Event listings

‘What Happened – And What Might Happen Next?’

Date: Thursday 13 May 2021
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom Webinar, Register here: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LC5JV_2WTLacVDwkkwKiFQ
Speaker: Professor Sir John Curtice

Scotland went to the polls on 6 May in order to elect a new devolved parliament for the next five years. Professor Curtice analyses the polls and the election results themselves to assess what happened and why - and considers the implications of the outcome for Scotland's perennial debate about its constitutional status.

Regeneration: 6th Annual PG Conference in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies

Date: Friday 14 May 2021
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Online via Zoom

Hosted by the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, this one-day conference will explore how the theme of 'regeneration' finds expression in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies. **REGISTRATION NOW OPEN**

Developing International Virtual Work Placements For Students

Date: Friday 14 May 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Categories: Academic events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Zoom | Sign up via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/151981501763

This event, as part of Global Glasgow, our International Week for staff at the University of Glasgow, will focus on the challenges and benefits of international virtual work placements and will consider how to develop these opportunities.

Re-pair: soft matter

Date: Friday 14 May 2021
Time: 20:00 - 21:30
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: Online

Original short films and discussion exploring what the notion of 'repair' might mean for dance artists in a world separated by a pandemic. Hosted by the School of Culture & Creative Arts as part of its Arts of Repair programme.

UNESCO RILA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating

Date: Monday 17 May 2021 - Friday 28 May 2021
Time: 9:00 - 17:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Conferences, Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Over 50 different speakers

Free two-week festival, combining academic thought with artistic and linguistic practice in an effort to share and create new ways of working in the context of integration. A collection of discussions, workshops, performances, presentations, collaborative art and more. Key theme this year: Mayday.

Using Teams with large classes: organisation, engagement and interaction

Date: Tuesday 18 May 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Andrew Hoolachan

In this session Andrew will explain how he has utilised teams to deliver interactive teaching in a large class of urban planning MSc students.

Age Inclusive Workplaces

Date: Tuesday 18 May 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: WOW - Wellbeing of Older Workers and Age Scotland

The Institue of Health and Wellbeing's WOW - Wellbeing of Older Workers co-chairs Nicola McMeekin and Janet Bouttell will chair the webinar with Jonathan Parks and Mike Douglas from Age Scotland entitled Supporting an Ageing Workforce: how you can accelerate age inclusion. There will be a Q and A following the presentation.

Joan Eardley: The Centenary Celebration

Date: Tuesday 18 May 2021
Time: 15:00 - 16:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online
Speaker: Various

The Hunterian is delighted to be hosting the Joan Eardley Centenary, in partnership with The Scottish Women and the Arts Research Network. Hosted by BBC Arts Correspondent Pauline McLean, this online event brings together an incredible array of writers, curators and artists to celebrate Eardley's life and work on what would have been her 100th birthday. Contributors from all over Scotland come together to explore Eardley’s career and legacy from a number of different angles and commemorate her contribution to Scottish art in the 20th century. Book your place now to join us in celebrating this much loved artist.

Independent Human Rights Act Review Roadshow

Date: Tuesday 18 May 2021
Time: 1700 - 1900
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online
Speaker: IHRAR chair and selected panel members

The Independent Human Rights Act Review (IHRAR), launched in December 2020, has been established to examine the framework of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), how it is operating in practice and whether any change is required. The review is being conducted by a Panel of eight members, chaired by Sir Peter Gross, a former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Following the close of IHRAR’s call for evidence, members of the IHRAR Panel are participating in a series of public events, which aim to engage and hear views from a wide range of interested parties to help inform their deliberations.

High-Stakes Assessments: Balancing, Spreading and Mitigating their Impact

Date: Wednesday 19 May 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis

The University is making efforts to lessen, where appropriate, the large and sometimes disproportionate impact of single or high-stakes assessment pieces on overall course grades. This is an area of active development, and a fuller description of this session's content will follow shortly. In the meantime, the session is open for booking.

Creative Conversations: Jeremy Atherton Lin

Date: Wednesday 19 May 2021
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Jeremy Atherton Lin

Reading and conversation with author Jeremy Atherton Lin

The Post-Black-Death Century: Economic Equality and its Consequences

Date: Thursday 20 May 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Samuel Cohn

The longest period when the gap between rich and poor narrowed followed the Black Death of 1348 and endured until around 1475 and longer in some places. The talk analyses consequences beyond economics as well as finding paradoxical developments in the political and cultural spheres. It goes on to explore another post-Black-Death paradox and present hypotheses.

Glasgow Clinical Trials Forum 2021

Date: Friday 21 May 2021
Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Categories: Conferences, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: University of Glasgow Zoom Webinar

The Glasgow Clinical Trials Forum event provides a 'one stop shop' for those interested in clinical trials to come together and understand how the trials infrastructure across the University and NHS is organised and can best support your research. Attendance is free of charge - we ask that you please register your participation on our Eventbrite page.

Decolonising the Curriculum at the University of Glasgow

Date: Wednesday 26 May 2021
Time: 09:30 - 13:30
Categories: Conferences, Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Zoom

A half-day symposium, open to staff and students of the University of Glasgow, to explore how and why we might decolonise the curriculum.

Embedding Employability in the Curriculum

Date: Thursday 27 May 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Maxine Swingler, Dickon Copsey and Gail Angus

In this workshop we will discuss definitions of employability and the skills, attributes and knowledge that comprise employability. With a focus on the current context, we will explore how to integrate graduate attributes and employability into our teaching and learning sharing good practice case studies which demonstrate active learning, critical self-reflection, work-related learning and raising awareness.

A Space in Between: Repairing Breast Cancer Narratives

Date: Thursday 27 May 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: Online
Speaker: Lori Delaney, Claire Collison, Dr Emily Underwood-Lee

Performance installation and panel discussion representing the lived experience of breast cancer treatment. Hosted by the School of Culture & Creative Arts as part of its Arts of Repair programme.

Reflective Service from the Taizé Community with Prayer and Song

Date: Tuesday 01 June 2021
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: Online via Chaplaincy YouTube
Speaker: Rev Dr. Carolyn Kelly

A reflective service from the Taize community, with prayer and song led by Rev Dr.Carolyn Kelly, University Chaplain with the University Chapel Choir conducted by Katy Cooper, Director of Chapel Music.

Creative Conversations: David Robertson

Date: Monday 07 June 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: David Robertson

Reading and conversation with Indigenous Canadian author David Robertson

WOW in the Workplace

Date: Monday 21 June 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Professor Ewan Macdonald, Dr Sheena Blair, Nicola McMeekin, Janet Bouttel, Abby Fraser, Rebecca Robinson

WOW is an Athena Swan group which aims to support and raise awareness of older (50+) workers and inter-generational wellbeing. Join us on this webinar about the wellbeing of older workers in the workplace and discover more about the ageing workforce, the phenomenon of retirement and the establishment of a menopause policy at UofG. With speakers including Dr Sheena Blair (former OT Programme Director at GCU) and Professor Ewan MacDonald this hour long webinar will be of interest to all – staff, line managers, and both older and younger workers.

Jesse Thistle

Date: Monday 21 June 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Jesse Thistle

Reading and conversation with Indigenous Canadian author Jesse Thistle

Connect with Climate Change - ‘Raising ambition: A tale of two regions'

Date: Tuesday 29 June 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:15
Categories: COP26
Venue: Online
Speaker: Various

The Connect with Climate Change series aims to offer a platform to engage with academics, students, public and businesses sharing ideas and views on a range of climate change topics. In advance of COP26 coming to Glasgow, these events will focus on “real time” discussions around the different climate issues. We want to provide a forum where, through open dialogue, convention can be questioned and act as a catalyst for positive sustainable change.