Events Archive
Welcome to the School of Critical Studies evenst archive. In the weeks to come this page will be populated with information about our past events, lectures, conferences, seminars and more.
Black Internationalist Resistance to Fascism: African American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
Black Internationalist Resistance to Fascism: African American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War Wednesday 3rd October, 6.30pm, African Caribbean Centre, 66–68 Osborne Street, (Beside 13th Note Café)
The 2012 Andrew Tannahill Lecture
The 2012 Andrew Tannahill Lecture at the National Library of Scotland 4 October, 18.00 Free. Book online or phone 0131 623 3734.
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Laura Marcus
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 4 October 2012
Onomastics Reading Group Meeting
Onomastics Reading Group Meeting 4 October, 12 noon in the portacabin
Work in Progress Translation Season
Work in Progress Translation Season 5 October, 1-2pm in the Edwin Morgan Room, 5 University Gardens
GU Literature Society: David Sweeney
GU Literature Society: David Sweeney, Monday, 8th October, 7:30pm The Dram!, Woodlands Road
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Karen Jacobs
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Tuesday 9 October 2012
Robert Wedderburn (1762 – 1835): Scottish-Jamaican radical preacher and revolutionary
Robert Wedderburn (1762 – 1835): Scottish-Jamaican radical preacher and revolutionary, Wednesday 10th October 6.30pm, African Caribbean Centre, 66–68 Osborne Street, (Beside 13th Note Café)
19th Century Reading Group
The 19th Century reading group is an informal group open to all post-graduate students and staff of any subject. The group meets fortnightly to discuss short or extracted texts of a particular topic or author.
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Adam Roberts
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Friday 12 October 2012
Work in Progress Translation Season
Work in Progress Translation Season 12 October, 1-2pm in the Edwin Morgan Room, 5 University Gardens
CLTA: Creating the Place of Self
CLTA: Creating the Place of Self, Monday the 15th at 5 pm in the ground floor teaching room in no.4 the Square
M.L. Samuels Lecture: Professor David Crystal
Tuesday October 16, 2012, 5.15 p.m. Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre (WILT) University Place, University of Glasgow
Work in Progress Translation Season
Work in Progress Translation Season 19 October, 1-2pm in the Edwin Morgan Room, 5 University Gardens
Vision and Language: Alasdair Gray's Visual and Literary Archive
event 1: the literary, Where: The Melville Room (see campus map - next to A13) Main Gilbert Scott Building, Glasgow University, When: Friday 28th September, 2–5pm, (with a drinks reception after)
Vision and Language: Alasdair Gray's Visual and Literary Archive
event 2: the visual, Where: Mackintosh Room, Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, When: Friday 26th of October, 2–5pm, (with a drinks reception after)
Work in Progress Translation Season
Work in Progress Translation Season 26 October, 1-2 pm in the Edwin Morgan Room, 5 University Gardens
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Andrew Hadfield
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 1 November 2012
Eunice Buchanan Reading: As Far As I Can See
Room 101, Dept of Scottish Literature, 7 University Gardens, Glasgow, 5pm
English Language Research Seminar: Prof. Alasdair Macdonald
4.15pm, English Language, Room 101, 12 University Gardens (unless otherwise stated)
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Dr Adrienne Janus
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 8 November 2012
Vision and Language: Alasdair Gray's Visual and Literary Archive
event 3: the archive, Where: The Boardroom, The National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, When: Friday 9th of November, 2–5pm, (with a drinks reception after)
Glasgow Colour Studies Group Meeting
Glasgow Colour Studies Group Wednesday, 14th November 2012 Room 1 (101), English Language, 12 University Gardens 5 p.m.
English Language Research Seminars: Prof. Alasdair Macdonald
From 5.15pm: sparkling wine reception sponsored by GCMRS (Glasgow Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies)
‘Disciplinary Formations’: A Workshop to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Prof John Nichol and the English Chair at Glasgow University.
Saturday 17th November, 2012, 9.30am - 4pm Location: Yudowitz Theatre, Wolfson Medical Building
Double Book Launch: David Jasper and Alison E Jasper
Glasgow University Chapel, 5.30pm for 6pm, Wednesday 21 November 2012 (finish by 7pm at latest)
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Dr Hilary Emmett
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 22 November 2012
Robin Jenkins Centenary Conference
A Glasgow Celebration: Robin Jenkins Centenary Conference, The Hunterian Gallery Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow, Time: 9.30am – 5pm
English Language Research Seminars: Prof. Martin Foys
English Language, Room 101, 12 University Gardens
PEN Naomi Mitchison Event
PEN Naomi Mitchison Event, Wednesday, 05 December, Time: 17:30, Where: Wolfson Medical Building, Yudowitz Room, on University Ave near the Byers Road end
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Dr Anna Vaninskaya
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 6 December 2012
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Matthew Grenby
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 10 January 2013
Robert Burns: At Home and Abroad Conference
Robert Burns: At Home and Abroad Conference, Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre at the University of Glasgow, on Saturday 12 January 2013, 9 am - 5:30 pm
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Patrick Wright
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens
English Language Seminar Series: 17th Jan 2013
Dr Wendy Anderson & Dr Ellen Bramwell (University of Glasgow) Fifty Shades of Metaphor: Light and Darkness in the Historical Thesaurus
English Language Seminar Series: 31st Jan 2013
Professor Paul Kerswill (University of York) Dialect Formation and Levelling in Industrial and Post-Industrial Britain: Vernacular Speech since 1800 **Boyd Orr Lecture Theatre B (room 412)**
Thomas Pennant's Tours of Wales and Scotland
Thomas Pennant's Tours of Wales and Scotland University of Glasgow, 1-2 February 2013 The first of Two multi-disciplinary workshops hosted by the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies and the University of Glasgow.
Glasgow Colour Studies Group Meeting
Glasgow Colour Studies Group Wednesday, 13th February 2013 Room 1 (101), English Language, 12 University Gardens, 5 p.m.
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Lucia Boldrini
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 21 February 2013
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof John Kerrigan
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 7 February 2013
English Language Seminar Series: 28/02/13
Professor Elizabeth Robertson (University of Glasgow) Inaugural Seminar: Noli me Tangere: The Enigma of Touch in Medieval Religious Literature and Art
English Language Seminar Series: 7/03/13
Professor Amalia Arvaniti (University of Kent) Speech Rhythm Production and Perception from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective
English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Dr Julia Jordan
ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 7 March 2013
Political Song Online Database
From 8 March 2013 staff and students will be able to access a database for the Janey Buchan Political Song Collection through a new link on the GU website. This major collection of materials relating to political song has particular relevance to English Literature and Scottish Literature.
English Language Seminar Series: 21st March 2013
Dr Mishtooni Bose (University of Oxford) Recovering from the House of Fame