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GLEAM: Glasgow Electronic and Audiovisual Media Festival

Date: Wednesday 08 June 2022 - Friday 10 June 2022
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Open days and visits, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: University Concert Hall. Main Building

Creative Practice Research in Music presents GLEAM: Glasgow Electronic and Audiovisual Media Festival, which showcases world class sonic practise, electronic music and audiovisual media. During this three day event, there will be opportunities to see professional artists, our professorial and doctoral practise and research in Sonic Arts and Electronic Music; graduates and collaborators in Sound Thought; and showcasing our current student works!! Events are FREE.

On judgment, skin, and bones: Montaigne’s anatomy of conscience (a Stirling Maxwell Centre Seminar)

Date: Thursday 26 May 2022
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Humanity Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (Room 255, Main Building) AND online
Speaker: Corinne Noirot (Virginia Tech)

In the last of our Spring 2022 Seminar Series, Corinne Noirot (Virginia Tech) discusses Montaigne's essays with the proposal of a visual anatomy of consciousness.

The Cramb Residency: Maggie Nicols

Date: Wednesday 18 May 2022 - Friday 20 May 2022
Time: 14:00 - 22:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Exhibitions, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University Concert Hall

The 2021/22 Cramb Residency is awarded to experimental vocalist Maggie Nicols, who presents Whatever Arises: three days of music, art and conversation.

The Storm Watchers: Celebrating George Mackay Brown's Centenary

Date: Thursday 12 May 2022
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: Andrew Stewart Cinema, Gilmorehill Centre
Speaker: Gerda Stevenson and Alan Riach

Join Gerda Stevenson and Alan Riach for an evening of poetry and film celebrating the centenary of George Mackay Brown.

Making Music Your Career [2 day event]

Date: Monday 11 April 2022 - Tuesday 12 April 2022
Time: 10:30 - 16:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Conferences, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Open days and visits, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: University Concert Hall

Are you considering a career working in our multi-faceted music industries, whether in Scotland, in the UK or further afield? Come and hear how to make music your career from the professionals, sign up for individual advice clinics, get free refreshments and hear performances. Open to ANYONE considering a career in music. **FREE, JUST TURN UP!**

Live Art: Histories of the Present

Date: Wednesday 06 April 2022 - Thursday 07 April 2022
Time: 10:00
Categories: Conferences, Academic events
Venue: Gilmorehill Halls

Live Art: Histories of the Present explores the complex relationship between live art and the material, historical conditions which have fostered and sometimes constrained the possibilities for experimental and interdisciplinary performance. Through short talks, roundtable discussions and workshops, part of the AHRC-funded Live Art in Scotland project, it engages with the structures that enable and are generated by live art and its communities of practice – the ways in which artists and researchers are engaged in tracing its past to (re)imagine its futures. With contributions from Dominic Johnson, Phoebe Patey Ferguson, Heike Roms, Gavin Butt and Vanessa Macaulay.

Islands in the Global Age: Identification, Estrangement and Renewal in the East-West Dialogue

Date: Monday 28 March 2022 - Wednesday 30 March 2022
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Ramona Fotiade

This online conference is organised jointly between the SMLC in the College of Arts at the University of Glasgow and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Kyushu to celebrate the Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2020 and the new research collaborations which have started to emerge after the scoping event focused on Modernism and Post-Modernity in Scotland and Japan, organised in April 2021.

Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7

Date: Friday 25 March 2022
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures, Social events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Professor David Martin-Jones & Guest Speakers

Celebrating 50 years of Columbo, join David Martin-Jones and guest speakers in a book event discussing 'Columbo: Paying Attention 24/7'.

McEwen Commission 2021-22: Ailie Robertson

Date: Thursday 24 March 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Academic events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Multi-award winning Scottish composer Ailie Robertson presents the world premiere of her new work, constituting the University of Glasgow McEwen Commission 2021-22. BOOKING ESSENTIAL

A natural historical detail in an allegorical painting at the Prado Museum

Date: Thursday 17 March 2022
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Conferences, Public lectures
Venue: Humanity Lecture Theatre (Main Building, room 255)
Speaker: José Ramón Marcaida (History Institute, CSIC)

A tentative reinterpretation of figurative attributes in the late-seventeenth-century anonymous painting 'Air' (Prado Museum, Madrid), in the context of emblem literature.

Stirling Maxwell Centre Spring 2022 Seminar Series

Date: Thursday 10 March 2022 - Thursday 26 May 2022
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Conferences, Public lectures
Venue: Humanity Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Various

The Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures Spring 2022 Seminar Series explores aspects of visual culture and its relationship with text in cultures and expressions from around the world. All seminars and events are free, in-person and online, and are ticketed. See each individual event for details.

In Conversation with Michael Pedersen

Date: Monday 28 February 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Michael Pedersen

In conversations with poet Michael Pedersen

In Conversation with Irenosen Okojie

Date: Monday 21 February 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Irenosen Okojie

In conversation with author MBE Irenosen Okoji

Audience Focus Groups: The Dear Green Bothy

Date: Thursday 10 February 2022
Time: 12:00 - 18:45
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Online

Online focus groups for audiences of The Dear Green Bothy, informing future arts and sustainability programming at the College of Arts.

In Conversation with Jacob Polley

Date: Monday 07 February 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Jacob Polley

In conversation with poet and writer Jacob Polley

Live Twitter Chat: What's Next for The Dear Green Bothy?

Date: Thursday 03 February 2022
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Twitter

Join a live twitter chat discussing the future of The Dear Green Bothy and presenting initial findings from the programme evaluation.

In Conversation with Susannah Dickey

Date: Monday 31 January 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Susannah Dickey

In conversation with poet and writer Susannah Dickey

College of Arts Undergraduate-Postgraduate Community Building

Date: Friday 28 January 2022
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: Online

The Students' Representative Council & the College of Arts are hosting a student community event where undergraduates can gain an insight into the postgraduate experience.

In Conversation with Naush Sabah

Date: Monday 24 January 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Naush Sabah

In conversation with writer, editor and educator Naush Sabah

In Conversation with Alasdair Whyte

Date: Monday 17 January 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Alasdair Whyte

In conversation with Gaelic singer, writer and actor Aladsair Whyte.

Creative Conversations: Peter Ross

Date: Monday 29 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Peter Ross

Peter Ross in Conversation for Creative Conversations

Graphic novels to engage international publics: the 'Nyiragitwa' and 'House without Windows' projects

Date: Thursday 25 November 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Humanities Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (Room 255, Main Building) AND online
Speaker: Erin Jessee (University of Glasgow) and Marc Ellison (photojournalist)

This presentation reflects on using graphic novels to engage diverse publics in important social justice challenges. 'House Without Windows' uses an innovative blend of illustration, photography and immersive 360 video to document how ongoing conflict in the Central African Republic has affected children. Based on an archived Rwandan oral tradition, 'Nyiragitwa: Daughter of Sacyega' is a historical study that was designed to promote present-day gender equality, by teaching Rwandans about a 17th C. woman who once exercised great power.

Creative Conversations: Apphia Campbell

Date: Monday 22 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Apphia Campbell

Apphia Campbell in conversation for Creative Conversations

Routed//In Green Channels

Date: Thursday 18 November 2021 - Sunday 21 November 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Exhibitions, COP26 Physical
Venue: Main Building, University of Glasgow. Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Sound Thought presents an audiovisual installation and ambient soundscape investigating the echoes of our presence and the symbiotic relationship between nature and technology.

Poetry and the Climate Crisis: Scotland and India (Session II)

Date: Thursday 18 November 2021
Time: 16:00 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join a host of poets, readers & interdisciplinary thinkers as we explore urgent questions about the climate crisis through the work of Patrick Geddes & Rabindranath Tagore (Second of two sessions).

Collective Care: Renewing Perspectives on Museum Collections

Date: Thursday 18 November 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Exhibitions, Academic events, Student events, COP26 Physical
Venue: The Hunterian Museum

Come see The Hunterian collections through new eyes at an interactive evening of music performances, art installations, family trails, craft activities, and a COP26-themed museum tour.

Imagining Ecological Pasts and Futures

Date: Wednesday 17 November 2021
Time: 18:45 - 21:45
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join UofG Fantasy for an evening exploring how fantasy engages us with climate emergency, with an interactive creative writing session from authors Ruth EJ Booth & Oliver Langmead.

Creative Conversations: Gerrie Fellows

Date: Monday 15 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Gerrie Fellows

Poet Gerrie Fellows in conversation for Creative Conversations

Greening Choirs

Date: Monday 15 November 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, COP26 Physical
Venue: Langside Parish Church, 167 Ledard Raod, Glasgow G42 9QU

Join community musician & activist Penny Stone for a workshop on how we can use community singing & song writing to explore environmental & social justice issues.

Games Sustainability Hackathon

Date: Saturday 13 November 2021
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: Social events, Academic events, Student events, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join us for a boundary-busting, creative hackathon as we develop new strategies for making board & video games more environmentally conscious.

Feel Field: Artist Residency at the Climate Portal

Date: Friday 12 November 2021 - Saturday 20 November 2021
Time: 11:00
Categories: Exhibitions, COP26 Physical
Venue: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street. Glasgow G2 3DB

Join Paria Goodarzi & Francisco Llinas-Casas from our pop up 'bothy in the city’ for an immersive art experience exploring the connection between movement, migration & climate justice.

For Freedom Space with Rivers: Workshop

Date: Friday 12 November 2021
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, COP26 Physical
Venue: James Arnott Theatre, Gilmorehill Halls. 9 University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Join art practitioners Rachel Clive & Kirsty Stansfield for an interactive, cross-arts workshop, exploring how we can connect creatively with rivers, and with each other, when we are confined and separated.

From Cooling Towers to Stone Circles: the heritage of Sighthill

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021 - Saturday 20 November 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

This online exhibition tells the story of the heritage of Sighthill, an area of Glasgow currently being reborn as one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in Europe.

Local Women of the World | Exhibition (Being Human Festival)

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021 - Saturday 20 November 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, COP26 Physical
Venue: TBC

This exhibition showcases the creative work of women from diverse & marginalised backgrounds, supported by University of Glasgow student mentors, offering unique perspectives on the climate emergency.

Water Music: Source to Sea

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall
Speaker: Sequoia Duo

Sequoia Duo presents Water Music: Source to Sea, a musical imagining of the journey taken by a raindrop as it travels along Scotland’s waterways, presented as part of Music in the University and The Dear Green Bothy.

Poetry and the Climate Crisis: Scotland and India (Session I)

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021
Time: 16:00 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join a host of poets, readers & interdisciplinary thinkers as we explore urgent questions about the climate crisis through the work of Patrick Geddes & Rabindranath Tagore (First of two sessions).

Seeing Amazonia in times of environmental change

Date: Thursday 11 November 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Humanities Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (Room 255, Main Building) AND online - see Eventbrite below for details
Speaker: Marcos Colón (Florida State University and Winthrop-King Institute)

A Stirling Maxwell Centre COP26-related event. A discussion by Marcos Colón' on ‘slow seeing’ as a methodology to relearn how to see the Amazon and promoting a new encounter between Nature & Culture.

Choral Contemplations III: Singing for the Environment

Date: Tuesday 09 November 2021
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music, COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Join the Chapel Choir for a concert of music inspired by COP26 and the environment, featuring a new commission by recent graduate, Harold Thalange.

Creative Conversations: Frances Poet

Date: Monday 08 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Frances Poet

Frances Poet in conversation for Creative Conversations

Eco Echoes: Tinderbox Music and Game Jam

Date: Saturday 06 November 2021
Time: 09:00 - 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Join a day-long creative jam where we'll write songs & make games around an environmental theme, with a songwriting workshop, live play-through, and open-mic session to share the games and songs!

‘What’s Going On’ at 50: Marvin Gaye, Music & Politics

Date: Thursday 04 November 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Online
Speaker: Led by DJ & broadcaster Trevor Nelson, four expert panelists – musicians Emeli Sandé & Corinne Bailey Rae, and writers Nelson George & Stuart Cosgrove

A panel discussion around Marvin Gaye’s album ‘What’s Going On’ and its ground-breaking social and ecological politics.

RCC at the COP – An Environmental Humanities Exhibition

Date: Monday 01 November 2021 - Friday 12 November 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Conferences, Exhibitions, Public lectures, COP26 Physical
Venue: The New Glasgow Society. 1307 Argyle Street, G3 8TL Glasgow

In partnership with the Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society, this exhibition profiles global groundbreaking humanities & social science work on climate & society.

Creative Conversations: Samantha Walton

Date: Monday 01 November 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Samantha Walton

Samantha Walton in Conversation for Creative Conversations

Hope against Hope: Spirituality & Climate Change Vodcasts for COP26

Date: Sunday 31 October 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Hosted by Theology & Religious Studies, this series will feature scholars, religious leaders & climate activists reflecting on spiritual challenges of the climate crisis.

Growing Glasgow

Date: Friday 29 October 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Films and theatre, COP26 Physical
Venue: Gilmorehill Halls Cinema

Screening of two films which stress the issues of our current food system by presenting the efforts of workers, activists and academics to increase the quality, accessibility and sustainability of food in the city of Glasgow.

Creative Conversations: Vanessa Onwuemezi

Date: Thursday 28 October 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online Event
Speaker: Vanessa Onwuemezi

Vanessa Onwuemezi in Conversation for Creative Conversations

So help me, cabbage

Date: Thursday 28 October 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:20
Categories: Films and theatre, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

A conversation, illustrated with newly commissioned short films, between a sustainable food expert, a contemporary artist working with cabbage motifs, and a classicist researching the ancient roots of ecological materialism.

Anar, with translators Hari Rajaledchumy and Fran Lock

Date: Thursday 28 October 2021
Time: 18:30 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online Event
Speaker: Anar

Poet Anar in conversation with translators Hari Rajaledchumy and Fran Lock, in association with Poetry Translation Centre

Global Environmental History and Climate Change

Date: Wednesday 27 October 2021
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Two panels of leading experts in global environment history will introduce their work how historical research is important to the struggle against climate change.

Programmable Nature: Conversations with Artists

Date: Tuesday 26 October 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: online

A series of video interviews presented by the Digital Departures Lab profiling the work of three of the most exciting artists working at the cross section of art, science and technology, exploring the condition of ‘programmable nature’.

Creative Conversations: Jane Goldman

Date: Monday 25 October 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Oran Mor Auditorium
Speaker: Jane Goldman

Jane Goldman in Conversation for Creative Conversations

A’ Chailleach – The Cailleach

Date: Thursday 21 October 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:15
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Visual-artist Judith Parrott and singer-songwriter Gillebride MacMillan collaborate to present a creative response to A' Chailleach – The Cailleach - goddess of the weather, creator of Scotland and maker of mountains.

Creative Conversations: Alasdair C Whyte

Date: Monday 18 October 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Alasdair C Whyte

Alasdair C Whyte in conversation for Creative Conversations (co-organised and supported by Gaelic Books Council)

Kim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future

Date: Monday 18 October 2021
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online
Speaker: Kim Stanley Robinson

We're delighted to host legendary sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson for a discussion about his new novel, 'The Ministry for the Future'.

Dunedin Consort

Date: Saturday 16 October 2021
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, COP26 Physical
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

The award-winning Scottish ensemble the Dunedin Consort will explore music’s relationship with nature and look at how the arts can both reflect and inspire environmental concerns.

Another Houellebecq: through Nicloux’s lens

Date: Thursday 14 October 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkc-yppzgjHdwUDH6kCD3iBWKTF3qK24TX
Speaker: François Massonnat (Villanova University)

Stirling Maxwell Centre Autumn 2021 Seminar Series.

Stirling Maxwell Centre Autumn 2021 Seminar Series

Date: Thursday 14 October 2021 - Thursday 25 November 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: All events online, but some also in-person (Humanities Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow). See tickets for details.

The Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures Autumn 2021 Seminar Series. From reinventing personal images in French cinema to re-appraising the Stirling Maxwell Collection, slow-looking at the Amazon region, understanding the global reach of Camões and graphic novel in Rwanda. All welcome. All events online, but some events in-person (see Eventbrite link for details).

Circular Ceramics in the Round

Date: Tuesday 12 October 2021
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Exhibitions, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

An online "handling event" using the Wolfvision visualiser at the Hunterian Museum with Fife Contemporary's curator, Mella Shaw, and artists Sara Howard and Carol Sinclair exploring the Circular Economy.

Creative Conversations: Denise Mina

Date: Monday 11 October 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Denise Mina

Denise Mina in conversation with Professor Louise Welsh

Carbon Cost Calculathon

Date: Tuesday 05 October 2021 - Monday 10 January 2022
Time: 10:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: online

An online calculathon activity involving students, local schools, and you - the public! - aiming to crowdsource the environmental costs and illustrate the elusive carbon footprint of gaming.

Creative Conversations: Tendai Huchu

Date: Monday 04 October 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Tendai Huchu

Tendai Huchu in Conversation for Creative Conversations

ÚNA Podcast

Date: Friday 24 September 2021 - Sunday 24 October 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: online

ÚNA Festival presents a podcast series featuring artists, creatives and representatives of Indigenous and BME communities to nurture our knowledge of sustainability and community.

Bright Edge Deep | Online Exhibition

Date: Monday 20 September 2021 - Monday 03 January 2022
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Bright Edge Deep: peatlands in history, cultural heritage, and climate | Online Exhibition

The Walking Library for a Wild City

Date: Sunday 19 September 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Categories: Social events, COP26 Physical
Venue: in-person

You are invited to join The Walking Library’s co-founder Dee Heddon for an in-person walk as part of The Dear Green Bothy. Walking together – with books as our companions – come explore a little corner of our city.

Sighthill Stone Circle Reborn: the Inside Story of Glasgow's Newest Stone Circles

Date: Wednesday 15 September 2021
Time: 19:00
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

This webinar will offer insights into the past and future of the Stone Circle monuments and Sighthill. The speakers will host a Q&A session with the audience and explore how stone circles might support sustainable communities.  

Greening Glasgow in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Date: Tuesday 14 September 2021 - Friday 17 September 2021
Time: 12:30 - 1:15
Categories: Public lectures, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Prof. Clare A.P. Willsdon presents threes online talks on art, health and horticulture in the public park, as well as an interview with David Mitchell, a former Curator at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Queer River, Wet Land

Date: Wednesday 08 September 2021 - Thursday 09 September 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, COP26 Physical, COP 26 Online
Venue: in person | on-line

Queer River is an arts-based research project from James Aldridge, exploring the value of Queer perspectives on rivers and other wetland environments, and what they need from us in the future.

Gotta Grow em’ All: Let’s Play Pokémon Environments

Date: Saturday 21 August 2021
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Categories: Social events, Academic events, Student events, COP26 Physical
Venue: online

‘We all live in a Pokémon world’, but just what environmental impact(s) do we as humans have on it? As part of Pokémon’s 25th anniversary year, join a virtual field trip inside a playthrough of a Pokémon game.

We Get Shot with Silent Bullets: Screenings & Discussions with Africa in Motion

Date: Friday 20 August 2021 - Sunday 22 August 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Films and theatre, Public lectures, Academic events, COP26 Physical
Venue: online

In collaboration with Africa in Motion Film Festival and the EDI Lab at the University of Glasgow, the Dear Green Bothy presents a three-day programme of screenings and discussions about environmental resistance across the African continent, with a focus on the vital work and activism of women.

Soundwalk: self-led audio tour of Glasgow

Date: Thursday 12 August 2021 - Wednesday 01 December 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Exhibitions, Social events, COP26 Physical
Venue: in person, West End of Glasgow

In collaboration with Glasgow-based postgraduates, Sound Thought presents a curated soundwalk of locations around Glasgow, exploring notions of acoustic ecology and the impact of humans and noise pollution on our local environments. To take part, simply download the free audio files onto your mobile device or stream from the website.

Bright Edge Deep: peatlands in history, cultural heritage, and climate | Roundtable Discussion

Date: Wednesday 11 August 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Conferences, Public lectures, Academic events, COP 26 Online
Venue: online

Prior to the launch of an online exhibition, the Bright Edge Deep team will host a round table discussion of the historic value of peatlands, their tangible and intangible heritage, and links between ecosystem services and heritage.

Imagining the Future of Travel

Date: Thursday 22 July 2021
Time: 10:30 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Staff workshops and seminars, COP26 Physical
Venue: Online

Travel has not always been as easy and comfortable as we know it and international travel is one of the problems facing us in this ecological crisis. This series of online discussions will consider travel critically, aesthetically and creatively, examining how people historically and geographically have satisfied their thirst to visit distant landscapes old and new.

Whistler: Art and Legacy

Date: Friday 09 July 2021 - Sunday 31 October 2021
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

The Hunterian is home to one of the world’s largest collections of the work of American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). This major new exhibition showcases the collection's strength and richness, exploring the development of Whistler’s artistic practice and the role that Glasgow played in supporting him and forming his artistic legacy.

Erratic Drift

Date: Saturday 12 June 2021 - Wednesday 01 December 2021
Time: 10:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Social events, COP26 Physical
Venue: in-person

A performance and film project following a series of drifts/walks around Glasgow in the company of rocks, stones, silt, artists, archaeologists, geomorphologists, and architects. Erratic Drift explores relationships between human and geological timeframes, movements, and structures. Launched as part of the 2021 Architecture Fringe.

Jimmy Robert: Tobacco Flower

Date: Friday 11 June 2021 - Sunday 05 September 2021
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

'Tobacco Flower' is a major installation of new work by artist Jimmy Robert, which focuses on relationships between Europe and the Caribbean. Taking tobacco flower textile designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh as a key point of departure and working across several mediums, including film, photography and sound, Robert explores multiple traces left by Glasgow's role within colonialism. Supported by Glasgow International and Goethe-Institut.