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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…

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…

CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: 'Karl Polanyi' led by Pat Devine

13:00 - 15:00 13 February 2019
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2019 programme, 'Work, Leisure, Culture'. Pat Devine (University of Manchester) will lead a key ideas seminar on the work of Karl Polanyi. The…

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…

EAC Research Seminar: Ben Moore (University of Amsterdam), ‘Of pride and joy no common rate’: Family, Finance and Jouissance in Margaret Oliphant’s Hester (1883)’

17:00 - 18:30 13 February 2019
Ben Moore (University of Amsterdam), ‘Of pride and joy no common rate’: Family, Finance and Jouissance in Margaret Oliphant’s Hester (1883)’

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…

Flipping the classroom: using video for better prepared, more actively engaged students (Teaching Online Workshop Series)

11:00 - 12:00 13 February 2019
Flipping the classroom: using video for better prepared, more actively engaged students

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…

GPE Research Cluster with Annina Kaltenbrunner: Liability-driven investment and pension fund exposure to emerging markets: A Minskyan analysis

15:00 - 16:30 13 February 2019
Please join the GPE Research Cluster for Annina Kaltenbrunner's 'Liability-driven investment and pension fund exposure to emerging markets: A Minskyan analysis' Annina is Lecturer…

Great Escape: Tai Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 - 09:30 13 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…

Guided Campus Visit

13:30 - 15:30 13 February 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…

Heritage Futures Studio Drop in Information Sessions

15:00 - 16:00 13 February 2019
Heritage Futures is the new exhibition at Manchester Museum that asks how we can shape the future and explores four key themes: • Uncertainty • Transformation • Profusion • Diversity…

Laura Lewis (Southampton): Afro-Mexicans/Afro-Mexican Americans

17:00 - 18:30 13 February 2019
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Research Seminar. Venue: Sam Alex A215

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

13:00 - 14:00 13 February 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…

Mitchell centre seminar series

16:00 - 17:30 13 February 2019
Termeh Shafie, University of Manchester Statistical Entropy Analysis of Network Data Statistical entropy analysis is a systematic and general exploratory method that can be used to…

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…

Train to Teach Manchester

16:00 - 19:00 13 February 2019
Hosted by The University of Manchester. this Department for Education's free Train to Teach event will provide you with a wealth of information on how to get into teaching and how to…

University Accommodation Tours

09:30 - 13:00 13 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…

University of Manchester Drama Society: MIFTAs

19:00 - 20:30 13 February 2019
The University of Manchester Drama Society usher in the start of their innovative and inventive MIFTA season with this first production. The most prestigious season of productions in…

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…

Gentle Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Evaluation

10:00 - 16:00 14 February 2019
methods@manchester are delighted to announce a new workshops at the University of Manchester led by Dr Eric Jensen Start getting to know the value of statistical software for improving…

Great Escape: Yoga

08:30 - 09:30 14 February 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…

Peacock Feathers and Pearls; Printing Press Demonstration

11:15 - 11:30 14 February 2019
Learn more about Annie Horniman and Manchester’s first repertory theatre. Watch our experts print you a copy of an original programme from the time. Free. No need to book, just turn up.

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