Ruth McKenna introduces her PhD entitled ‘Imagining Russia in British political, media and popular discourses post-1999: the impact upon Russian-speaking migrant integration in the UK’.
Report on land value taxation debate at the Scottish rural housing conference.
The recent revolutions in the Middle East raise questions about the enforceability of human rights norms during times of transition between one type of regime and another.
Introducing a project to meet one of the Global Challenges of our time – ensuring the world has a steady supply of safe drinking water.
What makes a prison sentence a turning point for some prisoners? What needs to be in place for turning points to lead to a crime-free life after release? This talk addresses these questions, drawing on current research.
Ssnapshot of one week’s coverage of the debate about the Scottish Independence Referendum on the social media platform, Twitter.
By Professor Phillip Schlesinger, Professor of Cultural Policy, The University of Glasgow. Last November, the Scottish Government published Scotland’s Future – its White Paper on independence. Although considerable attention has been devoted to broadcasting, very little indeed has been given to film. It is very timely, therefore, that the first ever conference convened to discuss independence and the future of…
Is it credible for a post-independent Scotland to retain the pound sterling by remaining part of a sterling zone?
Ahead of the series of events about LGBT lives in Russia and Lithuania, Marc David Jacobs of Edinburgh Film Guild New Cinema, discusses the way in which Russian and Lithuanian filmmakers have explored the experiences and challenges LGBT communities in Russia and Lithuania. This month, in Edinburgh and Glasgow, there is to be a series entitled LGBT…