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Seminar ‘National Identities – A Scottish – Bavarian comparison’, University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow is pleased to host a half day conference this Thursday, 17 May, on “National Identities – A Scottish – Bavarian comparison”.   The conference begins at 2pm and is being held in the Gannochy Room at the Wolfson Medical School Building.

Speakers include:

Angus Robertson MP on “Identity in Scotland ahead of the Independence Referendum”

Dr Ludwig Spaenle, Bavarian Minister for Culture and Education, “Bavaria and Germany and Europe.  Annotations to his present-day position and identity”

Prof Dauvit Broun and Dr Catriona MacDonald , University of Glasgow – “Between States: historical perspectives on being Scottish”

Prof Ferdinand Kramer, University of Munich, “A Thousand Years and more of History”

Attendance is free but you are required to register in advance via: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/events/conferences/nationalidentities/ . A more detailed programme can also be found via this link.

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Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet) conference on “Engaging research”

Perla Innocenti, University of Glasgow, attended the Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet)  conference on “Engaging research”, co-convened by Prof. Rebecca Kay, on 2nd March 2012.

The University of Glasgow’s Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network aims to bring together researchers and practitioners, NGOs and policy makers working with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. As the title suggests, the conference brought together researchers and organisations to jointly develop ideas for research projects that would benefit both parties, through:

Short presentations from a range of academic partners showcasing their projects and focusing on process design/methods/challenges/lessons. Parallel Discussion Sessions to bring together organisations and potential researchers around central research questions with a view to trying to develop viable research projects.

 

The University of Glasgow academic community has a wide range of expertise in relation to refugees, asylum and migration. The City of Glasgow is host to the largest [...]