Public lectures

Public lectures


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The Ghost of Christmas yet to come: Looking ahead to the coming year(s) of the Brexit process

Date: Monday 25 November 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Charles Wilson Building
Speaker: Sir Ivan Rogers

Policy Scotland is delighted to welcome back is welcome back Sir Ivan Rogers to give a public lecture on the future of Brexit.
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Laetitia Vancon: In Conversation

Date: Thursday 28 November 2019
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

At this special event, Laetitia Vancon will discuss her work as a photographer in conversation with Mungo Campbell, Deputy Director of The Hunterian and curator of GUGA: Slighe gu Gàidhlig/ Exploring Gaelic Identities.
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Night at the Museum of Anatomy: Spotlight on Glasgow

Date: Thursday 28 November 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Anatomy Facility, Museum of Anatomy, Thomson Building
Speaker: Multiple

Well, it's back yet again by popular demand! Night at the Museum of Anatomy - Spotlight on Glasgow will truly showcase the amazing work that has gone on, and is currently happening, in Glasgow, in relation to anatomy. We have teamed up again with our friends and partners from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the School of Simulation and Visualisation, The Glasgow School of Art as well as many anatomy colleagues to bring you this much anticipated event.
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Café scientifique français d'Écosse

Date: Tuesday 03 December 2019
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Alliance Française de Glasgow, 3 Park Circus, Glasgow G3 6AX
Speaker: Alan Wiles (University of Glasgow)

Held in French, the "Café Scientifique" is a monthly rendez-vous where you can learn more about scientific topics in a relaxed and Francophone atmosphere! In French, minimum level B1 (Intermediate/Advanced) advised.
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Karen Campbell: Novelist

Date: Monday 09 December 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Karen Campbell

Our final Creative Conversations event of the year brings Karen Campbell to the Memorial Chapel to talk about her police novels and how her research feeds into her writing; she was awarded a Creative Scotland Artist’s Bursary for research into her most recent novel, The Sound of the Hours. Set in Italy in World War 2, it tells the story of a US Buffalo soldier, and a Scots-Italian family living in Barga. Free and all welcome.
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I am a Rohingya

Date: Monday 09 December 2019
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Shehzar Doja and James Byrne

A special event to celebrate 'I Am A Rohnigya' (Arc, 2019), featuring editors James Byrne and Shehzar Doja as well as readings recorded from the Cox’s Bazaar camps in Bangladesh. Free and all welcome
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Val McDermid: Crime Writer

Date: Monday 13 January 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Val McDermid

Opening Semester 2 of our Creative Conversations, we welcome Val McDermid, Britain’s Queen of Crime Fiction, with more than 30 books to her name and 16 million worldwide sales. Come and hear her talk with Louise Welsh about her many book series and projects. Free and all welcome!
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Helen McClory: Short Story Writer and Novelist

Date: Monday 20 January 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Helen McClory

We welcome Glasgow graduate Helen McClory back to campus for this session of Creative Conversations. Subjects may include her two flash fiction / short story collections, an obsession with Jeff Goldblum, and walking Lou Reed's dog. Free and all welcome!

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20th Holocaust Memorial Lecture

Date: Tuesday 21 January 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Bute Hall
Speaker: Professor Herbert Ulrich

For the 20th Holocaust Memorial Lecture we are delighted to welcome Professor Herbert Ulrich to the University of Glasgow to present his lecture entitled Final Solution. New answers to old questions.
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Kate Charlesworth: Illustrator and Writer

Date: Monday 27 January 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Kate Charlesworth

Illustrator and writer Kate Charlesworth is this week's guest at Creative Conversations. She has created comic strips for everyone from City Limits to Gay News, the Pink Paper to the Guardian and New Scientist and has also spent the last four years working on her latest book, the graphic novel, Sensible Footwear. Come and join us for some remarkable conversations! Free and all welcome.
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Nick-e Melville: Poet and Artist

Date: Monday 03 February 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Nick-e Melville

Nick-e Melville is our guest for Creative Conversations this week. Experimenting with and interrogating the imperatives of language, his work bridges visual and concrete poetics. Since 2010 he has had ten publications released, including a poster poem and a badge; his most recent book is ABBODIES (sad press 2017) and he was anthologised in the international collection of visual poetry The New Concrete (Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2015). Free and all welcome.
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Niall O’Gallagher: Glasgow’s Gaelic Makar / Bàrd Baile Ghlaschu

Date: Monday 10 February 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Niall O’Gallagher

In this bi-lingual event, Glasgow's Bàrd Baile (Gaelic Makar) Niall O'Gallagher comes to campus to talk poetry, translation, and using classical Gaelic poetic forms in new, vital ways. Join us for this exciting journey into multiple languages and contemporary Gaelic literature. Free and all welcome.
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Dean Atta: Poet and Drag Artist

Date: Monday 24 February 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Dean Atta

We are very excited to be welcoming poet and drag artist Dean Atta to Creative Conversations. His debut verse novel 'The Black Flamingo' has been describe as "a fresh and enriching perspective on what it means to be seen as different at the level of race, culture, identity, heritage and gender" (Malika Booker). Dean is one of the leading poets in the UK right now, with work of power and connection. Come along and enjoy: Free and all welcome!
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Will Harris: Poet

Date: Monday 02 March 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Will Harris

Will Harris is our guest for Creative Conversations this week. A prize-winning and widely published poet, we will be able to hear poems from his forthcoming collection 'Rendang' (Granta, 2020) as well as learn more about his poetic practice. Free and all welcome
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Iain Maloney: Novelist and Poet

Date: Monday 09 March 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Iain Maloney

In a rare UK visit, poet and novelist Iain Maloney returns to Glasgow University for our Creative Conversations series. Originally from Aberdee, Iain now lives and works in Japan and the country has influenced his writing in all its forms and in fascinating ways. Come and listen in - free and all welcome!
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Jemma Nelville: Human Rights Researcher and Writer

Date: Monday 16 March 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Jemma Nelville

Jemma Nelville is a writer committed to illuminating the times and places in which we live. Her debut book 'Constitution Street', part memoir, part social history and a call to action, focuses on real-life stories of the people living on the same street, bringing the social and political together. Join us for some very #CreativeConversations!
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Tessa Hadley: Novelist and Short Story Writer

Date: Monday 23 March 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Tessa Hadley

For the last Creative Conversations of the year, we welcome Tessa Hadley, novelist and short story writer. A lecturer in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, she is the author of six novels: Accidents in the Home (2002); Everything Will Be All Right (2003); The Master Bedroom (2007); The London Train (2011), Clever Girl (2014) and, most recently, Late in the Day (2019). Free and all welcome!