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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…

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. …

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…

Brain state transitions in epileptic networks: optogenetic and imaging investigations - Professor Andrew Trevelyan

8 - 14 November 2018
Next in the DNEP External Seminar Series. Professor Andrew Trevelyan, Newcastle University Wednesday 14th November, 2018 1-2 p.m. Lecture Theatre D, Zochonis Building Brain state transitions…

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: 'Werner Sombart's "Modern Capitalism"'

10:00 - 12:00 8 November 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's Autumn 2018 programme. Dr Philipp Roesnner (Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of Manchester) will lead a Key Ideas seminar on Werner Sombart's…

Creative Approaches to Qualitative Researching

8 - 9 November 2018
This intermediate level course offers a hands-on introduction to creative approaches to doing qualitative research. The various stages of research will be covered, from research design…

CTIS Seminar: "I will try to speak in German": Filip Müller’s Testimony to the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial and the Problem of Translation

14:00 - 15:30 8 November 2018
Filip Müller (1922-2013) was one of the key witnesses at the trial of former Auschwitz guards, held in Frankfurt 1963-65. A Slovak Jew who was deported on one of the early transports…

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 Roberta Mazza (Manchester), "Merchants in the Temple: The Contemporary Market in Biblical Manuscripts"

14:00 - 16:00 8 November 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

ESRC Festival of Social Science

3 - 10 November 2018
Manchester and Salford's contribution to this year's ESRC Festival of Social Science is a collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and Salford and Manchester Metropolitan…

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…

Lessons from the smoldering ashes - three TSPO ligands, one post-mortem cohort, one result?

29 October - 8 November 2018
Next in the DNEP External Seminar Series - seminar by Dr. Cornelius Dornat, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Blast Injury Studies, Imperial College London. Wednesday…

Lives of Letters Seminar Series. Pictures and Postcards: Images and Letters

17:00 - 18:30 8 November 2018
The Lives of Letters Network presents 'Pictures and Postcards: Images and Letters'. Schedule: Dr Luke Uglow (Art History, Manchester): 'Drawing Letters: Ruskin at the Rylands Despite…

Manchester Museum After Hours - The Roots Programme

18:00 - 21:00 8 November 2018
Our roots are powerful. They define us, nurture us, keep us grounded. They help us to grow and flourish – and sometimes they hold us back. Join us for an evening of discussion and…

Peacock Feathers and Pearls; Printing Press Demonstration

11:15 - 11:30 8 November 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…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Rachel Muers, "The Un/Deserving Poor: Social Class and Theological Ethics"

16:00 - 17:30 8 November 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.

SPLAS cineclub: “La isla mínima” (Alberto Rodríguez)

18:00 8 November 2018
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3253930/videoplayer/vi530823705?ref_=tt_ov_vi Location: Samuel Alexander A112

Toman Barsbai (St Andrews)

13:00 - 14:15 8 November 2018
Title and Abstract: TBC

Toman Barsbai (St Andrews)

13:00 - 14:15 8 November 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

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…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concerts: Citizen of Nowhere: Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919 - 1996) A Sung Life

13:10 - 14:00 8 November 2018
This performance, from Jewish vocal music specialist Mark Glanville and the renowned Israeli pianist Marc Verter, journeys through the extraordinary vocal output of a major twentieth-century…

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…

Webinar: Key data: Qualitative and mixed methods data

15:00 - 16:00 8 November 2018
This introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to learn about the qualitative or mixed-methods data available from the UK Data Service. The UK Data Service provides access…

What’s best for you is Best for your Baby – Public Event

18:00 - 21:00 8 November 2018
The University of Manchester's Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre (MFHRC) are inviting Mums, Dads, Grandparents, Carers, Researchers, Health Practitioners, Charities and anyone…

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…

‘Genres of popular economics in 1970s America: economic democracy, labour activism and the tax revolt,’ History Research Seminar: Dr. Tiago Mata

16:15 - 17:30 8 November 2018
Tiago Mata (UCL) ‘Genres of popular economics in 1970s America: economic democracy, labour activism and the tax revolt’

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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