Events

Talks, tours, and events are open to all Friends and visitors.

Events Archive

Media and Politics in Contemporary Scotland A talk by David Hutchison, Honorary Professor in Media Policy at Glasgow Caledonian University Thursday 20th February
Talk Lab, Level 3, University of Glasgow Library, 7pm

Pioneering Scotswomen in Engineering: from the Ancient Universities to the Hall of Fame - Dr Nina Baker Thursday 28th November
Talk Lab, University of Glasgow Library, 7:00pm

Oor Big Braw Cosmos - a Cocktail of Cosmic Science, Imagery and Poetry
Talk Lab, Thursday 17th October 2019 at 7:30pm

'Scotland’s links with the emergence of Modern Japan – the case of Glasgow University graduate, Dr Kaichi Watanabe’
Talk Lab, Thursday 21st March 2019 at 7pm

‘From High Street to high-rise: housing the Glasgow University Library’
Talk Lab, Thursday 28th February 2019 at 7pm

‘Honest Jim?’, Guido Pontecorvo’s copy of Jim Watson’s Double Helix manuscript
A talk by Kevin O’Dell, Professor of Behavioural Genetics at the University of Glasgow
Talk Lab 7pm on Thursday 22ndNovember

William Collins – 200 years of Publishing History
A talk by Dawn Sinclair, Archivist at Harper Collins Publishers, in the Talk Lab on Level 3 of the University of Glasgow Library, 6.45pm on Thursday 25th October

A HEAP OF BOOKS ON THE FLOOR? TRANSCRIBING THE EARLIEST CATALOGUES OF WILLIAM HUNTER'S LIBRARY
by Julie Gardham (Senior Librarian in Special Collections, ASC, GUL)
Tuesday 13th February, 2018 - 7pm

SHINING LIGHT ON MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
by Professor Andrew Beeby, (Department of Chemistry, University of Durham)
Tuesday 27th March, 2018 - 7pm

STUART CAMPBELL CONDUCTS RUSSKAYA CAPELLA.
University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel (Admission Free)
Thursday 7th December, 2017: 7.30pm

PRISON EDUCATION: A HARD CELL
by Jim King
Tuesday 7th November, 2017 - 7pm

WILL THE REAL DUNCAN MACRAE STAND UP: EXPERIENCES IN WRITING A BIOGRAPHY
by Priscilla Barlow
Tuesday 24th October, 2017 - 7.30pm

THE ERSKINE HOSPITAL CENTENARY PROJECT
by Moira Rankin (Senior Archivist, University of Glasgow Library) & Dr Jennifer Novotny (Research Assistant in History, GU School of Humanities)
Tuesday 21st March, 2017 - 7pm

DYE-VERSITY: RESEARCH INTO GLASGOW’S C19th DYEING MANUALS
by Dr Anita Quye
Tuesday 21st February, 2017 - 7pm

THOMAS HOLLIS AND HIS LIBRARY OF LIBERTY
by Dr Adam Budd
Tuesday 22nd  November, 2016 - 7pm

A HIDDEN GEM: ART AND MENTAL HEALTH
by Dr Maureen Park
Tuesday 25th October, 2016 -  7pm

A TOUR OF THE LIBRARY
Saturday 10th September, 2016 - 2pm

University book launch of – THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW LIBRARY: Friendly Shelves
Monday 13th June, 2016

THOMAS HOPKIRK : Books, Botany and Fungi
by Dick Peebles
Tuesday 15th March, 2016  - 7pm

THE SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS : A Glasgow Perspective
by Professor Gerard Carruthers with soprano Alison McNeill
Tuesday 9th February, 2016 - 7pm