2015
The Conversion of Mary Magdalen: A Case Study of French Caravaggism
Date: 15 December 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Elisabetta Toreno
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
The Myth and Monsters of the Deep Sea
Date: 8 December 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Lynne Kelman, PhD
Location: Zoology Museum, Graham Kerr Building
Alexander Wilson and the Solar Spots
Date: 1 December 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Lyndsay Fletcher, Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Location: Hunterian Museum
Alexander Shaw's Barkcloth: A catalogue of cloth collected on Captain Cook's voyages
Date: 24 November 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Bob McLean
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Designing the digital trail for The Kangaroo and the Moose
Date: 17 November 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Maria Economou
Location: Hunterian Museum
Trafficking Culture
Date: 10 November 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Christos Tsirogiannis, The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow
Location: Hunterian Museum
William Doughty's Portrait of an Artist, a recent acquisition
Date: 3 November 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Peter Black, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Magic Marsupials
Date: 27 October 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Maggie Reilly, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
A Tommy's Best Friend: The Lee Enfield Rifle
Date: 20 October 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Jesper Ericsson, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Museum
Local Hero – The Dawson VC 1915
Date: 13 October 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Donal Bateson, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Museum
Trafficking Culture exhibition talk
Date: 6 October 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Professor Simon Mackenzie, School of Social and Political Science, University of Glasgow
Location: Hunterian Museum
Science Showcase - Springs made from Light
Date: 29 September 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Sebastian Steinlechner, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Location: Hunterian Museum
Dutch and Flemish Landscape Etchings
Date: 22 September 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Peter Black, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Ova Blown, Curating a Historic Egg Collection
Date: 15 September 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Adam Hotson, Museum Studies Intern
Location: Hunterian Museum (change of venue - previously advertised as Zoology Museum, Graham Kerr Building)
Chapbooks: The Literature of the Streets
Date: 8 September 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Louise Creechan, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Unearthing Connections: Mediterranean Archaeology of the 2nd Millennium B.C.
Date: 1 September 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Angela Massafra, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Museum
Remembering the Old College: Objects of Reminiscence
Date: 25 August 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Ruth Turner, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Museum
Following this Insight Talk there will be a special Campus Tour delivered by the Student Representative Council in partnership with Ruth Turner. Ruth will highlight the architectural links with the Old College which can be found on campus. The Campus Tour is normally chargeable but is offered free for this event. No need to book, just stay after the talk. The tour will run from around 1.30pm until 2.30pm.
Science Showcase - Measuring Oxygen Use in the Eye by Using Light
Date: 18 August 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Prof Andrew Harvey, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Location: Hunterian Museum
Understanding Art
Date: 11 August 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Monica Callaghan, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
The Poetry of Place: Duncan Shanks and the Falls of Clyde
Date: 4 August 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Anne Dulau Beverage, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Science Showcase - The Many Colours of the Sun
Date: 28 July 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Iain Hannah, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Location: Hunterian Museum
Friends and Family - Naming species in 18th century natural history
Date: 21 July 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Dominik Huenniger, Goettingen University
Location: Hunterian Museum
Brachial Plexus Past, Present and Future
Date: 14 July 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Suzanne Thomson, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Museum
Rubens' Head of an Old Man*
Date: 7 July 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Peter Black, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
*Please note, this is a change to the previously advertised talk The Poetry of Place: Duncan Shanks and Tinto.
Louise Jopling: Artist and Teacher
Date: 30 June 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Alicia Hughes, Museum Studies student
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Using Light as a Ruler
Date: 23 June 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Christian Killow, School of Physics and Astronomy
Location: Hunterian Museum
Forensic Medicine
Date: 16 June 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Sam Maddra, University Archives
Location: Hunterian Museum
Romantic Poets in Conversation: William Blake and Robert Pollock
Date: 9 June 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speakers: Deryl Davis and Zanne Lyttle, Hunterian Associates
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Hoogstraten’s Road to Calvary: A Passion painting by a Rembrandt pupil
Date: 2 June 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Peter Black, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
A Light Calculator
Date: 26 May 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Jacquiline Romero, School of Physics and Astronomy
Location: Hunterian Museum
Exhibiting Modern Art at The Hunterian
Date: 19 May 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Mungo Campbell, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Torpedoed: Death on the High Seas
Date: 12 May 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Donal Bateson, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Museum
Messages in the Landscape in the art of Duncan Shanks
Date: 5 May 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Professor Paul Bishop, University of Glasgow
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Collecting Modern Art at The Hunterian
Date: 28 April 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Mungo Campbell, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Shedding Light on Heart Disease
Date: 21 April 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Jonathan Taylor, School of Physics and Astronomy
Location: Hunterian Museum
Voices from the Past: Setting up a Micromuseum in the Medical School
Date: 14 April 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Marjorie Allison
Location: Hunterian Museum
Mud, Minerals and Medicine
Date: 7 April 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Beverly Bergman, Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Location: Hunterian Museum
Glasgow Student Connections with the South Pacific
Date: 31 March 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Moira Rankin, University Archives
Location: Hunterian Museum
Duncan Shanks: Materials and Techniques
Date: 24 March 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Chris Allan, Former Hunterian Deputy Director
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
C T R Wilson: Scotland's first Physics Nobel Prize Winner
Date: 17 March 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Alex McKinnon, Centre for Open Studies
Location: Hunterian Museum
Hunting Rebels
Date: 10 March 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Jade Scott, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Museum
Harbours, Bridges and Canals: John Rennie, Scottish Engineer
Date: 3 March 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Donal Bateson, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Museum
Scotland and Fiji
Date: 24 February 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Sally-Anne Coupar, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Museum
Painting Flesh: Like Wine and Milk Mingled
Date: 17 February 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Hannah Woodward, Hunterian Associate
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery
Pieces of the Red Planet: New Research on Meteorites from Mars
Date: 10 February 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr John Faithfull, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Museum
Two Model Engines and a Clock
Date: 3 February 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Nicky Reeves, The Hunterian
Location: Hunterian Museum
Captain Cook and Fiji
Date: 27 January 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Professor Paul Bishop
Location: Hunterian Museum
Cool Sport: Curling Medals
Date: 20 January 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Dr Donal Bateson
Location: Hunterian Museum
Dating and Decoding: The Entombment of Christ
Date: 13 January 2015
Time: 1.00pm
Speaker: Susie Beckham, 4th Year History of Art (MUSE)
Location: Hunterian Art Gallery