Exhibitions, Lecture

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…

Alleviating anxiety and cultivating care: Young trans people in the Family Court of Australia

13:30 21 November 2018
Dr Senthorun Raj, Keele University The distress and anxiety faced by young trans(gender) people generates varied social, medical, and legal concerns. In Australia, minors have had…

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…

EAC Research Seminar: SARAH RAFF (POMONA COLLEGE) 'MANSFIELD PARK’S GUARDIANS AND THE ERRANT DELEGATES OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE'

17:00 - 18:30 21 November 2018
EAC Research Seminar Series, Autumn 2018 21 NOVEMBER, SARAH RAFF (POMONA COLLEGE) 'MANSFIELD PARK’S GUARDIANS AND THE ERRANT DELEGATES OF MEASURE FOR MEASURE' 5PM, SAM ALEX A7

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…

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…

Re-wiring European Networks post-Brexit: Continuity and change from a multi-level perspective (Dr. Rachel Minto - University of Cardiff)

14:00 - 15:00 21 November 2018
The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) Seminar Series

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…

Proud and Loud Arts: Cells - A Body of Work

11:00 23 - 15:30 25 November 2018
Proud and Loud Arts: Cells - A Body of Work Main performances: Friday 23 November. Select interventions: Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 November. Daily: 11am-3.30pm. Free, drop-in, no…

Lawfare: the law against democracy

17:00 - 18:00 26 November 2018
Dr. Rafael Valim is a visiting Professor from the Catholic University of Sao Paulo. His lecture will consider the negative impact of “Lawfare” in Latin-American countries, and particularly…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Patrick O'Brien: 'Britain's Wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France and their Contribution to the Consolidation of the First Industrial Revolution'

16:00 - 18:00 28 November 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's Autumn 2018 programme in association with History and Economics and with financial assistance from The Manchester School (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679957).…

EAC Research Seminar: DOUGLAS CLARK (ENGLISH, MANCHESTER) AND EDWARD CLOUGH (AMERICAN STUDIES, MANCHESTER)

17:00 - 18:30 28 November 2018
EAC Research Seminar Series, Autumn 2018 28 NOVEMBER, JO TAYLOR (MANCHESTER) 'DEEP MAPPING THE LAKE DISTRICT WITH LITERARY GIS' 5PM, SAM ALEX A7

GDI Lecture with Phil Woodhouse: How can irrigation contribute to agricultural growth in Africa?

16:30 - 18:00 28 November 2018
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof Phil Woodhouse, Global Development Institute to discuss "How can irrigation contribute to agricultural growth…

Inaugural Lecture - Professor Peter Oakes: "New Testament, Empire and Economics - From archaeology via audience lives to interpretation of texts."

17:00 - 18:00 28 November 2018
Economics offers a route into understanding the New Testament as a set of texts written for non-elite audiences in the first century Roman empire. “Let every person be subject to the…

Lecture Patrick K. O'Brien: Britain's Wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France and their Contribution to the Consolidation of the First Industrial Revolution

16:00 - 18:00 28 November 2018
Lecture by a leading economic historian

The Physiological Society R. Jean Banister Prize Lecture

13:00 - 14:00 28 November 2018
The R. Jean Banister Prize Lecture is one of The Physiological Society's prestigious prize lectures and was established in 2016 in memory of Professor (Rachel) Jean Banister (1917 -…

Exploring Lost Property!

11:00 - 16:00 29 November 2018
Are you a serial loser of keys? Do you always leave your umbrella on the train? Perhaps you once lost something really important to you and have never forgotten about it? Whatever…

The Linnean Society: Irene Manton Lecture 2018

17:00 - 19:00 4 December 2018
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health in collaboration with The Linnean Society will host the 2018 Irene Manton lecture at The John Rylands Library. The lecture celebrates and…

Colloquium: Progress in fusion reactor design

15:00 - 17:00 5 December 2018
Dr Elizabeth Surrey, Technology Programme Leader at Culham Centre for Fusion Technology, presented on progress in fusion reactor design at the first University of Manchester at Harwell…

Engaging students: what we have learnt using Twitter, Facebook, Piazza and Blackboard Discussion Boards (Teaching Online Workshop Series)

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2018
Engaging students: what we have learnt using Twitter, Facebook, Piazza and Blackboard Discussion Boards

Schuster Colloquium - Prof Mark Lancaster - Is New Physics Lurking in the Magnetic Interaction of a Muon?

15:00 - 16:00 5 December 2018
The interaction of a muon's spin with a magnetic field defines its magnetic moment in terms of the gyromagnetic ratio, g. In the Dirac equation, g is exactly 2, but additional higher…

SEED Sixth Form Lecture: Glaciated landscapes: Changes in the world’s ice sheets and glaciers

16:30 - 18:00 5 December 2018
In this lecture, we will look at what defines current ice masses on Earth and how they have changed in the past. Over the last 2.6 million years, glaciers and continental-scale ice…

SEED Sixth Form Lecture: Service with a script: how can businesses improve the interpersonal skills and knowledge of their staff?

16:30 - 18:00 5 December 2018
Dr Miriam Firth will offer an insightful lecture regarding a topic within Management Leadership and Leisure. The lecture will offer data on service encounters in Leisure businesses.…

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