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Public lectures


Image for Byres Community Hub - Hub Monday on Peripheral Arterial Disease

Byres Community Hub - Hub Monday on Peripheral Arterial Disease

16 Mar

Date: Monday 16 March 2026
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Byres Community Hub, Clarice Pears building

Visit Byres Community Hub to see our public spaces, try our interactive exhibits, and meet volunteers, researchers and community groups.

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Humanities World Changers

16 Mar

Date: Monday 16 March 2026
Time: 10:00 - 15:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Glasgow University Union

Join us at GUU for this free, day-long event to reflect on the personal, professional and societal value of Glasgow Humanities degrees.

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Geological Society of Glasgow Lecture Series

13 Nov

Date: Thursday 13 November 2025 - Thursday 14 May 2026
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Kelvin Hall

Join the Geological Society of Glasgow for a free, public lecture series. The lectures take place on the second Thursday of every month in Kelvin Hall and are open to all to attend!

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ARC Conversations – Obesity & Weight Loss Drugs: Solution or Distraction?

17 Mar

Date: Tuesday 17 March 2026
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Naveed Sattar, Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine

Naveed Sattar, Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine at the University of Glasgow, discusses whether weight-loss drugs are good for society.

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Tourism and the Right to Place - International Women's Day 2026

18 Mar

Date: Wednesday 18 March 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Rutherford McCowan

Attend the inauguration lecture of Professor Anna de Jong in celebration of International Women’s Day 2026.

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Where to draw the line -- book presentation of Carnal Cinema: the Forbidden Interviews

19 Mar

Date: Thursday 19 March 2026
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: 8 Professor’s Square, 354 (Cosgrove Room)
Speaker: Andrew Lowes (author), Éric Dubois (illustrator); Kate Taylor (respondent)

At the start of the millennium Shetland-based comic writer Andrew Lowes wrote a series of cutting satirical interviews with familiar but imagined cinema celebrities for the online magazine Netribution. These were brought to life by French cartoonist Éric Dubois, with a breathtaking set of 28 illustrations many of which have never been published. For the first time these are brought together in a beautiful and hilarious book that should be dear to anyone who loves movies.

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Global Democracy & Human Rights

20 Mar

Date: Friday 20 March 2026
Time: 15:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Bridie Library, Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LX
Speaker: Naomi McAuliffe, Amnesty Scotland; Professor Kasey McCall-Smith, University of Edinburgh; Dr. İdil Akıncı-Pérez, University of Edinburgh; Dr. Julia Mc

The Scottish Council on Global Affairs and the University of Glasgow are delighted to host a roundtable discussion on the state of global democracy and human rights.

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JMS Network and AI Connects: Ubongabasi Kingsley Omon

20 Mar

Date: Friday 20 March 2026
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Kelvin Hall
Speaker: Ubongabasi Kingsley Omon and Pheona Matovu

An AI Connect special edition of the JMS Network series with Ubongabasi Kingsley Omon in conversation with JMS Scholar, Pheona Matovu.

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People & Excellence 2026: Celebrating Achievements in Knowledge Exchange & Innovation

23 Mar

Date: Monday 23 March 2026
Time: 14:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Celebration of staff and students delivering meaningful engagement, innovation and impact. Awards presentations.

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From private concerns to public narratives: tracing the rise of personal stories about crime

25 Mar

Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026
Time: 15:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Room 381, Adam Smith Business School, Adam Smith Building
Speaker: Jennifer Fleetwood, St George’s University of London

Jennifer Fleetwood traces changes in criminal justice, technology and media that accord novel forms of space, respectability and meaning to public storytelling about crime.

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JMS Network with Professor William Lez Henry

26 Mar

Date: Thursday 26 March 2026
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Kelvin Hall
Speaker: Professor William Lez Henry

Professor in Sociology and Criminology as well as writer, poet and community activist, Lez Henry joins us for the JMS Network event series.

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Byres Community Hub - Hub Monday on homelessness amongst asylum seekers and refugees

30 Mar

Date: Monday 30 March 2026
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Byres Community Hub, Clarice Pears building

Visit Byres Community Hub to see our public spaces, try our interactive exhibits, and meet volunteers, researchers and community groups.

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CinemARC: Tracing Light

02 Apr

Date: Thursday 02 April 2026
Time: 18:00 - 20:45
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Come to the ARC to watch Tracing Light and hear from researchers and those involved in making the film. Join us for this special CinemARC presentation of Tracing Light. After the film, you’ll hear from researchers and the people responsible for making the film, who will discuss and illuminate the multiple mysteries of light.

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Songs from the Cosmos featuring Lomond Campbell and David Mahon

07 Apr

Date: Tuesday 07 April 2026
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

A unique journey into sound and vision using muons with nuclear physicist David Mahon and BAFTA-winning artist and musician Lomond Campbell.

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Time, Trust, and Truth: How (Mis)Information Shapes What We Believe

08 Apr

Date: Wednesday 08 April 2026
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Time, Trust, and Truth is a public event exploring how trust in information is built, lost, and sometimes repaired — and how timing shapes what we believe. Panel discussion hosted by the Information Integrity Network.

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CinemARC: Interstellar

09 Apr

Date: Thursday 09 April 2026
Time: 17:30 - 21:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Join us for this special screening of Interstellar and hear from researchers about the science of the movie.

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Reflections of War & Society in Miniature: Lead Toy Soldiers from 1900-1960

10 Apr

Date: Friday 10 April 2026
Time: 18:30 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Come examine and explore the history of some of the toy soldier sets you might have only seen in shop windows!

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Fun with Benji the Robot Dog

11 Apr

Date: Saturday 11 April 2026
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Come and meet Benji the Robot Dog!

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Silent Agitator: Time to Organize

14 Apr

Date: Tuesday 14 April 2026
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane
Speaker: Ruth Ewan

Talk and Q&A with artist Ruth Ewan about the Silent Agitator public artwork in St Mungo Square.

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Our Time by Alasdair Skelton - Book Talk, Signing and Q&A

15 Apr

Date: Wednesday 15 April 2026
Time: 17:30 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Alasdair Skelton

This is a public lecture, Q&A session, and book signing to mark the recent release of Prof. Skelton's new book, Our Time.

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Responding to Alasdair Gray’s ‘Lanark’

15 Apr

Date: Wednesday 15 April 2026
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane
Speaker: Rachelle Atalla

Rachelle Atalla in conversation with Rodge Glass presented by The Alasdair Gray Archive.

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Emerging Quantum Technologies Summer School 2026

25 Jun

Date: Thursday 25 June 2026 - Friday 26 June 2026
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Glasgow University Union
Speaker: TBC

Join us for the second edition fo this very successful Summer School on Emerging Quantum Technologies: designed for researchers and industry professionals at all career stages, this Summer School offers a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts, participate in interactive workshops and engaging activities, and network with peers from academia and industry.

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