A Talk by Moira Rankin (Senior Archivist, University of Glasgow Library) & Dr Jennifer Novotny (Research Assistant in History, University of Glasgow School of Humanities) in the Talk Lab on Level 3 of the University of Glasgow Library, 7 p.m…. Read More ›
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‘Dye-versity’: Research into Glasgow’s Nineteenth-Century Dyeing Manuals
A Talk by Dr Anita Quye: Senior Lecturer in Conservation Science within History of Art at the GU School of Culture and Creative Arts TalkLab, Level 3, University of Glasgow Library followed by refreshments – all welcome! Between the pages… Read More ›
CELEBRATING THE LIBRARY
Next month sees the public launch of a new and highly illustrated book celebrating the University of Glasgow Library from its origins in the 15th century to the present day, with a look to the future. It also contains an… Read More ›
Friends of GUL Spring Talk – Thomas Hopkirk: Books, Botany & Fungi
THOMAS HOPKIRK: Books, Botany & Fungi takes pride of place in a special illustrated Spring Talk in the University Library, Level 3 TalkLab, on Tuesday 15th March at 7pm organised by the Friends of Glasgow University Library The evening`s guest… Read More ›
The Songs of Robert Burns: A Glasgow Perspective
From left to right: Alison McNeill, Rabbie Burns and Professor Carruthers Rabbie Burns and Song – timeless and international – are being celebrated in style at the University Library on Tuesday 9th February 2016 at 7pm in the TalkLab, Level 3…. Read More ›
THE AFTERLIVES OF MEDIEVAL TEXTS: “Blind Hary’s” THE WALLACE
Professor Jeremy Smith, Head of Critical Studies, and an active member of the Friends of the Library, is the guest speaker at the next Open Talk in the Library, hosted by The Friends of Glasgow University Library, which takes place… Read More ›
“The GLASGOW LOOKING GLASS” – World’s First Comic ?
On Tuesday 21st April, at 7pm in the University Library, Professor Laurence Grove, known and esteemed as Billy Grove, will give the final Talk in this academic year`s Talk Series promoted by The Friends of Glasgow University Library. The talk takes… Read More ›
Bridging the Continental Divide
On Tuesday evening 17th February at 7pm Dr Steven Reid is the guest speaker in the current series of Talks in the Library presented by The Friends of Glasgow University Library http://www.gla.ac.uk/fgul . His subject is Bridging the Continental Divide … Read More ›
FGUL: BUCHAN and the Great War: personal loss and national tragedy
A son of the manse, John Buchan was schooled in Glasgow and went on to attend the University of Glasgow. While studying moral philosophy and the classics, he also wrote poetry and essays for the Glasgow University Magazine in the… Read More ›
FGUL: The University of Glasgow & Chair of Naval Architecture talk
This coming Tuesday 21st October at 7pm sees the launch of the 2014-15 series of Library Talks promoted by The Friends of Glasgow University Library when industrial historian Professor John Hume, Chair of RCAHMS, describes the foundation and growth of… Read More ›