Exhibitions, Seminar

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…

Arnaud Chevalier (Royal Holloway)

13:00 - 14:15 22 November 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

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…

CoDE Seminar: White Lines: Race, Place and Belonging in the Post-Industrial Periphery

12:00 - 13:00 22 November 2018
The talk focuses upon young people and everyday forms of belonging in ‘post-Brexit’ Britain. It is argued that some of the ideas surrounding superdiversity and everyday multiculturalism…

CTIS Seminar: Translator Styles - Do they exist and do they matter in the digital age?

14:00 - 15:30 22 November 2018
Translation is a complex cognitive activity and – like any other human activity – is characterised by individuality and diversity. Do translators differ in the way they actually translate?…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof Loveday Alexander (Sheffield), "Social Networks, Legal Aliens, and the Shape of the Church in Acts"

14:00 - 16:00 22 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…

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…

From hand-dug wells to present day: the history and technology of drilling and well stimulation

17:00 - 18:00 22 November 2018
This week's AAGP speaker is Professor Jonathan Craig, Senior Vice President, Exploration Strategies & Professional Areas, ENI The horizontal & multi-lateral wells and high-pressure…

Impact and benefits of treating hearing and vision problems for people living with dementia

13:00 - 16:00 22 November 2018
Hearing and vision impairments cause difficulties with daily living activities for people living with dementia and impact on communication. The SENSE-Cog Sensory Intervention is a…

International Men’s Day: Prostate Cancer: Bench to Bedside

14:00 - 16:00 22 November 2018
Prostate Cancer: Bench to Bedside 2.00-3.00 Professor Simon MacKay (Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences) 3.00-3.15 Dr Debayan…

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. Matthias Revers, "Who Can Say What, About Whom, and How? The Informal Regulation and Politics of Speech"

16:00 - 17:30 22 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.

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…

‘Sunil Janah, the famine holocaust, and the development of a modern ocular aesthetic 1943-56,’ History Research Seminar: Dr. Emilia Terracciano

16:15 - 17:30 22 November 2018
Emilia Terracciano (Ruskin School of Art, Oxford) ‘Sunil Janah, the famine holocaust, and the development of a modern ocular aesthetic 1943-56’

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…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Rina Arya - Art and Communication, University of Huddersfield

16:00 - 18:00 26 November 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 26th November 2018 Professor Rina Arya - The University Of Huddersfield The significance Of Purity Rites In The Cultural Appropriation Of Hindu…

Digital Trust and Security Guest Lecture Series - Lucas Cordeiro

13:00 - 14:30 28 November 2018
In the last two decades, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used in various military and civil applications, such as armed attacks, training targets, aerial surveillance, journalism,…

Dr Ilya Yablokov (Leeds University) will present his new book "Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in the Post-Soviet World".

16:15 - 17:30 28 November 2018
Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War, but Russian politics are rife…

Dr Patricia Novillo-Corvalán (Kent): 'Contradictory Solidarity: Tagore, Victoria Ocampo, and South-South Cultural Relations'

17:00 - 18:30 28 November 2018
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies seminar series. Venue: Uni Place 3.209. Contradictory Solidarity: Tagore, Victoria Ocampo, and South-South Cultural Relations…

GPE Seminar with Genevieve LeBaron: Explaining Patterns of Labour Protection and Exploitation in the Global Tea Supply Chain with Evidence from India

15:00 - 16:30 28 November 2018
Genevieve LeBaron (University of Sheffield) speaks on explaining patterns of labour protection and exploitation in the global tea supply chain with evidence from India. Genevieve…

Inke Näthke seminar: From molecule to tissue dynamics and beyond: the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli protein in epithelial biology

11:00 - 12:00 28 November 2018
Professor Inke Näthke established key functions of the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) protein beyond its role in Wnt signalling. APC is the major tumour suppressor for cancers in…

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:30 28 November 2018
Christina Prell, University of Maryland Seeing the forest and the trees: Facilitating participatory network planning in environmental governance - “Who’s in the Network?” The challenges…

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…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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