Event listings

Jimmy Robert in Conversation

Date: Thursday 17 June 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Jimmy Robert

Artist Jimmy Robert and curator Mason Leaver-Yap (Associate Curator, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin) join Dominic Paterson (Curator of Contemporary Art, The Hunterian) to discuss Robert's exhibition Tobacco Flower, currently on display in the Hunterian Art Gallery. This conversation event will explore the exhibition's themes and the ways it extends Robert's existing body of work.

From Spare Oom to War Drobe: A Journey to Narnia with Katherine Langrish

Date: Thursday 17 June 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom webinar
Speaker: Katherine Langrish

Join us for a journey to Narnia with children's and YA fantasy author Katherine Langrish, in celebration of her new book!

Exhibition: Tears of Gold - Stories of Women Displaced From Home

Date: Friday 11 June 2021 - Thursday 17 June 2021
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Join us in the Memorial Chapel for an art exhibit for Refugee Festival Scotland 2021

The Gaelic Sessions

Date: Wednesday 16 June 2021 - Wednesday 23 June 2021
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Various

Chaired by Professor Nigel Leask, University of Glasgow and Professor Uisdean Cheape, University of the Highlands and Islands, The Gaelic Sessions will take place over two evenings in which experts from all over Scotland will explore Old Ways New Roads in the context of Gaelic language, history and culture.

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

Let's Talk Transformation @ UofG

Date: Friday 25 June 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uofg-staff-event-lets-talk-transformation-at-uofg-tickets-150532168769
Speaker: Chris Green, Chief Transformation Officer and University Transformation Leadership Team

Join the University's Transformation Leadership Team and Sponsors for a UofG staff-only event to learn about the exciting projects coming up for the institution.

International symposium TROPO UK 2021 / Simpósio Internacional TROPO UK 2021

Date: Saturday 26 June 2021
Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Categories: Conferences, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Online, via Zoom.
Speaker: Inês Machungo, Margarita Correia, Ana Paula Laborinho, Vinicius Terra, Fernando Venâncio, Francisco Calvo del Olmo, Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer

Bi-annual meeting of the Association of Teachers and Researchers of Portuguese Languages (TROPO UK). The event brings together academics, policy makers, and creative artists from the Portuguese-speaking world and beyond, to reflect on concepts of variety or variants of Portuguese language against the backdrop of decolonisation of the curriculum of teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language, Second Language, or Heritage Language.

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.

Music in the University Concert Series 2021-22

Date: Thursday 23 September 2021 - Wednesday 30 March 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: Glasgow University Concert Hall

Our Music in the University concerts will be back again in 2021-22 whether we'll be recording, streaming or hopefully inviting you back in person as part of a socially-distanced audience. We have performers booked in ready to go, so please check back here for details in due course. We look forward to sharing live music with you once again in the autumn!