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…

Brilliant bacterial biominerals: From early Earth survival to modern biotech solutions

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2018
Our speaker is Professor Vernon Phoenix from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Bacteria play a key role in the generation of…

CGP Seminar with Victoria Basham: A Tale of Two Cities? Insecurity and Terror at London Bridge and Grenfell Tower

14:30 - 16:00 5 December 2018
Victoria Basham (Cardiff University) speaks on insecurity and terror at London Bridge and in regards to Grenfell Tower. Victoria Basham’s research interests lie in the field of critical…

CI Film Club

15:00 5 December 2018
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students once again from October! The club is providing a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural discussions…

D&E Cluster Seminar with Chris Butler: How do governing parties respond to public opinion? The strange case of the Liberal Democrats and tuition fees.

15:30 - 17:00 5 December 2018
University of Manchester Doctoral Student Chris Butler will speak on how governing parties respond to public opinion and the case of the Liberal Democrats and tuition fees.

Digital Trust and Security Guest Lecture Series - Chris Hankin

13:00 - 14:30 5 December 2018
CNI and Cyber Security This talk will review the current cyber threat landscape in critical national infrastructure and cyber-physical systems more generally. We will describe the…

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…

JMCE Seminar Series 2018-19 SEMESTER I - Speaker: Dr. Mustafa Kutlay (City University)

14:00 - 15:00 5 December 2018
Wednesday 5 December 2018, 14:00 @ University Place, 6.206 Speaker: Dr. Mustafa Kutlay (City University) Title: Turkey in Turbulent Times: political institutions and economic development

Lives of Letters Series: Literary Letters.

15:00 - 16:30 5 December 2018
Charles Olson and Henry Murray: The Poet and the Personologist Lucy Burns (Manchester) This paper explores the unpublished correspondence between the American poet, Charles Olson,…

MANCEPT Cluster Seminar with Tim Meijers: Agents of Justice

16:00 - 17:30 5 December 2018
Assistant Professor Tim Meijers is based at the department in Utrecht as a post-doctoral researcher but also at the Institute for Philosophy at Leiden University. He thinks and writes…

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…

Studying extreme teams: Developments in theoretical, methodological and analytical approaches

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2018
methods@manchester are pleased to welcome Nathan Smith for our latest Lunchtime Seminar: Studying extreme teams: Developments in theoretical, methodological and analytical approaches…

Systemic inflammation adds fuel to the fire during neurodegenerative disease

5 December 2018
Next in the DNEP External Seminar Series Dr. Colm Cunningham, Associate Professor in Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin The seminar will be hosted by Stuart Allan on Wednesday 5th…

Turkey in Turbulent Times: political institutions and economic development

14:00 - 15:00 5 December 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…

'Neo-Tories. British Conservatives in rebellion against democracy and political modernity, 1929-39,' History Research Seminar: Dr. Bernhard Dietz

16:15 - 17:30 6 December 2018
Bernhard Dietz (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz): New Approaches to the History of Conservatism: Dr. Dietz will present his new book Neo-Tories. British Conservatives in rebellion…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Benedict Kent (Manchester), "Jesus as God’s Broker in Romans 8"

14:00 - 16:00 6 December 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…

Eric Gysels (UNC)

15:00 - 16:15 6 December 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

Lucia Corno (Cattolica)

13:00 - 14:15 6 December 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

Nicola Tomlinson (Manchester): 'Un cos sense ànima no és res, no?’: Place and identity in La substància (Lluís Galter, 2016)'

17:00 - 18:30 6 December 2018
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies seminar series. Venue: Samuel Alexander A104

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Scott Midson and Dr. Holly Morse, "Creating Desire: Gender, Mythology, Posthumanism"

16:00 - 17:30 6 December 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.

Whitworth Studies: Art(ist) as Witness: displacement, trauma, resistance and memory - Jenna Ashton

17:00 - 18:30 6 December 2018
As part of the Whitworth Studies series Dr Jenna Ashton, Lecturer and Programme Director of Heritage Studies at The University of Manchester will being delivering a seminar entitled:…

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