with industry

12:15 - 14:00 2 May 2018
The Business Engagement Team is pleased to announce that we have been awarded £237,000 from MRC to deliver Phase 4 of the MRC Proximity to Discovery (P2D) Industry Engagement Fund,…

Nature Through Roman Eyes

10:00 6 April - 17:00 30 October 2018
Nature Through Roman Eyes is inspired by the work of Roman writer Pliny the Elder. His Natural History – a 37 book encyclopaedia of the ancient world - covers every subject from astronomy…

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

13:00 - 14:00 2 May 2018
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…

Tours at Two

14:00 20 April 2018 - 14:45 31 December 2019
Each day our public tours are led by our Visitor Team and are an insightful view into our history, collections, exhibition spaces, architecture and park. Daily tours are designed for…

Undergraduate Guided Visit

13:30 - 15:30 2 May 2018
Can’t come to one of our open days? Join us for one of our regular guided visits of our campus instead, and get a feel for the facilities, amenities and atmosphere you’ll enjoy as a…

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