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International Heritage Project Support Officer & Project Archivist

• The International Heritage Project: South East Asia GRAB Lunch

  By sammaddra on April 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  On Wednesday April 24th the International Heritage Project put on a pop up display for the South East Asia GRAB lunch, with items reflecting the University’s links with Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei. From Special collections we had two… Read More ›

• The International Heritage Project Celebrates Our African Connections

  By sammaddra on March 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The focus for this month’s Global Regional Activity Briefing was Africa, and the International Heritage Project was delighted to support the event with a display of items from the Library’s heritage collections. The University of Glasgow started to welcome its… Read More ›

• Vox Populi – Republican Reality: Scotland and the USA 1790-1820

  By sammaddra on March 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  To coincide with Dr. Emma Macleod’s lecture Republican Reality: Scotland and the USA 1790-1820, the fifth in the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies Vox Populi seminar series, we offer up a tale of two WiIsons.  Both were born in… Read More ›

• The International Heritage Project supports the East Asia GRAB Lunch

  By sammaddra on February 12, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  On Monday February 11th the International Heritage Project provided a pop-up display of documents from Archive Services and Special Collections to support the East Asia Global Regional Activity Briefing (GRAB) Lunch. From Special Collections we selected The History of Japan……. Read More ›

• The Edwin Morgan Papers: Commemorating Burns Night

  By sammaddra on January 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  To commemorate Burns Night we thought we’d share with you a few items from the Papers of Edwin Morgan, in particular a couple of Robert Burns commemorative stamps which were sent to EM by an unidentified friend in the USSR…. Read More ›

• The International Heritage Project Pop-up Display

  By sammaddra on January 23, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  In support of the Europe Global Regional Activity Briefing (GRAB) Lunch, held on Tuesday January 22nd as part of the University’s Internationalisation Agenda, the International Heritage Project provided a pop-up display of documents from Archive Services and Special Collections.     … Read More ›

• The International Heritage Project welcomes Japanese school children from Ninohe City

  By sammaddra on January 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  My first full week in the post of International Heritage Project support officer saw my inaugural visit on the afternoon of Friday 11th January, when Glasgow University Library hosted a small, but very important Japanese delegation.  The party was composed… Read More ›

• Walter Gilbert’s carvings in the Memorial Chapel

  By sammaddra on November 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Last week Glasgow University Archive Services were contacted by Gordon Lawson enquiring about the carving in the University’s Memorial Chapel.  Gordon is presently compiling a Wikipedia article about the work of the British Sculptor Walter Gilbert, along with an illustrated… Read More ›

• PUDS Blog: Radio 4 Today

  By sammaddra on May 16, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  This morning the Radio 4 programme Today broadcast a feature about the Wellcome Library’s  ‘Modern Genetics and its Foundations’ project.  The Wellcome Library is bringing the papers of the pioneers of modern genetics together in one place for the first… Read More ›

• PUDS Blog: Photovision 2012

  By sammaddra on May 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  On 27th March 2012 the University of Glasgow’s Photographic Unit descended on Photovision 2012; the photographic trade show, this year held at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh. The event held annually and across the UK, hosted a variety of… Read More ›