2012
Heiroglyphic texts on the Hunterian sarcophagus and ushabti figures
Date: 11 December 2012
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Jennifer Turner (Postgraduate student, Classics)
Location: Hunterian Museum
William Hunter’s Dictionaries: The man and his time
Speaker: Francesca Mackay (MPhil in English Language; PhD student in English Language, University of Glasgow)
Date: 4 December 2012
Location: Hunterian Museum
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: An 18th century geologist in Argyll
Date: 27 November 2012
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: John Faithfull
Location: Hunterian Museum
Rembrandt as Theologian: Art and the Narrative of Salvation
Date: 20 November 2012
Speaker: Professor David Jasper (Theology and Religious Studies, University of Glasgow)
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
William Hunter and the American fossil mastodon molar: "... if this animal was carnivorous, we cannot but thank Heaven that its whole generation is probably extinct."
Date: 13 November 2012
Speaker: Stuart McDonald (Laboratory of Human Anatomy, University of Glasgow)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Painted with passion: the making of Rembrandt's Entombment sketch
Date: 6 November 2012
Speaker: Erma Hermens (History of Art, University of Glasgow)
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Black History Month Talk: David Livingstone
Date: 30 October 2012
Speaker: Justin Livingstone
Location: Hunterian Museum
Putting the Rembrandt exhibition together
Date: 23 Ocotber 2012
Speaker: Peter Black
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Black History Month Talk: African Adventures with Monica and Sally-Anne
Date: 16 October 2012
Speaker: Sally-Anne Coupar and Monica Callaghan (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
International Students: Educational outreach and collecting by Glasgow graduates in the 19th century
Date: 9 October 2012
Speaker: Kerry McDonald (University of Glasgow Archive Services)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Black History Month Talk: Fräulein Engelhardt by artist Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (1906-1996)
Date: 2 October 2012
Speaker: Peter Black (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Do some people grow three sets of teeth? Evidence from the anatomical collections of William Hunter
Date: 25 September 2012
Speaker: Stuart McDonald (Laboratory of Human Anatomy, University of Glasgow)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Dressed for success: 19th and 20th century student gowns from the Hunterian collections
Date: 18 September 2012
Speaker: Neil Dickson (formerly Mathematics Department, University of Glasgow)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Jade: what is it, and why is it such a good material for carving?
Date: 11 September 2012
Speaker: John Faithfull (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
"Three hundred guineas would not procure such another copy": A medieval treasure from William Hunter's library
Date: 4 September 2012
Speaker: Siobhan Buchanan (University Library Special Collections)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Tuesday 28 August
Please note there will be no Insight talk for this week only
Martian meteorites and the search for water on the red planet: New research at Glasgow
Date: 21 August
Speaker: Tim Tomkinson (Research Associate, Geographic and Earth Sciences)
Location: Hunterian Museum
We are the champions, no time for losers: A history of celebration, commemoration and medallic art
Date: 14 August
Speaker: Sophie Kromholz (PhD student, School of Culture and Creative Arts)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Pearl mussel peril: A species on the brink of extinction
Date: 7 August
Speaker: Rhian Thomas (Geographic and Earth Sciences)
Location: Hunterian Museum
The New Lanark Mills Archives at the University of Glasgow: The records of a unique business
Date: 31 July
Speaker: Emma Anthony (GU Archive Services)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Wunderkammer: Cabinets of curiosities and e-portfolios
Date: 24 July
Speaker: Sally-Anne Coupar (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Olympic Gold: The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Medals at The Hunterian
Date: 17 July
Speaker: Donal Bateson (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
The notorious Spanish Fly and some other Iberian Insects
Date: 10 July
Speaker: Geoff Hancock (Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
The Soddy Box – Nobel prize-winning science at Glasgow 100 years ago
Date: 3 July
Speaker: John Faithfull (Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Bob the Roman: Robert Adam and The Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian
Date: Tuesday 26 June
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Bob MacLean (GU Library)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Not Rare and Not Earths: The geology, uses and politics of the Rare Earth Elements
Date: Tuesday 19 June
Speaker: Dr John Faithfull (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Marvellous Medals: A taster of some highlights from the forthcoming FIDEM exhibition
Date: Tuesday 12 June
Speaker: Dr Sally-Anne Coupar (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
The Smell of the Sea: Not ozone but seaweed
Date: Tuesday 5 June
Speaker: Heidi Burdett (PhD student, Geography and Earth Sciences)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Celtic Coin Connections
Date: Tuesday 29 May
Speaker: Scott Ross (PhD student, Classics)
Location: Hunterian Museum
A Strange Doo: The Dodo and its relatives
Date: Tuesday 22 May
Speaker: Maggie Reilly (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Mackintosh in France: Two recent acquisitions
Date: Tuesday 15 May
Speaker: Professor Pamela Robertson (The Hunterian)
Location: The Mackintosh House
You Took The Part That Once Was My Heart: Trees in the life and death of David Livingstone
Date: Tuesday 8 May
Speaker: Sybren Renema
Location: Hunterian Museum
A Fossil Bat from Germany
Date: Tuesday 1 May
Speaker: Dr Neil Clark (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Zoology, Art and War: Hugh Cott and the development of modern military camouflage
Date: Tuesday 24 April
Speaker: Isla Forsyth (PhD student; Geographic and Earth Sciences)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Magic Carpets: The Stoddard-Templeton Archive at the University of Glasgow
Date: Tuesday 17 April
Speaker: Clare Paterson (Archive Services)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Dried and Varnished Preparations in the Anatomical Collection
Date: Tuesday 10 April
Speaker: Professor Stuart McDonald (IBLS)
Location: Anatomy Museum (Meet in main Museum at 12.50pm
The Great Hunterian Gem Heist of 1962
Date: Tuesday 3 April
Speaker: Dr John Faithfull (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
The White Rose and The Red Rose: Margaret Macdonald’s gesso panel in the Mackintosh House
Date: Tuesday 27 March
Speaker: Professor Pamela Robertson (The Hunterian)
Location: The Mackintosh House
A Biblical Epic: Benjamin West’s drawing of The drowning of Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea
Date: Tuesday 20 March
Speaker: Lizzie Jacklin (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Hard as Nails: 2000 years of metal fasteners in the University of Glasgow (re-scheduled from Tuesday 21 February)
Date: Tuesday 13 March
Speaker: Professor Paul Bishop (Geographic and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Wired Spider: How to preserve a giant tarantula in the eighteenth century
Date: Tuesday 6 March
Speaker: Geoff Hancock (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
The natural history of dragons
Date: Tuesday 28 February
Speaker: Professor David Houston (IBLS, University of Glasgow)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Hard as Nails: 2000 years of metal fasteners in the University of Glasgow
Date: Tuesday 21 February
Speaker: Professor Paul Bishop (Geographic and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow)
Location: Hunterian Museum
The Joy of Frogs: Amorous amphibian activities from around the world
Date: Tuesday 14 February
Speaker: Maggie Reilly (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Covenant and Coinage: A seventeenth century civil war coin hoard from Glasgow
Date: Tuesday 7 February
Speaker: Dr Donal Bateson (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
New dinosaur bones from Kem Kem in Algeria
Date: Tuesday 31 January
Speaker: Rachel Mitchell (Level 4 Earth Sciences student, University of Glasgow)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Leather Jack: William Hunter’s painting of a colourful London character
Date: Tuesday 24 January
Speaker: Peter Black (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum
Scottish Gemstones: The search for sapphires and diamonds
Date: Tuesday 17 January
Speaker: Dr John Faithfull (The Hunterian)
Location: Hunterian Museum