March 2019

First Friday Writing Day (March 2019)
First Friday Writing Days dedicate time to progressing our individual writing projects in a supportive and relaxed environment.

Travelling Gallery: Spring 2019 exhibition
This exhibition will explore how artists and creative industries are responding to global migration now. With ongoing international conflicts and the continued displacement of human beings we are questioning how we view, understand, and represent refugees. Can artists give a voice to those who don't have one?

Human Cargo: A Journey among Refugees
This lecture will discuss the refugee stories traced in the book, the inspiration and production of the artwork, and will consider what has and hasn't changed over the decade since.

Film Screening: Human Flow
Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. Human Flow, an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

Japanese for Beginners - Taster Session & Sushi!
Would you love to learn some Japanese but have never had the chance? Join us for a “fun” taster session where you can learn some basic phrases from our guest lecturer, Ms Yuko Fujimitsu-san, the Chief Japanese Language Advisor, at the Japan Foundation (London), together with Mrs Noriko Tabner, the University’s resident Japanese teacher.

Traditional Japanese Poetry and Tea Ceremony (Urasenke)
Join Professor Alan Spence, award-winning poet and playwright, novelist and short story writer and Mio Shapley, a qualified master of Urasenke Tea Ceremony.

ARTiculation Scotland Final
The Art Collection are hosting the Scotland final of ARTiculation - the annual public speaking competition for students aged between 16 and 19.

Peter Cairns: Scotland, The Big Picture
Peter Cairns, conservation photographer, is giving a talk to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in Stirling. In this stunning presentation, Peter showcases the work of a team of dedicated photographers and film-makers who have gathered images to make the case for a wilder Scotland.

Japanese Shodo (calligraphy) and Tsumami-zaiku (pinching handiwork) Workshop
Come and try your hand at Shodo (traditional Japanese calligraphy) and Tsumami-zaiku (pinching handiwork) in a relaxed environment.

Japan Film Series
Join us for the screening of three Japanese films as part of the Japan Series 2019 activities at the University of Stirling.

How the niche will inherit the earth... is there life after Facebook?
What is the future for journalism as the disruptors find themselves disrupted?

Women in Science Panel
To celebrate International Women's Day 2019, the Science Society is teaming up with the Women in STEM Society and Sorority to host a guest panel of successful and inspirational women in science!

Experiences of Exile: Who Is?
The Who is? Project has been made to ask the public to question the way we think about each other.

Discovering Hokkaido!
This is a great opportunity for those looking to find out more about Hokkaido and its unique culture; as well as for those with a keen interest in travel who may be planning to visit.
