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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. A Hymn to the Banished: Annalee Davis in conversation

    A Hymn to the Banished: Annalee Davis in conversation

    With Dr Jillian Sutherland and Dr Ariadne Collins

    Join the School of History in person or online for this in conversation event with the artist Annalee Davis, Lecturer in Museum and Heritage Studies Dr Jillian...

  3. 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

  4. 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...

  5. Saints Talk: Dr Leshu Torchin

    Saints Talk: Dr Leshu Torchin

    Documentary Film (and other Media) in a Post-Truth World

    Development is delighted to invite you to the next instalment in our Saints Talk series from Dr Leshu Torchin, 'Documentary Film (and other Media) in a...

  6. Winch Lectures Seminar

    Winch Lectures Seminar

    'Normal for Norfolk': Two Legal Antiquaries on the Norman Conquest

    The School of History is hosting the annual ILCR and St Andrews Institute for Intellectual History Winch Lectures on 'Normal for Norfolk': Two Legal...

  7. 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...

  8. 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,...

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

    Collaborative Hub for Cultural Heritage --- Spring Dialogues

    Dialogue III: 7 June

    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...

  10. Colonial Cinema in the Open Air: Dr Nadine Chan

    Colonial Cinema in the Open Air: Dr Nadine Chan

    Film Studies Speaker Series

    Dr Nadine Chan (University of Toronto) will present her research in a talk entitled: 'Colonial Cinema in the Open Air: Ambient Governmentality and...

  11. 'Normal for Norfolk': two legal antiquaries on the Norman Conquest

    'Normal for Norfolk': two legal antiquaries on the Norman Conquest

    Winch Lectures

    The School of History invites you to the annual ILCR and St Andrews Institute for Intellectual History Winch Lectures on 'Normal for Norfolk': two...

  12. Institute of Intellectual History seminar series

    Institute of Intellectual History seminar series

    Vassilios Paipais (St Andrews)

    Between Pacifism and Just War: Oikonomia and Eastern Orthodox Political Theology

  13. Transition and the Historiographical Vagaries of Silent American Cinema

    Transition and the Historiographical Vagaries of Silent American Cinema

    Film Studies Speaker Series: Prof Charlie Keil

    When first introduced as a concept specific to early cinema in an essay for Cinema Journal in 1991, the notion of "transition" came firmly attached...

  14. Classical Reception and pedagogy
    Limited access

    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...

  15. 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...

  16. The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History

    The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History

    Professor Bela Kapossy (Lausanne)

    The Winch lecture series this year will be given by Professor Bela Kapossy and will be held over three nights, 10th, 11th and 12th October. The title of the...

  17. Workshop: Museums, youth issues, heritage and the climate emergency

    Workshop: Museums, youth issues, heritage and the climate emergency

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

    Interested in museums, youth issues, heritage and the climate emergency? This FREE participatory workshop will offer the opportunity to share, discuss and...

  18. 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...

  19. Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Professor Ilana Gershon

    Social Anthropology Departmental Seminar -- Professor Ilana Gershon

    The Pandemic Workplace: What US Employment Contracts Revealed about Social Contracts during the Pandemic

    On 5th April, please join us for our final seminar of the academic year, with Professor Ilana Gershon from Rice University. Professor Gershon is currently...

  20. 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...

  21. Biblical Studies research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 12

    Biblical Studies research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 12

    Prof. Caroline Humfress (St Andrews), "Comparative History of Ancient Law"

    This seminar features St Andrews own Prof. Caroline Humfress (History), who will be presenting a paper entitled, "Comparative History of Ancient...

  22. 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...

  23. 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...

  24. 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.

  25. 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...

  26. 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.

  27. Institute of Intellectual History seminar series -- Synne Myrebøe (Vienna)

    Institute of Intellectual History seminar series -- Synne Myrebøe (Vienna)

    The distinctiveness of Scandinavian intellectual history

    All Welcome

  28. 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...

  29. 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!

  30. 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...

  31. Middle East & Iranian History Seminar -- Professor Brian Catlos (Colorado)

    Middle East & Iranian History Seminar -- Professor Brian Catlos (Colorado)

    Modelling Plurality - Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean

    Annual Lecture of the Centre for Anatolian and East Mediterranean Studies Professor Brian Catlos (Colorado) -- Modelling Plurality -- Muslims,...

  32. The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History -- Symposium

    The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History -- Symposium

    Professor Bela Kapossy (Lausanne)

    A symposium on The Republican Restoration at which Professor Bela Kapossy will take questions and receive comments from Professor Michael Sonenscher...

  33. Law's Two Bodies Interview with Sir John Saunders

    Law's Two Bodies Interview with Sir John Saunders

    We are delighted to invite to the upcoming 'Law's Two Bodies' event featuring Sir John Saunders, which will take place on Friday, 19 April, at...

  34. Medieval History Seminar -- Dr Mirela Ivanova (University of Sheffield)
    Cancelled

    Medieval History Seminar -- Dr Mirela Ivanova (University of Sheffield)

    Inventing Slavonic: Cultures of Writing between Rome and Constantinople

    Dr Mirela Ivanova (University of Sheffield) Inventing Slavonic: Cultures of Writing between Rome and Constantinople

  35. 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...

  36. 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...

  37. Institute of Intellectual History seminar -- Adrian Blau(King's College, London)

    Institute of Intellectual History seminar -- Adrian Blau(King's College, London)

    "The Origins of Quentin Skinner's "Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas"

    All welcome

  38. 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...

  39. Institute of Scottish Historical Research --- Postgraduate Research Seminar

    Institute of Scottish Historical Research --- Postgraduate Research Seminar

    Frances Bickerstaff -- Timber, sheep and salmon: the monastic economy of south-west Scotland c. 1160-1230; Michael Fraser -- Scots and Huguenots in...

  40. 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:...

  41. Institute of Intellectual History seminar series -- Christopher de Bellaigue

    Institute of Intellectual History seminar series -- Christopher de Bellaigue

    Suleyman the Magnificent and the 16th century race for empire

    All Welcome

  42. Institute of Intellectual History seminar -- John Marshall (John Hopkins)

    Institute of Intellectual History seminar -- John Marshall (John Hopkins)

    Art, Artists, Aesthetics, Antiracism, Antislavery and AfroBritish Arguments 1787-1792: Quobna Ottobah Cugoano's Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery

    Art, Artists, Aesthetics, Antiracism, Antislavery and AfroBritish Arguments 1787-1792: Quobna Ottobah Cugoano's Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of...

  43. Screening Politics---Film Festivals, Archives and Cinematic Exhibition in the Cold War

    Screening Politics---Film Festivals, Archives and Cinematic Exhibition in the Cold War

    Workshop organised by the German Screen Studies Network (GSSN)

    This GSSN workshop focuses on the "politics" of film exhibition in the Cold War, i.e., the influence of institutional actors from politics, culture...

  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. Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts film screening and panel -- Candlemas 2024, week 9

    Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts film screening and panel -- Candlemas 2024, week 9

    Film screening of Carl Theodor Dryer's 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' and panel discussion (ITIA)

    The Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts (ITIA) extends a warm invitation to a special screening of Carl Theodor Dryer's 'The Passion...

  46. 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...

  47. 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!

  48. 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...

  49. Publishing Orientalism: a transcultural industry?
    Limited access

    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...

  50. 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...