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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…

Ancient Objects, New Writing - I'm Torn to Pieces Dear Poet, Come to my Rescue by Firoozeh Fozouni

18:00 - 19:00 11 October 2018
4 Artists, 4 Objects, 4 Locations and 4 Unique Stories. Artreach, producers of Journeys Festival International, has commissioned four North West based artists to develop new writing…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 26 September - 13:55 21 November 2018
Due to popular demand, this Autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics again! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for Beginners’ in a relaxed and friendly environment. …

Bike Registration Event

09:00 - 10:00 11 October 2018
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. LOCKS MUST BE BOUGHT THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S…

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…

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…

Cultivating Curiosity: a workshop in sensory methods and multi-species ethnography

09:30 - 15:00 11 October 2018
How do you experience your walk through the park? Can sensory and multi-species methods change your experience of research and the world around you? There is increasing interest…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 31 August 2018 - 10:00 31 May 2020
Are you and your family hungry to get creative? Pick up a picnic hamper with a difference. Come to our Oxford Road or Parkside entrance and pick up one of our special hampers - free…

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…

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…

FBMH PSS Development Network - Possibility Retreat

11 October 2018
The FBMH PSS Development Network is pleased to announce that it will be organising a ‘Possibility Retreat’ on Thursday 11 October 2018. If you are a PSS member of staff and would like…

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…

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,…

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'

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…

Peacock Feathers and Pearls; Printing Press Demonstration

11:15 - 11:30 11 October 2018
Learn more about Annie Horniman and Manchester’s first repertory theatre. Watch our experts print you a copy of an original programme from the time. Free. No need to book, just turn up.

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…

Psoriasis: Next Generation Healthcare

18:30 - 21:00 11 October 2018
The Psoriasis Shout Out® initiative, led by Professor Chris Griffiths at The University of Manchester, aims to get everyone talking about this often overlooked condition. Researchers,…

Raqqa

16:30 - 17:30 11 October 2018
Written by Lizzie Nunnery Directed by Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder Following a month long programme of community workshops with refugee women in Liverpool, Box of Tricks presents an informal…

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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