Exhibitions, Seminar

A conversation with Dr Flora Sapio - Reform and Opening Up at 40: The Chinese One Belt One Road Initiative and European Reactions

11:30 - 12:30 10 October 2018
In December 1978, during the 3th Plenum of the 11th Plenary Congress of the Communist Party of China, Deng Xiaoping launched the now famous policy of reform and opening up (gaige kaifang).…

Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness

1 September 2018 - 24 February 2019
From the Barberini Tapestries to the Bayeux Tapestry, monumental textiles in the form of large-scale narrative embroideries, weaving and tapestries have been used to illustrate contemporary…

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…

CI Film Club

15:00 - 17:00 10 October 2018
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students once again from October! The club is providing a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural discussions…

Departmental Seminar: Mr Andreas De Jong

15:00 - 17:00 10 October 2018
Title *TBC Abstract *TBC

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…

Four Corners of One Cloth: Textiles from the Islamic World

23 June 2018 - 3 November 2019
A section of a Kiswa will form the heart of the exhibition. The Kiswa cloth covers the Ka’bah and is replaced each year during Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Positioned in the direction…

Geoscience and its role in Resourcing Future Generations

13:00 - 14:00 10 October 2018
Prof John Ludden, BGS Executive Director, joins us for the second Seminar of the academic year. What is geoscience for? ? Understanding the dynamic Earth the internal motor of our…

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,…

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:30 10 October 2018
Dorottya Hoor, University of Manchester, Home, sweet home? A mixed method network study of the experiences of high- skilled migrants returning to Hungary The eastern enlargement…

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…

Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil

7 July 2018 - 4 August 2019
Francesco José de Goya Lucientes (1746-1828) and William Hogarth (1647-1764) were the most remarkable artists of their times. Both were famous painters, but their most compelling works…

We are 11: Stanley Grove Primary Academy

6 October 2018 - 5 January 2019
This exhibition has been boldly curated by the children of Stanley Grove Primary Academy. Over the past year, 11 lead curators have selected works from the Whitworth’s collection that…

William Kentridge: Thick Time

21 September 2018 - 3 March 2019
South African artist William Kentridge weaves together global histories of revolution, exile and utopian aspirations, exploring how they are shaped by the creative forces of memory…

CTIS Seminar: Legal Translation and the Challenges of Recognition

14:00 - 15:30 11 October 2018
Translation is often depicted as a safeguard of the egalitarian ideals multilingualism purportedly guarantees, as an activity of prime importance in the development of healthy multicultural…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Todd Klutz (Manchester), "From Temple to Desert: Contextualising Apocryphon of John 1.17-20"

14:00 - 16:00 11 October 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…

Inspirational Speaker: Running Across the World to Promote Peace and Inspire Change for Survivors of Sexual Violence

12:00 - 13:00 11 October 2018
Footsteps to Inspire: Running across the world to promote peace and inspire change for survivors of sexual violence On 18 July 2016, Claire McFarlane began running 16km of beach in…

Juan Pablo Rud (Royal Holloway)

13:00 - 14:15 11 October 2018
Title and Abstract: TBC

MaRMN External Seminar - Epithelial stem cells in cell and gene therapy

15:00 - 16:00 11 October 2018
Professor Michele De Luca from the University of Modena and Reggio E Emilia will present on 'Epithelial stem cells in cell and gene therapy'

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Karen O'Donnell (Durham), “Stretchy Flesh: Theological Anthropology for Digital Humans”

16:00 - 17:30 11 October 2018
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

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