Event listings

Creative Connections

24 Feb

Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026 - Wednesday 25 February 2026
Time: 11:30 - 15:45
Categories: Student events
Venue: GUU

Creativity comes in many forms, so discover how you can weave it into your creative career journey at this two-day event!

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Queer Histories in the Archives – Student Perspectives at UofG

24 Feb

Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026
Categories: Student events
Venue: Room 223, Mazumdar Shaw Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Dr Sam Rutherford, Robyn Stewart, Alex Kabaj

Join us for an interactive LGBT History Month event exploring how queer histories are preserved, uncovered, and interpreted within the University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections. This session combines hands-on activities, archival insights, and reflections on researching LGBT histories. No prior experience with archival research is required.

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Penality and Antagonistic Struggles: The Case of Maximum-Security Prison Reform in Turkey

25 Feb

Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Arda Ibikoglu

This presentation challenges the widely shared assumption that the modern state has sovereign control over penality and illustrates its arguments illustrates through a detailed account of the struggles over maximum-security prison reform in Turkey in late 1990s.

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Political Economy Futures Forum Evening Seminar: “Rosa Luxemburg and I”

26 Feb

Date: Thursday 26 February 2026
Time: 16:00 - 19:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: ARC Studio 2
Speaker: Amanda Douge

“Rosa Luxemburg and I” is a poetic intervention towards post-capitalist climate imaginaries via adaptation of the past by Amanda Douge. Join the Political Economy Futures Forum for an evening of performance and discussion on the climate emergency, post-capitalist imaginaries, and the work of Polish-German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg.

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What is Moral Socialism?

02 Mar

Date: Monday 02 March 2026
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Student events
Venue: Humanity Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Lea Ypi

Professor Lea Ypi reflects on the failures of state socialism and global capitalism in the twentieth century and suggests a new way forward.

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The Asian Gang Revisited: Race, Youth Culture, Policing, and the Afterlives of Community

11 Mar

Date: Wednesday 11 March 2026
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Prof Claire Alexander (University of Manchester), Dr Sadiya Akram (University of Birmingham), Dr Shamim Miah (University of Huddersfield) and Dr Marcu

Online panel event in collaboration with Stuart Hall Archive Project at the University of Birmingham Speakers: Prof Claire Alexander (University of Manchester), Dr Sadiya Akram (University of Birmingham), Dr Shamim Miah (University of Huddersfield) and Dr Marcus Anthony Hunter (University of California, Los Angeles) Chaired by: Dr Nick Beech (University of Birmingham)

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People & Excellence 2026: Celebrating Achievements in Knowledge Exchange & Innovation

23 Mar

Date: Monday 23 March 2026
Time: 14:00 - 18:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Celebration of staff and students delivering meaningful engagement, innovation and impact. Awards presentations.

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From private concerns to public narratives: tracing the rise of personal stories about crime

25 Mar

Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026
Time: 15:30
Categories: Student events
Venue: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School, Adam Smith Building
Speaker: Jennifer Fleetwood, St George’s University of London

Jennifer Fleetwood traces changes in criminal justice, technology and media that accord novel forms of space, respectability and meaning to public storytelling about crime.

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Global Health & Environment and Medical Humanities Research Centre Seminar

22 Apr

Date: Wednesday 22 April 2026
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: James McCune Smith Building, Room 630

Learn about the Hunterian collections, some past collaborations, and how we can work together in the future.

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CREATe Spring School 2026 - Remaking Creativity

29 Apr

Date: Wednesday 29 April 2026 - Saturday 02 May 2026
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre and Adam Smith Business School
Speaker: tbc

The third edition of the CREATe Spring School will take place between 29 April to 2 May 2026. The School will address the topic of Remaking Creativity, enquiring about the interplay between human creation and technology, and brining together perspectives of copyright, competition and tech regulation scholars. The School is addressed to doctoral and advanced master students, early career researchers, industry representatives and policy makers with the interest in cultural and creative industries.

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Tour of the UofG Anatomy Museum: Global Health and Environment

05 May

Date: Tuesday 05 May 2026
Time: 14:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: UofG Anatomy Museum, Thomson Building

Join the Hunterian curators for a tour of the Anatomy Museum and meet other global health researchers in a relaxed and informal setting.

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