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What would democratic backsliding look like in the UK?

03 Nov

Date: Tuesday 03 November 2026
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: The Humanities Lecture Theatre The Gilbert Scott Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ
Speaker: Dr Hannah White, Professor Matthew Flinders and Mr Adam Lang

In the Autumn 2026 lecture series, we will explore what democratic backsliding is, what it looks like in other established democracies and what it would look like in the United Kingdom

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Chapel Service: Reformed Worship

03 Nov

Date: Tuesday 03 November 2026
Time: 18:10
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

A reflective evening service in the Reformed tradition, exploring the feast of All Souls.

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Lunchtime Organ Recital

04 Nov

Date: Wednesday 04 November 2026
Time: 13:10 - 13:50
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Caroline Craddock, Organist, Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh

Fifth in this semester's series of lunchtime organ concerts.

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Future Creatives

05 Nov

Date: Thursday 05 November 2026
Categories: Social events
Venue: Queen Margaret Union

Future Creatives is an annual event produced and delivered by the scca.partnerships project and the School of Culture & Creative Arts. It showcases the dazzling mix of creativity produced by School students.

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Choral Contemplations

10 Nov

Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026
Time: 18:10
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

A special Choral Contemplations concert in a series of events celebrating Glasgow’s 575th anniversary.

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Lunchtime Organ Recital

11 Nov

Date: Wednesday 11 November 2026
Time: 13:10 - 13:50
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Andrew Forbes, Director of Music, Glasgow Cathedral

Sixth in this semester's series of Chapel organ concerts.

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Choral Society & Chapel Choir: Mozart’s Coronation Mass

14 Nov

Date: Saturday 14 November 2026
Time: 19:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Performed by the University of Glasgow Choral Society and Chapel Choir, directed by Tiffany Vong

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Checks, Balances, or Backsliding? The 2026 US Midterm Elections

17 Nov

Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: The Humanities Lecture Theatre The Gilbert Scott Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ
Speaker: Christopher Carman

Just weeks after Americans return to the polls, this lecture asks what the 2026 midterm results mean for a Congress that has struggled to function as a co-equal branch of government.

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Chapel Service: Anglican Evensong - St Hugh of Lincoln

17 Nov

Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026
Time: 18:10
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Celebrating the feast day of St Hugh of Lincoln (1140–1200)

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Lunchtime Organ Recital

18 Nov

Date: Wednesday 18 November 2026
Time: 13:10 - 13:50
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Jonathan Smith, Glasgow

Seventh in this semester's series of Chapel organ concerts

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Chapel Service: Reformed Communion Service

24 Nov

Date: Tuesday 24 November 2026
Time: 18:10
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

All are warmly welcome to join us for this Reformed Communion service, led jointly by Trinity College and the University Chaplaincy.

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Lunchtime Organ Recital

25 Nov

Date: Wednesday 25 November 2026
Time: 13:10 - 13:50
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Damin Spritzer, Associate Professor of Organ, University of Oklahoma

The last in this semester's series of Chapel organ concerts

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"The Democratic Curse": Analysis of the Identity Crisis of Democracies

01 Dec

Date: Tuesday 01 December 2026
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: The Humanities Lecture Theatre The Gilbert Scott Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ
Speaker: Ariane Chebel d’Appoloonia

The scope and magnitude of the current backsliding in Western and non-Western democracies raise three questions addressed in this presentation: What are the root causes of democratic erosion? How the current crisis differs from previous ones? And what should be done to prevent or reverse illiberal and authoritarian trends?

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Chapel Service: Advent Carols (Anglican)

01 Dec

Date: Tuesday 01 December 2026
Time: 18:10
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Readings and carols to mark the beginning of Advent.

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University Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

06 Dec

Date: Sunday 06 December 2026
Time: 18:10
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

A traditional service of readings and carols telling the Christmas story.

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Chapel Service: Advent Compline (Anglican)

15 Dec

Date: Tuesday 15 December 2026
Time: 18:10
Categories: Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

A reflective service of choral compline. All welcome.

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