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Appraising the evidence from observational studies

10:00 - 13:00 1 March 2019
The session will start with an interactive discussion of what the main types of observational studies are and how they are designed. We will identify the main sources of bias affecting…

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 Cookery Class: Sushi

14:30 - 17:30 1 March 2019
The Confucius Institute is hosting a fun and hands-on cookery class led by Cracking Good Food, open to anyone that would love the chance to make their own authentic dish! During the…

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…

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…

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)

09:00 - 15:00 1 March 2019
GLEN seminar

Governing mega-science projects: The Square Kilometre Array journey from "grassroots" to the world's largest radio telescope

12:00 - 13:00 1 March 2019
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope with eventually over one square kilometre (one million square metres)…

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…

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…

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…

"The Many Lives of Leonardo" - Luke Uglow

14:00 - 15:00 2 March 2019
Dr Luke Uglow, Lecturer in Art History, University of Manchester will give an illustrated lecture about the legends and myths of the artist’s afterlife from the 16th to 21st century.…

Ad Solem and The Cosmo Singers

19:00 - 21:00 2 March 2019
The University of Manchester Chamber Choirs: Ad Solem and The Cosmo singers have an exciting year ahead. With concerts in venues across the UK such as York Minster, Manchester St Ann’s…

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

13:00 - 14:00 2 March 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…

MANTIS FESTIVAL

18:00 - 19:30 2 March 2019
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of exciting new electroacoustic music, featuring the large-scale MANTIS sound diffusion system for a truly unique and immersive…

MANTIS FESTIVAL

20:00 - 21:00 2 March 2019
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of exciting new electroacoustic music, featuring the large-scale MANTIS sound diffusion system for a truly unique and immersive…

TAKE / HOLD

10:00 2 - 15:00 3 March 2019
TAKE / HOLD A weekend exhibition and film screening exploring positive body image, self worth and the celebration of women’s bodies. TAKE / HOLD is an event curated by Forecast Events…

MANTIS FESTIVAL

14:00 - 15:00 3 March 2019
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of exciting new electroacoustic music, featuring the large-scale MANTIS sound diffusion system for a truly unique and immersive…

Sunday Concerts: Calla Flute Quartet

15:00 - 16:00 3 March 2019
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from the Royal Northern College of Music perform…

Planetary Urbanization and Architectural Research

13:30 - 18:30 4 March 2019
Research Seminar hosted by the Manchester Architecture Research Group and the Manchester Urban Institute, University of Manchester. (Flyer/poster in the right sidebar.) Speakers: Christian…

The Birth of Medical Midwifery: Collection Encounter

14:00 - 15:00 4 March 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.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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