Universitas 21 Early Career Workshop Funding Awarded
Tim Barker has been awarded funding to attend a workshop in Hong Kong.
Textile Conservation awarded Kelvin Smith Scholarship with the School of Chemistry and the Scottish Business Archive
Textile dyeing in late nineteenth century Glasgow: interpreting and recreating the dye chemists’ experiments from lab to manufacture
Thursday 3 May 2012 Theatre Studies Research Seminar
Thursday 3rd May at 5.15pm, Room 408 in the Gilmorehill Centre. Professor Hans-Thies Lehmann, Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of Kent and Professor of Theater Studies, Goethe-University, Frankfurt: Postdramatic Tragedy without drama?
School Welcomes The Political Song Archive
The University has recently acquired a new Political Song Archive, a long term loan from the personal collection of former Glasgow MEP Janey Buchan and her late husband Norman.
Research Assistant post advertised
The Research Assistant will carry out high quality research and contribute to the public outcomes of the Research Network for Textile Conservation, Dress and Textile History and Technical Art History, funded by the Getty Foundation. Closing date: 9 March 2012
Conference CFP: 'The Real Thing?' - deadline Feb 17 2012
We invite contributions for a conference at the University of Glasgow on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 December 2012 which will explore issues of authenticity with reference to textile conservation, dress and textile history and technical art history.
Conference: Landscape and the 'arts of prospect' in Early Modern Britain
This conference, organised by John Bonehill, is at the Paul Mellon Centre on 18 November 2011
Third Bonn-Glasgow Art History Workshop 12-15 October 2011
We are delighted to be hosting the third in a series of collaborative Art History workshops with our partner institution, the Art Historical Institute at the University of Bonn, Germany.
History of Art awarded a new EU-funded project
History of Art has been awarded nearly EUR 400,000 by the European Commission and the University of Glasgow within the EU-cofunded collaborative project MeLA - European Museums and Libraries in/of the Age of Migration
Mapping the World
Mapping the World Nick Pearce, ‘Mapping the World: A Copy of Verbiest’s Kunyu Quantu in Glasgow University’s Collection’, in: About Books, Maps, Songs and Steles: The Wording and Teaching of the Christian Faith in China
Restoration of The Tiger Flag in Taiwan
Frances Lennard has been giving advice on the conservation of the Flag of the Formosa Republic to the National Taiwan Museum
Launch of Your Paintings and Your Paintings Tagger websites
On 23 June the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) launched the Your Paintings website and the pioneering Your Paintings Tagger at the National Gallery, London.
Exhibiting Whistler
Research on Whistler, based on the University's pre-eminent holdings of art works and documents, has led to international collaborations on exhibitions and publications.
Santander Chairman drops in for tea
Emilio Botín, Chairman of Grupo Santander, recently dropped in for tea at the Principal’s Lodging, to see for himself some of the work Santander is supporting at the University and meet some of the recipients of funding.
Professor Philip Schlesinger appointed to high-profile cultural roles
Philip Schlesinger, Professor of Cultural Policy in Theatre and Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, has been appointed Visiting Professor in the Department of History and Political Science at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome.
Performance & publication for Dr Jane Stanley
A new work by composer Dr Jane Stanley will be featured in a concert launching the Arcomis Flute Album in Cardiff on 2 April.
Two Grants for Whistler Etchings Project
The Chancellor's Fund and Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art have awarded Prof. MacDonald a total of £12,500.
Childish Things: Fantasy and Ferocity in Recent Art
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 19 November 2010 - 23 January 2011 Curated by David Hopkins
CONNECTING WHISTLER: Festschrift for Prof. Margaret F. MacDonald NOW ONLINE!
The publication 'Connecting Whistler: A Festschrift for Margaret F. MacDonald' was launched at an event on 1 December at the Hunterian Art Gallery.
Thursday 17th November PG Open Evening
Current students and teaching staff will be available to answer your questions on postgraduate study over a glass of wine
Sir Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall, New York
As part of The Glasgow Lectures on Culture 2011-2012, Sir Clive Gillinson of Carnegie Hall, New York joined us at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall to examine funding of the arts in Europe and America.
Screen PhD studentships commencing October 2012
The international film and television studies journal, Screen, will support three PhD studentships from October 2012.
The Glasgow Lectures in Culture 2011-12
CCPR's director, Professor Philip Schlesinger, is co-directing this new lecture series by leading cultural figures. The lectures are intended to create a new space for discussion.
CCPR research portrayed on YouTube
Interviews following CCPR's seminar on 'Music and Dance – beyond copyright text?' are now featured on the AHRC's Beyond Text site on YouTube.
New documentary on creative work published
'Performers on the edge', a documentary short produced by Professors Philip Schlesinger and Charlotte Waelde, has been published by the peer-reviewed journal, Audiovisual Thinking.
New book
A new book by Amy Holdsworth has just been published by Palgrave as part of their Memory Studies series.
Genevieve Warwick awarded AHRC Research Fellowship
Genevieve Warwick has been awarded an AHRC Research Fellowship to research ‘Sculpture in Painting: Medial Translations in Renaissance Art’, under the theme 'Translating Cultures'.
The Blue Rider Centenary Symposium at Tate
Dr Debbie Lewer will be speaking on 'Der Blaue Reiter and Dada'