All University Events

All University Events


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Innovation districts, partnerships and communities of innovation

01 Dec

Date: Friday 01 December 2023
Time: 08:45 - 11:00
Categories: Conferences, Academic events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Ln, Glasgow, G11 6EW

To conclude the Scottish programme of National Productivity Week, join the Scotland Productivity Forum and the IRT Digital Society and Economy at the University of Glasgow for an illuminating and insightful conference event: “Innovation, place and communities: innovation districts, partnerships and comunities of innovation”.

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Assessing the affordability of the private rented sector for LHA recipients

01 Dec

Date: Friday 01 December 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Conferences, Academic events
Venue: Online

How affordable is the private rented sector (PRS) in Scotland? What is being done to prevent Local Housing Allowance (LHA) shortfalls?

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Ruth Ewan: A JUKEBOX of People Trying to Change the World

28 Aug

Date: Monday 28 August 2023 - Wednesday 10 January 2024
Categories: Concerts and music, Exhibitions
Venue: Queen Margaret Union

Ruth Ewan’s ‘A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World’ will be installed for six months in the QMU’s bar. The jukebox contains 2,000 tracks which address a broad range of social and political issues. Tracks are organised into themes including feminism, land rights, poverty, civil rights and ecology. Presented by Thinking Culture and The Dear Green Bothy.

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Stage and Screen: Designs from the James L Gordon Collection

10 Nov

Date: Friday 10 November 2023 - Sunday 25 February 2024
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

This visually engaging exhibition offers a glimpse into a unique personal collection of 20th-century theatre designs.

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The Trembling Museum

02 Dec

Date: Saturday 02 December 2023 - Sunday 05 May 2024
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

In this new exhibition, filmmaker and scholar Manthia Diawara and art historian and curator Terri Geis collaborate with The Hunterian to create an exhibition that showcases and reinterprets its collection of African art.

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Trembling with Dodescaden

02 Dec

Date: Saturday 02 December 2023
Time: 14:30 - 15:30
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery
Speaker: Dodescaden

Performance from dance company Dodescaden in response to themes from 'The Trembling Museum'

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Madrigirls Advent Service - 6pm

03 Dec

Date: Sunday 03 December 2023
Time: 18:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Madrigirls' much-loved annual concert of music and readings for Advent, featuring a cappella sacred and folk music from around the world.

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Madrigirls Advent Service - 6pm

03 Dec

Date: Sunday 03 December 2023
Time: 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Madrigirls' much-loved annual concert of music and readings for Advent, featuring a cappella sacred and folk music from around the world.

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Creative Conversations: Kathleen Jamie

04 Dec

Date: Monday 04 December 2023
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Kathleen Jamie

Poet and Makar Kathleen Jamie in Conversation

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The Tell Tale Rooms

05 Dec

Date: Tuesday 05 December 2023
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Andrew Kotting

Artist Andrew Kötting will be presenting a selection of works contextualizing The Tell Tale Rooms project.

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Live Alone, Die at the Mercy of Others: a multidisciplinary conversation on the social experience of death

05 Dec

Date: Tuesday 05 December 2023
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: The ARC
Speaker: Michael Cholbi, Nathan Woodling

In this discussion Prof. Michael Cholbi – Professor in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh – and Dr. Nathan Woodling – Lecturer in Molecular Biosciences at the University of Glasgow – will explore the biological, philosophical, legal and societal frames of death.

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Bio-Lit Talks: Live Alone, Die at the Mercy of Others

05 Dec

Date: Tuesday 05 December 2023
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Prof. Michael Cholbi, Dr. Nathan Woodling

An interdisciplinary discussion, investigating the ways in which our death - beyond our biology - is determined by our society

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Live Alone, Die at the Mercy of Others: a multidisciplinary conversation on the social experience of death

05 Dec

Date: Tuesday 05 December 2023
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Social events, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (ARC)

In this series, we are discussing Death and Dying and their inextricable connection to our everyday cognition, imagination, behaviour, and societal structures.

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Advent Carol Service

05 Dec

Date: Tuesday 05 December 2023
Time: 18:10
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

New for 2023, the Honorary Anglican Chaplains and Chapel Choir lead an advent service of lessons and music.

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Research Seminar: ENSA – approaches to a reassessment

06 Dec

Date: Wednesday 06 December 2023
Time: 12:30 - 14:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Seminar Room 123a, Gilmorehill Halls, 9 University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Speaker: Professor Anselm Heinrich

Colleagues are warmly invited to join us for our next theatre studies research seminar and lunchtime mince pies. We would love to see you in person, please sign up for a place on Eventbrite. For those unable to make it, you can join the seminar on zoom. For the zoom link, which will be sent out that week, or any other queries, please email Liz at elizabeth.tomlin@glasgow.ac.uk.

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On the use of magical wards in costly collective action: Japanese ninjas, Russian rebellion and Congo uprising

06 Dec

Date: Wednesday 06 December 2023
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Adam Smith 706 (hybrid)
Speaker: Dr Vladimir Maltsev, Glasgow

Increasing the probability of winning and reducing the expected costs of conflict are strategies that can influence participation in risky collective action, such as wars or rebellions. However, this strategy does not have to be exclusively tied to material factors such as technology or strength in numbers. At times, spiritual thinking can be just as effective in influencing the perceived probability of winning and/or costs of conflict. I apply this insight to numerous historical cases: the uprising of Iga ninjas in Japan), the rebellion of Stepan Razin in Russia, and the uprising of Pierre Mulele in Congo.

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The Hunterian's Festive Evening for all University staff

07 Dec

Date: Thursday 07 December 2023
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: The Hunterian Museum

Join us for our annual all-staff evening at the Hunterian Museum to enjoy our collections after hours and celebrate the festive period!

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CinemARC: Winter Lights

07 Dec

Date: Thursday 07 December 2023
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Join us at our big screen for the final CinemARC screening of 2023, Winter Lights.

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Winter Warmer at the ARC

09 Dec

Date: Saturday 09 December 2023
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

A family-friendly afternoon of festive fun, with a special smattering of events focussing on the theme of light.

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University of Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

10 Dec

Date: Sunday 10 December 2023
Time: 18:00
Categories: Ceremonial events, Concerts and music, Social events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

The annual University Service of Nine Lessons and Carols.

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Adam Smith Business School/Barefoot in Business Pop Up Shop

13 Dec

Date: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Time: 12:30 - 14:00
Categories: Social events
Venue: The Atrium, Adam Smith Business School, 2 Discovery Place

Adam Smith Business School students have been working with pupils from two Glasgow Primary Schools on a business initiative, Barefoot in Business. This initiative culminates in a pop-up shop selling tote bags sustainably produced by Ugandan women entrepreneurs. Pupils from both schools will be selling their bags in The Atrium of the new Adam Smith Business School building, 2 Discovery Place. Please come along to support the initiative, buy a bag and see how some of our local primary schools are already on their way to becoming world changers!

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​Seeing Others: How Recognition Works – and How It Can Heal a Divided World

13 Dec

Date: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Public lectures, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Online (Zoom link to be emailed to registered attendees)
Speaker: Michèle Lamont, Harvard University

In this seminar, Professor Michèle Lamont will discuss her new book which explores the power of recognition – in rendering others as visible and valued – by drawing on nearly forty years of research and new interviews with young adults, and with cultural icons and change agents who intentionally practice recognition – from Nikole Hannah Jones and Cornel West to Michael Schur and Roxane Gay – showing how new narratives are essential for everyone to feel respect and assert their dignity.

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The Council of Europe: Enhancing Minority and Linguistic Rights in Scotland

13 Dec

Date: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery, Room 103 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ

A discussion of Europe’s leading human rights organisation and how it can support moves to enhance the rights of ethnic and linguist minorities.

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Does God Play Dice?

13 Dec

Date: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building LT 201
Speaker: Professor Miles Padgett

Professor Miles Padgett FRS, is a Royal Society Research Professor and also holds the Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. He leads an optics research team covering a wide spectrum from blue-sky research to applied commercial development. Towards the end of the 19th Century many scientists thought that science itself was complete. However, in 1905 Einstein published three areas of work that caused everyone to think again and set a significant fraction of the physics agenda ever since. This is the topic of this lecture.

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UBDC Zoopla Data Workshop

14 Dec

Date: Thursday 14 December 2023
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online (Zoom)

At this workshop, we bring together people working with the Zoopla dataset from The Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC), the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) and other data users, as well as a presentation from Zoopla about recent developments in the data.

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London Burns Supper

12 Jan

Date: Friday 12 January 2024
Time: 18:30 - 23:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: The Caledonian Club, London

Join us for a celebration of Scottish culture and heritage at our London Burns Supper, with a night of great entertainment, whisky and food!

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Applying for Student-Staff Partnership Scheme (SSPS)

17 Jan

Date: Wednesday 17 January 2024
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Sarah Honeychurch, Catherine Omand and members of SSPS projects

The Learning and Teaching Development Fund (LTDF) supports developments in the practice of learning and teaching that will make significant contributions to the enhancement of learning and teaching across the University and to the delivery of the objectives of the Learning and Teaching Strategy. This call for bids is specifically targeted at partnership work between students and members of academic staff. In this session we will look at what makes a good SSPS application by looking at the current call for bids in detail.

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Global Burns

24 Jan

Date: Wednesday 24 January 2024
Time: 10:00 - 18:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Online

Join us online for discussion, laughter and an insight into the life and times of Robert Burns!

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Glasgow Burns Supper

27 Jan

Date: Saturday 27 January 2024
Time: 18:30 - 23:00
Categories: Social events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Bute Hall

Join us for a celebration of Scottish culture and heritage at our Glasgow Burns Supper, with a night of great entertainment, whisky and food.

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​Forgetting Scotland's Slavery Past: History, Memory, Memorialisation

29 Jan

Date: Monday 29 January 2024
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Online (Zoom link to be emailed to registered attendees)
Speaker: Dr Stephen Mullen, University of Glasgow

This lecture examines how West India merchants, planters and enslavers were represented in the 18th and 19th century Scotland, and how carefully planned post-mortem strategies shaped positive identities and minimised slavery connections.

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Washington Burns Celebration

01 Feb

Date: Thursday 01 February 2024
Time: 18:30 - 21:00
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: The Hamilton, 600 14th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20005, United States

Join us for a celebration of Scottish culture and heritage at our Washington Burns Celebration.

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Boston Burns Supper

03 Feb

Date: Saturday 03 February 2024
Time: 18:30 - 23:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Hampshire House, Boston

Join us for a celebration of Scottish culture and heritage at our Boston Burns Supper.

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Articulating and Categorising Ethnic Identity: Reflections on Politics of Recognition and (Mis)representation in ‘Big Data’ Using the EVENS Survey

20 Feb

Date: Tuesday 20 February 2024
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: University of Glasgow (In-person, with hybrid option)
Speaker: Professor Nissa Finney, University of St Andrews

In a world awash with data how do we untangle ethnic identifications and their meanings, and how well do ‘big data’ capture ethnic identities? In this talk, Nissa considers how people articulate their ethnic identity, how this is – and isn’t - captured by statistical categorisations used as standard in Britian, and the implications of this for how we conduct research and the creation of knowledge on experiences of minoritized people.

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Postgraduate Online Event

05 Mar

Date: Tuesday 05 March 2024
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: Online Event Platform

Chat to staff, students and academics to find out all about life as a postgraduate student at UofG! Join us for sessions from university service teams and academic information sessions.

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