Exhibitions, Lecture

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…

Beyond Faith: Muslim Women Artists Today

14 June - 6 October 2019
This exhibition of five contemporary artists presents their work in conversation with pieces selected from the Whitworth’s art collection. It brings together the artworks and stories…

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…

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…

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…

Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab Under Siege

11 April - 2 October 2019
Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab Under Siege exhibition, developed in collaboration with The Partition Museum in India. This commemorative exhibit gives voice to the untold stories of…

Li Yuan Chia: Unique Photographs

18 May - 15 December 2019
In his lifetime, Li Yuan Chia (1929-1994) travelled from China, to Taiwan, Bologna and London but found his home in a house that he bought in 1972 from Winifred Nicholson in Banks at…

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…

The Reno at the Whitworth

15 March 2019 - 1 March 2020
For a period of one year Linda Brogan and a group of local residents, who went to the Reno nightclub in the 1970s and 80s, will occupy the Whitworth. The Reno, located in Moss Side,…

Who Cares? - 'A growing collection of stories about people caring for nature across Greater Manchester.'

2 May - 31 July 2019
A growing collection of stories about people caring for nature across Greater Manchester. A Heritage Futures Studio Residency at Manchester Museum 29th April - 31st July 2019 In…

Who lose and who win? The spatial differences in the impacts of high-speed railway on regional economic growth in China

13:30 - 15:30 17 July 2019
It is widely believed high speed railway could improve regional development by enlarging local labour, capital and land market, and enhancing passenger mobility efficiency. But there…

Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity

17 August 2019 - 5 July 2020
Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity In the middle of the nineteenth century wallpaper design suddenly became diverse. English manufacturers began to excel at the quick production…

Cézanne at the Whitworth

24 August 2019 - 1 March 2020
This exhibition celebrates an extraordinary collection of drawings and prints by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) that has been gifted and placed on long-term loan to the Whitworth by gallerist,…

Kashmr: causes of crisis and consequences for citizens

9 September 2019
HCRI warmly invites you to their annual Landmark Lecture. India’s federal government recently changed its 70 year policy on Jammu and Kashmir State, stripping the contested territory…

University of Manchester - Enhancing Employability Conference

09:30 - 15:30 20 September 2019
We're signed up to attend the Enhancing Employability Conference. This annual event is organised and delivered jointly by the University of Manchester School of Nursing, University…

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2019

18:00 - 19:30 23 September 2019
We are delighted to announce that the fifth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton). The event is open to…

Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2019

18:00 - 19:30 24 September 2019
We are delighted to announce that the fifth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton). The event is open to…

HCRI Landmark Lecture on Kashmir: causes of crisis and consequences for citizens

16:00 - 18:00 24 September 2019
HCRI warmly invites you to their annual Landmark Lecture. India’s federal government recently changed its 70 year policy on Jammu and Kashmir State, stripping the contested territory…

Elizabeth Price

25 September 2019 - 1 March 2020
Bringing together many new and acclaimed works - including drawings, sculpture and video - this exhibition engages with Price’s pre-occupations of technology, history, politics and…

GDI Lecture with Prof Stephanie Barrientos: Gender and Work: Capturing the Gains in Global Value Chains

17:00 - 18:30 25 September 2019
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof Stephanie Barrientos: Gender and Work: Capturing the Gains in Global Value Chains The Global Development…

Colloquium: Living to the limits; ageing well

15:00 - 17:00 27 September 2019
The University of Manchester at Harwell Director, Professor Neil Bourne, presented on 'Living to the limits; ageing well', at the Harwell Science & Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.…

Teaching Large International cohorts (Humanities Teaching Academy Workshops 2019-20)

11:00 - 12:30 27 September 2019
This session will explore engagement challenges when teaching cohorts with a large international element. The workshop will seek to provide practical strategies to address the issues…

HCRI Research Seminar - The Rise of the Phoenix: Gender Equity in the Wildland Fire Profession

16:00 - 19:00 1 October 2019
HCRI kick start our research seminar series for the new term with guest speaker Dr Christine Eriksen and Dr Billy Haworth as Chair. Event title: The Rise of the Phoenix: Gender Equity…

Young, Rich & Famous

10:00 1 October 2019 - 17:00 1 January 2020
In this digital age of collecting selfies and more on social media, what does immortality mean? Manchester Museum’s latest installation at Manchester’s Central Library, Young, Rich…

GDI Lecture with Prof Rhys Jenkins: How China Is Reshaping the Global Economy

17:00 - 18:30 2 October 2019
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Prof Rhys Jenkins, University of East Anglia to discuss "How China Is Reshaping the Global Economy" China’s growing…

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