Event listings

National Day of Covid Reflection

23 Mar

Date: Thursday 23 March 2023
Time: 12:00 - 17:00
Categories: Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University Memorial Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building

Drop-in time of reflection on the 3rd anniversary of Covid lockdown

Dunedin Consort Lunchtime Recital

23 Mar

Date: Thursday 23 March 2023
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Open days and visits
Venue: University Concert Hall

We end our 2022-2023 professional lunchtime series on a high with an early music treat from long term favourites, the Dunedin Consort.

History of Art Research Seminar: Dr. Suchitra Choudhury

23 Mar

Date: Thursday 23 March 2023
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: The Hepburn Room, 7 University Gardens
Speaker: Dr. Suchitra Choudhury

Join History of Art for a Research Seminar on ‘The curious case of Indian shawls in Britain: history, art, and politics’ from Dr. Suchitra Choudhury.

Creative Conversations: Isis Semaj-Hall

23 Mar

Date: Thursday 23 March 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Joseph Black Building Room 305 (Carnegie)
Speaker: Dr Isis Semaj-Hall

Creative Conversations and the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies: Henry Ivry with poet Isis Semaj-Hall

Making Music Your Career 22-23 SERIES

16 Jan

Date: Monday 16 January 2023 - Monday 24 April 2023
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Conferences, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Courses, Open days and visits, Staff workshops and seminars, World Changing Glasgow Conversation
Venue: Queen Margaret Union Bar or Cafe (listed on individual event)
Speaker: Professional Music Industry

Making Music Your Career aims to showcase the myriad career paths in music on offer within Scotland and beyond. Sessions involve talks, panels, interviews and workshops with professional industry experts.

Stirling Maxwell Centre Spring 2023 Seminar Series

07 Feb

Date: Tuesday 07 February 2023 - Thursday 18 May 2023
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures, Student events
Venue: University of Glasgow Library (various venues) and online.
Speaker: Various

The seminar series is a learned group of regular public seminars and workshops. We host speakers and world renowned experts on subjects pertinent to the Centre’s remit, from the Medieval period to the twenty-first century. Subjects range from emblems, comics, cinema, cartoons, History of the Book, History of Art, Philology, Cultural History, History of Architecture, Shakespearean theatre, Early Modern Festivals, 3D architectural reconstruction, and many more. Our programme of events and activities reflects our research culture and our international reach.

Active Travel Spring

13 Mar

Date: Monday 13 March 2023 - Friday 24 March 2023
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Social events, Sports events
Venue: Gilmorehill Campus and surrounds

Join our free events and activities to encourage active travel during Spring.

Friday Focus - Art Meets Science

24 Mar

Date: Friday 24 March 2023
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
Categories: Exhibitions, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Joseph Sharples and Michela Botticelli from Technical Art History

Join Curator Joseph Sharples and Michela Botticelli from Technical Art History to discover The Hunterian's miniature Mughal Empire portraits

Dear Green Bothy Graduate Attributes Lunchtime Sessions - Louise Oliver

24 Mar

Date: Friday 24 March 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Louise Oliver

Workshop series open to all students in the College of Arts, focusing specifically on the University of Glasgow Graduate Attribute ‘Ethically and Socially Aware’. Louise Oliver, producer of Paisley Book Festival, will talk about her creative and professional practice in relation to the climate crisis but also in relation to sustainable personal practices working in the Arts and Cultural sector. Hot drinks and biscuits provided!

UNDERFOOT OVERHEARD Symposium

24 Mar

Date: Friday 24 March 2023 - Saturday 25 March 2023
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences, Exhibitions, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Friday 24th March - The Glasgow School of Art Reid Lecture Theatre; Saturday 25th March - The Hunterian Art Gallery Lecture Theatre

A two-day symposium reflecting on contexts and themes suggested by Elizabeth Price’s new commissions for The Hunterian.

Smith Around the World Lecture Series: Hong Kong

24 Mar

Date: Friday 24 March 2023
Time: 16:30 - 17:45
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong
Speaker: Professor Zhiwu Chen

The University of Hong Kong Business School and The University of Glasgow invite you to the Smith Around the World Lecture Series.

Monday Performance Platform

27 Mar

Date: Monday 27 March 2023
Time: 12:45 - 13:15
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University Concert Hall

Student-produced 30-minute mini-concert series. Open to anyone to sign up to perform, and anyone including the public to come and watch!

Creative Conversations: Devika Ponnambalam

27 Mar

Date: Monday 27 March 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Devika Ponnambalam

Creative Conversations with Devika Ponnambalam

Dear Green Bothy Graduate Attributes Lunchtime Sessions - Sapna Agarwal

28 Mar

Date: Tuesday 28 March 2023
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Sapna Agarwal

Workshop series open to all students in the College of Arts, focusing specifically on the University of Glasgow Graduate Attribute ‘Ethically and Socially Aware’. Sapna Agarwal, community organiser, educator, activist, and coordinator of the Woodlands Anti-Racist community library, will talk about her work with the Woodlands community group in relation to sustainable personal and professional practices. She will also facilitate attendees to discuss and share their ideas in a supportive space. Hot drinks and biscuits provided!

CREATe Public Lecture: 'Present at their own making', Professor John Hartley

28 Mar

Date: Tuesday 28 March 2023
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre , University of Glasgow 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW
Speaker: Professor John Hartley

Join Professor John Hartley, University of Sydney, for a public lecture exploreing the emergence of a digital ‘popular front’, organizing to confront the challenges of the Anthropocene at panhuman, planetary scale. Presented by CCPR and CREAte as part of a Partnership Collaboration Award with the University of Sydney. 

Second Student Debate in Spanish about Climate change and activism

30 Mar

Date: Thursday 30 March 2023
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Categories: Student events, World Changing Glasgow Conversation
Venue: The Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre 11 Chapel Lane University of Glasgow G11 6EW
Speaker: Students from the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclye

Student debate in Spanish about climate change and activism, followed by a film screening.

Ken Loach in Conversation with David Archibald

30 Mar

Date: Thursday 30 March 2023
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Categories: Films and theatre, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events
Venue: The Revelator: Barclay Curle Building. 739 South Street, Glasgow G14 0BX
Speaker: Ken Loach

Join us at the Revelator (or via Zoom), where Senior Lecturer in Film & Television Studies David Archibald will meet with legendary film director Ken Loach (who will be joining via Zoom) to discuss Archibald's new book, Tracking Loach: Politics | Practices | Production.

Friday Focus - Contemporary Art Acquisitions

31 Mar

Date: Friday 31 March 2023
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
Categories: Exhibitions, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Contemporary Art Curator Dominic Paterson

Join contemporary art curator Dominic Paterson to find out more about our latest acquisitions

Royal Economic Society (RES) and Scottish Economic Society (SES) Conference 2023

03 Apr

Date: Monday 03 April 2023 - Wednesday 05 April 2023
Categories: Conferences
Venue: James McCune Smith Learning Hub and The Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow

The Adam Smith Business School is delighted to host the joint Royal Economic Society (RES) and Scottish Economic Society (SES) Annual Conference next Spring!

Treeline

03 Apr

Date: Monday 03 April 2023 - Friday 14 April 2023
Time: 09:00 - 17:30
Categories: Exhibitions, Films and theatre, Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

From the celebrated artist Ruth Maclennan, this collectively made film is compiled from hundreds of hours of footage of forests submitted by people across the world.

ARC Discovery Trail

03 Apr

Date: Monday 03 April 2023 - Friday 14 April 2023
Time: 09:00 - 17:30
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Come explore the ARC’s public spaces with the help a specially designed Discovery Trail, beautifully illustrated by Emma Melchor.

Water and Sustainable Development: Scotland’s Water Future

03 Apr

Date: Monday 03 April 2023
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BTVgq1eBzM
Speaker: Professor Cecilia Tortajada; Professor Fabrice Renaud; Jon Rathjen; Rachel Helliwell; Gordon Reid; Professor Bill Sloan

The fourth webinar in the series will take place on Monday, 3 April 2023 at 10.00 am (BST). The webinar will focus on Scotland’s water future. Scotland may be a small nation, but in terms of water management, it has always punched well above its weight. The webinar will explore how Scottish Water plans to be carbon neutral, what are the Scottish Government’s future water plans, its future water research needs, and what types of education, research and innovation are needed in the 2nd quarter of the 21st century. Four very distinguished water experts will discuss Scotland’s water future.

Gondwana VR

03 Apr

Date: Monday 03 April 2023 - Friday 14 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 14:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

This forest is changing. Do you see it?

Monday Performance Platform

03 Apr

Date: Monday 03 April 2023
Time: 12:45 - 13:15
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University Concert Hall

Student-produced 30-minute mini-concert series. Open to anyone to sign up to perform, and anyone including the public to come and watch!

World Changing Glasgow Conversations: Women in Leadership

03 Apr

Date: Monday 03 April 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online via Hopin

Referencing the #EmbraceEquity theme of 2023’s International Women’s Day, the University of Glasgow are holding a World Changing Glasgow Conversations session on Monday 3rd of April at 13:00 (GMT) that will explore the importance of women being represented in leadership positions, and involved at all levels of decision making, as well as the challenges that women continue to face in moving into these roles.

Spring into The Wild Escape, Hunterian Zoology Family days

04 Apr

Date: Tuesday 04 April 2023 - Thursday 06 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Categories: Social events, Open days and visits
Venue: The Hunterian Zoology museum - Graham Kerr Building

Lots of us love animals, but do you know which are at risk of extinction? Why not bring your little explorers down to 'The Wild Escape' at the Hunterian Zoology Museum this spring break, where you can explore our animals, enjoy arts and crafts, and follow the endangered animals children's trail.

The Mushroom at the End of the World: Book Group

04 Apr

Date: Tuesday 04 April 2023
Time: 1800 - 1930
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Dr Maria Sledmere

What can a rare mushroom teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet?

Sing into Spring

05 Apr

Date: Wednesday 05 April 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Eva Moreda Rodríguez

How did medieval songs represent the coming of Spring? Join Eva Moreda Rodríguez to learn more, and to sing a few songs yourself!

From beast machines to dreamachines

05 Apr

Date: Wednesday 05 April 2023
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Charles Wilson Building, Lecture Theatre 201
Speaker: Professor Anil Seth

Anil Seth is Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and author of the bestselling book Being You: A New Science of Consciousness. His research brings together many different disciplines, from neuroscience to philosophy to computer science to physics, to explore the biological basis of consciousness and the impliciations of this research for medicine, technology, and society.

Indie8 the Glasgow Edition - Climate Café at the Spring Fling!

06 Apr

Date: Thursday 06 April 2023
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Rosemary Ishorari

Come and discuss the climate at the Spring Fling!

WALL•E: film night with VR and robotics demos

06 Apr

Date: Thursday 06 April 2023
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Categories: Films and theatre, Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

A special screening of Pixar’s WALL•E to kick start the Spring Fling! weekend, alongside VR and robotics demonstrations from the ARC’s research teams.

Urban Foraging at the Spring Fling

07 Apr

Date: Friday 07 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Join us for an urban forage to discover the wild food and medicine that's growing on your doorstep.

The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking & Wellbeing

07 Apr

Date: Friday 07 April 2023
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

Join Dee Heddon, Professor of Theatre Studies, on a Walkshop to explore The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking & Wellbeing.

Green Games Night at the Spring Fling!

07 Apr

Date: Friday 07 April 2023
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

Drop into a Games Night with a difference as we explore the connection between our modern gaming culture and issues of sustainability - all as we play!

Family Day at the Spring Fling

08 Apr

Date: Saturday 08 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 14:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Join us for our Family Day at the Spring Fling!

Grizzly Ben with Alan Dapré (Morning Session)

08 Apr

Date: Saturday 08 April 2023
Time: 11:15 - 12:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Alan Dapré

A gorgeously quirky tale of a grumpy and grizzly little boy that will capture your heart. Expect lots of props, wordplay, laughter and fun - perfect for your grizzly little bears!

Grizzly Ben with Alan Dapré (Afternoon Session)

08 Apr

Date: Saturday 08 April 2023
Time: 13:45 - 14:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Alan Dapré

A gorgeously quirky tale of a grumpy and grizzly little boy that will capture your heart. Expect lots of props, wordplay, laughter and fun - perfect for your grizzly little bears!

Spring into The Wild Escape, Hunterian Zoology Family days

11 Apr

Date: Tuesday 11 April 2023 - Thursday 13 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Categories: Social events, Open days and visits
Venue: The Hunterian Zoology museum - Graham Kerr Building

Lots of us love animals, but do you know which are at risk of extinction? Why not bring your little explorers down to 'The Wild Escape' at the Hunterian Zoology Museum this spring break, where you can explore our animals, enjoy arts and crafts and follow the endangered animals children's trail.

Thus Spoke the Plant: Book Group

11 Apr

Date: Tuesday 11 April 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)
Speaker: Dr Maria Sledmere

This compelling story of a scientist's discovery of plant communication reveals how we "have been misunderstanding plants, and ourselves, for all of history.”

The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking & Wellbeing

12 Apr

Date: Wednesday 12 April 2023
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (The ARC)

Join Dee Heddon, Professor of Theatre Studies, on a Walkshop to explore The Walkbook: Recipes for Walking & Wellbeing.

Private renting, tenants and landlords in postcommunist societies

12 Apr

Date: Wednesday 12 April 2023
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online

Discussing what we know, and what we don't, about this highly deregulated sector

Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference

13 Apr

Date: Thursday 13 April 2023 - Saturday 15 April 2023
Categories: Conferences
Venue: University of Glasgow

The Adam Smith Business School is delighted to host the 49th AIB UK & Ireland Chapter Conference and pre-conference.

Clearing the Loop - Climate Café at the Spring Fling

13 Apr

Date: Thursday 13 April 2023
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Lynn Wilson and Katherine Duffy

Come and discuss the climate at the Spring Fling!

New York City Tartan Day 2023

15 Apr

Date: Saturday 15 April 2023
Time: 14:00 - 19:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: West 45th Street West 45th Street New York, NY 10036 United States

You are invited to join the #TeamUofG in New York City for the 25th annual Tartan Day Parade, followed by a get together at the Long Room.

History of Art Research Seminar: Dr. Ayako Ono

19 Apr

Date: Wednesday 19 April 2023
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: The Hepburn Room, 7 University Gardens
Speaker: Dr. Ayako Ono

Join History of Art for a Research Seminar on ‘Whistler's tonal painting and mōrōtai’ from Dr. Ayako Ono.

Challenging the Past (Canon and History) in SFF Narratives

19 Apr

Date: Wednesday 19 April 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Iain Clark, Amal El-Mohtar, Harry Josephine Giles, and T. L. Huchu.

We are delighted to invite you to the final event of the AHRC-funded "Future Voices of Scottish Science Fiction and Fantasy Network". Join us and four amazing science fiction and fantasy creatives for a roundtable on challenging the past in SFF!

Jazz Night with UofG Big Band / Jazz Soc

20 Apr

Date: Thursday 20 April 2023
Time: 19:00 - 21:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Student events
Venue: Glasgow University Union 32 University Avenue Glasgow G12 8LX

A Night of Jazz Music at the GUU hosted by GU Big Band and Jazz Soc, with free drink on arrival. Tickets £15, £10 Students. Pay on the Door!

Delivering Scotland's fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4)

24 Apr

Date: Monday 24 April 2023
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

NPF4 is the long-term plan that sets out where development and infrastructure are needed, but what will it take to deliver it effectively?

[RESCHEDULED] Dear Green Bothy Graduate Attributes Lunchtime Sessions - Romane Boyer

26 Apr

Date: Wednesday 26 April 2023
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: Studio Two, Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Romane Boyer

[Reschduled to April 26] Workshop series open to all students in the College of Arts, focusing specifically on the University of Glasgow Graduate Attribute ‘Ethically and Socially Aware’. Guest speakers will discuss how ethical and social awareness in relation to sustainability and the environment supports their work, how students can engage with this skill in their academic and personal development, and how it can transfer to a variety of professional and community contexts.

The Hunterian Art Gallery Reframed - All Staff Event

27 Apr

Date: Thursday 27 April 2023
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

All University of Glasgow staff are invited to this after hours event in the Hunterian Art Gallery to see our new redisplay, presenting over 200 artworks spanning seven centuries in our revamped gallery. Admission free and all staff and their families welcome.

Overtourism in Majorca: Screening of ‘Overbooking’

27 Apr

Date: Thursday 27 April 2023
Time: 19:00
Categories: Films and theatre, Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Centre for Contemporary Arts
Speaker: Álex Dioscórides

Join The Dear Green Bothy for a screening and Q&A sessions of the Majorcan documentary 'Overbooking' which examines the ecological effects of mass tourism.

Year 3+4 Performance Recitals [DAY 1]

02 May

Date: Tuesday 02 May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University Concert Hall

University of Glasgow Public Examination Music Recitals: Year 3 + 4 Music Students and guests

Year 3+4 Performance Recitals [DAY 2]

03 May

Date: Wednesday 03 May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University Concert Hall

University of Glasgow Public Examination Music Recitals: Year 3 + 4 Music Students and guests

Fashion as Creative Economy

03 May

Date: Wednesday 03 May 2023
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Kelvinhall Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Angela McRobbie

Angela McRobbie will present ‘Fashion as Creative Economy: Micro-Enterprises in London, Berlin and Milan'.

Year 3+4 Performance Recitals [DAY 3]

04 May

Date: Thursday 04 May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University Concert Hall

University of Glasgow Public Examination Music Recitals: Year 3 + 4 Music Students and guests

Join Denise Mina in conversation with Louise Welsh

04 May

Date: Thursday 04 May 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Denise Mina

Hear Denise in conversation with fellow award-winning author Louise Welsh and take a deep dive into the latest Book Club read, Conviction, with the chance to ask your questions.

Year 3+4 Performance Recitals [DAY 4]

05 May

Date: Friday 05 May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University Concert Hall

University of Glasgow Public Examination Music Recitals: Year 3 + 4 Music Students and guests

History of Art Research Seminar: Dr. Samuel Raybone

17 May

Date: Wednesday 17 May 2023
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: The Hepburn Room, 7 University Gardens
Speaker: Dr. Samuel Raybone

Join History of Art for a Research Seminar on ‘Collecting Impressionism in Wales: transnational networks and national imaginaries in the collection of Gwendoline and Margaret Davies’ from Dr. Samuel Raybone.

Celebrity Organ Recital: Paul Hale

19 May

Date: Friday 19 May 2023
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Open days and visits
Venue: University Memorial Chapel

Powerhouse organist Paul Hale presents this semesters Celebrity Organ Recital. Paul’s exceptional career spans many decades, and he has been awarded an Honorary FGCM and an Honorary FRCSM for “distinguished services to Church Music”.

Power Hour with Baroness Helena Kennedy KC

22 May

Date: Monday 22 May 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Webinar
Speaker: Baroness Helena Kennedy KC & Kezia Dugdale

An hour long webinar with Baroness Helena Kennedy KC discussing her career and work on making misogyny a crime in Scotland.

GLE4M x Dear Green Bothy

25 May

Date: Thursday 25 May 2023 - Friday 26 May 2023
Time: 17:00 - 22:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Exhibitions, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Open days and visits, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Queen Margaret Union

GLE4M x The Dear Green Bothy is our 2023 GLEAM Festival of audiovisual and electronic music. The theme is sustainability, resilience, stability, and will see professional and student performances of exceptional works, hosted at our Queen Margaret Union.

THE EPIC PRESENTS: BIG BAND - PARTICIPATE

27 May

Date: Saturday 27 May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 22:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Courses, Open days and visits, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Queen Margaret Union

The first iteration of an exciting new massed participatory programme - The Epic - presents BIG BAND! Join professional jazz musicians in a scratch Big Band performing massive stonking Big Band tunes on the historic main stage at the QMU.

The Epic Presents: Big Band - Watch

27 May

Date: Saturday 27 May 2023
Time: 19:30 - 20:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, Social events, Student events, Alumni events, Open days and visits, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Queen Margaret Union

Come and watch an amazing scratch Big Band made of professional jazz musicians, students and the public in this one-off event of Epic proportions, at the historic music venue Queen Margaret Union.

Adam Smith Tercentenary Week

05 Jun

Date: Monday 05 June 2023 - Saturday 10 June 2023
Categories: Ceremonial events, Public lectures, Academic events
Venue: Various

Tercentenary Week, held in partnership with the Adam Smith Global Foundation and Panmure House, is the focal point of Adam Smith 300.

McEwen Festival

07 Jun

Date: Wednesday 07 June 2023 - Thursday 08 June 2023
Time: 18:00 - 22:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Open days and visits, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: University Concert Hall

This year, our McEwen commission is bigger than ever, with a whole festival for new music alongside partners Red Note Ensemble!

Adam Smith Student Day

09 Jun

Date: Friday 09 June 2023
Categories: Student events
Venue: TBC

Including showcasing prizes

Commemoration Day

14 Jun

Date: Wednesday 14 June 2023
Time: 09:45
Categories: Ceremonial events
Venue: University of Glasgow: Main Building

The foundation of the University of Glasgow in 1451 is celebrated each year on Commemoration Day.

Undergraduate June Open Day

15 Jun

Date: Thursday 15 June 2023
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow, Main Campus

The University of Glasgow's undergraduate June Open Day takes place on Thursday 15 June between 9am and 4pm.

ESSAM 2023

25 Jun

Date: Sunday 25 June 2023 - Saturday 08 July 2023
Categories: Student events
Venue: Various

ESSAM is a residential two week intensive course for both full and part-time MBA students from across the globe, enabling participants to compress some of their elective courses into the duration of the programme.

Undergraduate August Open Day

30 Aug

Date: Wednesday 30 August 2023
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: Gilmorehill, Main Campus

The University of Glasgow's undergraduate August Open Day takes place on Wednesday 30 August between 9am and 4pm.

13th European Seminar on Bayesian Econometrics

01 Sep

Date: Friday 01 September 2023 - Saturday 02 September 2023
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow

The 13th European Seminar on Bayesian Econometrics (ESOBE), one of the major conferences in econometrics worldwide and the primary event on Bayesian econometrics in Europe, will be hosted by the Adam Smith Business School, in September 2023 at the University of Glasgow. More details to follow.

Undergraduate October Open Day

21 Oct

Date: Saturday 21 October 2023
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: Gilmorehill, Main Campus

The University of Glasgow's undergraduate October Open Day takes place on Thursday 15 June between 9am and 4pm.