Exhibitions, Lecture

Not set in stone: Why we need fewer statues and more honesty - Gary Younge at the Hay Festival

14:00 - 14:50 4 June 2021
Gary Younge is giving this year's Aneurin Bevan lecture at the Hay Festival. He will be introducing his research on statues, empire and memorialisation. Introduced by Ian Goldin. …

Sustainable Futures Internal Showcase

15:00 - 17:00 8 June 2021
UoM Sustainable Futures will develop more complete understandings of the environmental systems on which we depend and human interactions with them. It will spur scientific innovation…

Work and Equalities Third Annual Lecture: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

13:00 - 14:00 14 June 2021
Technological innovation is transforming every part of our lives. The ability to quickly and cheaply exchange large amounts of data and information has laid the foundations for the…

We Are Nature

11:00 23 June - 16:00 31 August 2021
How does nature make you feel? Discover Wild Chorus and Voicing Silence, two new artistic responses to the beauty, complexity and decline of wildlife, now on display at Manchester…

Exchanges: Recent Additions to the Collection

2 July 2021 - 1 May 2022
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…

Standardisation and Deviation: The Whitworth Story

2 July 2021 - 1 February 2022
Founded in 1889 through Sir Joseph Whitworth’s legacy, the Whitworth was established to honour one of Britain’s greatest mechanical engineers. A proponent of standardisation, Sir Joseph…

Woodblock print exhibition: The Soul of the Black Earth

20 September - 29 October 2021
Manchester Confucius Institute is delighted to welcome students back to campus. In celebration, they are hosting an exhibition featuring a selection of woodblock prints to give a taste…

Still Parents: Life after Baby Loss

24 September 2021 - 4 September 2022
Still Parents is the first exhibition of its kind, creating a platform to share personal stories open conversations and break the wall of silence that continues to surround baby loss.…

A Century of Cosmis Rays and Manchester's Role in their Study

15:00 - 16:30 6 October 2021
Cosmic Rays were discovered by Victor Hess in 1912 by flying high altitude balloons. The invention of the cloud chamber enabled them to be studied in more detail, and much of the early…

HCRI Landmark Lecture: Bio-Power, Governmentality of Killing and Indigenous People

17:00 - 19:30 12 October 2021
For over 63 years since 1958, unknown to the world , the Indian government imposed a martial law called the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act on 45 million indigenous peoples who live…

Global Development Institute Lecture Series: Labour Regimes in Global Production Networks

17:00 - 18:30 20 October 2021
Work looking at the intersections of labour and global production networks has expanded significantly over the past decade. That being said, there is still arguably a tendency to look…

Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire Exhibition Launch

19:00 - 20:00 20 October 2021
Join us as we celebrate the opening of our new exhibition Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire. Exploring the languages and culture of China’s last dynasty, the exhibition features John…

Sustainable Futures External Launch

10:00 - 11:30 20 October 2021
The Sustainable Futures External Launch event, will bring together researchers from across the University of Manchester and key external stakeholders to discuss sustainability activity…

Schuster Colloquia: Probing relativistic gravity with radio astronomy

15:00 - 16:00 3 November 2021
Join us for the latest Schuster Colloquia with speaker Professor Michael Kramer. We experience a golden era in testing and exploring relativistic gravity. Whether it is results from…

Love Thy Neighbour - Asia Triennial Manchester 2021

12 - 24 November 2021
With a two-week interdisciplinary programme of art, poetry, film, immersive installation and performance, ATM21 will investigate how we can build a more compassionate relationship with…

GDI Lecture Series: How can we bridge the gap between local and global knowledge in urban development research?

17:00 - 18:30 24 November 2021
Conceptualising the realities of cities in the global South is often characterised by ‘informality’ which continues to be key of the urban fabric. Transformation of cities to sustainability…

Suzanne Lacy: What kind of city? A manual for social change

26 November 2021 - 10 April 2022
The Whitworth presents the first major UK presentation of multiple works of US artist Suzanne Lacy, a pioneer of social practice and community organising for almost five decades. In…

Annual Lane Lecture 2021: Long-COVID: should this be in the occupational disease fast lane? With guest speaker Dr Lesley Rushton

16:00 - 18:00 30 November 2021
Long-COVID: should this be in the occupational disease fast lane? Since January 2020 the UK has experienced waves of infection due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus…

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