Exhibitions, Seminar

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…

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…

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.…

Bodies of Colour: Breaking With Stereotypes in the Wallpaper Collection

4 May 2018 - 28 April 2019
This latest exhibition uses the Whitworth’s extensive and significant wallpaper collection to focus on how Imperial attitudes to people are reflected in wallpaper. The wallpapers in…

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…

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…

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…

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…

CIDRAL Masterclass: Michael North: Cultural Exchanges

10:00 - 12:00 8 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, Constraints of Creativity. Michael North (Professor in Early Modern History, University of Greifswald and Beijing Normal University)…

GDI Seminar: A tale of two elections - Prospects for democratic consolidation based on recent experiences in Ghana and Kenya

16:00 - 17:30 9 May 2018
Speakers: Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Professor Karuti Kanyinga, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi Recent…

Healthy Urban Planning: the Influence of Micro Built Environment Attributes on Older Adults’ Outdoor Walking

13:00 - 14:00 9 May 2018
Dr Razieh Zandieh, Lecturer in Urban Design and Planning will present on ‘Healthy Urban Planning: the Influence of Micro Built Environment Attributes on Older Adults’ Outdoor Walking’.…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 9 May 2018
Vincent Lorant and SILNE-R consortium, Institute of Health and Society, UCLouvain, Belgium The evolving social structure of adolescent smokers: a longitudinal study in six European…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Dominika Kurek-Chomycz (Liverpool Hope), "God and Jealousy in the Septuagint"

14:00 - 16:00 10 May 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…

HSRC Seminar - Learning from health and care devolution in Greater Manchester

12:00 - 13:30 14 May 2018
Making a Blueprint for Reform: Learning from health and care devolution in Greater Manchester This seminar will discuss research findings regarding health and social care devolution…

methods@manchester seminar: How to use Olfactory Methods: Smell and Taste in Everyday Life

13:00 - 14:00 14 May 2018
Smells and odours can evoke memories and previous experiences. Contextual factors such as odours can be important in how we perceive other sensations and situations. However, researchers…

Best Friends Forever? Friendships in Older Age and Hidden Social Isolation

13:30 - 15:30 16 May 2018
This is an Ambition for Ageing seminar in partnership with MICRA This session will involving the sharing of ongoing research undertaken at the University of Manchester by Natalie Cotterell…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 16 May 2018
Pete Jones, University of Manchester

Stem cell strategies for lung growth, maintenance and repair

13:00 - 14:00 17 May 2018
Gene Expression, Chromatin and Signalling Seminar Programme (GECS)

University Histories Seminar: Emily Rutherford and John Taylor

16:00 - 17:30 17 May 2018
The Research Group on University History promotes and coordinates research and teaching on the history of The University of Manchester and of universities more generally. Through its…

Still Spirits

18 May - 30 June 2018
Drawings by artist EJ Lance of the cephalopod (octopus and squid) spirit collection in the Study.

HSRC Seminar - Integrated Knowledge Translation: Doing Research with Decision Makers

12:00 - 13:30 21 May 2018
Dr Anita Kothari is an Associate Professor in the School of Health Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Her research focuses on understanding how to best support the use of…

Professor Robert Stainton - An Anscombian Reference for 'I'

16:00 - 18:00 22 May 2018
Robert Stainton, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Western Ontario, will be giving a talk to the Mind & Language Research Group 4-6pm Tuesday 22 May in HBS 2.53.…

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