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…

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: Shared Texts - The Role of Literal Theatre Translations in the Performance Process

14:00 - 15:30 29 November 2018
‘Literal translation’ is a problematic term that tends to be associated with word-for-word translation and regarded as a lower level of translation activity. In English-speaking theatre,…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof Philip Alexander (Manchester), "The Problem of Philo and the Epistle to the Hebrews Revisited"

14:00 - 16:00 29 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…

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…

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…

Professor Richard Riley: Sample size requirements for developing a multivariable clinical prediction model

14:00 - 15:00 29 November 2018
The next HeRC seminar will be on Thursday 29th November at 2pm. The speaker will be Professor Richard Riley from the Centre for Prognosis Research at Keele University; the title and…

Sébastien Houde (ETH Zurich)

13:00 - 14:15 29 November 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

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…

CGP Seminar with Linda Åhäll and Cristina Masters: Mapping Misogyny in Global Politics

15:30 - 17:00 30 November 2018
Linda Åhäll (Keele) and Cristina Masters (Manchester) speak on mapping misogyny in global politics. Linda Åhäll's research concerns the interplay between gender politics and ideas…

Scientific Seminar of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research

13:00 - 14:00 3 December 2018
Date: Monday 3 December 2018 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Kathryn Steel – "Phenotypic, molecular and functional characterisation of T cells in inflammatory…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Professor David Mills - University of Oxford

16:00 - 18:00 3 December 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 3rd of December 2018 Professor David Mills University Of Oxford "One million PhDs”: Epistemic politics and doctoral education in Africa In…

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Women's Empowerment and Intra-household Food Allocations in Agricultural Households in Bangladesh - Prof Uma Kumbhampati

15:00 - 16:15 4 December 2018
Speaker: Prof. Uma Kumbhampati, University of Reading Abstract: An abstract will be available closer to the time of the seminar. Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. Join us for this…

HCRI Research Series: 10 Years of HCRI, Jessica Field

16:00 - 18:00 4 December 2018
HCRI celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a rich programme of events. Join us for our research seminar series featuring current and alumni colleagues, and current and alumni postgraduate…

May Fourth Activism, Natural Disaster, and 1920s Groundwork for Maoist Class Struggle - Dr Pierre Fuller, University of Manchester

12:00 - 14:00 4 December 2018
The Manchester China Institute Lunch Time Seminars Series 2018-2019 Dr Pierre Fuller Lecturer in East Asian History- University of Manchester Tuesday 4th December 2018, 12:00-14:00pm…

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