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Chapel Organ Recitals 2019

Date: Wednesday 16 January 2019 - Friday 08 November 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: Glasgow University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Dr Kevin Bowyer and Guests

Chapel Organ Recitals. Admission free without ticket. Generously supported by the Ferguson Bequest.

The German Revolution: Expressionist Prints

Date: Friday 01 March 2019 - Sunday 25 August 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

Featuring works by stellar artists such as Munch, Nolde, Schiele, Kokoschka, Kollwitz, Beckmann, Picasso, Goya and Gauguin, this major exhibition explores artists’ responses to the German Revolution of 1918-1919.

Launch of new interdisciplinary MSc degree in Philosophy of Mind and Psychology

Date: Wednesday 06 March 2019 - Tuesday 01 October 2019
Time: 15:00
Categories: Courses
Venue: Univesrity of Glasgow

The Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience in conjunction with the Department of Philosophy and the School of Psychology at the University of Glasgow are delighted to announce their new MSc degree course in Philosophy of Mind and Psychology. We are now accepting applications for entry in September 2019.

Hand Drawn Action Packed

Date: Saturday 16 March 2019 - Sunday 02 June 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

This touring exhibition at The Hunterian offers a glimpse into the imaginative worlds of ten extraordinary artists.

T. rex in Town

Date: Thursday 18 April 2019 - Wednesday 31 July 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Kelvin Hall

Step back in time to the Cretaceous period and meet Trix, Europe’s first Tyrannosaurus rex. This spectacular fossil forms the centrepiece of the touring exhibition T. Rex in Town - on show in Scotland for the first time. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to come face to face with a real T. Rex!

Postdigital Day

Date: Friday 26 April 2019
Time: 11:30 - 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Conferences, Academic events
Venue: Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow

Held at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Art, to encourage participation from the broader arts community in Glasgow, we present a practice-based research day that combines symposium-style activities with a live performance event, bringing together scholars and practitioners from across the school, college and further afield.

Postdigital Day

Date: Friday 26 April 2019
Time: 11:45 - 20:00
Categories: Conferences, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3JD

Join us for a study day and a live performance event, interrogating the term 'post-digital' from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Short talks, roundtable discussions and live performances aim to shed new light on the term, and actively consider its currency for researchers and practitioners across disciplines.

Outlander: A 'Television Studies' Study Day

Date: Friday 26 April 2019
Time: 12:00 - 18:00
Categories: Films and theatre, Academic events
Venue: Gilmorehill Halls, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Screen Seminars at the University of Glasgow and the Northern Television Studies Research Group present a special Study Day on Outlander.

Montreal Alumni Pub Gathering

Date: Friday 26 April 2019
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: Pub L'Ile Noire

You are invited to join UofG's Xiang Li, Adam Smith Business School Alumni Manager, for an alumni gathering at Pub L'Ile Noire. This is a chance for you to meet and network with fellow alumni in an informal and relaxed setting. There will be some light bites offered and the first drink is on us!

Chinese Language Classes

Date: Tuesday 30 April 2019 - Saturday 22 June 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Categories: Courses
Venue: TBC
Speaker: Confucius Institute

Chinese language courses. Enrolment is now open for our next block of classes! The new block of Chinese language classes begins on the 30th of April and ends on the 22nd of June 2019.

UNESCO RILA Spring School 2019

Date: Wednesday 01 May 2019 - Friday 03 May 2019
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Conferences, Exhibitions, Films and theatre, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Heart of Scotstoun Community Centre
Speaker: Multiple

The Artists and Academics working with the UNESCO Chair at the University of Glasgow will host their second Spring School on 1-3 May 2019. Registration is now open. This is a FREE event, but attendees are required to register in advance. This year’s theme is The Arts of Integrating: Labouring and Resting.

Constructing Places: Imagination, Heritage and Identities in Cultural Tourism

Date: Thursday 02 May 2019
Time: 09:30 - 14:45
Categories: Conferences, Films and theatre, Academic events, Student events
Venue: University of Glasgow, Gilmorehill Campus - with videolink to Dumfries Campus
Speaker: Prof Stijn Reijnders: Professor of Cultural Heriatge, Erasmus University Rotterdam

You are warmly invited to this one-day interdisciplinary symposium for postgraduate students with an interest in Cultural Tourism. The session will support early career researchers to explore different approaches to place narratives, in particular heritage narratives, and their impact on travel motivation and place consumption.

Gender and History annual Lecture

Date: Friday 03 May 2019
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Building University of Glasgow
Speaker: Professor Ruth Karras

The lecture will discuss the contradictions of a society in which warfare and reproduction were key determinants of masculine status, but in which an important elite segment excluded itself from those activities.

Washington DC Alumni Reception

Date: Friday 03 May 2019
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: The Loft At 600 F
Speaker: Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli

Join us in Washington DC for one of the must-attend events of the alumni calendar. It's a great opportunity to socialise, network and celebrate the success of UofG and our West Coast community and we think you should be there! The event will be held at the chic boutique space The Loft at 600 F on Friday 3 May.

Measuring Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Date: Tuesday 07 May 2019
Time: 10:30 - 17:30
Categories: Conferences, Academic events
Venue: Main Building Room 368

The aim of this event is to develop the capacity of the local entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems by focusing on possible scenarios and options for place-based innovation and entrepreneurial policies.

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by Dame Barbara Kelly

Date: Tuesday 07 May 2019
Time: 16:00 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Rutherford-McCowan Building, Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Speaker: Dame Barbara Kelly

Dame Barbara Kelly, Chair of the Crichton Campus Leadership Group, speaks about the history of The Crichton and the University of Glasgow in Dumfries. A fascinating look back at the history of this important institution!

Watch This Space: Gender, Responsibility and the Canon

Date: Thursday 09 May 2019
Time: 11:00 - 16:30
Categories: Conferences, Films and theatre, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Gilmorehill Halls, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ
Speaker: Professor Sarah Benet-Weiser (Department of Media & Communications, LSE)

#MeToo, Time’s Up, Black Lives Matter, Decolonising the Curriculum, Fake News, Equality & Diversity measures. These debates and many more like them all challenge educators and creatives alike to consider our responsibility in conveying knowledge and documenting history. Join us for this one-day symposium to investiage how such curatorial ethics apply to the curation, broadcasting and archiving of film and television.

Celebrity Organ Recital - Vernet Duo (Monaco/Nice)

Date: Friday 10 May 2019
Time: 18:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Olivier Vernet and Cédric Meckler play a programme of Romantic and 20th century organ works. Funded by the Ferguson Bequest.

Sound Tracks Live

Date: Tuesday 14 May 2019
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Drygate Brewery Glasgow

SoundTracks is the fortnightly podcast brought to you by UofG Careers and Alumni, that’s jam-packed with sound advice from our graduate world-changers to help keep your career on track. Join Podcast hosts Kez and Rosie on Tuesday 14 May for an exclusive opportunity to be part of a live recording at Drygate Brewery!

Connected Scotland Alumni Drinks Reception, Berlin

Date: Thursday 16 May 2019
Time: 17:00 - 19:30
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Winter Garden at British Embassy Berlin WSilhelmstr. 70, 10117 Berlin
Speaker: Richard Lochhead, Minister for Further Education and various guests from other Universities

Alumni Drinks reception hosted by Connected Scotland at The British Embassy in Berlin

‘Words Don’t Come Easily’: Reflections on Monster Truck’s Sorry and the discourse on race in German theatre

Date: Thursday 16 May 2019
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Room 208 (Hepburn Room), 7 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QH
Speaker: Dr Ann-Christine Simke, University of Glasgow

Dr Ann-Christine Simke sheds light on the current state of debate in German theatre’s engagement with race, using the controversial case of Monster Truck's performance 'Sorry' as a spring board.

Seattle Alumni Event

Date: Sunday 19 May 2019
Time: 16:00 - 18:30
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: 10 degrees

You are invited to join UofG Alumni and staff for an afternoon of drinks, canapés and hearing the latest news from your alma mater. This is a chance for you to meet and network with fellow alumni in an informal and relaxed setting. UofG's Jessica Constable will also be giving a brief update on all the exciting things happening on the ground at Glasgow!

San Francisco Alumni Reception

Date: Tuesday 21 May 2019
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Dogpatch WineWorks
Speaker: Bonnie Dean OBE, Vice Principal Corporate Engagement and Innovation

We are returning to San Francisco for one of the must-attend events of the alumni calendar. It's a great opportunity to socialise, network and celebrate the success of UofG and our Californian community - we think you should be there!

Rehearsing for Revolution and Counterrevolution in Latin America's Cold War

Date: Wednesday 22 May 2019
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Academic events, Student events
Venue: Room 208 (Hepburn Room), 7 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QH
Speaker: Dr Katherine Zien, McGill University

Join Dr Katherine Zien of McGill University for this special talk exploring the wide-ranging connections between theatre as a 'rehearsal of revolution' - as practitioner and theorist Augusto Boal famously claimed - and as a rehearsal for counterrevolution during Latin America's Cold War. Part of the Glasgow Theatre Seminar series at the School of Culture & Creative Arts.

Making Sense: Exploring Altered Perception Through ‘Notes on Blindness’

Date: Thursday 23 May 2019
Time: 16:30 - 21:00
Categories: Films and theatre, Social events, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Gilmorehill Halls, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ

An evening of interconnected events in which the award-winning film and virtual reality experience 'Notes on Blindness' (2016, Middleton & Spinney) provides a starting point to explore how we sense - and make sense of - the world, and to ask what lies at the borderline of physical and technological experience.

Munro Challenge 2019

Date: Saturday 25 May 2019 - Monday 27 May 2019
Time: n/a - n/a
Categories: Social events, Student events, Alumni events, Sports events
Venue: n/a

Can you bag a Munro and raise funds for cancer research at the University of Glasgow? To register a team, or for further information, please contact Rosie.Munro@glasgow.ac.uk

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Spring Recital, Performance by the University of Glasgow Chapel Choir

Date: Sunday 26 May 2019
Time: 19:00 - 22:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: Crichton Memorial Church, The Crichton, Dumfries, DG1 4ZZ

The University of Glasgow Chapel Choir will present a programme of choral music for a Spring evening, including secular and sacred music by composers from Scotland, and further afield.

Transgender: Intersectional/International

Date: Tuesday 28 May 2019 - Wednesday 29 May 2019
Time: 09:30 - 21:30
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Old Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh
Speaker: Renata Carvalho - transgender artist, Brazil

‘Transgender: Intersectional/International’ is a two-day international multidisciplinary conference to be held at University of Edinburgh on 28-29th May 2019, with support of Glasgow Human Rights Network and sponsors including Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities and the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences.

Quality & Diversity in International Children’s Televison

Date: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Categories: Conferences, Social events, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AW

A rare opportunity to view and debate a selection of the best of today's international children’s television, as presented at the world-leading Prix Jeunesse International Festival 2018. Taking as its focus questions of quality and diversity, this specially curated event will bring together media professionals, educators and researchers for a valuable insight into contemporary programming for children and young people.

Destination Research

Date: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Senate Room, Main Building, University of Glasgow

Destination Research aims to inspire and educate you about the University’s vital role in tackling society’s greatest challenges. Each year, researchers at the University of Glasgow make discoveries that will benefit the lives of people across to the UK, and we want to give you the chance to hear from some of our leading researchers as they focus on how their research will transform lives in the local community and beyond.

Sir Alexander Stone Lecture

Date: Thursday 30 May 2019
Time: 18:30 - 19:45
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Cameron McNeish

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT For the Sir Alexander Stone Lecture this year, we are delighted to welcome Cameron McNeish to the University of Glasgow. The late Sir Alexander Stone, Glasgow solicitor and bibliophile, was a benefactor to the University. His belief in the skill of oratory led to his sponsoring lectureships in rhetoric and bibliophily.

Glasgow Chamber Orchestra: Conductor - Robert Baxter

Date: Saturday 01 June 2019
Time: 19:30
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Bute Hall, off University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Programme: Borodin Polovtsian Dances, Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherezade and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations played by the winner of the RCS Cello Concerto Competition, Balazs Renczes (cello).

James Watt Symposium

Date: Wednesday 05 June 2019
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Kelvin Gallery

The James Watt Bicentenary Symposium is a one-day event to mark the legacy of James Watt and explore the future opportunities and challenges for Engineering.

RSE/RAEng James Watt Lecture - Inspiration and Innovation: the role of Grand Challenges

Date: Wednesday 05 June 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Ceremonial events, Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS

Humanity is facing unprecedented challenges from a population set to reach 10 billion by 2050, placing increasing demands on our planet and its resources. At the same time, an exponential increase in the rate of technological change is creating a world that is smarter, faster and more connected. Engineering is crucial to the international effort to drive sustainable economic growth by harnessing the benefits of the latest innovations.

Glasgow Science Festival 2019

Date: Thursday 06 June 2019 - Sunday 16 June 2019
Time: 09:00 - 22:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Films and theatre, Public lectures
Venue: Various
Speaker: Various

Glasgow Science Festival returns for the 13th year with a fantastic array of events for all ages. Explore the science and engineering that’s shaping life on Earth through talks, art, film, experiments, family days and more!

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Day of Curiosity

Date: Saturday 08 June 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Open days and visits
Venue: Wigtown Book Town, DG8 9HN

Wigtown Book Town in Association with A Year of Conversation hosts the University of Glasgow Dumfries Campus for A DAY OF CURIOSITY.

Get Your Scots Wirds Oot and Caa Awa!

Date: Tuesday 11 June 2019
Time: 13:00 - 13:50
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Wolfson Medical Building, Hugh Fraser
Speaker: Dr Joanna Kopaczyk and Prof Carole Hough

Bring your favourite Scots word to this interactive workshop on multilingual strands in Scots and learn how to uncover their histories using free online resources, with expert linguists Dr Joanna Kopaczyk and Prof Carole Hough from the University of Glasgow.

Get Your Scots Wirds Oot and Caa Awa!

Date: Tuesday 11 June 2019
Time: 14:00 - 14:50
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Wolfson Medical Building, Hugh Fraser
Speaker: Dr Joanna Kopaczyk and Prof Carole Hough

Bring your favourite Scots word to this interactive workshop on multilingual strands in Scots and learn how to uncover their histories using free online resources, with expert linguists Dr Joanna Kopaczyk and Prof Carole Hough from the University of Glasgow.

Supervision (title TBC)

Date: Wednesday 12 June 2019
Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Martyn Kingsbury, Imperial College London

Martyn is Director of the Educational Development Unit at Imperial College London; a group of academics and support staff from a variety of different disciplinary backgrounds, the former of whom have experience of teaching and supervision at undergraduate and postgraduate level, with expertise in educational theory and practice.

Requiem for Solstice with the University Chapel Choir

Date: Friday 21 June 2019
Time: 21:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Celebrate the Longest Day with a late evening concert by candlelight in the tranquil surroundings of the University Memorial Chapel.

Protein Dynamics in Cancer

Date: Sunday 30 June 2019 - Wednesday 03 July 2019
Time: 15:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Bute Hall
Speaker: Keynote Speaker - David Ron

This conference will detail and integrate different ways in which protein dynamics both protect against cancer and contribute to cancer maintenance. As these pathways can also have perturbations and greater dependencies in cancer, a key theme of our conference will be to better understand how these pathways can be targeted for cancer therapy.

International Institute of Public Finance Congress (IIPF)

Date: Wednesday 21 August 2019 - Friday 23 August 2019
Time: 09:00 - 17:30
Categories: Conferences
Venue: The University of Glasgow's main campus
Speaker: Rachel Griffith, Nathaniel Hendren, Jonathan Portes, Stefanie Stantcheva

It is our pleasure to welcome you to the 75th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF 2019), held at the University of Glasgow from the 21 August - 23 August 2019. The International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) is the world organisation of public finance economists, comprising approximately 750 members from over 50 countries. In an increasingly specialised academic field, the IIPF seeks to generate intellectual interchanges among public finance experts.

Conference: Interdisciplinarity, The New Discipline?

Date: Tuesday 03 September 2019 - Thursday 05 September 2019
Time: 18:00 - 15:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL

The School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, will mark 20 years of the University of Glasgow’s presence at its Dumfries campus with a conference examining interdisciplinarity, its evolving interpretations, histories and uses.

Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series 2019/20 - opening concert

Date: Thursday 26 September 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Details to be announced.

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Chapel Organ Recitals 2019

The German Revolution: Expressionist Prints

Launch of new interdisciplinary MSc degree in Philosophy of Mind and Psychology

Hand Drawn Action Packed

T. rex in Town

Postdigital Day

Postdigital Day

Outlander: A 'Television Studies' Study Day

Montreal Alumni Pub Gathering

Chinese Language Classes

UNESCO RILA Spring School 2019

Constructing Places: Imagination, Heritage and Identities in Cultural Tourism

Gender and History annual Lecture

Washington DC Alumni Reception

Measuring Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by Dame Barbara Kelly

Watch This Space: Gender, Responsibility and the Canon

Celebrity Organ Recital - Vernet Duo (Monaco/Nice)

Sound Tracks Live

Connected Scotland Alumni Drinks Reception, Berlin

‘Words Don’t Come Easily’: Reflections on Monster Truck’s Sorry and the discourse on race in German theatre

Seattle Alumni Event

San Francisco Alumni Reception

Rehearsing for Revolution and Counterrevolution in Latin America's Cold War

Making Sense: Exploring Altered Perception Through ‘Notes on Blindness’

Munro Challenge 2019

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Spring Recital, Performance by the University of Glasgow Chapel Choir

Transgender: Intersectional/International

Quality & Diversity in International Children’s Televison

Destination Research

Sir Alexander Stone Lecture

Glasgow Chamber Orchestra: Conductor - Robert Baxter

James Watt Symposium

RSE/RAEng James Watt Lecture - Inspiration and Innovation: the role of Grand Challenges

Glasgow Science Festival 2019

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Day of Curiosity

Get Your Scots Wirds Oot and Caa Awa!

Get Your Scots Wirds Oot and Caa Awa!

Supervision (title TBC)

Requiem for Solstice with the University Chapel Choir

Protein Dynamics in Cancer

International Institute of Public Finance Congress (IIPF)

Conference: Interdisciplinarity, The New Discipline?

Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series 2019/20 - opening concert