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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…

Bike Registration Event

09:00 - 10:00 5 February 2019
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. LOCKS MUST BE BOUGHT THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S…

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…

Chinese New Year 2019

5 - 10 February 2019
Celebrate the Year of the Pig with the Confucius Institute! Chinese New Year is undoubtedly Manchester’s most bright and colourful annual celebration as the streets of Manchester will…

Coffee, Cake and Culture

14:00 - 16:00 5 February 2019
Coffee, Cake and Culture Making culture accessible for anyone living with a physical or mental health need, and their families. Making art enables people to express themselves, be…

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

Entrepreneurs@Manchester - Gary Neville

12:00 - 14:00 5 February 2019
This event welcomes Gary Neville, former football player and entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs@Manchester is a series of events which brings some of the UK’s foremost entrepreneurs to 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…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 5 February 2019
This event is now SOLD OUT. Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you. Join us as we take a look behind the scenes at The…

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…

Manchester Neuroimaging seminar series

15:30 - 16:30 5 February 2019
Dr Nils Muhlert will give a talk entitled Brain Connectivity and Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis Location Zochonis Lecture Theatre B24

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…

RCPE Manchester Symposium Living Beyond Cancer

09:30 - 16:00 5 February 2019
RCPE Manchester Symposium Living Beyond Cancer ‘Optimising the quality of life in patients treated for Cancer’ More people are living beyond Cancer. This symposium will look at and…

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…

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…

Age takes hold of us by surprise: Conceptualising Vulnerabilities in Ageing as the Timing of Adverse Events

14:00 - 15:00 6 February 2019
Ageing in the public eye can be distilled to a limited number of adverse events, such as loss of health, partnership and wealth. While these events are a part of “normal ageing”, they…

Age takes hold of us by surprise: Conceptualising Vulnerabilities in Ageing as the Timing of Adverse Events

CGP Research Cluster with Prof Peter Gries: 'Are the US and China fated to fight?'

13:30 - 15:00 6 February 2019
Please join the CGP Research Cluster for Prof Peter Gries' 'Are the US and China fated to fight?'. Prof Gries' work focuses on the political psychology of international affairs, with…

Digital Trust and Security - Guest Lecture Series - Benjamin Lee

12:00 - 13:00 6 February 2019
Trust and the Extreme Right Digital Milieu This lecture traces some strands of organisational thought emanating from the extreme right and considers the impact of an emerging extreme…

Great Escape: Tai Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 - 09:30 6 February 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…

Historical and Contemporary: Plaster Monument Modernity - Lecture by Professor Mari Lending

02:30 - 16:00 6 February 2019
Mari Lending, Professor in architectural theory and history at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) will present "Historical and Contemporary: Plaster Monument Modernity",…

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 6 February 2019
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

University Accommodation Tours

09:30 - 13:00 6 February 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…

Using ant/plant symbioses to understand the evolution of cooperation among species

13:00 - 14:00 6 February 2019
Widespread in nature, mutualistic associations –cooperative interactions between unrelated species– are linked to major evolutionary transitions in life history, and are pivotal for…

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