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  1. Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

    Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

    From the quote attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in...

  2. Health Care Under Occupation: challenges for cancer and post-trauma care in Gaza, Palestine

    Health Care Under Occupation: challenges for cancer and post-trauma care in Gaza, Palestine

    STEPS Autumn Event

    STEPS is pleased to have The Bute Medical Society as our co-host for this event. Speakers: GERRY O'HARE Gerry O'Hare is an Oncology Clinical Nurse...

  3. Turning Pages

    Turning Pages

    A group for staff, meeting monthly, to discuss readings mainly on faith. Contact Revd Dr Donald MacEwan for further information. Todays reading: Jan Milič...

  4. Careers Event

    Careers Event

    Guest Speaker - John Everard

    This session is open to all students and postgraduates. This focus on a number of key topics, including developing your interview skills, making applications,...

  5. North Korea -- What happens next?

    North Korea -- What happens next?

    John Vivian Everard is a British former diplomat. He was formerly the UK's ambassador to Belarus, the UK's ambassador to Uruguay and the UK's...

  6. Yoga for beginners

    Yoga for beginners

    The Chaplaincy is delighted to offer free yoga for beginners during Martinmas Semester. Yoga equipment will be provided. Sign up will be week-by-week only by...

  7. Yoga for beginners

    Yoga for beginners

    The Chaplaincy is delighted to offer free yoga for beginners during Martinmas Semester. Yoga equipment will be provided. Sign up will be week-by-week only by...

  8. TV broadcasting in authoritarian states: A tool to craft influence and identities

    TV broadcasting in authoritarian states: A tool to craft influence and identities

    Centre for Syrian Studies CSS

    Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science -- LSE. He...

  9. The Wednesday Seminar Series

    The Wednesday Seminar Series

    School of International Relations Wednesday Research Seminar Series Autumn 2023

    The Wednesday Seminar Series --- School of International Relations Wednesday Research Seminar Series Autumn 2023 Convenors: Drs Jeffrey Stevenson Murer and...

  10. Feminism in Contemporary Syria

    Feminism in Contemporary Syria

    Centre of Syrian Studies (CSS)

    Speakers at this Centre of Syrian Studies (CSS) event include Ola Rifai, Birgit Poopuu, Omar Imady, Roua Al Taweel and Lina Al Hafez, with Discussant, Rahaf...

  11. Uncivil War: the British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975

    Uncivil War: the British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975

    Lecture then Q&A Session

    When Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish Sea. Uncivil War reveals the full...

  12. Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art (Dr Fabio Caiani)

    Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art (Dr Fabio Caiani)

    Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website

    This event is a multi-media celebration of Middle Eastern art in honour of Catherine Cobham (former Head of the Arabic and Persian Department). Renowned Syrian...

  13. From Soldiers to Rebels? The Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association in 1970s Northern Ireland

    From Soldiers to Rebels? The Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association in 1970s Northern Ireland

    Wednesday research seminars series

    Part of the School of International Relations Wednesday Research Seminar Series Autumn 2023. Convenors for Week five are Drs Jeffrey Stevenson Murer and Adam...

  14. Yoga for beginners

    Yoga for beginners

    The Chaplaincy is delighted to offer free yoga for beginners during Martinmas Semester. Yoga equipment will be provided. Sign up will be week-by-week only by...

  15. Going Mainstream: How Extremists are Taking Over

    Going Mainstream: How Extremists are Taking Over

    CSTPV Online Talk with Julia Ebner

    Incels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, these groups all belonged on the fringes of the political spectrum. Today, accelerated by a...

  16. Cold War Worldmaking Between East Asia and the Arab World

    Cold War Worldmaking Between East Asia and the Arab World

    MECACS Seminar Series Event - Mohammed Alsudairi

    Seeking to transcend Western- and state-centric readings of the Cold War, the talk focuses on the various forms of ideational interaction and worldmaking that...

  17. My Doric Diary

    My Doric Diary

    7.30pm -- Pay what you can £15.00 / £12.00 / £10.00

    A Doric jukebox musical from Katie Barnett and James Siggens of AyeTunes!, My Doric Diary is a heart-warming story about what it means to love and what it takes...

  18. Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens

    Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens

    Pay what you can £8.00 / £6.00 / £4.00

    Tragic Carpet Theatre presents The Seven Ravens. A Raven visits a young girl. Why are the birds gathering? and what is the secret that Ada learns about her...

  19. Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens

    Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens

    Pay what you can: £8, £6 or £4

    Tragic Carpet Theatre presents The Seven Ravens. A Raven visits a young girl. Why are the birds gathering? and what is the secret that Ada learns about her...

  20. Careers with INGOs and NGOs

    Careers with INGOs and NGOs

    The Halo Trust; MLitt in Peace & Conflict Studies, 2015

    Speaker : Calum Gibbs Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and the MLitt and MPhil in Peacebuilding and Mediation All IR MLitt, MPhil and PhD students are very...