Exhibitions, Seminar

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Nature and ageing well in towns and cities – why the natural environment matters

10:00 - 16:00 9 January 2020
Why not get the New Year off to a green, healthy and age-friendly start? You are invited to our end-of-project event on Thursday 9th January 2020 at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester.…

Tapestries

12 October 2019 - 1 March 2020
A tapestry is a coming together of people or things, usually thread, to make an intricate whole. This exhibition shows the breadth of the textiles at the Whitworth that are made with…

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,…

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…

Seminar: Computer Science Atlas Talk in Kilburn L.T 1.5. Automating software development: When will we stop programming?

13:00 - 14:00 15 January 2020
Join us for our next Computer Science Seminar with speaker Dr Barry Porter, Lancaster University on Wednesday 15 January 2020 at 1pm in Kilburn L.T 1.5 Abstract: Despite extensive…

What Now? Architecture History Today

14:00 - 17:00 15 January 2020
"What Now? Architecture History Today", an event with Michiel Dehaene, Anne Kockelkorn and Huda Tayob (plus inputs by Richard Brooks, Kim Förster, Lukasz Stanek, Lea-Catherine Szacka and Ola Oduku).

CMI Seminar: Bayesian Methods for Population Forecasting

15:00 - 16:15 16 January 2020
The Cathie Marsh Institute welcomes Jon Forster from The University of Warwick who will be speaking on the topic: Bayesian Methods for Population Forecasting Abstract The estimation…

MaRMN Seminar

13:00 - 14:00 17 January 2020
Professor Kostas Kostarelos, The University of Manchester "How does the Brain respond to Implantation of Macro- and Nano-Devices?"

Evolutionary Human Capital: theoretical fundamentals and outline of a research agenda

15:30 - 16:30 20 January 2020
Dr. Carolina Cañibano is a research fellow at the Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management in Valencia (INGENIO, CSIC-UPV). She was trained as an economist at the Universidad…

IHPO/HOPE seminar: Suzanne Grant: Using video-reflexive ethnography to examine the hidden dimensions of inter-professional safety work in an acute medical unit

14:00 - 15:00 20 January 2020
Please join us at the IHPO and HOPE joint seminar on Monday, 20th January 2020 2-3pm, Williamson Building 5th floor, seminar room 1 (5.14- directions attached) Speaker: Dr Suzanne…

Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 21 January 2020
Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series Christopher Brown from the University of Liverpool will be introducing a Bayesian model of predictive coding, plus linear mixed models applied…

Morgan Centre seminar: Nothing to write home about: personal stories of unlived experience (Susie Scott)

12:00 - 14:00 22 January 2020
Speaker: Professor Susie Scott (University of Sussex) Stories of identity tend to be based on positive, or ‘lived’ experience, but what happens if we turn over the mirror? Applying…

MaRMN Seminar

13:00 - 14:00 24 January 2020
Professor Robert Lucas, The University of Manchester - Using animal opsins for optogenetic applications in regenerative medicine

Remembering Biafra: Public History for Community Empowerment

10:00 - 16:30 25 January 2020
January 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigeria-Biafra war (1967-1970). The Nigerian civil war invites profound questions on issues like the legacies of British colonialism,…

DMDS Divisional Seminar - Monday 27 January 2020

13:00 - 14:00 27 January 2020
DMDS Divisional Seminar Date: Monday 27 January 2020 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Sophia Ananiadou – “Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods for Biomedical applications.”…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Caroline M. Parker – University of Manchester

16:00 - 18:00 27 January 2020
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 27th of January 2020 Dr Caroline M. Parker – University of Manchester Carceral Livelihoods in Puerto Rico Dr Caroline M. Parker will present…

André Macedo (Reading) - Explicit methods for the Hasse norm principle

15:00 - 16:00 28 January 2020
Abstract: Given an extension L/K of number fields, we say that the Hasse norm principle (HNP) holds if every non-zero element of K which is a norm everywhere locally is in fact a global…

Keith Butler - Applied machine learning for accelerated materials design and analysis

12:00 - 13:00 28 January 2020
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: I will present work showing…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Homomorphisms between Specht modules of KLR algebras - George Witty

14:00 - 15:00 28 January 2020
Speaker: George Witty - University of East Anglia Title: Homomorphisms between Specht modules of KLR algebras Abstract: Khovanov-Lauda-Rouquier algebras have an almighty presentation…

Bogdanow Masterclass in Holocaust Studies 2020

14:00 - 16:00 29 January 2020
We are delighted to announce that the sixth series of Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies will be given by Prof. Dina Porat (Tel Aviv University). As part of the annual lecture series…

Special seminar: Discovering essential extracellular receptor-ligand interactions: methods and application to pathogen and leukocyte cellular recognition

12:00 - 13:00 29 January 2020
Gavin is interested in identifying the molecular basis of cellular recognition events both between cells with our own bodies and also with pathogens. To investigate this, he has developed…

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