Research Events
School Affiliated Research Events
2010-2011
November
Maclaurin Galleries, Ayr
September
Friday 23rd Sept: The Arches, Glasgow: Making Routes afternoon symposium, with David Overend, Nic Green, Adrian Howells, Phil Smith, Eleanor Harrison
Thursday 22nd September: Scottish Centre for Island Studies research meeting/reception, 4.00 – 7.00pm, CCA Glasgow
Vault Lounge: Art, Money and Value: artists talking about making a living, live evening discussion event as part of Vault Art Glasgow9th September Briggait, Glasgow, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Sat 3rd/Sun 4th September : Chris Dooks artist residency/workshops, ’10 Rooms’, Holmston House, Ayr, 2pm
Re:Wire - the Media Art History conference
UWS in partnership with FACT Liverpool, University of Sunderland, Lancaster University, University of Sussex and Liverpool John Moores University
January
Monday 14th January
London 2012: The First Transhuman Games?
A debate at the CCA with Professor Andy Miah, artist Francesca Steele and genetic scientist Dr Yannis Pistalidis, sponsored by the London 2012 'inspired' programme, PODIUM, RCUK and ICSEMIS 2012.
2009-2010
February
Friday 19th February
Ayrtime: Event 1 Janice Galloway Bar Libertine, Ayr 7.00pm
Wednesday 24th February
Scottish Alternative Music Awards Classic Grand, Glasgow 7.30pm
Wednesday 26th February
Scottish Production Archive: Peter Mullan Glasgow Film Theatre 6.30pm
March
Tuesday 9th March
Creative Choices Festival UWS Paisley Campus
Scottish Creative Economy Conference UWS Paisley Campus 10.00am
Creative Industries Festival UWS Paisley Campus Inspiring People: Christopher Brookmyre UWS Paisley Campus
Wednesday 10th March
Practice/Research Seminar 1: David Manderson: Writing Theory and Writing Fiction CCA Glasgow 5.00pm
Thursday 11th March
Guest lecture by Jeff Zycinski, Head of Radio, BBC Scotland
Friday 19th March
Ayrtime: Event 2 Alan Bissett Bar Libertine, Ayr 7.00pm
Tuesday 23rd March
Professor Andy Miah: inaugural lecture Posthuman Lifestyles Mashing Up Lecture Series launch CCA 5 , Glasgow 6.30pm
Wednesday 24th March
Performance Showcase CCA Glasgow 7.00pm
Thursday 25th March
DIGITAL MEDIA FOR GOOD CCA (Centre for Contemporary Arts), 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD 4.30pm – 6.30pm
In partnership with Creative Loop and the University of West of Scotland Book here
Performance Showcase CCA Glasgow 7.00pm
Friday 26th March
Performance Showcase CCA Glasgow 7.00pm
Saturday 27th March
Ayrtime: Event 3 Pippa Goldschmidt Bar Libertine, Ayr 7.00pm
Wednesday 31st March
Practice/Research Seminar 2 Stuart Hepburn/John Quinn Adapting fiction for television CCA Glasgow 5.00pm
April
Friday 2nd April
Ayrtime: Event 4 Alasdair Roberts Bar Libertine, Ayr 7.00pm
Friday 16th April
Ayrtime: Event 5 Wounded Knee Bar Libertine, Ayr 7.00pm
Wednesday 28th April
Practice/Research Seminar 3 Samantha Clark with Chris Fremantle (University of Dundee) Contemporary art practices and ecological aesthetics CCA Glasgow 5.00pm
May
Wednesday 5th May
Practice/Research Seminar 4 Graham Jeffery with Professor David Jenkins (Kings College London) Practitioner conversations between teachers and artists: possibilities and pitfalls CCA Glasgow
Wednesday 12th May
Practice/Research Seminar 5 David Scott Songwriting and Popular Music Pedagogy CCA Glasgow
Tuesday 18th May - Thursday 20th May
School Showcase CCA Glasgow
Wednesday 19th May
School Showcase CCA Glasgow MashingUp: Theory and Practice: What is the practitioner-researcher? CCA Glasgow 7.00pm
2008-2009
25-29 September 2009:
Abandon Normal Devices, Festival of New Cinema and Digital Culture
FACT, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Cornerhouse Manchester & Folly
http://www.andfestival.org.uk [Professor Andy Miah, Debates Curator]
24-29 August 2009:
International Symposium for Electronic Arts
Annual meeting of ISEA
http://www.isea2009.org [Professor Andy Miah, Executive Committee; Professor Yvonne Spielmann, Keynote]
11-13 August 2009:
EuropeComm
First International ICST Conference on Communications Infrastructure, Systems and Applications in Europe, London
http://europecomm.org [Professor Andy Miah, Technical Programming Committee]
9 May 2009:
UNsustainable UNconference
Part of the FACT Climate for Change exhibition
http://climateforchange.fact.co.uk [Professor Andy Miah, Chair]
March 2009:
What do you get if....? A conference on Social Technology Systems in the Arts and Health
Funded by the EPSRC Digital Economy Research Cluster
http://whatdoyougetif.wordpress.com [Professor Andy Miah]
Oct 2008:
6th Annual Conference of Women in French in Scotland
Organized with Strathclyde University and the Marseille Association of Historians: Les Femmes et la ville, to celebrate the twinning of Marseille & Glasgow, October, 2008 [Dr Elisabeth Campbell]
Oct 2008:
Human Futures: Art in an Age of Uncertainty - Book Launch & Symposium
Liverpool, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), 30 October, 2008
http:/humanfutures.wordpress.com [Dr Andy Miah]
October 2008:
2nd Small Islands Film Festival / Feis Film nan Eileanan Beaga Isle of Islay,
Argyll, 3rd October - 5th October 2008 [view pdf flyer]
http://eileananbeaga.wordpress.com [Dr Kathryn A. Burnett]
May 2008:
University Annual Conference, May.
Location: Paisley Campus
Jun 2007:
Small Islands Film Festival / Feis Film nan Eileanan Beaga
Isle of Eriskay, Western Isles, Friday 15th – Sunday 17th June 2007
http://eileananbeaga.wordpress.com [Dr Kathryn A. Burnett]
May 2007:
University Annual Conference, 9-10 May.
Location: Paisley Campus, P Block.
Feb 2006:
The Olympics and Web 2.0, 17 February, 2006.
Co-Chaired by Dr Andy Miah and Kris Krug, Bryght.
Location: Torino, Italy.
http://www.culturalolympics.org.uk
Sept 2005:
Celebrity Culture: an Interdisciplinary Conference, 12-14, Sept, 2005
Co-Chaired by Dr Andy Miah and Dr Philip Drake.
Location: Ayr, Scotland.
http://www.celebrityculture.net
March 2004:
Women in French in Scotland annual conference, 6 March, 2004.
Paisley Campus, University of the West of Scotland, Scotland, Co-organised with Strathclyde University.
June 2003:
Project Meeting of the 'Computer Games + Cultural Policy' group.
This one-day seminar consists of guest presentations from external speakers and a presentation of the aspirations for the project.