Events

Social sciences events going on across the University of Glasgow and beyond.

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Image for Adam Smith 300 Global Reading Group - The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Adam Smith 300 Global Reading Group - The Theory of Moral Sentiments

05 Mar

Date: Tuesday 05 March 2024 - Sunday 02 June 2024
Time: 09:00
Categories: Social events, Academic events, Student events, Courses
Venue: Zoom

A reading group for academics, alumni, students, and the public to join together as a global community. Discuss Smith's ideas in The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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Reimagining Haiti: Decolonial Visions

29 Apr

Date: Monday 29 April 2024
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Online (Zoom link to be emailed to registered attendees)
Speaker: Dr Rachel Douglas, University of Glasgow

Rewriting or rasanblaj (gathering/re-assembling in Haitian Kreyòl) is a fundamental process at the heart of Haitian-style culture and rebuilding. The book on which this talk is based reorients Haitian studies around rasanblaj, testing its value as a methodological tool for interpreting Haitian culture and other cultures of the Global South. Rewriting in postcolonial contexts is often viewed as ‘writing back’ to metropolitan literary classics; here we turn instead to Haitians’ self-rewriting.

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Image for Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture with Mary McAleese

Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture with Mary McAleese

29 Apr

Date: Monday 29 April 2024
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Room 745, James McCune Smith Building, Building University of Glasgow
Speaker: Prof Mary McAleese and Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli

On Monday 29th April, the University of Glasgow will welcome Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland.

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Constructing large-scale 3D building models via LiDAR point clouds

30 Apr

Date: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online (Zoom)

This UBDC webinar explores using classified airborne LiDAR point clouds to model 3D urban areas.

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Image for The Gaitherin: Tackling Systemic Barriers to Scale Women’s Entrepreneurship in Scotland and Abroad

The Gaitherin: Tackling Systemic Barriers to Scale Women’s Entrepreneurship in Scotland and Abroad

09 May

Date: Thursday 09 May 2024
Time: 10:00 - 12:30
Categories: Public lectures, Social events, Academic events
Venue: Hothouse, Adam Smith Building, University of Glasgow
Speaker: Professor Eleanor Shaw OBE, Ana Stewart, Caren Holzman, John Anderson, Gillian Fleming

Join us to discuss how to tackle systemic barriers hindering women entrepreneurs' growth in Scotland and globally.

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Image for UNESCO RILA Spring School 2024: The Arts of Integrating (WORD SPRINGS)

UNESCO RILA Spring School 2024: The Arts of Integrating (WORD SPRINGS)

14 May

Date: Tuesday 14 May 2024 - Thursday 23 May 2024
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences, Exhibitions, Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Clarice Pears building
Speaker: More than 50 speakers from all over the world

UNESCO RILA's annual knowledge exchange and networking conference, looking at creative and multilingual ways of integration, this year with a focus on words and language. It is a collection of language taster sessions, discussions, workshops, presentations and performances. Free and open to all!

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A Practical Introduction to GitHub

23 May

Date: Thursday 23 May 2024
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Categories: Courses
Venue: Rm 101 Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Road Glasgow G12 8TB

This training course led by data scientists from UBDC provides a practical workshop on getting started using GitHub.

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Image for The Divine Economy with Paul Seabright

The Divine Economy with Paul Seabright

28 May

Date: Tuesday 28 May 2024
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW
Speaker: Paul Seabright

Paul Seabright, Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics, and former Director of the interdisciplinary Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, discusses his new book – “The Divine Economy

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Image for Book Launch and Workshop: Frame Shifting for Teachers: Developing a Conscious Approach to Solving Persistent Teaching Dilemmas

Book Launch and Workshop: Frame Shifting for Teachers: Developing a Conscious Approach to Solving Persistent Teaching Dilemmas

29 May

Date: Wednesday 29 May 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: St Andrew’s Building, Room 234
Speaker: Professor Brianna L. Kennedy

During this interactive workshop, Professor Brianna Kennedy (School of Education) and Dr. Amy Murphy (University of Georgia, United States) will present the key ideas in their book Frame Shifting for Teachers: Developing a Conscious Approach to Solving Persistent Teaching Dilemmas. They will invite participants to engage in interactive activities relating to key concepts, as well as discuss how these materials might be applied to their courses or contexts. Refreshments will be served.

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