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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 19h

Online Spring School Keynote Spotlight: Professor Shira Klein will be speaking about the Jerusalem Declaration of antisemitism which draws a clear line between anti-Zionism and actual hatred of Jews.

More about Prof. Kelin: lnkd.in/eiTCAywS

Link to free tickets and full programme on our Linktree!

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 19h

Online Spring School Keynote Spotlight: Professor Bilgin Ayata will be speaking about the conceptual framework of elastic borders with an analysis of Europe’s southern frontiers.

More about Prof. Ayata: lnkd.in/eRkWu-4d

Link to free tickets and full programme on our Linktree!

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 1d

With tickets going by fast, this year's online Spring School is approaching with only 2 more weeks to go!

Link to tickets and full programme on our Linktree!

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 3d

Our keynote spotlight series for the Online Spring School (27-31 Oct) is here!

Join us for a live performance from our keynote musician Bozhena Yakymenko🎶🎵

Bozhena's Youtube: www.youtube.com/@bozhenayakymenko

Link to free tickets and full programme on our Linktree!

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 3d

Our keynote spotlight series for the Online Spring School (27-31 Oct) is here!

Join us for a live performance from our keynote musician Magda Angélica García von Hoegen🎶🎵

Link to free tickets and full programme on our Linktree!

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 3d

Our keynote spotlight series for the Online Spring School (27-31 Oct) is here!

Join us for a live performance from our keynote musician Brice Catherin🎶🎵

More about Brice: www.bricecatherin.org

Link to free tickets and full programme on our Linktree!

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 3d

Our keynote spotlight series for the Online Spring School (27-31 Oct) is here!

Join us for a live performance from our keynote musician
@martinkerrmusic.bsky.social
🎶🎵

More about Martin Kerr: www.martinkerrmusic.com/

Link to free tickets and full programme on our Linktree!

Martin Kerr

Home page of Martin Kerr, a folk artist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Martin Kerr is an award-winning singer and songwriter. He plays at folk clubs, festivals, house concerts and private events.

www.martinkerrmusic.com

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 3d

Our keynote spotlight series for the Online Spring School (27-31 Oct) is here!

Join us for a live performance form our keynote musician Fergus McNeil 🎶🎵

Link to free tickets and full programme on our Linktree!

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 4d

Keynote spotlight series for the Online Spring School (27-31 Oct)!

Keynote Spotlight: Matt Rabagliati, Head of Policy, Research and Communications at the UK National Commission for @unesco.org, will ask the audience: what does peace mean to you?

Free tickets/full programme on our Linktree!🌲

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 4d

Our keynote spotlight series for the Online Spring School (27-31 Oct) is here!

Keynote Spotlight: Professor Naomi Head will be speaking about the work of three novelists writing about exile, home, and connection - Heba Hayek, Isabella Hamad, and Hisham Matar.

Links to free tickets on Linktree! 🌲

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 4d

Online UNESCO RIELA Spring School 2025

Keynote Spotlight: Ramon and Alison from Ephemeral Ensemble will be speaking about how embodied theatre-making can take us beyond the rational and help to push aside arguments that impede peace-building 💫

Links to free tickets/full programme on our linktree 🌲

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 5d

Our keynote spotlight series for the Online Spring School (27-31 Oct) is here!

Keynote Spotlight: Photographer and filmmaker Luigi Toscano will be speaking about his art project "Lest We Forget" featuring 400 Holocaust survivors.

Links to free tickets/full programme on our linktree 🌲

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 6d

Our keynote spotlight series for the Spring School is here!

Professor Alison Phipps @alisonphipps.bsky.social with her daughter Rima Swinfen will show us how to make Ghaat - a porridge with deep cultural significance that speaks of life, trust, and sharing.

Links to free tickets on our linktree 🌲

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 8d

Tickets going fast for our Online Spring School with only 3 more weeks to go!

This year's theme is - "May Peace Prevail" 🕊️

Tickets and full program on our linktree!

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 13d

Exhibition, film screening and discussion hosted by photographer @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in collaboration with Empire Café and featuring our very own Tawona Ganyamatopé Sitholé.

Join them tomorrow at 6:30pm in Glasgow, more info on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clyde-refl...

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks to everyone who supported this initiative - especially Davie and team, and Paul in estates, Scott, Roz and Rachel with the Chaplaincy team; @uofgvc.bsky.social, @uofgunescorila.bsky.social as always and all the contributors from nursery to the wise elders who contributed to a day for peace.

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 15d

The countdown to this year's Online Spring School continues - only 4 more weeks to go!

5 days of presentations, workshops, and an inspiring line up of keynote speakers and musicians ✨

Link to tickets and this year's programme (also available on our Linktree): rielaspring25online.eventbrite.co.uk

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 20d

Now to evacuate the woman in the picture and her dependents so@she can study too and according to the terms and conditions of her scholarship www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Evacuated Gazan students arrive in the UK to begin studies

They are the first group who have been helped to escape the conflict so they can attend universities across the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 22d

The countdown to our Online Spring School begins - only 5 more weeks to go!

We are so excited to welcome you all to share our online spaces with us!

Get your free tickets now ⬇️

Link to tickets (also available on our Linktree): rielaspring25online.eventbrite.co.uk

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · Sep 10

We are hosting a day of reflection to dedicate the University’s Peace Bench with members of the University’s community, from young to old. Join us for on the hour 5-minute offerings, from 7am till 7pm, on Monday 22nd September, to mark the dedication of the Peace Bench. All Welcome.

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · Sep 2

Still on until Friday, don't miss it! The building is open from 7am until 10pm.

UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · Aug 25

Exhibition 'Echoes From Faraway: The Weight We Carried' opens today at 5:30pm in the St Andrew's Building (5th floor exhibition space). All welcome!

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · Aug 9

Weaving little keepsakes at the @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social at the Rise & Shine festival this weekend! Lots of workshops, performances, food and campfires!

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · Aug 9

Having the best time making coffee at the Crannog

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · Aug 8

Only one day left to go until Rise & Shine 2025! ☀️

Everyone is welcome to join us at @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social for a weekend celebrating the many and diverse cultures of Scotland 🧡

Tickets at crannog.co.uk/events 🎟️

Photo credit: Karen Gordon

@maryhill-in.bsky.social

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