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2019 MathsBombe Competition - registration open

3 December 2018 - 30 January 2019
Do you know anyone in sixth form and secondary school who likes cracking codes or solving puzzles? Or maybe you just know pupils who want to win some prizes? Registration for the 2019…

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…

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…

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

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…

GDI Lecture Series with Drs Faul & Tchilingirian: Theorising multistakeholder partnerships as a space between fields: integrative and dissociative dynamics

16:30 - 18:00 30 January 2019
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Moira V. Faul, Université de Genève, Switzerland and Jordan Tchilingirian, University of Bath, to talk about: Theorising…

GPE Research Cluster with Jacqueline Best: Liberal exceptionalism as a political economic practice

15:30 - 17:00 30 January 2019
The 2008 global financial crisis was met with a host of exceptionalist measures, as bailouts, stimulus and then austerity measures were rammed through legislatures or introduced through…

Great Escape: Tai Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 - 09:30 30 January 2019
Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing Wednesdays, 8.30am – 9.30am. £5 A traditional Chinese internal art for mind and body. Located in the peaceful setting of our Art Garden, Jian…

Guided Campus Visit

13:30 - 15:30 30 January 2019
Can’t come to one of our open days? Join us for one of our regular guided visits of our campus instead and get a feel for the facilities, amenities and atmosphere you’ll enjoy as a…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 30 January 2019
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

MARG 2019 Lecture series "Crafting History: Archiving and the Quest for Architectural Legacy (The case of Albaro Siza's archive)" by Professor Albena Yaneva

12:30 - 14:30 30 January 2019
MARG 2019 Lecture series "Crafting History: Archiving and the Quest for Architectural Legacy (The case of Albaro Siza's archive)" by Professor Albena Yaneva

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:30 30 January 2019
Daniel Tischer, University of Bristol Networks of Financial Careers: What can careers tell us about financial market activities and knowledge in finance? The talk outlines how data…

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…

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…

University Accommodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 30 January 2019
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours* of some of our halls of residence on most Wednesday mornings from November until the end of March, between…

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…

CoDE Seminar: The Teaching and Learning of Britishness and Fundamental British Values

12:00 - 13:00 31 January 2019
Teaching Britishness and ‘Fundamental British Values’ is a policy requirement increasingly placed on educational institutions yet the literature shows Britishness is fluid, evolving…

Great Escape: Yoga

08:30 - 09:30 31 January 2019
Great Escape: Yoga Thursdays, 8.30am – 9.30am. £5 No emails, texts, updates or alerts –yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth’s peaceful setting. No need to book. When the…

Human stem cell models of Alzheimer’s disease: Seminar - FULLY BOOKED

14:00 - 15:00 31 January 2019
Steven Moore, Research Associate,The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge will be giving this seminar on Human stem cell models of Alzheimer’s…

Meaningful Clutter Workshop

11:00 - 16:00 31 January 2019
Join us for a New Year spring clean for a de-cluttering workshop. Heritage Futures is Manchester Museum's latest temporary exhibition and one of it's themes is how we deal with too…

R Course

09:00 31 January - 17:00 1 February 2019
Dear all – I will be re-running my 2-day “introduction to R for Psychology" course next semester and would like to invite those in DPMH who are interested in learning more about statistical…

The Birth of Medical Midwifery: Collection Encounter

14:00 - 15:00 31 January 2019
Delve into our amazing 17th to 19th Century Midwifery archive; be amazed at the detailed drawings and accounts from the time. Free, no need to book. Suitable for children 12 yrs and above.

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: David Francis (harpsichord)

13:10 - 14:00 31 January 2019
L. Couperin Prelude à l’imitation de Mr. Froberger Rameau Suite in D minor F Couperin 18th Ordre Balbastre La Suzanne The improvisatory prelude exemplified by Louis Couperin…

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