2013

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Isotope Day: the hundredth birthday of isotopes, and Frederick Soddy's work at Glasgow
Date: 10 December 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: John Faithfull, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

Lady Anne Campbell, Countess of Strafford: one of Allan Ramsay's 'Young Beauties'
Date: 3 December 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Anne Dulau Beveridge, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

Resuscitating the Past: Heritage CPR
Date: 26 November 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Christina Gilfedder, Senior Honours Archaeology / Pop Up Museum
Location: Hunterian Museum

Mechanising moneymaking: Nicholas Briot and the Edinburgh Mint in the 17th Century
Date: 19 November 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Donal Bateson, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

Reynolds in Black and White: prints after Joshua Reynolds
Date: 12 November 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Mila Athayde, Museum Studies Intern (summer 2012)
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

Patriotic Pottery: The denial of Bo'ness?
Date: 5 November 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Stacey Clapperton, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Museum

The University of Glasgow and the Geological Exploration of Somalia
Date: 29 October 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: John Faithfull, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

You Took The Part That Once Was My Heart: Livingstone and trees
Date: 15 October 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Sybren Remema
Location: Hunterian Museum

The many lives of David Livingstone: multiple views of his work and reputation
Date: 22 October 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Justin Livingstone, School of Critical Studies
Location: Hunterian Museum

Scottish Encounters with Tropical Diseases
Date: 8 October 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Professor Mike Barrett
Location: Hunterian Museum

Alfred Russell Wallace – still in Darwin’s Shadow?
Date: 1 October 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Professor Roger Downie
Location: tbc

A rational taste for resemblance: 18th century portraits of the "great and the good" by Allan Ramsay
Date: 24 September 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Anne Dulau, Curator, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

An Italian bagpipe for a Scottish artist: David Allan's Calabrian Shepherds
Date: 17 September 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Vivien Williams, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

Living on the Edge: The archaeology of Roman Scotland
Date: 3 September 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Louisa Campbell (Dept of Archaeology)
Location: Hunterian Museum

Long Life in Birds 
Date: 10 September 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Professor Pat Monahan (School of Life Sciences)
Location: Hunterian Zoology Museum, Graham Kerr Building

Reaching the high notes: musical and biological aspects of singing like castrati
Date: 27 August 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Brianna Robertson, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Museum

Snakes on a Bedding Plane: fake and real fossil serpents
Date: 20 August 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Neil Clark, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

The Popup Museum presents "A Graduate on the Edge"
Date: 13 August 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Scott Ross
Location:

A Story of Rats and Puffins - Ecology on Ailsa Craig
Date: 6 August 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Bernie Zonfrillo, School of Life Sciences
Location: Hunterian Zoology Museum

Alexander Wilson - A Man of Culture, Science and Enlightenment
Date: 30 July 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Professor Gerry Carruthers, School of Critical Studies
Location: Zoology Museum

Faking It: The secret history of some museum objects
Date: 23 July 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Sally-Anne Coupar, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

Insect fakes: jolly jokes or fanatical forgeries?
Date: 9 July 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Geoff Hancock, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

Mapping the world for the emperor of China - the story of Glasgow's Kunyu Quantu
Date: 21 May 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Professor Nick Pearce, History of Art
Location: Hunterian Museum

Joan Eardley and her depictions of Glasgow children
Date: 14 May 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Anne Dulau Beveridge, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

The curious case of how Dr William Hunter acquired the foot of Owen Farrel, dwarf célèbre
Date: 23 April 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Sophie Kromholz, PhD student, History of Art
Location: Hunterian Museum

The richest woman on Mars: Alternative currencies
Date: 16 April 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Sally-Anne Coupar, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

'Bills of Mortality': Plague, pestilence and public health in the 17th century
Date: 9 April 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Bob MacLean, University of Glasgow Library
Location: Hunterian Museum

Prawn Cocktail: new research on Scottish fossil shrimps in The Hunterian
Date: 2 April 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Neil Clark, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

Mackintosh's Circle: The Influence of Japanese Art in Glasgow
Date: 26 March 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Michael Shaw, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

18th Century Forensic Science
Date: 19 March 2013
Time: 1.00pm (meet at 12.55pm)
Speaker: Stuart Macdonald, School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
Location: Anatomy Museum - meet at 12.55pm in Hunterian Museum

The Great and Good: Enlightenment portraits in The Hunterian collection
Date: 12 March 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Peter Black, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

Back to the Future: Interpreting coin finds in ASDA's car park
Date: 5 March 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Sally-Anne Coupar, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

Summer Sails: The Poem Prints of Ian Hamilton Finlay
Date: 26 February 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Calum Rodger, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

The blood-biting tyrant swimmer: a new crocodile species from The Hunterian collections
Date: 19 February 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Neil Clark, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

Power, pollution and princely ornaments: the many faces of coal
Date: 12 February 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: John Faithfull, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

Slice, dice, rasp and crunch: the teeth of fishes
Date: 5 February 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Maggie Reilly, Hunterian Curator
Location: Hunterian Museum

Paisley shawls at The Hunterian
Date: 29 January 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Suchitra Choudhury, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Museum

Allan Ramsay's portrait of Frances Hutcheson: new discoveries
Date: 22 January 2013
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Anne Dulau Beveridge (Hunterian Curator)
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

Medicine and Ministry: portraits of the John Burnses (father and son)
Date: 15 January 2013
Time: 1.00pm (meet at 12.55pm)
Speaker: Roy Miller (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow)
Location: Meet at Hunterian Museum for a very short walk to the Randolf Hall

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Unrivalled Collection Exhibition Talks

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:37:00 BST

Discover more about our latest exhibition This Unrivalled Collection: The Hunterian's first catalogue in this series of FREE lunchtime talks at 1pm every Wednesday from 22 May in The Hunterian Art Gallery. Attendance includes free entrance into the exhibition, normally priced £5 per person.