School of Critical Studies

2020/21 Haiku/Senryu Poetry Competition Results

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:34:00 BST

All students and staff of the University of Glasgow were invited to submit contemporary Haiku/Senryu on the theme of COVID-19 and remote study/teaching/working.

Sophie Collins wins again!

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:34:00 BST

Many congratulations to Creative Writing’s very own Sophie Collins, who was awarded the 2019 Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize for her collection ‘Who Is Mary Sue?’.

Voyages of the Imagination - Friday 18 October, 4pm-6pm, in the Edwin Morgan room, 101 (ground floor) 5 University Gardens

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:37:00 BST

Fantasy, Reality and a Book Launch of The Summer Isles: A Voyage of the Imagination by Philip Marsden

Scottish Writers Showcase and Drinks Reception - 22 August, 18:00 – 20:00, University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:54:00 BST

Ajay Close, Amanda Thomson, Anna Levin, Ambrose Parry, Martin Macintyre and Polly Clark - chaired by Louise Welsh

Beastly Modernisms - September 12-13, 2019

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:19:00 GMT

Building on the foundational work on animals and modernism by Carrie Rohman, Margot Norris, Kari Weil, Derek Ryan and others, Beastly Modernisms invites papers on animals and all aspects of modernist culture.

Call For Papers - RSE Network: Teaching Catholicism and Literature in 21st Century Scotland Workshop

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 10:34:00 BST

This two-day Workshop will consider how Catholicism and Literature are taught in Schools and Universities in 21st Century Scotland

Symposium on Fantasy and the Fantastic - Friday May 10th, 2019

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:31:00 BST

On Friday May 10th, an ArtsLab-funded Fantasy Symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, and creative industry professionals to discuss theoretical and practical questions raised by using fantasy as a discourse and subject.

University of Glasgow Chapel, 12 June 2019, 5.45- 7.15pm.

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:22:00 BST

An evening with Tina Beattie, Mark Dowd and David Jasper.

South Glasgow Heritage and Environment Trust - Call For Submissions - Deadline 30th May 2019

Tue, 28 May 2019 13:55:00 BST

South Glasgow Heritage and Environment Trust are seeking submissions for our creative writing booklet on the theme of Southside Heritage

“Ran away from her Master…a Negroe Girl named Thursday” - Friday 19 October 2018, 16:00 - 18:00

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 12:54:00 BST

In this free public talk Professor Charmaine A. Nelson (McGill University) will examine fugitive slave advertisements, exploring how these unauthorised “portraits” allow us to recuperate signs of trauma inflicted upon enslaved people by white slave owners in Canada, particularly in 17th, 18th and 19th-century Nova Scotia and Quebec.

Scotland in 1819: A SWINC Workshop

Wed, 15 May 2019 14:29:00 BST

14/06/2019, 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm, 50 George Square, Edinburgh

Kathleen Winter, Monday 13th May, 1-2pm, University Chapel

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:15:00 BST

Creative Conversations: Novelist Kathleen Winter in Conversation with Colin Herd

ELL Fun Day by Glasgow University English Language Society,13:00 - 18:00, Sun, May 19, 2019

Tue, 07 May 2019 11:23:00 BST

The event is free and open to all staff and students in ELL, as well as their friends, partners, and families.

Solway Romanticisms - 10th May 2019, 16.45 – Room 202, 4 University Gardens

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:13:00 BST

Poetry and readings featuring award winning poets from either side of the Solway Firth

Mehrdad Shokoohy: Two Open Lectures - 16/05/19, 11:30-13:30 & 14:00-16:00, Upper Seminar Room, no4 The Square

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:38:00 BST

Masterpieces of the Sultanate & Mughal Architecture of India

Research Impact & the Excellence Framework - Friday, 17 May 2019 from 14:00 to 17:00, Kelvin Hall

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:51:00 BST

Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask...

Creative Conversations: Novelist Stuart MacBride - Monday, 07/01/19, 13:00 - 14:00

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:20:00 GMT

Sunday Times best-selling crime writer, Stuart MacBride, talks about his 'Granite City' crime novles and more at the University of Glasgow chapel, 7th Jan, 1pm

Two Bards - Saturday 16 January (Robert Burns Birthplace Museum)

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:41:00 BST

Two Bards - Saturday 16 January (Robert Burns Birthplace Museum) A conference exploring the links in the lives and afterlives of Robert Burns and William Shakespeare.

Dr Joanna Kopaczyk & Prof Carole Hough, 11/06/19, Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical Building

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:49:00 BST

Get Your Scots Wirds Oot and Caa Awa!

Petr Vaškovic - Wednesday 24th April, 4.00-5.30, Upper Seminar Room, No.4 The Square - All Welcome

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:06:00 BST

Dostoevsky on Religious Transformation

Clare Carlisle (King’s College, London) - Tuesday 30th April, Upper Seminar Room, 4 The Square, 4.00-5.30 p.m. - All welcome

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:22:00 BST

The Restless Life of Søren Kierkegaard: Philosophy, Spirituality, Biography

Ophira Gamliel (TRS, Glasgow) - Wednesday 17th April, Upper Seminar Room, 4 The Square, 4.00-5.30 p.m. - All welcome

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:07:00 BST

Who was the Fadiyar and how is it related to climate change? On polycentric systems and Indian Ocean maritime religious history

Mark Elliott (TRS, Glasgow) - Wednesday 15th May, Upper Seminar Room, 4 The Square, 4.00-5.30 p.m. - All welcome

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:40:00 BST

Karl Barth’s Romans: a century and out?

Rae Armantrout & Jay G Ying - 27th May, 7.30pm, The Poetry Club, SWG3, 100 Eastvale Place, Glasgow

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:40:00 BST

Poetry Reading by Pulitzer Prize Winning Rae Armantrout and Jay G Ying - Free but Ticketed

Screening of Permanent Green Light - 2nd May, 6.30pm in Andrew Stewart Cinema, Gilmorehill.

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:26:00 BST

Screening of Permanent Green Light and Q&A with writers Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley - Free but Ticketed

Joe Hullait in Conversation - 16th April, 5.30 - 7.30pm, Jim’s Bar, QMU, University of Glasgow

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:06:00 BST

The writer of BBC Scotland Hit Comedy Scot Squad, Joe Hullait, will be in conversation talking about his life and work. Free but Ticketed.

Scottish Centre for Victorian and Neo-Victorian Studies and BAVS workshop

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:55:00 GMT

Queen Victoria’s Contemporaries: Born in 1819 - Friday 17th May 2019, Glasgow Museums Resource Centre

Prof Glen Pettigrove (Chair of Moral Philosophy) - Wednesday, 20/03/19, 4.00-5.30

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:49:00 GMT

Righteous Anger

The Rise and Decline (?) of Anti-Catholicism in Scotland - 18/5/19, 13:45 – 17:00,

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:58:00 BST

The Scottish Catholic Historical Association (SCHA, publishers of the Innes Review), the St Andrews foundation for Catholic Teacher Education, and the Scottish Affairs journal will hold a symposium at the University of Glasgow.

Alan Riach, Douglas Dunn, Bashabi Fraser and Patrick Errington - 30/3/19, Junor Gallery, St Andrews

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:58:00 GMT

Alan Riach, Douglas Dunn, Bashabi Fraser and Patrick Errington will be giving a poetry reading on Saturday 30th March, White Rose Day, at the Junor Gallery, St Andrews.

Dostoevsky and Philosophy Seminar - 29/3/19, 10.30–3.30,Room 301, 4 The Square, University of Glasgow

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:20:00 GMT

Dostoevsky and Philosophy Seminar - Luke King-Salter, Petr Vaškovic, John Spiers, George Pattison, Olga Tabachnikova

Corey Gibson - 30 April 2019, 5.15-7pm, Seminar Room, Lilybank House

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:47:00 GMT

‘Hamish Henderson and Antonio Gramsci: Or, the Difference between “Hey Jimmy” and Hegemony’

International Society For The Linguistics Of English Summer School 2019, University of Glasgow, 24-28 June 2019

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:22:00 GMT

The Present & The Past In Dialogue

Wolves and Blood: Using Legend and Folktale in Literature - Thursday 4/4/19, 5.15 pm, Room 202, 4 University Gardens

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:54:00 GMT

Professor Jennifer Attebery’s talk will focus on Willa Cather, Angela Carter, Chaucer, and other writers, as she considers wolf and blood motifs in folktale, legend and literature. All Welcome.

An Evening with Sawsan Al-Areeqe - Thu, 28 March 2019, 6pm, Andrew Stewart Cinema

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:28:00 GMT

You are warmly invited to an evening of poetry, film and discussion in the company of Sawsan Al-Areeqe.

From Glasgow to Saturn: Issue 42 Launch - 7pm, March 25th,

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:47:00 GMT

Join us for the launch of Issue 42 of From Glasgow To Saturn! THE DRAM, 232-246 Woodlands Road

Murray Pittock - Aye Write! - 16:45-17:45, The Mitchell Library

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:51:00 GMT

Enlightenment In A Smart City

TIMOTHY RADCLIFFE OP, Thursday 21st March 2019 - 6.30pm, Lecture Theatre 213, St Andrew’s Building

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:10:00 GMT

HOW CAN WE HOPE? Lessons from the Middle East

Exchange Talk + Romantic National Song Network, Monday 18 March from 6-7.30pm, RCS, 100 Renfrew Street, G2 3DB

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:42:00 GMT

This lecture recital will focus on the national songs of Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales during the romantic era with performances from RCS students throughout.

Wendell Kimper (University of Manchester),Thursday, 14 March 2019, 4.15pm - Adam Smith Building, Room 915

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 09:25:00 GMT

Markedness, Frequency, and Alien Names: using novel data to uncover implicit grammatical knowledge.

Kristy Whaley (Theology and Religious Studies) and Meg MacDonald (Anglia Ruskin) - Wednesday, 13/03/19, 4.00-5.30

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:27:00 GMT

“On Wednesdays we wear pink!”: An experimental dialogue on the material theology of lipstick and glitter

Jacques Durand (University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès) & Chantal Lyche (University of Oslo) - Thursday, 21 March 2019, 16:15, Boyd Orr Buildiing 412 (Lecture Theatre B)

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 09:33:00 GMT

Paul Passy, writing systems and the birth of the International Phonetic Alphabet

European Dialect Syntax (Edisyn) Workshop IX - Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd March 2019

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:21:00 GMT

The Scots Syntax Atlas (SCOSYA) project is hosting European Dialect Syntax (Edisyn) Workshop IX at the University of Glasgow on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd March 2019.

Tom Bartlett , Thursday, 7 March 2019, 16:15, Adam Smith 915

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 09:13:00 GMT

Modelling changing patterns of diversity and inclusion and diversity discourse analysis: Expanding on Systemic Functional Linguistics

Aziz Choudry - 5.15-7pm, 6/03/19

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:50:00 GMT

‘Pedagogies of Repression: Activists vs the Surveillance State’

David Austin (John Abbott College, Montreal)- 5.15-7pm, 05/03/19

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:39:00 GMT

‘Linton Kwesi Johnson: The Poetics of Politics and Freedom’

Helena Goodwyn, “Margaret Harkness, W. T. Stead and the Transatlantic Social Gospel Network”, 5:15pm, 27/02/19

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:05:00 GMT

We are delighted to be welcoming Dr. Helena Goodwyn to Glasgow to give a paper titled: “Margaret Harkness, W. T. Stead and the Transatlantic Social Gospel Network”.

Professor Sarah Churchwell (School of Advanced Study, University of London) - Wednesday 13 March, 5.15pm

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:51:00 GMT

The Gordon Lecture in American Studies 2019 - “Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream”

Dr Rebecca Bowler (Keele University) - 5pm, Room 202, 4 University Gardens. All welcome!

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:36:00 GMT

Please join us on Wednesday 6 March for the next talk in the English Literature Visiting Speaker Series, when Dr Rebecca Bowler (Keele University) will be discussing her work on May Sinclair.

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: DALRYMPLE LECTURES (GLASGOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY), Gavin Lucas - 18-20/02/19, 6:30pm (21/02/19, 7:30pm)

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:43:00 GMT

‘The Archaeology of Time’

Dr Menashe Anzi (Ben Gurion University) - Wednesday, 20/02/19, 4.00-5.30

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:51:00 GMT

From Yemen to India and Back: Jewish Immigration and Knowledge Flows

Uchida Go - Friday 15th February 2019 , Room 308, 5 Lilybank Gardens

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:32:00 GMT

Creative Writing at University of Glasgow is delighted to welcome Uchida Go to read and talk about their work.

Scots Syntax Atlas Data Hack - 10-11/6/19

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:20:00 GMT

This 2-day data hack offers postgraduate students the first opportunity to work with the Scots Syntax Atlas, a major new online resource for the study of language use across time and space.

Call For Papers - The Third World Congress of Scottish Literatures - Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 24-28 June 2020

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:20:00 GMT

The Third World Congress of Scottish Literatures will be held at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, 24-28 June 2020.

Creative Conversations: Novelist Jacob Ross - Monday, 18/02/19, 13:00 - 14:00

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:41:00 GMT

We welcome novelist, short story writer, editor and creative writing tutor Jacob Ross to out Creative Conversations. We start at 1pm as usual in the University of Glasgow Chapel. All welcome.

Lorna Goodison, Poet Laureate of Jamaica in Conversation with Louise Welsh - 14/03/19, 18:00 – 19:00

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 11:51:00 GMT

Lorna Goodison, Poet Laureate of Jamaica will be reading and discussing her work with Louise Welsh in The Bute Hall - Tickets are free

The Martin Niemöller Scholarship

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:02:00 GMT

The German Speaking Congregation in Glasgow are pleased to offer awards of £500 for students originating from German speaking countries.

Creative Conversations: Writer Andrew O'Hagan - Monday, 18/03/19, 13:00 - 14:00

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 11:42:00 GMT

As part of the on-going Creative Conversation speaker series novelist and essayist Andrew O’Hagan comes to campus to chat about his writing.

Rev Canon Mark Oakley (St. John’s College, University of Cambridge) - Wednesday, 06/02/19, 4.00-5.30

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:26:00 GMT

Reaching the Intellect Via the Heart: Religion and Poetry

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: THE TANNAHILL LECTURE 2019, Andrew McNeillie - 12/02/19, 5:30pm

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:25:00 GMT

Theatres in the Round - Islands, Islanders, and Audiences: or backstage, stalls and gods: in the Unnameable Archipelago'.

Socialist Theory & Movements Network Seminar on Commonwealth ‘civil society’ and LBGTI movements, 5/2/19, 5.15-7pm, Lilybank Seminar Room, Bute Gardens

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:41:00 GMT

Matthew Waites (University of Glasgow): ‘The Political Sociology of Commonwealth Civil Society: A “Gramsci-sensitised” Critical Analysis of the London Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as a Context for LGBTI Human Rights Claims’

Call For Papers - Queen Victoria’s Contemporaries: Born In 1819 - Deadline of 10th March 2019

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:55:00 GMT

We invite proposals of 150-200 words for 10-minute papers for Queen Victoria’s Contemporaries: Born In 1819, Scottish Centre for Victorian and Neo-Victorian Studies and BAVS workshop

Alexander Gaderer (University of Vienna) - Wednesday, 30/01/19, 4.00-5.30

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:49:00 GMT

Is There a Moral Obligation to Disobey Law? The Forgotten Virtue of Epiekeia

Best Friends Forever: Robert Burns and Mrs Dunlop - BBC Radio Scotland,17:30, 25/01/19

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:51:00 GMT

The unlikeliest best friends in Scottish letters. Novelist Louise Welsh tells the tale of the Bard and his literary confidante Frances Dunlop.

English Language & Linguistics seminar: Sven Mattys - 17/01/19, 4:15pm

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:53:00 GMT

Phonetics, speech perception, psycholinguistics, experimental linguistics

Andrew Hook Lectures: Dr Cara Rodway, 16/01/19, 5:15pm

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:08:00 GMT

'America Hobnobs at the Tourist Camp: Social Change and the Roadside in the Interwar Years'

Queen Victoria's Contemporaries - Exhibition Launch Day, Saturday 26/01/19, 11:30am-3:30pm

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:25:00 GMT

All are welcome at the launch day of the exhibition ‘The First Victorians: Kibble and his contemporaries'

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Linden Bicket - 14/05/19, 5:30pm

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:48:00 GMT

"Rhythms and Images and Legends Are Everywhere" - George Mackay Brown's Orkney

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Christopher A Whatley - 07/05/19, 5:30pm

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:28:00 GMT

Pabay: Skye's Islands of Revelations

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Barry Lewis - 30/04/19, 5:30pm

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:12:00 GMT

Narratives of Early British Christianity in Jocelin's 'Life of St Kentigern' and Other 12th-century Texts

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Gaelic learning, Nicola Carty - 23/04/19, 5:30pm

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:38:00 GMT

Developing a world-class resource for Gaelic learning and teaching

Socialist Theory and Movements Seminar, Hilary Wainwright - 16/01/19, 5:30 - 7:00pm

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:33:00 GMT

Hilary Wainwright will be talking about her recent book A New Politics From the Left

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: JOHN DURKAN MEMORIAL LECTURE - 19/03/19, 5pm

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:26:00 GMT

JOHN DURKAN MEMORIAL LECTURE - Jane Dawson, Three Coronations and a Union

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Sarah Künzler, 12/03/19, 5:30pm

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:09:00 GMT

A place in the Dún: Place-making in early Gaelic texts

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Steve Murdoch, 05/03/19, 5:30pm

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:52:00 GMT

Preparation and Propaganda: Building the Army of the Covenant 1633-1639

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Calum MacLeod and Agnes Rennie, 26/02/19, 5:30pm

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:05:00 GMT

Island Cultures; Island Heritage; Island Futures

Gaelic Language Class (Introductory Level)for University Staff - 9 weeks, 23/01/19 - 20/03/19, 17:15

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:24:00 GMT

A free Gaelic language course for University of Glasgow staff.

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Katherine Zickerman - 05/02/19, 5:30pm

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 12:11:00 GMT

Commerce and conflict: Shetland and the Elbe-Weser Region during the Early Modern Period.

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Alasdair Macdonald and Steven Reid, 22/01/19, 5:30pm

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:07:00 GMT

Book Launch - Alasdair Macdonald and Steven Reid will launch their latest collaboration 'Scotland on the Early Modern European Culture Map'.

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Charles Wilson - 29/01/19, 5:30pm

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:53:00 GMT

‘Simply the best, better than all the rest’: Islanders and their dialects.

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies: Gabriel Cooney, 15/01/19, 5:30pm

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:19:00 GMT

Prof Gabriel Cooney from University College Dublin will talk about his work on Lambay island

Our Space, Our Place: Creating Ecofeminism - Glasgow Women’s Library, 30/3/19 10am-4pm

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:40:00 GMT

Our Space, Our Place: Creating Ecofeminism, a partnership between researchers at universities across Scotland and Glasgow Women’s Library.

Transatlantic Literary Women Series: Kate Macdonald - 23/01/19, 5:15pm

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:01:00 GMT

“Editing Zelda Fitzgerald’s ‘Save Me The Waltz’ and Sylvia Townsend Warner’s ‘Kingdoms of Elfin'”

Creative Conversations: Poet Nadine Aisha Jassat - Monday, 11/03/19, 13:00 - 14:00

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:19:00 GMT

As part of the on-going Creative Conversation speaker series poet Nadine Aisha Jassat comes to campus to chat about her writing. Everything starts at 1pm, so bring your lunch and burning questions!

Creative Conversations: Writer Angus Peter Campbell / Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul - Monday, 04/03/19, 13:00 - 14:00

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:07:00 GMT

As part of the on-going Creative Conversation speaker series poet and novelist Angus Peter Campbell comes to campus to chat about his writing. It all starts at 1pm, so bring your lunch and burning questions!

Creative Conversations: Poet Sophie Collins - Monday, 25/02/19, 13:00 - 14:00

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:55:00 GMT

Sophie Collins grew up in Bergen, North Holland, and is a lecturer in Creative Writing at Glasgow University. We start at 1pm as usual in the University of Glasgow Chapel. All welcome.

Creative Conversations: Filmmaker Mark Cousins, Monday, 04/02/19, 13:00 - 14:00

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:29:00 GMT

It's a warm welcome to writer & filmmaker Mark Cousins to the Creative Conversation series. The event will kick off at 1pm as usual in the University of Glasgow Chapel.

Creative Conversations: Dub Poet D'bi Young Anitafrika - Monday, 28/01/19, 13:00 - 14:00

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:15:00 GMT

We welcome Dub Poet D'bi Young Anitafrika to the Creative Conversation series. The event will kick off at 1pm as usual in the University of Glasgow Chapel.

Creative Conversations: Novelist Sarah Moss - Monday 21 January 2019, 13:00 - 14:00

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:44:00 GMT

We are welcoming the novelist Sarah Moss to the Creative Conversation series. The event will kick off at 1pm as usual in the University of Glasgow Chapel.

Creative Conversations: Poet Rachael Allen - Monday, 14/01/19, 13:00 - 14:00

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:01:00 GMT

We are welcoming the poet Rachael Allen to the Creative Conversation series. The event will kick off at 1pm as usual in the University of Glasgow Chapel.

Stirling Maxwell Seminar - Candida Rifkind (The University of Winnipeg) - 10/01/19, 5pm

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:36:00 GMT

Candida Rifkind (The University of Winnipeg) will be discussing 'The Migrant Crisis in Print and Digital Comics'.

Prof Todd D. Still (Baylor University) - Wednesday, 6/03/19, 4.00-5.30

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:20:00 GMT

Paul and the Good

Dr Doug Gay (Lecturer in Practical Theology) - Wednesday, 27/02/19, 4.00-5.30

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:50:00 GMT

Rethinking Reformed Aesthetics: Reforming the Sensorium

Fantasy and the Anthropocene: From Gilgamesh to the Ruins of Ymr - March 4th 2019 at 5:30pm

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:59:00 GMT

The last of 5 public lectures by Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Fantasy, Brian Attebery (Idaho State University) at Glasgow University.

Science Fictional Parabolas: Collaborative Imagination - February 11th 2019 at 5:30pm

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:52:00 GMT

The 4th is a series of 5 public lectures by Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Fantasy, Brian Attebery (Idaho State University) at Glasgow University.

Fairy Tales and Masculinity - February 4th 2019 at 5:30pm

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:42:00 GMT

The 3rd in a series of 5 public lectures by Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Fantasy, Brian Attebery (Idaho State University) at Glasgow University.

Young Adult Dystopias and Utopias - January 28th 2019 at 5:30pm

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:38:00 GMT

The second in a series of 5 public lectures by Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Fantasy, Brian Attebery (Idaho State University) at Glasgow University.

Burning Harry Potter and Other Ways of Misreading Fantasy - January 21st 2019 at 5:30pm

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:14:00 GMT

A public lecture by Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Fantasy, Brian Attebery (Idaho State University) at Glasgow University.

Prof Joel Rasmussen (University of Oxford) - Wednesday, 16/01/19, 4.00-5.30

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:38:00 GMT

Kant's Conflict of the Faculties, Reconsidered

Prof Heather Walton (Professor of Theology and Creative Practice) - Wednesday, 23/01/19, 4.00-5.30

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:23:00 GMT

The Children are Always Lost: Exploring the Theopoetics of Marilynne Robinson

Prof Alan Riach (Professor of Scottish Literature) - Wednesday, 09/01/19, 4.00-5.30

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:14:00 GMT

Translating Belief: Material and Immaterial Realities in “The Birlinn of Clanranald”

From Glasgow to Saturn - Submissions Open!

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:46:00 GMT

From Glasgow to Saturn are now open for prose, poetry, artwork submissions and more!

TRS Festive Ceilidh

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:36:00 GMT

We are hosting a Festive Ceilidh in the GUU Debates Chamber on December 4th from 6pm! Stravaig Ceilidh band will lead us in the dancing, and there is a drink and nibbles for everyone.

Alpo Honkapohja (University of Edinburgh) - 29/11/18, 16:15 - Adam Smith Building, 915

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:12:00 GMT

"How did we get from ꝥ to þt?" - a quantitative approach to that-contractions in Early Middle English, 1150-1350

Curious Travellers - Friday 7/12/18, 17:30, Room 202, 4 University Gardens

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:45:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow ‘Curious Travellers’ team (Prof. Nigel Leask, Dr Luca Guariento, Dr Alex Deans, and Dr Vivien Estelle Williams) invite you to a demonstration of the newly-launched website and a glass of wine to celebrate the conclusion of the project

Centre for Robert Burns Studies Annual Conference 2019, Sat 12th January 2019

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:05:00 GMT

This event is a collaboration between the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum (NTS) and the Centre for Robert Burns Studies (University of Glasgow).

Visiting Speaker: Prof.Scott McCracken - A New Pilgrimage: Modernism, Experiment and Editing

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 17:26:00 GMT

Prof. Scott McCracken (Queen Mary, University of London) is currently General Editor of Dorothy Richardson Scholarly Editions Project: a collaboration between Queen Mary, the University of Oxford, the University of Birmingham, and Birkbeck, funded by a major AHRC grant.

New Work in Modernist Studies 2018

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:34:00 GMT

Registration is now open for New Work in Modernist Studies 2018, to be held on Saturday 1st December here at the University of Glasgow.

'What's Next? Paths from English Literature': An Alumni-Student Evening - 9th November, 5.30-7.30 pm.

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 10:36:00 GMT

This will be a roundtable event open to all students, featuring presentations and ‘in conversation’-style discussions with seven invited distinguished alumni, a Q&A session and a wine reception.

Singer-Songwriter Karine Polwart - Monday, 10/12/18, 13:00 - 14:00

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:42:00 BST

BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer Of The Year 2018, Karine Polwartis a multi-award-winning Scottish songwriter and musician, as well as a theatre maker, storyteller, spoken-word performer and published essayist

Novelist Ann Cleeves - Monday, 3/12/18, 13:00 - 14:00

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:00:00 BST

Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger.

Premiere of Louise Welsh's King Keich - Play, Pie & A Pint, Oran Mor 22-27/10/18

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:21:00 BST

It is the age of King Keich! Game show host King Keich rises to the highest position in the land bringing chaos, mayhem & mass murder in his wake. Inspired by Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi, with an added dose of Punch and Judy, King Keich is an absurdist romp about the pursuit of power.

Imaging Manuscripts & Primary Materials - Thu, 25/10/18, 09:00 - 17:00

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:13:00 BST

In this joint ArtsLab, Information Studies and School of Critical Studies workshop on Thursday 25 October, you will have the opportunity to listen to, and put your questions to, four leading world experts in the manuscript imaging. There will be a mixture of introductory talks and hands-on workshops.

The 2018 Medium Ævum Day Conference, Saturday, 27/10/18

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:20:00 BST

The conference will be in the Wolfson Medical Building at Glasgow University: registration and refreshments will take place in the Atrium; papers will be delivered in the Yudowitz Seminar Room.

Creative Conversations - Monday, 29/10/2018, 13:00-14:00

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:49:00 BST

Tawona Sithole is Artist in Residence (School of Education) and Honorary Research Fellow (Creativity Culture and Faith)

ANNE JAMISON (University of Utah): (what if) Fan Fiction is a Virus From Outer Space?, Tuesday, 6/11/18, 17:15

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:04:00 BST

Anne Jamison is an Associate Professor of Literature at the University of Utah. Her research and teaching covers Victorian Poetry, Franz Kafka, Young Adult Fiction, Digital Culture and Fan Fiction.

Zinnie Harris - Monday 26/11/18, 13:00 - 14:00

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:56:00 BST

Zinnie Harris is a playwright, screenwriter and theatre director who is currently under commission to the Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre.

Transatlantic Literary Women Series talk on WED 17 October 2018, 5.15.

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:49:00 BST

Professor Jennifer Haytock (College at Brockport, SUNY), who will be talking about 'Writing for France: American Women Writers and the Great War'.

Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp - Monday 19/11/18, 13:00 - 14:00

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:29:00 BST

Simon Carlyle (Boy Meets Girl, Benidorm, Bad Education) and Gregor Sharp (No Holds Bard, Piano Lessons, Fran’s People) are co-writers and creators of BBC 2’s successful sit-com Two Doors Down

Novelist Liam McIlvanney - Monday 12/11/18, 13:00 - 14:00

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:42:00 BST

Liam McIlvanney’s first book, Burns the Radical, won a Saltire Award. His novels include All the Colours of the Town, Where the Dead Men Go (winner of the 2014 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel) and The Quaker.

Who Is John Galt, Really? - 27/11/18,17:30 - 20:00

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:04:00 BST

Scottish Literature International Lecture 2018 27 November, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

Working With Archives - Friday 9/11/18, 17:00-18:30 & Saturday 10/11/18, 09:00 - 15:00

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:22:00 BST

This event considers the challenges and opportunities involved in working with archives today.

LECTURE SERIES: MODERNITY AND THE SYRIAN CHRISTIANS OF MALABAR - Wednesdays 7, 14, and 21 November,17:30-19:00

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:52:00 BST

Three lectures on the transformation of the Syrian Christian community of the Malabar Coast, South India, under the weight of modernity through the routes of migrations, land reclamation and agrarian expansion.

Creative Conversations - Monday 15/10/18, 13:00-14:00

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:30:00 BST

Claire McFall’s first book, Ferryman, is a love story which retells the ancient Greek myth of Charon, the ferryman of Hades who transported souls to the Underworld.

12th Forum for Research on Languages of Scotland and Ulster Triennial conference (Glasgow 2018) - CALL FOR PAPERS

Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:36:00 GMT

12th Forum for Research on Languages of Scotland and Ulster Triennial conference (Glasgow 2018) - CALL FOR PAPERS

22.01.2016 - Northern Network for Medical Humanities - Glasgow research workshop meeting

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:22:00 BST

The Northern Network for Medical Humanities http://nnmh.org.uk/ will be holding its Glasgow research workshop meeting on Friday 22 January 2016.

06.02.2017 - Gerry Carruthers Talk

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:53:00 GMT

Gerard Carruthers, Francis Huthcheson Professor of Scottish Literature, talk 'Robert Burns, the Excise Service and Politics in a time of Revolution' will be take place Friday 6th February 2017, 14.00 - 13.00 at General Register House.

30/10/2015 - Thomas Muir Symposium

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 08:56:00 BST

Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow, presents a Thomas Muir Symposium, Friday 30th October 2015: An event to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Muir (1765-1799)

05/02/2015 'Bring hither the fatted coo'

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:24:00 GMT

'Bring hither the fatted coo': A real-time study of sound change in Glaswegian across the 20th century

12/03/2015 Unlocking the Secrets of Letterlocking

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:33:00 GMT

Unlocking the Secrets of Letterlocking

05/03/2014 One Speaker, Two Dialects: Bidilectalism in a Scottish Community

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:31:00 GMT

One Speaker, Two Dialects: Bidilectalism in a Scottish Community

26/02/2015 Lexical Borrowing and Basic Vocabulary: How well can we quantify the impact of loanwords on the basic vocabulary of English? Can we identify any common patterns of causation?

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:28:00 GMT

Lexical Borrowing and Basic Vocabulary: How well can we quantify the impact of loanwords on the basic vocabulary of English? Can we identify any common patterns of causation?

22/01/2015 Exploring Multilingual Practices in Late Modern English: A Corpus Linguistic Approach

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:21:00 GMT

Exploring Multilingual Practices in Late Modern English: A Corpus Linguistic Approach

15/01/2015 The Fourth M. L. Samuels Lecture in English Language

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:18:00 GMT

The Fourth M. L. Samuels Lecture in English Language

24/02/2015 Picturing the Poetess in William Archer's 'Poets of the Younger Generation'(1902)

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Picturing the Poetess in William Archer's 'Poets of the Younger Generation'(1902)

Outstanding performance in REF 2014 for School of Critical Studies

Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:56:00 GMT

Glasgow English (English and Scottish Language and Literature) is proud of its outstanding performance in REF 2014. As in the previous exercise (RAE 2008) we were ranked first in Scotland and third in the UK, after Oxford and Cambridge, for ‘research power’, i.e. the measure of research excellence in relation to the numbers of staff returned to the exercise.

06/12/2014 John Galt Society Inaugural Meeting

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:59:00 GMT

John Galt Society Inaugural Meeting

25/11/2014 Introducing the Livingstone Project

Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:43:00 GMT

Introducing the Livingstone Project

25/11/2014 Rhythm is all around us, in music, poetry, speech; and within us, in the brain.

Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:30:00 GMT

Rhythm is all around us, in music, poetry, speech; and within us, in the brain.

13/11/2014 The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council

Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:24:00 GMT

The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council

05/11/2014 Reading Islam: Culture of Coexistence

Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:23:00 GMT

Reading Islam: Culture of Coexistence

26/11/2014 Rakugo (Japanese 400-year-old tradition of comic storytelling) in Glasgow

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:45:00 GMT

Rakugo (Japanese 400-year-old tradition of comic storytelling) in Glasgow

14/11/2014 Politics in Rhyme - an academic ceilidh: readings, reflections and performance

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:38:00 GMT

14/11/2014 Politics in Rhyme - an academic ceilidh: readings, reflections and performance

01/12/1014 'The Democratic Spirit and the Democratic Intellect in Scottish Religion' (Scottish Religious Cultures Network seminar series)

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:30:00 GMT

'The Democratic Spirit and the Democratic Intellect in Scottish Religion' (Scottish Religious Cultures Network seminar series)

03/11/2014 'Women and the 17th-century Canongate kirk session' (Scottish Religious Cultures Network seminar series)

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:25:00 GMT

'Women and the 17th-century Canongate kirk session' (Scottish Religious Cultures Network seminar series)

29/10/2014 Creative Writing Reading Soirées

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:14:00 GMT

Creative Writing Reading Soirées

28/10/2014 Seminar: 'C.L.R. James's Intellectual Conquest of Imperial Britain'

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:07:00 GMT

Seminar: 'C.L.R. James's Intellectual Conquest of Imperial Britain'

20/11/2014 TRS Postgraduate Seminar: A forum for postgrads to discuss their research

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:58:00 GMT

TRS Postgraduate Seminar: A forum for postgrads to discuss their research

20/11/2014 TRS Postgraduate Seminar: A forum for postgrads to discuss their research

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:58:00 GMT

TRS Postgraduate Seminar: A forum for postgrads to discuss their research

22/10/2014 School of Critical Studies Work in Progress

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:52:00 GMT

School of Critical Studies Work in Progress

16/10/2014 TRS Postgraduate Seminar: A forum for postgrads to discuss their research

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:46:00 GMT

TRS Postgraduate Seminar: A forum for postgrads to discuss their research

15/10/2014 Creative Writing Visiting Lecture Serie: Karen Solie and Sheri Benning

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:40:00 GMT

Creative Writing Visiting Lecture Serie: Karen Solie and Sheri Benning

18/02/2015 Lost and Found: Colour Resources at the Glasgow School of Art

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:17:00 GMT

Lost and Found: Colour Resources at the Glasgow School of Art

19/11/2014 Recent Work on Minoan and Mycenaean Wall Paintings

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:11:00 GMT

Recent Work on Minoan and Mycenaean Wall Paintings

12/11/2014 School of Critical Studies Work in Progress Seminar

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:55:00 GMT

School of Critical Studies Work in Progress Seminar

16/07/2014 "Writing Methods in Theological Reflection" by Heather Walton (Book launch)

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:25:00 GMT

"Writing Methods in Theological Reflection" by Heather Walton (Book launch)

16/07/2014 "Writing Methods in Theological Reflection" by Heather Walton (Book launch)

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:25:00 GMT

"Writing Methods in Theological Reflection" by Heather Walton (Book launch)

23/07/2014 Burnishing the mirror of the heart

Wed, 23 Jul 2014 13:21:00 BST

Burnishing the mirror of the heart

08/08/2014 “Dear Doctor Cullen”: Medical Consultation in Georgian Glasgow

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:26:00 BST

“Dear Doctor Cullen”: Medical Consultation in Georgian Glasgow

25/09/2014 "To sail back up the stream of my life": autobiography and psychoanalysis

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

"To sail back up the stream of my life": autobiography and psychoanalysis

02/10/2014 Really Reading Junot Diaz: literature of the "new immigration"

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Really Reading Junot Diaz: literature of the "new immigration"

16/10/2014 Victorian Poetics

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Victorian Poetics

23/10/2014 Conan Doyle, the 'femme fatale' and the cult of celebrity in the 'fin de siècle'

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Conan Doyle, the 'femme fatale' and the cult of celebrity in the 'fin de siècle'

06/11/2014 Evolution and the Modernist Epic

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Evolution and the Modernist Epic

20/11/2014 Heroic Reading in Emerson and Thoreau

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Heroic Reading in Emerson and Thoreau

04/12/2014 Henry James and Emily Dickinson: a Puzzle

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Henry James and Emily Dickinson: a PuzzleHeroic Reading in Emerson and Thoreau

15/01/2014 Her Indoors: Identity, Surveillance and the Everyday

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Her Indoors: Identity, Surveillance and the Everyday

29/01/2015 Katherine Mansfield's Aesthetics of Interiority

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Katherine Mansfield's Aesthetics of Interiority

12/02/2015 Faber After Eliot: From 'The Whitsun Weddings' to 'New Weather'

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Faber After Eliot: From 'The Whitsun Weddings' to 'New Weather'

12/03/2014 Thump and Thresh: Metre, Machines and Mid-Victorian Beat Perception

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Thump and Thresh: Metre, Machines and Mid-Victorian Beat Perception

26/03/2014 Edith Wharton and Vernon Lee: Researching and Writing Italian Villas and their Gardens

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:07:00 BST

Edith Wharton and Vernon Lee: Researching and Writing 'Italian Villas and their Gardens'

29/10/2014 Expressive individualism, the cult of the artist and Milton’s Lucifer

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:24:00 BST

Expressive individualism, the cult of the artist and Milton’s Lucifer

23/10/1014 Postgraduate seminar

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:10:00 BST

ShouChun Chien (University of Glasgow) Speaker Identification in Non-Native Speakers’ Attitudes Towards Varieties of Englishes: The Case of Taiwan Robert Lennon (University of Glasgow) The Role of Experience in Accent Perception: Parsing /r/ in Glaswegian

06/11/2014 Deluxe Copies of Middle English Romance: Scribes and Book Artists

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:13:00 BST

Deluxe Copies of Middle English Romance: Scribes and Book Artists - Joint event with Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Glasgow

13/11/2014 Mind-modelling Dickens: Towards a Cognitive Corpus Stylistics of Characterisation

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:16:00 BST

Mind-modelling Dickens: Towards a Cognitive Corpus Stylistics of Characterisation

26/11/2014 The Four Daughters of God

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:34:00 BST

The Four Daughters of God

04/12/2014 Beowulf on the Rhine? Onomastic and Lexical Evidence for the Origins

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:17:00 BST

Beowulf on the Rhine? Onomastic and Lexical Evidence for the Origins

5/11/2014 Captivating Images, Liberating Images: Iconoclastic iconophilia in Poussin’s Adoration of the Golden Calf

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:27:00 BST

Captivating Images, Liberating Images: Iconoclastic iconophilia in Poussin’s Adoration of the Golden Calf

21/10/2014 Highlander Adventurers and Caribbean slavery, 1750-1850

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:43:00 BST

Highlander Adventurers and Caribbean slavery, 1750-1850

26/02/2014 Putting Resurrection on Stage: The Stage Adaptation of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:53:00 BST

Putting Resurrection on Stage: The Stage Adaptation of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment

05/03/2014 Justifying Humanity in Post-Mao China? The Problem of Evil in Shifting Contexts

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:56:00 BST

Justifying Humanity in Post-Mao China? The Problem of Evil in Shifting Contexts

09/10/2014(Il)legible Monsters at Moutiers-St-Jean

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:04:00 BST

(Il)legible Monsters at Moutiers-St-Jean - Joint event with Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Glasgow

12/02/2014 Making the World Bearable: Ulrich Simon on Sophocles and Job

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:52:00 BST

Making the World Bearable: Ulrich Simon on Sophocles and Job

29/01/2014 Hagar and the Angel: A Sound and Visual Installation

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:49:00 BST

Hagar and the Angel: A Sound and Visual Installation

08/01/2014 Pussy Riot, Counter Cultural Resistance and Russian Spiritual Traditions

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:43:00 BST

Pussy Riot, Counter Cultural Resistance and Russian Spiritual Traditions

05/02/2014 Counting the Dust: A Literary and Theological Incursion into the Field of Socio-economic Theory

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:50:00 BST

Counting the Dust: A Literary and Theological Incursion into the Field of Socio-economic Theory

19/03/2014 Visit to Glasgow University Library’s Special Collections

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:00:00 BST

Visit to Glasgow University Library’s Special Collections

22/01/2014 Bad Girls and Dirty Stories: Reading Prostitution Legends in the Hebrew Bible

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:47:00 BST

Bad Girls and Dirty Stories: Reading Prostitution Legends in the Hebrew Bible

25/09/2014 The Simeon Manuscript and its Scribes

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:01:00 BST

The Simeon Manuscript and its Scribes - Joint event with Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Glasgow

12/03/2014 Cynical Mysticism: The Elision of Folklore with the Occult in Late-Victorian Fantasy

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:58:00 BST

Cynical Mysticism: The Elision of Folklore with the Occult in Late-Victorian Fantasy

19/11/2014 The Open Language of the Qur'an and the Negative Impact of Interpretation and Translation

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:31:00 BST

The Open Language of the Qur'an and the Negative Impact of Interpretation and Translation

12/11/2014 Re-imagining the other-than-human: pagan engagement with indigenous animism

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:28:00 BST

Re-imagining the other-than-human: pagan engagement with indigenous animism

22/10/2014 It's not the end of the world: Darren Aronofsky's Noah and IMAX Apocalyptic Ecology

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:19:00 BST

It's not the end of the world: Darren Aronofsky's Noah and IMAX Apocalyptic Ecology

15/10/2014 The Shaking of the Foundations?’ Reflections on Tillich’s sermons as a key to his systematic theology

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:16:00 BST

The Shaking of the Foundations?’ Reflections on Tillich’s sermons as a key to his systematic theology

08/10/2014 Religious and Literary Responses to Cultural Challenges

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:14:00 BST

Religious and Literary Responses to Cultural Challenges

26/03/2014 Literary and Theological Engagements with Material Culture

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:02:00 BST

Literary and Theological Engagements with Material Culture

22/05/2014 Herald Article:Time to delve down and identify the extent of sectarianism in society

Thu, 22 May 2014 12:35:00 BST

Dr. Leah Robinson, Theology and Religious Studies, calls for action to address the question "Sectarianism is a bad word isn't it?"

20/05/2014 Lecture: Professor Murray Pittock 'The Road to Independence'

Thu, 22 May 2014 12:25:00 BST

'The Road to Independence' The lecture will be given by Professor Murray Pittock, Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Arts at the University of Glasgow. Tuesday 20th May 6-7.30pm Sire Charles Wilson Building

25/03/2014: Ewan Morrison- Writer's talk

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:07:00 GMT

The lecture will take place in the Davidson Building lecture theater 208 on Tuesday 25th March at 10am.

06/03/2014 Order! Order! Researchers to study Parliamentary language

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:37:00 GMT

Linguistics experts are launching the first project to measure how UK Parliamentary language has changed over the past 200 years.

18/03/2014- SCS staff swoop Teaching awards

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:40:00 GMT

Student’s Representatives Council (SRC) held their annual Student Teaching Awards Ceremony on Thursday 14 March to recognise great teachers from across the University and Critical studies staff won in 3 categories.

14/12/2013- The write stuff: A Christmas story by Laura Marney. Glasgow creative writer in the Scotsman

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:35:00 GMT

Scotsman feature a Christmas story by Laura Marney, member of the Creative Writing team in Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow.

05/03/2014 Divided by faith: religion under the microscope

Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:20:00 GMT

RESEARCHERS from across Scotland are cooperating on a major initiative to analyse the importance of religion within modern within Scottish culture and society.

12/03/2014 Hastie Lecture Series- A Master Spirit of This Age’: Western Philosophy, Eastern Mysticism, and the Career of William Hastie

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:28:00 GMT

'A Master Spirit of This Age’: Western Philosophy, Eastern Mysticism, and the Career of William Hastie' A series of lectures presented by Roderick Grierson Director and Menteşezâde Research Fellow- Rumi Institute, Near East University. 4 The Square -12th, 17th, 19th and 21st March 5.30-6.30pm

25/01/2014- What We Know About Doors: The Scotsman showcase the work of US-born Scottish writer Elizabeth Reeder.

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:39:00 GMT

The Scotsman showcase the work of US-born Scottish writer Elizabeth Reeder.

02/07/2014 World Congress of Scottish Literature

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:01:00 BST

From 2-5 July 2014, the University of Glasgow will host the first World Congress of Scottish Literatures in the College of Arts, with the involvement of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies and other bodies.

30/08/2013 2 SCS Students awarded AHRC International Placement Grants

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:48:00 BST

2 Critical Studies PhD Students receive prestigious AHRC International Placement Awards. Congratulations Alan Trotter and Arun Sood.

25/09/2013-Spaces of (Dis)location by Rachael Hamilton, PhD Student, English Language

Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:33:00 BST

Interdisciplinary volume by Glasgow PhD candidates- based on Spaces of (Dis)location was a two–day interdisciplinary and international conference which took place on 24–25 May, 2012, at the University of Glasgow, UK, and was funded by the Graduate School of the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts.

10/09/2013 EastEnders turning Glaswegians Cockney says TV study

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:28:00 BST

Researchers looking at how television viewing can lead to accent changes have claimed Glaswegian fans of EastEnders are picking up Cockney dialect. Linguists at Glasgow University said the study proved that actively watching TV could speed up language change.

19/09/2013 Seeing speech: ultrasound technology records tongues in action

Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:24:00 BST

Researchers from five Scottish universities are using ultrasound and MRI technology to build a two dimensional visualisation of tongues in action during speech.

Jings! Whit’s gaun on? Tintin gets a makeover for new Scots edition.

Fri, 06 Sep 2013 11:08:00 BST

A new translation of Tintin will make the adventures of the plucky Belgian detective and faithful dog, Snowy, available in Scots for the very first time. The translation is by Dr Susan Rennie, Kelvin Smith Research Fellow in the School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow.

07/05/2013- Linguists ask: Why would one talk posh in Buckie? Scots dialects and dual linguistic identity.

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 BST

Linguists ask: Why would one talk posh in Buckie? Scots dialects and dual linguistic identity- ground breaking work by Dr Jennifer Smith, Senior lecturer in English Language.

25/04/2013 Kirk: Give future monarch a Scots coronation after Yes vote

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:53:00 BST

Reverend Dr Doug Gay, Principal of Trinity College and Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at Glasgow University, speaks to issues of Scottish Independence and a Scots coronation

08/05/2013: Sir Alex Ferguson: 10 things not everybody knows.

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:46:00 BST

Alex or Alec? - Prof Carole Hough comments: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22449415

Terry Jones- Chaucer in the 21st Century

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:06:00 BST

Chaucer in the 21st Century The University of Glasgow is proud to welcome actor, filmmaker and medievalist Terry Jones who will give a guest lecture after his award of his Honorary Degree on Friday 21 June 2013.

"The Making of The University of California Book of North African Literature or: How to Put 2500 years of Maghrebian Literature into One Book."

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:34:00 BST

"The Making of The University of California Book of North African Literature or: How to Put 2500 years of Maghrebian Literature into One Book." A Multimedia Conference & Reading by Pierre Joris, Habib Tengour with Madeleine Campbell & Nicole Peyrafitte Presented by Jeffrey Robinson

English Language Seminar Series: 21st March 2013

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:44:00 GMT

Dr Mishtooni Bose (University of Oxford) Recovering from the House of Fame

Political Song Online Database

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:42:00 GMT

From 8 March 2013 staff and students will be able to access a database for the Janey Buchan Political Song Collection through a new link on the GU website. This major collection of materials relating to political song has particular relevance to English Literature and Scottish Literature.

English Language Seminar Series: 17th Jan 2013

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:49:00 GMT

Dr Wendy Anderson & Dr Ellen Bramwell (University of Glasgow) Fifty Shades of Metaphor: Light and Darkness in the Historical Thesaurus

English Language Seminar Series: 31st Jan 2013

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:21:00 GMT

Professor Paul Kerswill (University of York) Dialect Formation and Levelling in Industrial and Post-Industrial Britain: Vernacular Speech since 1800 **Boyd Orr Lecture Theatre B (room 412)**

English Language Seminar Series: 7/03/13

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:40:00 GMT

Professor Amalia Arvaniti (University of Kent) Speech Rhythm Production and Perception from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective

English Language Seminar Series: 28/02/13

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:36:00 GMT

Professor Elizabeth Robertson (University of Glasgow) Inaugural Seminar: Noli me Tangere: The Enigma of Touch in Medieval Religious Literature and Art

Thomas Pennant's Tours of Wales and Scotland

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:48:00 GMT

Thomas Pennant's Tours of Wales and Scotland University of Glasgow, 1-2 February 2013 The first of Two multi-disciplinary workshops hosted by the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies and the University of Glasgow.

PEN Naomi Mitchison Event

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:30:00 GMT

PEN Naomi Mitchison Event, Wednesday, 05 December, Time: 17:30, Where: Wolfson Medical Building, Yudowitz Room, on University Ave near the Byers Road end

‘Disciplinary Formations’: A Workshop to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Prof John Nichol and the English Chair at Glasgow University.

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:30:00 GMT

Saturday 17th November, 2012, 9.30am - 4pm Location: Yudowitz Theatre, Wolfson Medical Building

Robert Burns: At Home and Abroad Conference

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT

Robert Burns: At Home and Abroad Conference, Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre at the University of Glasgow, on Saturday 12 January 2013, 9 am - 5:30 pm

Eunice Buchanan Reading: As Far As I Can See

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Room 101, Dept of Scottish Literature, 7 University Gardens, Glasgow, 5pm

English Language Research Seminar: Prof. Alasdair Macdonald

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:15:00 GMT

4.15pm, English Language, Room 101, 12 University Gardens (unless otherwise stated)

English Language Research Seminars: Prof. Martin Foys

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:15:00 GMT

English Language, Room 101, 12 University Gardens

English Language Research Seminars: Prof. Alasdair Macdonald

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:15:00 GMT

From 5.15pm: sparkling wine reception sponsored by GCMRS (Glasgow Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies)

Vision and Language: Alasdair Gray's Visual and Literary Archive

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:00:00 BST

event 1: the literary, Where: The Melville Room (see campus map - next to A13) Main Gilbert Scott Building, Glasgow University, When: Friday 28th September, 2–5pm, (with a drinks reception after)

Vision and Language: Alasdair Gray's Visual and Literary Archive

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:00:00 BST

event 2: the visual, Where: Mackintosh Room, Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, When: Friday 26th of October, 2–5pm, (with a drinks reception after)

Vision and Language: Alasdair Gray's Visual and Literary Archive

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT

event 3: the archive, Where: The Boardroom, The National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, When: Friday 9th of November, 2–5pm, (with a drinks reception after)

C.L.R. James' Beyond Boundary 50th Anniversary Conference

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 BST

C.L.R. James' Beyond Boundary 50th Anniversary Conference, University of Glasgow, Friday 10th and Saturday 11th May, 2013

Double Book Launch: David Jasper and Alison E Jasper

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Glasgow University Chapel, 5.30pm for 6pm, Wednesday 21 November 2012 (finish by 7pm at latest)

James Joyce Discussion Group

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:00:00 GMT

James Joyce Discussion Group, 30/10/12, 4pm, Venue TBC

James Joyce Discussion Group

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:00:00 BST

James Joyce Discussion Group, 16/10/12, 4pm, Venue TBC

James Joyce Discussion Group

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:00:00 GMT

James Joyce Discussion Group, 06/11/12, 4pm, Venue TBC

James Joyce Discussion Group

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:00:00 GMT

James Joyce Discussion Group, 13/11/12, 4pm, Venue TBC

James Joyce Discussion Group

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:00:00 GMT

James Joyce Discussion Group, 20/11/12, 4pm, Venue TBC

CLTA: Creating the Place of Self

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:00:00 BST

CLTA: Creating the Place of Self, Monday the 15th at 5 pm in the ground floor teaching room in no.4 the Square

GU Literature Society: David Sweeney

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:30:00 BST

GU Literature Society: David Sweeney, Monday, 8th October, 7:30pm The Dram!, Woodlands Road

Black Internationalist Resistance to Fascism: African American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:30:00 BST

Black Internationalist Resistance to Fascism: African American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War Wednesday 3rd October, 6.30pm, African Caribbean Centre, 66–68 Osborne Street, (Beside 13th Note Café)

Robert Wedderburn (1762 – 1835): Scottish-Jamaican radical preacher and revolutionary

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:30:00 BST

Robert Wedderburn (1762 – 1835): Scottish-Jamaican radical preacher and revolutionary, Wednesday 10th October 6.30pm, African Caribbean Centre, 66–68 Osborne Street, (Beside 13th Note Café)

Robin Jenkins Centenary Conference

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:30:00 GMT

A Glasgow Celebration: Robin Jenkins Centenary Conference, The Hunterian Gallery Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow, Time: 9.30am – 5pm

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Karen Jacobs

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:15:00 BST

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Tuesday 9 October 2012

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Matthew Grenby

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:15:00 GMT

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 10 January 2013

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Patrick Wright

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:15:00 GMT

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Adam Roberts

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:15:00 BST

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Friday 12 October 2012

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Dr Adrienne Janus

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:15:00 GMT

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 8 November 2012

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Dr Anna Vaninskaya

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:15:00 GMT

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 6 December 2012

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Andrew Hadfield

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:15:00 GMT

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 1 November 2012

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Dr Hilary Emmett

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:15:00 GMT

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 22 November 2012

19th Century Reading Group

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:00:00 BST

The 19th Century reading group is an informal group open to all post-graduate students and staff of any subject. The group meets fortnightly to discuss short or extracted texts of a particular topic or author.

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Laura Marcus

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:15:00 BST

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 4 October 2012

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof John Kerrigan

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:15:00 GMT

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 7 February 2013

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Prof Lucia Boldrini

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:15:00 GMT

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 21 February 2013

English Literature Visiting Speaker Series: Dr Julia Jordan

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:15:00 GMT

ENGLISH LITERATURE VISITING SPEAKER SERIES 2012-13 Time: 5.15-7pm Venue: Room 202, no 4 University Gardens Thursday 7 March 2013

Glasgow Colour Studies Group Meeting

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Glasgow Colour Studies Group Wednesday, 14th November 2012 Room 1 (101), English Language, 12 University Gardens 5 p.m.

Glasgow Colour Studies Group Meeting

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Glasgow Colour Studies Group Wednesday, 13th February 2013 Room 1 (101), English Language, 12 University Gardens, 5 p.m.

Work in Progress Translation Season

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:00:00 BST

Work in Progress Translation Season 26 October, 1-2 pm in the Edwin Morgan Room, 5 University Gardens

M.L. Samuels Lecture: Professor David Crystal

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:15:00 BST

Tuesday October 16, 2012, 5.15 p.m. Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre (WILT) University Place, University of Glasgow

Glasgow Colour Studies Group Meeting

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:00:00 BST

Glasgow Colour Studies Group Wednesday, 17th April 2013 Room 1 (101), English Language, 12 University Gardens, 5 p.m.

The 2012 Andrew Tannahill Lecture

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:00:00 BST

The 2012 Andrew Tannahill Lecture at the National Library of Scotland 4 October, 18.00 Free. Book online or phone 0131 623 3734.

Work in Progress Translation Season

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:00:00 BST

Work in Progress Translation Season 19 October, 1-2pm in the Edwin Morgan Room, 5 University Gardens

Work in Progress Translation Season

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:00:00 BST

Work in Progress Translation Season 12 October, 1-2pm in the Edwin Morgan Room, 5 University Gardens

Work in Progress Translation Season

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:00:00 BST

Work in Progress Translation Season 5 October, 1-2pm in the Edwin Morgan Room, 5 University Gardens

Onomastics Reading Group Meeting

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:00:00 BST

Onomastics Reading Group Meeting 4 October, 12 noon in the portacabin

Haiku/Senryu Poetry Competition- Deadline Friday 16th April 2021

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:19:00 GMT

Haiku/Senryu Poetry Competition Calling all students and staff, all poets and non-poets from the University of Glasgow!

Feminism, Religions & Activism in the Lecture Theatre and Beyond

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 14:08:00 GMT

Join Theology & Religious Studies for this special event to celebrate International Women’s Day 2020. 18 March, 3pm-5pm. Free and open to all.

'The Laughing Puritan:' Humour and Dissent in Early Modern English Literary Culture - inaugural lecture by Prof. Adrian Streete

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:56:00 GMT

This lecture marks Prof. Adrian Streete's promotion in 2019 to a chair in Early Modern English Literature and Religion in the School of Critical Studies. It is based on his current project examining humour, dissent, and early modern literary culture. Wednesday 1 April, 5pm. All welcome.

Remembering the Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:53:00 GMT

This trilogy of events marks the 9th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Events take place on 5, 11 and 19 March. Free and open to all.

Public event: 200 years of the 1820 Scottish Radical Uprising

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:40:00 GMT

The Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies at the University of Glasgow is to mark the 200th anniversary of the Scottish Radical Uprising with a day (and evening!) of talks and performance. Friday 3 April 2020 – tickets on sale now.

Creative Conversations, 16 March: Jemma Nelville, author of ‘Constitution Street’

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:31:00 GMT

Creative Conversations will be back on Monday 16 March with writer and human rights researcher Jemma Nelville. Bring your lunch and burning questions!

‘Not Ok’ film screening - a little movie about a small glacier at the end of the world

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:21:00 GMT

Join anthropologists Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer at the UK premier of their documentary 'Not Ok'. Not Ok tells the story of Okjökull (Ok glacier), a story that impacts every living being on the planet. Screening followed by Q&A. February, 5pm-7pm, Gilmorehill Cinema. All welcome. No booking required.

Creative Conversations, 10 Feb: Glasgow’s Gaelic Makar / Bàrd Baile Ghlaschu

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:13:00 GMT

Come along to Creative Conversations on Monday 10 February to hear Glasgow’s Gaelic Makar Niall O’Gallagher perform some brand new Gaelic poetry! Live translation will be provided.

Creative Conversations, 3 Feb: poet and artist Nicky Melville

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:15:00 GMT

Found, visual, process and sometimes even ‘proper’ poetry - join Nicky Melville for Creative Conversations about his work as a poet and artist on Monday 3 February at 1pm at the UofG Memorial Chapel. Bring your lunch and burning questions!

Creative Conversations, 27 Jan: illustrator and graphic novelist Kate Charlesworth

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:30:21 GMT

Hear illustrator and graphic novelist Kate Charlesworth in conversation with Creative Writing’s Zoe Strachan on Monday 27 January, 1pm-2pm. Free and all welcome!

Burns Night 2020: A Burns Concert & Burns Night at the Museum

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:16:00 GMT

Wondering how to celebrate Burns Night this year? Why not join the Centre for Robert Burns Studies and partners for: A Burns Concert (Thurs 23 Jan) or Burns Night at the Museum (Fri 24 Jan). All welcome!

Beyond Form – Call for Papers

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:02:00 GMT

The one-day symposium ‘Beyond Form: An Experiment in the Art and Practice of Trying’ looks to explore how we can experiment in form by bringing together writers, artists, academics, performers and makers across all disciplines. A call for papers is open until 15 January 2020.

Creative Conversations Special Event: I am a Rohingya

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:33:00 GMT

A special event to celebrate I Am A Rohnigya (Arc, 2019) featuring editors James Byrne and Shehzar Doja

Decadence and Translation Network event

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:04:00 GMT

The final event for the AHRC ‘Decadence and Translation’ Network taking place on 13 December 2019 will trace the technical challenges and formal difficulties, the social obstacles and publishing circumstances associated with translating Decadent texts from the nineteenth century to the present.

Public talk by Rachel Noorda: ‘Diana Gabaldon (Outlander) and the American Obsession with Scotland’

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:52:00 GMT

Dr. Rachel Noorda investigates Outlander-author Diana Gabaldon’s popularity amongst readers in the United States through the lens of Scottish emigrants and their descendants, to untangle the reasons for the American obsession with Scotland in literature.

Glasgow School of Art to unveil ‘Home Front Memorial’ – with text by Louise Welsh

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:40:00 GMT

Creative Writing’s Louise Welsh has worked with Edwin Pickstone (GSA Lecturer) and Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA) Archives & Collections and Exhibitions to create a memorial to GSA students, staff and governors who undertook work on the home front.

Sir Tom Devine - 'Unyielding Power: Foundations of Elite Supremacy in 18th-Century Scotland'.

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:26:00 BST

The annual Glasgow Thomas Muir Lecture on Democracy and Civil Society highlights traditions of democratic thought in Scotland as they link with the wider world. Its aims are to examine the history of political reform as viewed through the prism of Scottish civic life and to consider present challenges to democracy and civil society.

Creative Genius and Mental Health in the Lives of Robert Burns and Robert Lowell

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 14:21:00 BST

CRBS are delighted to collaborate with the University's Institute of Health and Wellbeing, the Royal College and Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh to bring this showcase event to Glasgow.

Anthropocene, a new opera by Stuart MacRae & Professor Louise Welsh is available for Freeview 17th May – 16th November

Wed, 15 May 2019 15:30:00 BST

A team of scientists becomes trapped in the frozen Arctic wastelands. Tensions rise and relationships crumble, and then something appears, out of the ice.