A Cultural History of UFOs in Scotland - Dr. Gavin Miller

Name: A Cultural History of UFOs in Scotland - Dr. Gavin Miller
Start: 2024-07-16T19:15:00+01:00
End: 2024-07-16T21:00:00+01:00
Location: The Admiral Woods

Schedule

Tue Jul 16 2024 at 07:15 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Admiral Woods | Glasgow, SC

Flying saucers, UFOs, and now UAPs have been part of Scottish cultural life since the early 1950s. Leaving aside the question of extraordinary explanations for UFOs, this talk traces a history of Scottish UFOs from the Cold War to the Bonnybridge Triangle. It looks at the different ways in which people have experienced, understood, and made use of UFOs, and the wider histories into which these stories are woven.
Dr Gavin Miller is Reader in Contemporary Literature and Medical Humanities at the University of Glasgow. Alongside the history and culture of UFOs, his research interests include science fiction, the history of the psychological disciplines, and the history of Penguin
Books.
About the speaker:
Dr Gavin Miller - Reader in Contemporary Literature and Medical Humanities, School of Critical Studies
Director Medical Humanities Research Centre
https://www.gla.ac.uk/mhrc/
Director Glasgow Medical Humanities Network
https://glasgowmedhums.ac.uk/
Quality and Enhancement Officer, College of Arts and Humanities
Retentions and Success Officer, College of Arts and Humanities
@drgavinmiller @glasgowmedhums
Recent publications:
‘Beyond a literacy model for psychiatry in the mass media’, BJ Psych Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2023.63
‘The book history of Rona M. Fields's A Society on the Run (1973): A case study in the alleged suppression of psychological research on Northern Ireland’, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.22262
This is event is free to attend, although we will be asking for donations at the end of the talk. Participants are under no obligation whatsoever to donate, however please rest assured that the money we collect doesn't end up in anyone's pocket - it is used to fund our overhead costs, and travel/accommodation for our speakers who come from further afield.
Accessibility: The Admiral Woods Bar now has a functioning lift which can take wheelchair users (or others who are unable to manage stairs) down to the function room. There is also a disabled toilet in the function room too. To help us accommodate you if you require to use these facilities we recommend you email us in advance: [email protected]