Category: Past
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25/6/2026 ASAHH Network Reflections: African Collections in Scotland
16:00-18:00, Thursday 25 June 2026 Hybrid event: Hebdomadar’s Room, St Salvator’s Quad, University of St Andrews; Online via MS Teams, free tickets via website Dr John Giblin, Keeper of Global Arts, Culture and Design, National Museums Scotland Join us for a special event to hear from Dr John Giblin, who will soon depart his post…
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19/6/2026 ASAHH Network Forum 02
3:30pm-5:00pm, Friday 19 June 2026 Online, free tickets via website The Africa Scotland Art History Heritage Network is pleased to announce our next ASAHH Network Forum, taking place online via MS Teams. This is a collegial event for network members to share brief overviews of current or recent projects, or to put a call out for collaborators on…
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20/6/2026 Event: “Ethiopian Cultural Show”
16:00-19:00, Saturday 20 June 2026 Kinning Park Parish Church Hall, 20 Eaglesham Ct, Glasgow The Ethiopian Cultural Show will host a 20 minute Ethiopian traditional music and dance performance, presented in two parts. There will also be a presentation of Ethiopian food, centred around the idea of sharing from one plate (Agelgil), inviting guests to…
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20/6/2026 Event: “Africa Future Scholarship Event”
14:00-18:00, Saturday 20 June 2026 Kinning Park Complex 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow The Africa Future Scholarships event will begin at 2.30pm with a short icebreaker, followed by speeches from Members of Parliament, Police Scotland, and the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Education until 3pm. From 3pm to 5pm, there will be a panel presentation featuring…
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19/6/2026 Event: “Rhythms of Place: Talking Drums at Newbattle Abbey”
13:00-15:00, Friday 19 June 2026 Newbattle Abbey College, Dalkeith, tickets via Eventbrite ‘Rhythms of Place‘ is a free, family friendly outdoor event that brings Nigerian drumming and talking drum performance into the historic grounds of Newbattle Abbey College. Led by Nigerian performers OHMO WORLD and female talking drummer Kira Africa, the event explores how rhythm,…
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18/6/2026 Event: “CinemARC at Refugee Festival Scotland”
17:30-20:00, Thursday 18 June 2026 Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, free tickets via Eventbrite Based on Refugee Festival Scotland 2026 themes of celebration, collaboration and building a shared future, this CinemARC programme of short films has been jointly curated by teams at the ARC, the UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Language and the…
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12/6/2026 Event: “Rooted Here: African & Caribbean Refugee Voices in Scotland”
14:00-17:30, Friday 12 June 2026 Next Step Initiative, 54 – 58 ST Vincent Terrace, Glasgow, free event ‘Rooted Here’ is a community storytelling and cultural celebration event highlighting the journeys, resilience, and contributions of African and Caribbean refugees living in Scotland. Through personal stories, spoken word, cultural expression, and open conversation, the event will create…
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16/6/2026 Workshop: “Learn Mbira with Dr Tawona Sitholé”
12:00-13:30, Tuesday 16 June 2026 Peace Garden, University Gardens, University of Glasgow, free tickets via Humanitix Join for a mbira workshop with Dr Tawona Sitholé. The art of crafting and playing the mbira is inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The practice was banned for years as part of a cultural repression programme…
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19/6/2026 Workshop: “Mapping Memory: Somali Presence in the Archives”
11:00-12:30, Friday 19 June 2026 Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, free tickets via Eventbrite Join on a journey through archival research to uncover Somali history in the UK, prior to 1988. This creative workshop brings together historical records and personal memory, mapping the legacy of Somali presence in Sheffield and Glasgow. Asking us to…