Public lectures

Public lectures


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Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by Andy Goldsworthy

Date: Friday 30 August 2019
Time: 17:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Speaker: Andy Goldsworthy

On Friday 30 August as part of the series of lectures to celebrate 20 years of the University of Glasgow in Dumfries, the School of Interdisciplinary Studies will host Andy Goldsworthy, a resident of Dumfries and Galloway since 1985, who will speak about his most recent projects and body of work.
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Flowers, Art and Health: from Monet to the Govanhill Baths

Date: Sunday 01 September 2019
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Govanhill Baths, 126 Calder St, Glasgow G42 7RA
Speaker: Professor Clare Willsdon

A public lecture at the recently restored Govanhill Baths, exploring the fascinating relationship of art, gardens, hygiene and health in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Part of the Scottish Civic Trust's 'Blooms with a View' weekend, celebrating 30 years of its Doors Open Days.

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Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by Colin Stewart

Date: Wednesday 18 September 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Speaker: Colin Stewart

Colin Stewart, Managing Director at Citigroup and a veritable force within the financial services industry in the UK has accepted our invitation to give a lecture as part of our 20th Anniversary Lecture Series.
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Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by Steph Scholten, Director of The Hunterian

Date: Monday 23 September 2019
Time: 17:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Speaker: Steph Scholten

Don’t miss your chance to listen to a fascinating talk, straight from an expert with exceptional and extensive knowledge in his subject area.
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Lecture by Professor Frank Coton

Date: Thursday 26 September 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus
Speaker: Professor Frank Coton

Lecture by Professor Frank Coton, Vice Principal (Academic and Educational Innovation), University of Glasgow.
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Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC

Date: Tuesday 01 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Speaker: The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC

Join us for a lecture by the highly respected Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC.

Unsilencing the Past: The Haitian Revolution

Date: Wednesday 09 October 2019
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: The Hunterian Museum
Speaker: Rachel Douglas

Profits from slavery transformed Glasgow. Haiti was one of the most intensive forms of Caribbean plantation slavery and the site of the Haitian slave-led revolution leading to independence (1804). How has Haiti been held up as a beacon to unsilence the past? CLR James’s classic anticolonial history shows the way. This public Black History Month lecture launches Rachel Douglas's new book Making the Black Jacobins: CLR James and the Drama of History (Duke University Press).
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Call and Response: the University of Glasgow and Slavery

Date: Wednesday 09 October 2019
Time: 15:30 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University Chapel
Speaker: Christine Whyte

The University of Glasgow has mounted a small exhibition in the heart of the Main Building, the University Chapel, reflecting on its connections to slavery. On 9 October, Christine Whyte will lead a tour of this exhibit and introduce a guest speaker from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture on the role of museums in commemorating slavery.

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Glasgow Gifford Lectures Autumn 2019 - Professor Mark Pagel

Date: Wednesday 23 October 2019 - Tuesday 29 October 2019
Time: 18:15 - 19:45
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building
Speaker: Professor Mark Pagel

Mark Pagel is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Reading University in the UK. He is best known for his work on building statistical models to examine the evolutionary processes imprinted in animal and human behaviour, from genomics to the emergence of complex systems, including language and culture. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution and co-author of The Comparative Method in Evolutionary Biology. His book Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind was one of the Guardian newspaper’s ‘best science books of 2012'.
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Sir William Weipers Memorial Lecture

Date: Friday 25 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: McCall Lecture Theatre, Garscube Campus
Speaker: Professor Alan Wilson

This year’s lecture will be delivered by Professor Alan Wilson BSc BVMS (1987) PhD. Alan graduated from Glasgow University in 1987 having studied Veterinary Medicine and an intercalated BSc in Physiology. He subsequently undertook a PhD in the Anatomy Department at Bristol University where he studied the mechanical basis of tendon injury. He went on to work as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate and then as a lecturer. Alan moved to the Royal Veterinary College in 1996 where he now holds the post of Professor of Locomotor Biomechanics and head of the Structure and Motion Laboratory.