Advanced Research Centre

Songs from the Cosmos featuring Lomond Campbell and David Mahon

07 Apr

Date: Tuesday 07 April 2026
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Categories: Concerts and music, 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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Muonophone Exhibition

08 Apr

Date: Wednesday 08 April 2026 - Friday 17 April 2026
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Come along to this special installation of the Muonophone, a one-of-a-kind installation that combines music, physics and design.

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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, Films and theatre
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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Greenlight or Game Over: Videogames and IP

10 Apr

Date: Friday 10 April 2026
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Open days and visits, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Explore the strategic development of videogame IP into a television series or film in this interactive workshop.

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Play Across Time: A Night of Scottish Game History

10 Apr

Date: Friday 10 April 2026
Time: 16:00 - 20:00
Categories: Open days and visits, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Exploring the history of Scottish games and gaming. Join us for a night exploring the history of Scottish games and gaming through an exciting programme of interactive activity.

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Shape Your History: Clay Chess Piece Making Inspired by the Lewis Chessmen

10 Apr

Date: Friday 10 April 2026
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Inspired by the Fir-thàilisg Leòdhais (Lewis Chessmen) this workshop invites you to create a chess piece from air dry clay.

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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: Exhibitions, 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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CinemARC: Alice in Wonderland

11 Apr

Date: Saturday 11 April 2026
Time: 10:45 - 12:00
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Join us for this CinemARC screening of the 1951 Disney film, Alice in Wonderland.

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Spring Fling Family Day: About Time

11 Apr

Date: Saturday 11 April 2026
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

Come along to our free, family-friendly events and activities inspired by this year’s theme, About Time. We're back with a spring in our step for our Family Day at the Spring Fling!

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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, Exhibitions
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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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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ARC Conversations: The Art of Research - expanding disciplinary horizons

28 Apr

Date: Tuesday 28 April 2026
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Academic events, Public lectures
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Chair: Dominic Paterson, Professor of History of Art. Panel: Sotiria Grek, Professor of Science, Knowledge and Public Policy, Lisa Bradley, Senior Lec

Hear from our panel how creative practice can enrich interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration.

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