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  1. Everything is political, decolonisation is an ongoing process

    Everything is political, decolonisation is an ongoing process

    Leena Nammari

    It is the colonisers themselves and their people that need re-educating and have to start rethinking their own prejudices and assumed knowledge. The indigenous...

  2. Supply chain cinema: producing global film workers

    Supply chain cinema: producing global film workers

    Film Studies Speaker Series: Dr Kay Dickinson

    Dr Kay Dickinson will introduce her upcoming book Supply chain cinema: producing global film workers (BFI, 2024). Why are big budget films typically made across...

  3. Disability in Higher Education
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    Disability in Higher Education

    A Roundtable Event hosted by the Department of Social Anthropology

    Please join us for a roundtable event to discuss Disability in Higher Education

  4. Energy Cafe: Imagery and community agency in energy futures

    Energy Cafe: Imagery and community agency in energy futures

    Hosted by Gair Dunlop. Whether it's enormous offshore wind developments or the slow drawdown of nuclear facilities, community agency in relation to...

  5. Painting in Steam -- new start time of 2pm

    Painting in Steam -- new start time of 2pm

    Climate, Combustion, and Pollution in British Art

    Join the School of Art History and Dr Stephanie O'Rourke for 'Painting in Steam: Climate, Combustion, and Pollution in British Art'. Reception...

  6. VMSG 60th Anniversary Seminar

    VMSG 60th Anniversary Seminar

    Climate and societal impact of large volcanic eruptions - Proffesor Siwan Davies, Swansea University

    The Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) is planning a number of seminars across the UK to mark its 60th Anniversary. The School of Earth and...

  7. Institute of Intellectual History --- Tom Pye (UCL)

    Institute of Intellectual History --- Tom Pye (UCL)

    The tailzie and the politics of the feudal law in eighteenth-century Britain

    All welcome

  8. Public lecture by Professor Stephen Gardiner

    Public lecture by Professor Stephen Gardiner

    Beyond institutional denial: a global constitutional convention for future generations

    Join CEPPA (Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs) for a public lecture on climate justice as part of Climate Week. The lecture will be given by...

  9. Visual AIDS Day With(out) Art Film Screening: Everyone I Know Is Sick

    Visual AIDS Day With(out) Art Film Screening: Everyone I Know Is Sick

    Film screening and panel discussion presenting newly commissioned videos that generate connections between HIV and other forms of illness and disability.

    St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art and the Centre for Screen Cultures is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting Everyone...

  10. Public lecture by Professor Tahseen Jafry

    Public lecture by Professor Tahseen Jafry

    About climate justice: what does it mean and what lies ahead?

    Join CEPPA (Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs) for a public lecture on climate justice as part of Climate Week. The lecture will be given by...

  11. Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Nathan McAllister

    Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Nathan McAllister

    'I will go to my father's village where they will give love': kula exchange as an ethos of love

    Please join us for this week's seminar, which will be given by our very own PhD student, Nathan McAllister.

  12. Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Professor Catherine Alexander

    Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Professor Catherine Alexander

    From thrift to austerity: The life and death of a London housing estate

    Please join us for this week's departmental seminar, given by Prof Catherine Alexander from the University of Durham.

  13. Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Dr Guilherme Moreira Fians

    Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Dr Guilherme Moreira Fians

    The death of Elizabeth II on Wikipedia: Knowledge co-production, freedom, and technoliberal participation in online setting

    Please join us for this week's departmental seminar!

  14. CyberScotland Week Cuppa Teams

    CyberScotland Week Cuppa Teams

    CyberScotland Week brings people and organisations across Scotland together to raise cyber security awareness and build cyber resilience. Cyber threats pose...

  15. Sketching Stories of Climate Anxiety

    Sketching Stories of Climate Anxiety

    As part of the Fife Climate Festival, this family-friendly (age 12+) workshop will explore climate justice and climate anxiety through different examples of...

  16. Rethinking Victorian Mediascapes
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    Rethinking Victorian Mediascapes

    School of Art History Workshop

    Presenters at this Art History workshop will be: 9.15am to 9.55am -- Stephanie O'Rourke, John Martin and the Art of Infrastructure, School of Art...

  17. Energy Cafe: Shores of Change

    Energy Cafe: Shores of Change

    The global energy transition and the future of African coastal states

    The urgency to address the impacts of climate change has reached a critical point. Although the global community acknowledges the imperative for a united...

  18. Book Launch -- Author Meets Critique

    Book Launch -- Author Meets Critique

    'Engineering Reality' with Cornelia Helmcke

    During this book launch event, author Cornelia Helmcke will meet critics Bibiana Duarte-Abadía (Wageningen University) and Christopher Schulz (University of St...

  19. Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Dr Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva

    Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Dr Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva

    From extermination to surveillance: rats, rat-catchers, and international health (1900-1945

    Please join us for this week's departmental seminar!

  20. A Changing Climate Changing Lives: Poetry Writing Competition

    A Changing Climate Changing Lives: Poetry Writing Competition

    This reading, hosted by the School of English and Centre for Energy Ethics, will showcase the creative writing submissions from selected undergraduate students...

  21. Energy Café: Saving energy, saving the Revolution

    Energy Café: Saving energy, saving the Revolution

    Energy efficiency and revolutionary ethics in the Cuban transition

    Dr Gustav Cederlöf School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden In the pursuit of socialism, Cuba become one of Latin America's most...

  22. Art History Research Lecture: Professor Christopher S Wood

    Art History Research Lecture: Professor Christopher S Wood

    'Aby Warburg's Europe'

    Join us for Professor Christopher S Wood Research Seminar on 'Aby Warburg's Europe' and a wine reception afterwards at 79 North Street. In...

  23. St Andrews and Empire: object handling session with the St Andrews Preservation Trust

    St Andrews and Empire: object handling session with the St Andrews Preservation Trust

    In 2023, the St Andrews Preservation Trust organised the exhibition St Andrews and Empire at its Museum, which resulted from research, begun in 2021 with...

  24. Saints Talk: Dr Stavroula Pipyrou

    Saints Talk: Dr Stavroula Pipyrou

    Too Close, Too Distant: The Perpetual Transformation of the Political

    Development is delighted to invite you to the next instalment in our Saints Talk series from Dr Stavroula Pipyrou, 'Too Close, Too Distant: The Perpetual...

  25. Women's History of Colonial Spaces in India

    Women's History of Colonial Spaces in India

    School of English and School of Art History Joint Research Seminar

    Join the School of English and the School of Art History for a joint Research Seminar on Women's History of Colonial Spaces in India with Dr Yashaswinini...

  26. National Taiwan University-St Andrews online research forum

    National Taiwan University-St Andrews online research forum

    The University of St Andrews has developed a partnership with the National Taiwan University (NTU). This institutional link, which was supported by the School...

  27. Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Dr Manar Kawasmi

    Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Dr Manar Kawasmi

    Development Beyond Dependency and Soft Power: The Creation of a Palestinian NGO-nation

    This presentation focuses on development in Palestine post-Cold War and the establishment of the PA in 1993. Since this time, Palestine has headed the donor aid...

  28. Collaborative Hub for Cultural Heritage --- Spring Dialogues

    Collaborative Hub for Cultural Heritage --- Spring Dialogues

    Dialogue II: 31 May

    The Collaborative Hub for Cultural Heritage [CH2] warmly invites you to four open dialogues between the University of St Andrews and the Università degli studi...

  29. Yiddish cinema: the drama of troubled communication

    Yiddish cinema: the drama of troubled communication

    A conversation with Jonah Corne and Monika Vrečar

    The turbulent Yiddish world of the first half of the twentieth century produced great works not only of literature, theatre and music, but also of cinema. In...

  30. Energy Cafe: Why we should care about care

    Energy Cafe: Why we should care about care

    This cafe will be hosted by Silvia Pergetti. The work it takes to operate and maintain energy systems is essential yet often missing from public and scholarly...

  31. Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Dr Mary Fairio

    Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Dr Mary Fairio

    "Wok bung wantaim (working together): Women associations and foreign aid in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)".

    Abstract Despite an increase in aid assistance, women continue to struggle to be recognised as leaders in formal spaces in Papua New Guinea (PNG). So, I ask:...

  32. Acting on Climate Change

    Acting on Climate Change

    Policy, Rights and Net Zero

    Balancing rising energy demands with the need to curb and adapt to anthropogenic climate change in a just and equitable way is at the heart of an existential...

  33. No More Fossils -- New Book Discussion with Dominic Boyer

    No More Fossils -- New Book Discussion with Dominic Boyer

    Join us for a new book discussion with author Professor Dominic Boyer, on 12 February at 3pm (UK time) online. In No More Fossils, Dominic Boyer tells the story...

  34. Collaborative Hub for Cultural Heritage --- Spring Dialogues

    Collaborative Hub for Cultural Heritage --- Spring Dialogues

    Dialogue I: 24 May

    The Collaborative Hub for Cultural Heritage [CH2] warmly invites you to four open dialogues between the University of St Andrews and the Università degli studi...

  35. Classical Reception and pedagogy

    Classical Reception and pedagogy

    A Scottish perspective on teaching the reception of classical material culture

    This is the first workshop in a planned series on 'Classical Reception and pedagogy' that will focus on the ways that the reception of classical...

  36. International Museums Conference and ICOFOM 47th Annual Assembly

    International Museums Conference and ICOFOM 47th Annual Assembly

    Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference

    The International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM), the School of Art History, and the European Research Council (ERC) selected and UK Research and Innovation...

  37. Classical Reception and pedagogy
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    Classical Reception and pedagogy

    Object-based Teaching - Classical Reception and University Collections

    These morning and afternoon workshops are the first in a planned series on 'Classical Reception and pedagogy' that will focus on the ways the reception of...

  38. Energy Cafe: Radical action from above

    Energy Cafe: Radical action from above

    The World Commission on Dams and the making of global guidelines for the planning and construction of large dams

    Hosted by Christopher Schulz Large dams are back on the global development agenda. Researchers have counted thousands of dam projects that are currently planned...

  39. Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- The Energy of Water

    Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- The Energy of Water

    Join the Centre for Energy Ethics for the next seminar of Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited. This session will be dedicated to the story of the...

  40. The Future of German Screen Studies Conference

    The Future of German Screen Studies Conference

    The conference will delve into the future prospects of German Screen Studies amidst ongoing technological evolution, heightened cultural and political discord,...

  41. Charles-St Andrews: Academic synergy (hybrid event)

    Charles-St Andrews: Academic synergy (hybrid event)

    Charles-St Andrews strategic partnership

    This hybrid event can be accessed online, and is part of a "University of St Andrews day" at Charles University. It is intended for University...

  42. Book Launch: 'Engineering Reality' by Dr Cornelia Helmcke

    Book Launch: 'Engineering Reality' by Dr Cornelia Helmcke

    Join Centre for Energy Ethics postdoctoral researcher Dr Cornelia Helmcke for an informal event to celebrate the release of her book Engineering Reality: The...

  43. Narrative Space and Possible Worlds

    Narrative Space and Possible Worlds

    Encountering Ancient Narratives from a Cognitive Science Perspective

    This conference is the last event of an exciting collaborative research project on Narrative Space and Possible Worlds: Encountering Ancient Narratives from a...

  44. 'The Drum': film screening plus panel discussion

    'The Drum': film screening plus panel discussion

    On 5 March, Dundee Contemporary Arts will be screening the 1938 film 'The Drum' from a rare vintage 16mm print, as part of the events programme for...

  45. CyberScotland Week Students' Association drop-in

    CyberScotland Week Students' Association drop-in

    Don't be glazed over by cyber threats - grab a free doughnut and don't fudge the security in your digital life

    CyberScotland Week brings people and organisations across Scotland together to raise cyber security awareness and build cyber resilience. Cyber threats pose...

  46. PEPtalk: Relational approaches to navigating policy impact

    PEPtalk: Relational approaches to navigating policy impact

    The Centre for Energy Ethics is pleased to announce its Policy Engagement Practice seminar series --- PEPtalks. Please join us and our invited speakers as...

  47. Art History Research Lecture: Prof Basile Baudez

    Art History Research Lecture: Prof Basile Baudez

    Textiles in the City: Canaletto dresses Piazza San Marco

    This talk focuses on the different ways Canaletto transformed the image of venice's Piazza San Marco by using textiles that operate as architectural...

  48. Publishing Orientalism: a transcultural industry?
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    Publishing Orientalism: a transcultural industry?

    An event with Professor Mary Roberts, University of Sydney and Senior Global Scholar

    Spaces are strictly limited, so booking is essential. This event will showcase a selection of nineteenth-century illustrated publications across various media...

  49. CyberScotland Week Walter Bower House drop-in

    CyberScotland Week Walter Bower House drop-in

    Don't be glazed over by cyber threats - grab a free doughnut and don't fudge the security in your digital life

    CyberScotland Week brings people and organisations across Scotland together to raise cyber security awareness and build cyber resilience. Cyber threats pose...

  50. Keynote: Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Founder of Fridays for Future (FFF) Uganda

    Keynote: Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Founder of Fridays for Future (FFF) Uganda

    Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference

    Hilda Flavia Nakabuye is a Ugandan climate and environmental rights activist. Fridays for Future Uganda is the largest youth movement in East Africa. Hilda is...