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Ancient Textiles from the Andes

29 March - 15 September 2019
This is a rare opportunity to see ancient Andean textiles of this quality and size exhibited in the UK. Through a major loan from the collector Paul Hughes, alongside pieces from the…

Appraising the evidence from Qualitative Studies

10:00 - 13:00 4 April 2019
The students will be required to read a published peer-reviewed paper and asked what they think the common biases associated with qualitative work may be. They will then be told about…

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…

Brass Band

19:30 - 21:00 4 April 2019
Manchester University Brass Band presenting a largely ecclesiastical programme including an exciting arrangement Tallis’ ‘Spem in Alium’ for Brass Band. They will be utilizing the beautiful…

Cafe Scientifique talk: Disease model in a dish – what else can stem cells do?

18:30 - 20:30 4 April 2019
We all know that stem cells have unique abilities to develop into different cell types that form our human body. Do you know that cells from a developed individual could also be ‘reprogrammed’…

Claire Bishop - "Information Overload: Research Based Art and the Politics of Attention"

17:00 4 April 2019
As part of the Whitworth Studies Seminars series, Claire Bishop, Pilkington Visiting Professor in Art History and Cultural Practices, The University of Manchester (and Professor of…

Creative Writing for Carers

19:00 - 20:30 4 April 2019
Creative Writing for Carers 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…

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr. Dominika Kurek-Chomycz (Liverpool Hope University) - ‘The Wedded Wife of Romans 7:1-6’

14:00 - 16:00 4 April 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…

History and scale: early modern global microhistories

16:00 4 April 2019
Thursday 4 April - 4.15pm, Samuel Alexander A113. Anne Gerritsen (University of Warwick) and Adrianna Catena (University of Warwick) 'History and scale: early modern global microhistories'.

Instruments of Change

19 March 2019 - 31 December 2020
Instruments of Change is an exhibition that showcases objects from the Beswick Collection at the Museum of Medicine and Health, telling the stories of the people of Manchester whose…

Joy for Ever: How to use art to change the world and its price in the market

29 March - 9 June 2019
In 1857 John Ruskin (1819-1900) delivered one of his most important public lectures in response to the Great Art Treasures exhibition in Manchester, the largest art exhibition ever…

Lives of Letters: International Agents

17:00 - 18:30 4 April 2019
Please join us for our third seminar of the semester, featuring two twenty-minute presentations and discussion. All welcome! The Reception of Milton’s First Defence in Dutch Correspondence…

MANCEPT Research Cluster with Jessica Begon: Neutral Impairment, Disadvantageous Disability

16:00 - 17:30 4 April 2019
Please join the MANCEPT Research Cluster for Jessica Begon's "Neutral Impairment, Disadvantageous Disability". Dr Jessica Begon is an Assistant Professor in Political Theory in the…

Participatory autism research: Opportunities and challenges

18:00 - 19:00 4 April 2019
Participatory autism research: Opportunities and challenges Thursday 4 April, 6 – 7pm Participatory autism research: Opportunities and challenges In the autism research field, there…

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…

Quiet Night at the Museum - After Hours

18:00 - 21:00 4 April 2019
An opportunity to explore the Museum’s galleries when it’s quieter, away from the normal hustle and bustle of a daytime visit. Taking place in world Autism Awareness Week we particularly…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Reverend Canon Professor John Rodwell (Honorary Research Fellow, Lincoln Theological Institute) - ‘From Curiosity to Commodity: Making Claims on Nature’

16:00 - 17:30 4 April 2019
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

Roundtable: Humanitarianism after liberal order? With introduction by Mark Duffield, to launch the Journal of Humanitarian Affairs

16:00 - 18:00 4 April 2019
HCRI are delighted to welcome guest speaker Professor Mark Duffield to help us launch the Journal of Humanitarianism Affairs. Mark will introduce the theme of the first issue, ‘post-humanitarianism’,…

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