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Staff workshops and seminars

Staff workshops and seminars


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Failure, Collaboration and the Culture of Research

11 Feb

Date: Wednesday 11 February 2026
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology

Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology explores the moments, people and partnerships that shape research culture and drive impact beyond academia.

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LGBT+ Youth, Violence & Political Activism

23 Feb

Date: Monday 23 February 2026
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Room 163, Clarice Pears Social Health and Wellbeing Building
Speaker: Professor Dennis Francis

This talk tracks how cisheteronormativity is (re)produced in South African schools and society through everyday practices, and how these are resisted. In some schools, for example, where cisheteronormativity is ubiquitous and unquestioned, youth’s identification as LGBT+ is itself a significant act of resistance against normative power.

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Queer Histories in the Archives – Student Perspectives at UofG

24 Feb

Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Room 223, Mazumdar Shaw Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: Dr Sam Rutherford, Robyn Stewart, Alex Kabaj

Join us for an interactive LGBT History Month event exploring how queer histories are preserved, uncovered, and interpreted within the University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections. This session combines hands-on activities, archival insights, and reflections on researching LGBT histories. No prior experience with archival research is required.

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Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion

25 Feb

Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026
Time: 10:15 - 12:30
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Studio 2, The Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow, G11 6EW
Speaker: Dr Kevin Guyan

The fight for LGBTQ+ equalities is shaped – and constrained – by the design and control of categories of gender, sex and sexuality.

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