Event listings

A Moon for my Father

21 Mar

Date: Tuesday 21 March 2023
Time: 18:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Centre for Contemporary Arts
Speaker: Mania Akbari

Screening of Mania Akbar's 'A Moon for my Father' (2019) at the CCA, celebrating Persian New Year. Followed by pre-recorded interview between Akbari and Zahra Kosroshahi, Lecturer in Film & TV Studies. Part of the School of Culture & Creative Arts 'Thinking Culture' programme.

Making Music Your Career 22-23 SERIES

16 Jan

Date: Monday 16 January 2023 - Monday 24 April 2023
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
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
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.

Medical AI: addressing the validation gap

22 Mar

Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrf-ygqjguE9NlUx9-uLqR0IEutLzPDe0K
Speaker: Dr. Gael Varoquaux

Gael is a research director at the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA) at France. He is also the team leader of Soda - Computational and Mathematical Methods to understand health and society with data. He is also the director of scikit-learn operations at Inria foundation and core contributor of several open source projects in scientific computing with python.  In this talk, he is going to talk about evaluation of machine learning models in healthcare applications and the challenges associated with it.

RMA Colloquia: Dr Brianna E Robertson-Kirkland

22 Mar

Date: Wednesday 22 March 2023
Time: 17:15
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Studio 2, Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Dr Brianna E Robertson-Kirkland

Join Dr Brianna E Robertson-Kirkland (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / University of Glasgow) for "The Power of Singing for Health and Wellbeing: Scotland’s Singing for Health Network". Part of the RMA Research Colloquia in Music series.

Dunedin Consort Lunchtime Recital

23 Mar

Date: Thursday 23 March 2023
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
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
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

Friday Focus - Art Meets Science

24 Mar

Date: Friday 24 March 2023
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
Categories: Public lectures
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
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: Public lectures
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.

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
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
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. 

Ken Loach in Conversation with David Archibald

30 Mar

Date: Thursday 30 March 2023
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Categories: Public lectures
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: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Contemporary Art Curator Dominic Paterson

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

History of Art Research Seminar: Dr. Ayako Ono

19 Apr

Date: Wednesday 19 April 2023
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures
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
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!

Overtourism in Majorca: Screening of ‘Overbooking’

27 Apr

Date: Thursday 27 April 2023
Time: 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
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: Public lectures
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: Public lectures
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
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: Public lectures
Venue: University Concert Hall

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

Year 3+4 Performance Recitals [DAY 4]

05 May

Date: Friday 05 May 2023
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures
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
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: Public lectures
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
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: Public lectures
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.

Adam Smith Tercentenary Week

05 Jun

Date: Monday 05 June 2023 - Saturday 10 June 2023
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Various

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