How can oral history engage with Northern Ireland’s difficult past without forcing agreement? Historian Chris Reynolds reflects on agonistic memory and the value of keeping contested perspectives in dialogue - enlivening the academy and public impact. youtube.com/shorts/R5lt07Ldb…

Curious about the researchers we host at the Centre? @CPeristianis Dr Christakis Peristianis (University of Cyprus) reflects on Cyprus’s contested past — and the questions shaping his research on memory, oral history, and farming in the Buffer Zone. youtube.com/watch?si=thRyjPu…

Trans Cosmologies 2: Art, Ritual & Memory 30 Apr–1 May · University of Stirling A two-day gathering of trans, gender-nonconforming and queer artists and thinkers exploring memory, ritual and cosmology through performance, scholarship and dialogue. Registration soon.

Place is not passive. Memory is not settled. We work across cognitive science, social science & the arts to examine how people find their way. Understanding place and memory underpins how we locate ourselves—intellectually, socially and historically

How can we engage contested pasts without forcing agreement? SEMINAR - Voices of ’68 and ’74: Oral history and agonistic memory in Northern Ireland 11 March | 16:00–17:30 (UK) University of Stirling | Hybrid Register docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

Affective Atmospheres is drawing to a close. Thank you to everyone who joined us, contributed, presented, volunteered and stayed in the room for the conversations. We’re especially grateful to the @RIPhilo for supporting the conference.

On Tuesday we hosted No Future: Punk in the UK, 1976–84 with Prof. Matthew Worley. Here, he explains his research on British punk, politics and popular memory. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to Collective Architecture for hosting.

Today — No Future: Punk in the UK, 1976–84 Prof. Matthew Worley + reading by Paul Max Morin, 17:30 refreshments | 18:00 start Collective Architecture, Glasgow Hybrid — in person & online forms.gle/DC5ZAvzPJgyoAD23A

In-person only. Add yourself to the waitlist forms.gle/Jfhi8SuhTtZe9mHZ9 and we’ll try to make space — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow. A free, in-person conference Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk

No Future: Punk in the UK, 1976–84 Professor Matthew Worley on British punk, popular memory and structures of feeling — from SEX to the 1980s and beyond. Tue 17 Feb · 18:00(UK) Collective Architecture, Glasgow Hybrid event 👉 Register now forms.gle/fHHborG35KCZZ862A

What can waste tell us about how we live now? Dr Leila Papoli-Yazdi examines garbology as an archaeological method under political constraint and limited funding. Thu 12 Feb | 16:00–17:30 (UK) | Online Register: forms.gle/WD5pM6w3xg3S5w4x9

Thu 29 Jan | 15:15–17:00 (UK) No Figure in the Landscape: Remorse, closure and the law Hybrid seminar with Associate Professor Kate Rossmanith (University of Stirling). 👉 Register now: forms.gle/sypMhxqbW9T8wAGY9

Many thanks to Professor Michael Given for opening the Centre’s 2026 seminar programme, exploring place-making as a convivial, lived process shaped by people, animals, soils and everyday practices. Thanks also to Research Fellow Paul Max Morin, who coordinates our events.

Thu 29 Jan · 15:15–17:00 (UK) · stream 15:05 Register bit.ly/4aTdI2Q

A hybrid talk on emotion in law and the high-stakes roles of memory and place. Drawing on 15 years of research: what happens when there is no figure in the landscape? How do courts read remorse? Thu 29 Jan · 15:15–17:00 (UK) · stream 15:05 Register bit.ly/4aTdI2Q

Still time to register for Affective Atmospheres — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow. A free, in-person conference exploring how places feel. Supported by @RIPhilo @LeverhulmeTrust Artwork by Jinjoon Lee 🔗 placememory.net/affective-at…

What makes a place convivial? Join Professor Michael Given for a seminar on soil, herd, and home in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland from the 17th to 19th centuries - 22 January 2026 - 16:00–17:30 (UK) - Hybrid - Register now bit.ly/3Z4NDGJ