JMS Network - October 2025
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, United Kingdom
JMS Network - October 2025
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, United Kingdom
What you need to know
We are delighted to welcome Dr Shantel George to our JMS Network Event, from 6-8pm on Thursday 30 October 2025 in Kelvin Hall Seminar Room 1. She will be joined by JMS Scholar, Taylar Carty who is an Arts & Humanities researcher in History.
Shantel George is a Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow, specialising in trans-Atlantic slavery and emancipation, with a focus on the British Caribbean. She earned her PhD from SOAS, University of London, in 2017. Her first book, The Yoruba are on A Rock: Recaptured Africans and the Orisas of Grenada, will be published by Cambridge University Press in September 2025. Shantel is the Principal Investigator for an AHRC-funded impact project that seeks to deepen and transform public understandings of African religions in Grenada. Her second book project explores the global history of the African kola nut, emphasising its interlocking histories of healing and well-being across several sites from 1500 to the present, and has been supported by fellowships from The John Carter Brown Library (2022), Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition (2023), and Princeton University's Crossroads Project (2025). Shantel’s published work appears in Atlantic Studies, The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, and several edited book collections.
Location
Kelvin Hall
1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AW United Kingdom
How to get there
By train
Kelvin Hall is around 20 minutes walk from Partick Station
Subway
The nearest subway station is Kelvinhall.
Bus
First Bus services 2, 3 and 77 all stop outside the museum.
Bike
Kelvingrove Park forms part of the Kelvin Walkway, which links with the Glasgow Loch Lomond Clydeway and the West Highland Way. The venue can be easily reached by bicycle and bicycle parking is available to the front of the building.
Car
Kelvin Hall is situated on Argyle Street, around 6 minutes from the M8.
Accessibility Guides
The AccessAble guide can be found here.
The Kelvin Hall Visual Story can be found here.
A floor plan for the venue is available here.
Other accessibility information
Please note that only assistance dogs are permitted within the building.
Kelvin Hall has a dedicated quiet room that can be used for prayer or for those needing a calm space. It is located on the ground floor beside the Sports Hall, please ask Glasgow Life staff for directions.
Sensory bags which include ear defenders are available for visitors to use during their time in Kelvin Hall. These can be collected from reception.
Accessible toilets
The accessible toilet is located off the main corridor. There is a changing places toilet.
Assistance dogs
Guide and assistance dogs are welcome.
Hearing loop
There is a fixed loop hearing assistance system in the main building.
If you use British Sign Language, you can watch their British Sign Language introduction to Kelvin Hall.
Wheelchair access
There is wheelchair and pram access to all public areas using the lifts and there are free wheelchairs available to hire at reception.
When
- Thursday, October 30, 2025 6:00 PM
- Doors open 6:00 PM
- Timezone: United Kingdom Time
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Organiser
- University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering Graduate School
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