2018

Historical Conversations 2017/18 700x300
Historical Conversations 2017/18 700x300

A free public programme of talks, interviews and panel discussions

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:40:00 BST

Historical Conversations 2017-18

Colour photo of the Glasgow University Union (GUU)
Colour photo of the Glasgow University Union (GUU)

Scotland’s leading historians and archivists are backing a major history series at the University of Glasgow.

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:14:00 BST

UofG launches major history series

Athena SWAN bronze
Athena SWAN bronze

Humanities staff and students recognised for gender equality

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:15:00 BST

School of Humanities receives Athena Swan Bronze Award

DataArc
DataArc

Two MPhil by Research Studentships in data integration for North Atlantic human ecodynamics research

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:36:00 BST

1 October 2018 start

GU aerial photo
GU aerial photo

Computer representation of 18th century plantations in Minecraft

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:11:00 BST

Minecraft slavery plantation programme for classrooms

Students sitting outside the Fraser Building
Students sitting outside the Fraser Building

Postgraduate studentships for 2018-19

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:37:00 GMT

Postgraduate studentships for 2018-19

Cochno Stone
Cochno Stone

‌A team of University of Glasgow archaeologists and school children create comic art based on a 5000 year old prehistoric rock-art site, the Cochno Stone.

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:02:00 GMT

Prehistoric Cochno Stone is inspiration for comic book workshop at Being Human Festival

Dauvit Broun
Dauvit Broun

A reception has been held to celebrate the election of one of the College of Arts leading professors to an elected Fellowship of worldwide academics.

Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:00:00 GMT

Celebration for Dauvit Broun

Archaeologists on Iona
Archaeologists on Iona

Archaeologists Ewan Campbell and Adrian Maldonado featured in BBC 4's Digging for Britain programme on Wednesday 6 December 2017.

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:56:00 GMT

Archaeologists from School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan on BBC 4's Digging for Britain

Star Wars
Star Wars

Star Wars' five philosophical questions

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:51:00 GMT

May the Force be with you! The UofG launches a short online course in the Spring for fans of Stars Wars.

Paints and pigments
Paints and pigments

Researchers from the University of Glasgow have turned to cutting edge technology to gain a better understanding of the use of colour in Roman sculpture.

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:53:00 GMT

Paints & Pigments in the Past

Archie Duncan
Archie Duncan

A tribute to the late Professor Duncan - one of the foremost Scottish historians

Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:46:00 GMT

Obituary for Professor Archibald Alexander McBeth Duncan, FBA FRSE by his colleague and successor Professor Dauvit Broun.

2 phd fellowships
2 phd fellowships

Two PhD Studentships in Information Studies

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 07:42:00 GMT

1 October 2018 start

Couples reclining 7
Couples reclining 7

Enduring love affair with textiles and fashion goes back 2500 years in the Mediterranean

Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:49:00 GMT

The revelations are in University of Glasgow research published in the journal World Archaeology entitled “From value to desirability: the allure of worldly things”.

Reviving Classics in Glasgow’s Schools
Reviving Classics in Glasgow’s Schools

Reviving Classics in Glasgow’s Schools

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:35:00 BST

A scheme to improve literacy in Glasgow Primary schools is to be extended after UofG Latin student volunteer success

Catherine Steel on radio 4
Catherine Steel on radio 4

Professor Catherine Steel on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:39:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow’s Professor Catherine Steel is one of the guests on Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time on BBC Radio 4, discussing Cicero.

New online resource launched on popular Scottish political culture
New online resource launched on popular Scottish political culture

New online resource launched on popular Scottish political culture

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:46:00 GMT

A new online resource on the popular political culture of Scotland in the 19th and early 20th centuries to be officially launched

Reviving Classics in Glasgow’s Schools
Reviving Classics in Glasgow’s Schools

UofG Researcher brings Latin to Glasgow schools

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:39:00 BST

A UofG post-graduate researcher has won an education award from Scotland’s largest local authority for co-ordinating a Latin outreach programme in Glasgow.

Awards success for history of international relations project
Awards success for history of international relations project

Awards success for history of international relations project

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:42:00 BST

The Arts and Humanities Research Council has awarded £842,000 for ‘The Weight of the Past in Franco-British Relations’ project.

DataArc
DataArc

MPhil by Research Studentship in Modelling Cultural Connectivity

Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:36:00 GMT

1 October 2018 start

UofG academic leads efforts to save earthquake damaged castle in Iraq
UofG academic leads efforts to save earthquake damaged castle in Iraq

Dr Claudia Glatz academic leads efforts to save earthquake damaged castle in Iraq

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:49:00 GMT

Dr Claudia Glatz, a senior lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, is leading the project to help stabilise and restore the Qala Shirwana Castle.

Peter Jackson RSE
Peter Jackson RSE

Professor Peter Jackson joins Scotland's National Academy

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:52:00 GMT

Professor Peter Jackson is among 66 new Fellows to join The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Outside of the Library
Outside of the Library

CO-CHOMHAIRLEACHAIDH POBLACH: Plana Gàidhlig Oilthigh Ghlaschu 2018–2021

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:57:00 GMT

Tha Oilthigh Ghlaschu a’ sireadh bheachdan air Plana Gàidhlig an Oilthighe (dreachd) 2018 – 2021.

University of Glasgow and Erskine patient records archive goes online
University of Glasgow and Erskine patient records archive goes online

University of Glasgow and Erskine patient records archive goes online

Fri, 09 Mar 2018 11:00:00 GMT

Strong working relations between the College of Arts, the Archive Services and Veterans' Charity Erskine has seen important First World War records go online.

UofG Professor curates pioneering media artist's first UK solo show
UofG Professor curates pioneering media artist's first UK solo show

Professor Andrew Prescott curates pioneering media artist's first UK solo show

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:03:00 GMT

Professor Andrew Prescott, UofG’s Professor of Digital Humanities, has worked with artist Eduardo Kac who helps people to see poetry in an entirely new way.

AHRC
AHRC

Professor Fiona Macpherson to sit on Arts and Humanities Research Council

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:05:00 GMT

Professor Fiona Macpherson has been appointed to the AHRC’s new Council – the senior decision making body of the organisation.

Hackathon
Hackathon

The Creating Reality Hackathon – University of Southern California

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:19:00 BST

The Creating Reality Hackathon was focussed on the Immersive Technologies – Augmented and Virtual Reality

RAF100
RAF100

UofG's forgotten father of the RAF

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:33:00 BST

Find out about the University of Glasgow's extraordinary links with the birth of the Royal Air Force.

Bid to reintroduce Classics
Bid to reintroduce Classics

Bid to reintroduce Classics subjects into schools in Scotland

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:31:00 BST

Academic, education policy makers and teachers will be meeting today (28 March 2018) to launch a project in Scotland to help revive Classics subjects in Scottish state schools.

WW1 PoW letters
WW1 PoW letters

WW1 Prisoner of War letters published 100 years after being written

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:27:00 BST

Seven months of correspondence, between Professor Archibald Allan Bowman and his wife Mabel, will be published by the University of Glasgow on the centenary of the day they were first written.

Louisa Campbell
Louisa Campbell

University of Glasgow research finds red and yellow paint on Antonine Wall

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:24:00 BST

An archaeologist using cutting edge technology on remnants of the Antonine Wall has shown parts of it were painted in bright colours.

A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.
A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.

Funding in place for new cornerstone of the Gaelic language

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:21:00 BST

The Scottish Government has announced a £2.5 million investment in the next phase of the first comprehensive dictionary of Gaelic.

Costas and black stone
Costas and black stone

Long tradition of ancient Mastermind competition continues at the University of Glasgow

Wed, 16 May 2018 07:52:00 BST

For the first time in many years, multiple students have put themselves forward for the Cowan Blackstone Medal ― a voluntary public oral competition on Latin texts.

ARCHAEOLOGIST HELPS BRING URBAN PREHISTORY TO THE PLAYGROUND
ARCHAEOLOGIST HELPS BRING URBAN PREHISTORY TO THE PLAYGROUND

Archaeologist helps bring urban prehistory to the playground

Thu, 31 May 2018 11:59:00 BST

At Crieff High School this week, a new noticeboard was unveiled to inform pupils and community members of an invisible but significant prehistoric monument that runs beneath the school.

Runaway Slaves in Britain searchable database launched
Runaway Slaves in Britain searchable database launched

Runaway Slaves in Britain searchable database launched

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:54:00 BST

Academics at the University of Glasgow launched a new digital database of fugitive slave adverts from 18th century UK newspapers on 1 June 2018.

Heroic week in Sleat
Heroic week in Sleat

Heroic week in Sleat

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 08:36:00 BST

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig welcomes Ulidia Finn 2018 | Sabhal Mòr Ostaig a’ cur fàilte air Ulidia Finn 2018

Chapel
Chapel

First World War names to be added to University Roll of Honour

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 08:31:00 BST

Researchers at the University identified 19 additional names to be added to the Roll of Honour later this year by using digital resources and confirmed their connection to the University using student records held by Archives.

Teaching excellence award
Teaching excellence award

Teaching Excellence Award success

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 07:47:00 BST

Two staff from the School of Humanities were presented with a University of Glasgow Teaching Excellence Award.

Former Moderator
Former Moderator

Former Moderator accepts Honorary Doctorate with historic Gaelic address

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:06:00 BST

Former Moderator Very Rev Dr Angus Morrison received an Honorary Degree from the University of Glasgow on Tuesday 26 June, addressing the audience in both English and Gaelic for the first time in the University’s 561 years.

craft beer
craft beer

Proof Positive: craft beer is a thing of the past

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:09:00 BST

University of Glasgow research identifies barley beer in Bronze Age Mesopotamian drinking vessels.

Tony Pollard
Tony Pollard

Excitement Building for Waterloo Uncovered Dig

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 08:20:00 BST

Professor Tony Pollard, Director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, looks forward to this year’s upcoming excavations with Waterloo Uncovered on the famous battlefield in Belgium.

Lecture Series 18-19
Lecture Series 18-19

Humanities Lecture Series 2018-19

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:04:00 BST

Humanities Lecture Series 2018-19

Lynn Abrams 700x300
Lynn Abrams 700x300

University of Glasgow creates its own wool

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 07:46:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow has created its own brand of knitting yarn made with wool from sheep reared on its own farm, it was announced today

Students in the cloisters
Students in the cloisters

The Philosophy of Safety Engineering: PhD studentship

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:12:00 GMT

How do we establish that a system is safe?

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