📣Last chance to respond to the call for contributions for our next #UNESCO RIELA Spring School 2026 #RIELASpring26 taking place on 26-28 May! 🐣🐔Theme: intergenerational caring & sharing, particularly in the context of migration 📅Deadline: 2 Feb! ℹ️More info & full call: bit.ly/RIELASpring

📣 Calling all University of Glasgow students: We have volunteering opportunities open on the @glasgowunisrc.bsky.social website. Interested in events organisation? Podcasting? Get in touch! More info 👉 bit.ly/joinRIELA

📣 The call for contributions to the next UNESCO RIELA Spring School is out and the theme this year is: #Caring & #Sharing! We will interested in intergenerational caring & sharing in the context of (forced) migration. 🗣️ Spread the word! Details 👉 bit.ly/RIELASpring Deadline for applying: 2 Feb.

My bit on why languages are brilliant and multilingual education is good for all www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

Related to this, we would like to encourage you to come to the launch of Rebecca Sutton's game CEASEFIRE, this coming Friday in the @uofgarc.bsky.social ARC. 2:00-3:30pm all welcome! @uofggameslab.bsky.social

📣New #podcast episode out! Listen to @drtimpeacock.bsky.social & Prof Rebecca Sutton talk about the @uofggameslab.bsky.social and their work on #Peace Gaming. Inspired by their workshop at the Spring School in May #RIELASpring25. 👂➡️https://bit.ly/Peacegame @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @unesco.org

#CARE once again a strong theme at our annual Spring School. Still so much goodness to look forward to: 3 keynote presenters, 1 musician, 11 sessions and the open stage! Free tickets: bit.ly/RIELASpring @refugeestogether.bsky.social @unhcr.org @refugeesinternational.org @refugeeaction.bsky.social

Join us online this week! Free tickets for sessions still available! Link to tickets and full programme is in our bio. Looking forward to seeing you soon 😊

Proud to share this video by @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social for Open Access #oaweek 2025, featuring @esaldegheri.bsky.social from the UNESCO RIELA team: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJnu...

There is only one more week to go for the Online Spring School 2025! The last week to share with your friends and networks before we begin on Monday next week! Link to tickets and full programme on our Linktree! 🌴

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!🌲

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! 🌲

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 🌲

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 🌲

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 🌲

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!

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...

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.

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

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...

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

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.

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!

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

Having the best time making coffee at the Crannog

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

🌞 This is just some of the fun we had at Rise & Shine at @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social last year - join us this weekend for more! 🎟️ Tickets here: crannog.co.uk/events/ Photo credit: Karen Gordon @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @maryhill-in.bsky.social

Last call for proposals! Are you working in #peacebuilding? We would love to hear from you! Deadline for sending in your proposal is today 😬 More information on how to apply can be found on our website. This call is open to ALL!

We're so excited for the fourth annual Rise & Shine Festival at @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social next weekend! 🌞🌞🌞 Also in collaboration with @maryhill-in.bsky.social, all are welcome to join us to celebrate the many and diverse cultures of Scotland 🧡 Tickets here: 🔗 crannog.co.uk/events/

We are privileged to have artist and filmmaker Kirsten Adkins join our Affiliate Artist network. More info: www.kirstenadkins.co.uk/ Welcome Kirsten!

🔔 new podcast episode out! Head to linktr.ee to hear Julie Ward, former MEP, talk about the #durham -based 'No To Hassockfield' campaign. #hassockfield is the site of an Immigration Removal Centre. They campaigned for its closure. Inspirational! @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgeducation.bsky.social

We are so pleased that Malini Chakrabarty has joined our UNESCO RIELA Affiliate Artist network! Malini is an accomplished filmmaker, illustrator, designer, poet and storyteller from India, now based in Glasgow. Welcome Malini!

Our dear friend David Gramling @linguacene.bsky.social is back with another podcast episode filled with wisdom! This time of his keynote at the #RIELASpring25, called 'Good News' 🗞️ Listen to it here 👉 pod.link/1550786925 @uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgesf.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

Our Statement in support of Francesca Albanese We call upon academic institutions, governments & civil society actors around the world to publicly repudiate these unjustified sanctions & to uphold the independence & legitimacy of the UN human rights system. @uofgunescorila.bsky.social

As the genocide in #Gaza continues, we are taking a moment to commemorate the genocide that happened in #Srebrenica 30 years ago. Please join us in the University Chapel today at 5pm to remember those we lost 30 years ago, together. Remember yesterday, act today!

We are in the University Chapel Installing the exhibition Remembering Srebrenica 30: Remember Yesterday, Act Today. Join us for the remembrance event next Friday at 5pm! @uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

So privileged to have Dr Jordana Silverstein working with our team this week. Don't miss her talk this Friday: ‘You didn’t know where you were going’: Testifying to the Experiences and Emotions of Statelessness. More info: bit.ly/3HFD4Vs @refugeestogether.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

The call for contributions for our UNESCO RIELA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating 2025 is out! Deadline for application: 4 August. We are looking forward to connecting online with people further afield working on the topic of peacebuilding! @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

The fabulous @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social are offering 50% off key texts for #RefugeeWeek "A Handbook of Integration with Refugees" "Meeting the Needs of Reunited Refugee Families" "Hospitable Linguistics" "Cultures of Sustainable Peace" @uofgunescorila.bsky.social @hyabyohannes.bsky.social

📣 Families with 8-11yo children: we have a fun workshop for you to join on Saturday 14 June. We will be looking at family connections, heritage, identity and how we relate to each other. Let by Tawona Sitholé and Dilara Özel, this promises to be a fun-filled educational activity for your Saturday!

So looking forward to having a cup of Eritrean coffee on 13 June! Mark your diaries and join us in the Byres Community Hub in the Clarice Pearce Building for a afternoon of coffee, stories and excellent company. All welcome, drop-in, no need to register and entirely FREE! See you there!

One worth going to!