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  1. Persian Script
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    Persian Script

    Calligraphy Artsoc Masterclass

    Join Art Soc as they provide you with a Calligraphy masterclass, linked to our current exhibition 'Iran: Wonders of Nature'. See the Persian script...

  2. Persian Miniature Painting
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    Persian Miniature Painting

    Miniature Painting: Artsoc Masterclass

    Join Art Soc as they provide you with a Miniature Painting masterclass, linked to our current exhibition 'Iran: Wonders of Nature'. See the wonders...

  3. Wee Wardlaws

    Wee Wardlaws

    Awe and Wonder

    Help your little one explore the world around them through museum objects, stories, songs, crafts and things to do and spot. This event is for children 0 to 5...

  4. Persian Patterns
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    Persian Patterns

    Embroidery Artsoc Masterclass

    Join Art Soc as they provide you with a embroidery masterclass, linked to our current exhibition 'Iran: Wonders of Nature'. See the Persian patterns...

  5. Wee Wardlaws

    Wee Wardlaws

    Mini Heroes

    Help your little one explore the world around them through museum objects, stories, songs, crafts and things to do and spot. This event is for children 0 to 5...

  6. Heroes and Beasts

    Heroes and Beasts

    Family Activity Day

    Join us for a day all about the mythical Heroes and Beasts of Iranian culture. Meet some exciting guests and complete all the activities to win a prize. What to...

  7. Quiet Opening

    Quiet Opening

    Drop into the Wardlaw Museum for a Quiet Opening. Free from the hustle and bustle of a general visit, with adjusted operations, our Quiet Openings are designed...

  8. Museum Holiday Workshop
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    Museum Holiday Workshop

    Garden in a Jar (7+)

    Use your green fingers to make a mini garden inspired by the Iranian Gardens of Paradise.

  9. Museum Holiday Workshop

    Museum Holiday Workshop

    Garden in a Jar (Drop - In)

    Use your green fingers to make a mini garden inspired by the Iranian Gardens of Paradise.

  10. The Bell Pettigrew Sessions

    The Bell Pettigrew Sessions

    Join Museums of the University of St Andrews, the Students' Association and STAR: St Andrews Radio to enjoy fantastic live music from St Andrews'...

  11. Animation Station (7+)
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    Animation Station (7+)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Our imaginations are AMAZING! Did you know they help us to picture what other planets are like? Come and let your imagination run wild and have a go at stop...

  12. Planet Pioneers (7+)
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    Planet Pioneers (7+)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Are there volcanos in outer space? Are there larva pits on mars? Come along to the Wardlaw Museum and learn about what other planets are like and use your...

  13. Ali Ansari's Iran (Polity Histories) --- Book Signing
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    Ali Ansari's Iran (Polity Histories) --- Book Signing

    Ali Ansari is a Professor in the School of History at the University of St Andrews. In Iran (Polity Histories) Ali takes readers on a journey through...

  14. Microbe Magic (Under 7)
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    Microbe Magic (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Could creatures from Earth thrive on other planets? Is there life on other planets? Come and discover more and make your own mini microbe factory in a recycled...

  15. Microbe Magic (Drop-in)

    Microbe Magic (Drop-in)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Could creatures from Earth thrive on other planets? Is there life on other planets? Come and discover more and make your own mini microbe factory in a recycled...

  16. Planet Pioneers (Under 7)
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    Planet Pioneers (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Are there volcanos in outer space? Are there larva pits on mars? Come along to the Wardlaw Museum and learn about what other planets are like and use your...

  17. Planet Pioneers (Drop-in)

    Planet Pioneers (Drop-in)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Are there volcanos in outer space? Are there larva pits on mars? Come along to the Wardlaw Museum and learn about what other planets are like and use your...

  18. Rocket Rumble (Under 7)
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    Rocket Rumble (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Join us, at the Wardlaw Museum, as we start our space journey. Work out how we could get to outer planets and launch your own mini space mission. Learn, craft...

  19. Rocket Rumble (Drop-In)

    Rocket Rumble (Drop-In)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Join us, at the Wardlaw Museum, as we start our space journey. Work out how we could get to outer planets and launch your own mini space mission. Learn, craft...

  20. Animation Station (Under 7)
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    Animation Station (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Our imaginations are AMAZING! Did you know they help us to picture what other planets are like? Come and let your imagination run wild and have a go at stop...

  21. Poetry in translation: On Yellow Evenings

    Poetry in translation: On Yellow Evenings

    Byre World event: free but please book

    Jordi Larios, a Catalan poet, translator and Professor of Spanish at St Andrews, will be in conversation about the making of On Yellow Evenings, his latest book...

  22. St Andrews Climate Week

    St Andrews Climate Week

    The inaugural University of St Andrews Climate Week will run from 27-30 May 2024, with a series of events designed to highlight climate-themed research and...

  23. Naturalist Illustrations (Watercolours) Masterclass --- Art Soc
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    Naturalist Illustrations (Watercolours) Masterclass --- Art Soc

    Join Art Soc as they provide you with a watercolour masterclass, linked to our current exhibition Return to Mingulay. Sketch inside the museum exhibition and...

  24. Animation Station (Under 7)
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    Animation Station (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Our imaginations are AMAZING!!! Did you know they help us to picture what other planets are like? Come and let your imagination run wild and have a go at stop...

  25. Byre World: Kaili Blues

    Byre World: Kaili Blues

    Join Dr Keru Cai for a screening of the 2015 film Kaili Blues, which brought international acclaim to the young Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan. Hailing from the...

  26. 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...

  27. Byre World: When there's love inside

    Byre World: When there's love inside

    Join Senior Lecturer of the School of Modern Languages, Orhan Elmaz on Valentine's Day for a literary conversation about everything the heart may (or may...

  28. 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...

  29. 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...

  30. 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...

  31. 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...

  32. Film screening: The Earth Holds Me

    Film screening: The Earth Holds Me

    A documentary by Sara Manisera and Arianna Pagani

    As part of the School of Modern Languages Writers in Residence programme, we will be screening the documentary The Earth Holds Me (La terra mi tiene) followed...

  33. Inaugural Lecture by Professor Gregory Lee

    Inaugural Lecture by Professor Gregory Lee

    Contributions to Global Thinking from the Space we have imagined as China

    Professor Lee will address the thinking of the philosopher Zhuangzi who was active in a part of the territory we now call China during the late 4th century BCE,...

  34. Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- What to do with Depletion and Energy Dependency?

    Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- What to do with Depletion and Energy Dependency?

    Join the us online and in-person for our final seminar of Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited. During our final session we will look at the future of the...

  35. Memory, Narrative and Ecology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    Memory, Narrative and Ecology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    CIMS Seminar in the Environmental Humanities by Dr Avishek Parui (IIT Madras)

    The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Insititute (CIMS) invites everyone to join this seminar by Dr Avishek Parui (IIT Madras) on 'Memory, Narrative,...

  36. An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger
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    An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger

    Eva Reisinger will read from her books "Was geht Österreich" and "Männer töten", for which she was nominated for the Austrian Debut...

  37. 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...

  38. 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...

  39. Gleaning, Fragmentation and Environmental Writing

    Gleaning, Fragmentation and Environmental Writing

    CIMS Seminar in Environmental Humanities by Professor Timothy C Baker (Aberdeen)

    The Cultural Identity and Memory Insititute welcomes everyone to join this seminar by Professor Timothy C Baker (Aberdeen) on 'Gleaning, Fragmentation,...

  40. Dragon and Lion Dance 舞龍舞獅
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    Dragon and Lion Dance 舞龍舞獅

    A performance of lion and dragon dancers to usher in the lunar New Year

    Edinburgh's Yee's Hung Ga Kung Fu Academy will perform lion and dragon dances in St Mary's Quad to celebrate the beginning of the Lunar New...

  41. 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...

  42. An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger

    An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger

    Eva Reisinger will read from her books "Was geht Österreich" and "Männer töten", for which she was nominated for the Austrian Debut...

  43. Reading and Writing Hong Kong in Scotland: Poetry Reading

    Reading and Writing Hong Kong in Scotland: Poetry Reading

    Poets from Scotland and England who identify with the Hong Kong Chinese British diaspora read their poems. The poets Tim Tim Cheng, Anna Cheung, Sean Wai Keung,...

  44. L'Incontro: An Archive of Italian Life in Scotland

    L'Incontro: An Archive of Italian Life in Scotland

    Exhibition of Archival Photography

    'L'incontro: An Archive of Italian life in Scotland' is a curated collection of photographs and images offering a glimpse into the rich and...

  45. 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...

  46. Public Conversation on the Black Archive in Italian Studies

    Public Conversation on the Black Archive in Italian Studies

    Join the Department of Italian for a public conversation with Professor Shelleen Greene, associate professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the UCLA School of...

  47. 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...

  48. Saints Talk: Professor Julia Prest

    Saints Talk: Professor Julia Prest

    Colonial-Era Caribbean Theatre - Then and Now

    Development are delighted to invite you to the next instalment in our Saints Talk series from Professor Julia Prest, 'Colonial-Era Caribbean Theatre...

  49. Read my mind: facial recognition technologies and contemporary Chinese art

    Read my mind: facial recognition technologies and contemporary Chinese art

    Margaret Hillebrand, Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Wadham College, will lecture on her current...

  50. John Minford on Translating Hong Kong and Chinese Literature

    John Minford on Translating Hong Kong and Chinese Literature

    A two-part event - Pt 1 (The Hong Kong Poet P.K.Leung 也斯), Pt 2 (Translating China: From the I Ching 易經 to Louis Cha 金庸)

    John Minford, Emeritus Professor of Chinese at ANU, has been described as "the greatest living translator of Chinese literature into English". In...