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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…

CoDE Seminar: Neighbours – more than just good friends? Understanding the neighbour as a contemporary socio-spatial relationship

12:00 - 13:00 28 February 2019
As Bulmer noted in his opening to his book of Abrahams’ 1970s work on neighbours, ‘everyone […] has neighbours. Social relations between neighbours are a significant form of social…

Consumption Work Workshop

12:30 28 February - 14:00 1 March 2019
This invite only two day workshop will explore the notion of 'consumption work' (Wheeler and Glucksmann, 2015) and its intersections with economic practice. Scholars with expertise…

Creative Writing for Carers

19:00 - 20:30 28 February 2019
Be kind to yourself. Take a break. Caring for someone can be rewarding but it may also be a challenge. The needs of the person you care for may often come before your own and lead to…

CTIS Seminar: 'A Splendid Innovation’: The Invention of Subtitling in the US and UK

14:00 - 15:30 28 February 2019
This paper draws on two ongoing research projects: a British-Academy-funded project on British women subtitlers of the 1930s and 1940s, and a larger book-length project on the history…

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…

Depositional setting of Mesoproterozoic organic-rich mudstones: Roper Group, McArthur Basin, northern Australia

17:00 - 18:00 28 February 2019
AAPG Student Chapter Seminar Series

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Katie Edwards (The University of Sheffield)

14:00 - 16:00 28 February 2019
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…

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…

Facing Out: Life after treatment for facial cancer

22 February - 2 June 2019
An exhibition of portraits of people who have experienced facial cancers together with their choice of artworks from The Whitworth collections. The portraits have been created in…

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…

GLEN seminar (together with Geometry/Topology/Math. Physics Seminar)

12:00 - 18:00 28 February 2019
GLEN seminar

Great Escape: Yoga

08:30 - 09:30 28 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…

IntoUniversity Manchester North launch

16:00 - 18:00 28 February 2019
The formal launch of the University's IntoUniversity centre in north Manchester. We are delighted that our Chancellor, Lemn Sissay will be attending this event to celebrate the work…

Leyendas del tiempo: el flamenco durante la transición española

18:30 - 20:30 28 February 2019
The Transition is the time in which great flamenco artists like Camarón de la Isla, Enrique Morente and Paco de Lucía became stars; but it is also a period in which more marginal artists…

Miguel Almunia (CUNEF)

13:00 - 14:15 28 February 2019
Applied Economics Seminar

Nigerian Gospel Singing Workshop with Evanthia Patsiaoura

14:30 - 16:00 28 February 2019
Led by Evanthia Patsiaoura, this workshop explores the rich music repertoires and performance aesthetics of contemporary Nigerian gospel culture. Join us in singing in different languages…

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…

Reclaim Presents ‘Drop The Mic’ Music, Poetry and Politics - After Hours

18:00 - 21:00 28 February 2019
The young working class activists of RECLAIM Project are pulling some of the best young songwriters, musicians and spoken word artists from around the city, to create a truly authentic…

The Bureau

19:00 - 20:00 28 February 2019
The Bureau is Manchester Museum's new space for Citizens Action. Pop in between 7-8pm for a chat with Kiva and friends from N.I.A.M.O.S, Hulme, about their community work. The vision…

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…

Tyndall Manchester Seminar by Dr Rebecca Willis

13:00 - 14:00 28 February 2019
Political support is essential to climate action. But how do politicians think about climate, and how do they decide whether to speak up or act? At this session, I will discuss the…

Urban platforms and the future city: Transformations in infrastructure, governance, knowledge, and everyday life

10:00 28 February - 13:30 1 March 2019
Digital platforms like Amazon, Facebook, and Google are transforming how we shop, connect, and organise information. But we are also witnessing a profusion of platforms that directly…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series: Daniel Hyunwoo Evans (Piano)

13:10 - 14:00 28 February 2019
Daniel Hyunwoo Evans will perform a solo recital in the WCLC series 2018-2019. Bristol-born to mixed Welsh and Korean parentage, Daniel has performed solo recitals and concertos throughout…

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…

WYC After-School Programme

15:15 - 18:00 28 February 2019
WYC After-School Programme 11-16 year olds Thursdays, 3.15-6pm. Free, drop in. A series of after-school workshops for 11-16 year olds. Join artist Helen Newman and be inspired by…

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