Event series: LGBT lives in Russia and Lithuania, 11-23 February 2014
A programme of screenings and talks presents a close glimpse into the state of LGBT cinema and culture in Russia and Lithuania today.
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EVENT: The David Frisby Memorial Lecture 2014
The Sociology subject area at the University of Glasgow are pleased to announce that this year Professor Nancy Fraser will be giving our annual Frisby Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Professor Nancy Fraser (University of Cambridge and New School for Social Research) on “Behind Marx’s ‘Hidden Abode’: Toward and Expanded Conception of Capitalism” Wednesday 12 February 2014,…
Future of the Scottish press
By Professor Philip Schlesinger and Dr Alex Benchimol In the run-up to the independence referendum on 18 September, Scotland’s newspaper press is facing a double challenge. First, can print journalism adapt to the digital revolution, given a continuing decline in newspaper sales? Second, can the press perform its civic role in contributing to an increasingly…
EVENT: LGBT equality and the geopolitics of human rights: insights from Russia
The Gender and Sexualities Forum, in association with Central and East European Studies and the Glasgow Human Rights Network, has announced the event: ‘LGBT equality and the geopolitics of human rights: insights from Russia’.
Immigration and trust in UK politics
By Professor Lauren McLaren (Politics) Since the end of World War Two, the UK has grappled with the potentially conflicting aims of using cheap immigrant labour and maintaining social cohesion. Recent decades have witnessed persistent public concern about immigration, despite government attempts to assuage public opinion by trying to restrict new immigration and introducing citizenship…
‘Go Home’: Mapping the ongoing controversy of Home Office immigration campaigns
By Dr Emma Jackson, Journal Research Fellow (Urban Studies) On December 19th 2013, the Scottish Parliament debated the Home Office’s ‘Go Home’ poster campaign in the UK Border Agency’s Brand Street reporting centre. The posters at Brand Street reading ‘Is life here hard, why not go home?’ were part of a high profile Government pilot scheme launched…
Football fans get FFITer and lose weight
New research suggests that an initiative that helps male football fans feel better and live a healthier lifestyle by losing weight, taking more exercise, and improving their diet has had success.
Raise aspirations to break poverty traps
How the experience of poverty impacts on the beliefs and aspirations of the poor, and an ongoing project in Kolkata which is working to raise the aspirations of sex workers.
A Viable Plan B?
Commentary on the White Paper setting out the SNP’s stall for an independent Scotland on a range of economic issues from the currency to fiscal policy.