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Public lectures


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Geological Society of Glasgow Lecture Series

13 Nov

Date: Thursday 13 November 2025 - Thursday 14 May 2026
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Kelvin Hall

Join the Geological Society of Glasgow for a free, public lecture series. The lectures take place on the second Thursday of every month in Kelvin Hall and are open to all to attend!

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Songs from the Cosmos featuring Lomond Campbell and David Mahon

07 Apr

Date: Tuesday 07 April 2026
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Categories: 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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Real or Fake? Navigating Mis/Disinformation in the 2026 Scottish Parliament

07 Apr

Date: Tuesday 07 April 2026
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building University of Glasgow 3 Kelvin Way Glasgow G12 8NN

This public lecture brings together researchers and representatives from the UK Electoral Commission to examine how misinformation and disinformation may influence electoral politics in Scotland and across the UK.

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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
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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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: 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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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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Civic Imaginaries of Frome and Emila Romagna: movements not moments?

13 Apr

Date: Monday 13 April 2026
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom

Discover how two forward-thinking communities are reshaping independent politics and radical forms of place-stewardship. Throughout 2026, the Civic Imaginary Partnerships project is hosting a series of international knowledge exchange webinars, exploring how communities are reshaping local democracy and piloting new place-based initiatives.

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Silent Agitator: Time to Organize

14 Apr

Date: Tuesday 14 April 2026
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures
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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Our Time by Alasdair Skelton - Book Talk, Signing and Q&A

15 Apr

Date: Wednesday 15 April 2026
Time: 17:30 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Prof Alasdair Skelton

This is a public lecture, Q&A session, and book signing to mark the recent release of Prof. Skelton's new book, Our Time.

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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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A Parliament Transformed? Making Sense of Scotland's Election

21 Apr

Date: Tuesday 21 April 2026
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building University of Glasgow 3 Kelvin Way Glasgow G12 8NN
Speaker: Professor Sir John Curtice

In this lecture Professor Sir John Curtice, the UK’s foremost electoral analyst, unpacks the key dynamics driving voter behaviour ahead of polling day, from economic discontent and public service pressures to the enduring fault line of independence.

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Ceding Sovereignty to the More-Than-Human: A Maori Perspective

23 Apr

Date: Thursday 23 April 2026
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Gilbert Scott Building, Room 466 Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Carl Mika

In-person Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Event, in collaboration with Lancaster University and Glasgow Caledonian University

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Glasgow Theatre Seminar: book launch and conversation for Carl Lavery's An Idea For A Theatre Ecology

23 Apr

Date: Thursday 23 April 2026
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: James Arnott Theatre, Gilmorehill Building

Theatre Studies at University of Glasgow is delighted to welcome you to the publication launch of Professor Carl Lavery's An Idea for a Theatre Ecology: Methods, theories, histories and practices

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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: 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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Scottish Hustings for Young People

28 Apr

Date: Tuesday 28 April 2026
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
Speaker: Daniel Khan-O'Malley, Iris Duane, Ross Hutton, Eleanor Ryan-Saha, Zen Ghani, Jamie McGuire

The John Smith Centre and the Scottish Youth Parliament are delighted to announce our plans to stage a special one-off election hustings exclusively for Scotland’s young people.

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Trying On Transitions: Experiential approaches to energy engagement

29 Apr

Date: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Room 210, 42 Bute Gardens
Speaker: Dr Michael Fell

In this talk I discuss a selection of projects aimed at enabling people to engage more meaningfully with unfamiliar aspects of energy transitions. These include a peer‑to‑peer energy trading board game (Watts the Deal?), a “test‑drive” simulator for heat pumps (pump:chic), and an online tool that shows when electricity is cleanest for activities like baking (Should I Bake?). Based on this work, I argue that tools which foreground hands‑on exploration and social interaction can surface mental models, challenge assumptions, and open space for forms of individual and collective agency that purely informational or discursive approaches may fail to support.

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JUST Tour Seminar Series: Responses to contestations of touristification

05 May

Date: Tuesday 05 May 2026
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online
Speaker: Alejandro Armas Diaz, Susana Batel, Guillem Colom-Montero, Anna de Jong

This seminar explores the various ways residents respond to the rapidly evolving phenomenon of touristification.

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Emerging Quantum Technologies Summer School 2026

25 Jun

Date: Thursday 25 June 2026 - Friday 26 June 2026
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Glasgow University Union
Speaker: TBC

Join us for the second edition fo this very successful Summer School on Emerging Quantum Technologies: designed for researchers and industry professionals at all career stages, this Summer School offers a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts, participate in interactive workshops and engaging activities, and network with peers from academia and industry.

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