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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,...
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Beijing Alumni Event
We are delighted to inform you that Professor Brad MacKay, our Deputy Principal and Vice-Principal (International Strategy and External Relations) in the...
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Shanghai Alumni Event
We are delighted to inform you that Professor Brad MacKay, our Deputy Principal and Vice-Principal (International Strategy and External Relations) in the...
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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...
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Inaugural Lecture by Professor Laura Moretti
Gazing from the Gallery: The Betende Knabe and the Politics of Display
This lecture addresses the display history of the Betende Knabe (Praying Boy), a Greek bronze statue currently housed in the Altes Museum in Berlin, exploring...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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Inaugural Lecture -- Peter Wahl
Delving into the Foundations of Future Technologies, One Atom at a Time
The success of today's technology is a result of in-depth materials research. It involves manipulating materials at incredibly tiny scales, just a few...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 Salvator's Quad to celebrate the beginning of the Lunar...
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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...
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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...
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Energised Ukraine: Art in Precarious Times
Byre World event: free but please book
What is energy? Is it something that we remember only at moments when we think it might disappear completely? During this talk, hosted by Viktoriia Grivina,...
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University Community Fund Showcase Celebration
Exhibition to celebrate UCF-funded projects
The Principal invites you to join colleagues at an event to celebrate and showcase three years of the University of St Andrews Community Fund and the projects...
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An elusive genre: Andrew Lang, the fairytale and Celtic fantasy
Andrew Lang Memorial Lecture 2024
Dr Juliette Wood, Lectuer in the School of Welsh at Cardiff University and Former President and current Council member of The Folklore Society, will present...
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Reading and Writing Hong Kong in Scotland: The New Diaspora
Over the past ten years a growing number of writers and artists from Hong Kong have established themselves in Scotland and elsewhere in the global Hong Kong...
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Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art (Dr Fabio Caiani)
Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website
This event is a multi-media celebration of Middle Eastern art in honour of Catherine Cobham (former Head of the Arabic and Persian Department). Renowned Syrian...
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Byre World 24/25: Writing for Ukrainian Children in Wartime
Hosted by Dr Emily Finer, Senior Lecturer from the School of Modern Languages
Ukrainian writers, illustrators, and publishers have responded to the war waged by Russia by publishing an unprecedented number of children's books. In...
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The Grapes of Desire: Fascist Agricultural Projects in Libya
CIMS Seminar in the Environmental Humanities by Professor Michele Monserrati (Smith College)
The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Insititute (CIMS) invites everyone to join this seminar by Professor Michele Monserrati (Smith College) on 'The...
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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...
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Ukraine Energy in the Spotlight Revisited: Nuclear Worlds
Join us online or in-person on October, 26, 5 pm (UK time) for an exciting discussion on the latest updates on Ukrainian nuclear energy. We will focus on the...
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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...
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CIMS PG Training Session in the Environmental Humanities
Professor Michele Monserrati (Smith College)
All postgraduate research and postgraduate taught students are invited to attend the CIMS PG Training Session in Environmental Humanities with Professor Michele...
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Workshop -- Decolonize Narrative: Words and Images to Break Stereotypes
a multimedia workshop for students by Sara Manisera and Arianna Pagani
Decolonize Narrative: Words and Images to Break Stereotypes. This multimedia journalism lab will immerse participants in the dynamic intersection of words and...
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Menstruation Matters: Fighting Stigma in Scotland Today (Bettina Bildhauer)
Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website
At least half of the world's population experience menstruation and the menopause at some stage in their lives, and yet we hardly ever speak about it....
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Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight -- Electric Networks
Electricity, like air, is something we notice when it disappears. In 2022 Ukrainians faced an acute energy deficiency, in everyday life, at work, and public...
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Cultural Memory, Identity and Images
CIMS PG Symposium
Update Friday 10 May: We regret to inform you that the Keynote lecture has unfortunately been cancelled.The rest of the symposium will run as scheduled. We...
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Former First Minister to launch Speaker Series
Former First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, will launch the University's Scotland's Future Speaker Series. Ms Sturgeon, who was First...
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CIMS -- Metamodern Memory: On Blade Runner, Then and Now
The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute (CIMS) invites you to the talk 'Metamodern Memory: On Blade Runner, Then and Now' by Global...
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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,...
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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...
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Byre World 24/25: The Holobiont Herbarium
Hosted by Dr Damiano Benvegnu, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book
Herbaria are collections of preserved biological specimens documenting the plants, algae, and fungi of the world. Even though their scientific role has declined...
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Prosthetic Performances: Technologies of the Black Mutative Body
CIMS seminar with Global Fellow Professor Shelleen Greene (UCLA)
The Cultural Identity and Memory Institute (CIMS) welcomes everyone to join the research seminar by Global Fellow Professor Shelleen Greene (UCLA) on...
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Medium Format: Soil Photography, Ecological Mosaics, Dispossession
Dr William Schaefer - Associate Professor in Chinese Studies and Visual Culture, Durham University.
Wang Youshen's installation Mei pingmi (Per square meter) (2014) reconfigures urban ecosystems: Wang juxtaposes fragments of drywall from his repeatedly...
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Byre World 24/25: Poetry from the Mine (and elsewhere)
Hosted by Dr Gavin Bowd, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book
To mark the beginning of the Festival of Languages and the fortieth anniversary of the 1984-1985 miners' strike, Gavin Bowd and acclaimed poet Paul...
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Ecuadorian cinema for the 21st century: Dr Fernanda Miño
Book launch and screening of Ratas, Ratones, Rateros (Sebastian Cordero, 1999)
Associate Lecturer in Film Studies, Dr Fernanda Miño, will be introducing her upcoming book Ecuadorian Cinema for the 21st Century. The first major English...
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Byre World 24/25: The Seven Sages of Scotland
Hosted by Dr Jane Bonsall, from the School of Modern Languages
What might we learn from medieval narratives about violence, gender, and truth-telling? This adaptation of the 15th-century Older Scots story collection The...
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Inaugural Lecture -- Professor Colva Roney-Dougal
Perfect symmetry: counting what matters
Before dying in a duel at the age of 20, Évariste Galois made some of the first discoveries in what came to be known as group theory: the study of symmetry....
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Byre World 24/25: The Seven Sages of Scotland
Hosted by Dr Jane Bonsall, from the School of Modern Languages
What might we learn from medieval narratives about violence, gender, and truth-telling? This adaptation of the 15th-century Older Scots story collection The...
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Byre World 24/25: Meet the Artist: Uncovering 'Palimpself'
Hosted by Dr Elise Hugueny-Leger, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book
What can an encounter between a writer, two researchers and a visual artist lead to? In this conversation with Drs Elise Hugueny-Léger (University of St...
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Online lecture: Promoting Sustainability in Higher Education: Strategies, Challenges and Impacts
Charles-St Andrews strategic partnership
Promoting Sustainability in Higher Education: Strategies, Challenges and Impacts Professor Ineke de Moortel is the co-lead of the University of St Andrews...
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Attending to the local in a global emergency: translation as a lens on climate crisis
CIMS Seminar in the Environmental Humanities by Professor Şebnem Susam-Saraeva (The University of Edinburgh)
As one of the most global conversations in history, climate crisis discourse is intrinsically dependent on and intertwined with 'translation': from...
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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,...
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Byre World 24/25: Publishing from and for Morocco: A Conversation
Hosted by Clara Defachel in conversation with Hicham Houdaifa and Kanza Sefrioui
This talk will discuss the challenges faced by authors, translators and publishers in Morocco to publish their texts locally, in a literary market that is...
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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...
