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  1. Nowruz

    Nowruz

    Persian New Year Celebrations

    Join the Museums Learning and Access team and the Persian Society to celebrate Nowruz, the traditional Persian New Year. Welcome the first day of spring, mark...

  2. Godfather Death: A Grimm's Musical

    Godfather Death: A Grimm's Musical

    The Avison Brothers present

    Based on a little-known Grimm's fairy tale, this musical tells the story of one poor boy's journey through life, with Death as his Godfather....

  3. 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...

  4. The Persian Parthenon

    The Persian Parthenon

    Professor Tom Harrison of the British Museum looks again at the old thesis that the iconography of the Parthenon took inspiration from the art of Persepolis. He...

  5. David Bowie and me: Parallel Lives

    David Bowie and me: Parallel Lives

    Jack Docherty

    Following rave reviews and a sell-out run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, Jack Docherty joins us with...

  6. Saints Talk: Professor Matthew Holden

    Saints Talk: Professor Matthew Holden

    DNA detective work tracing the spread of pathogens

    Development is delighted to invite you to the next instalment in our Saints Talk series from Professor Matthew Holden, 'DNA detective work tracing the...

  7. Sands 24: Wolfwalkers (PG)

    Sands 24: Wolfwalkers (PG)

    Wolfwalkers is the third and final installment of Tomm Moore's Irish Folklore Trilogy of acclaimed animated films, following The Secret of Kells (2009)...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. Sands 24: Mami Wata (12A)

    Sands 24: Mami Wata (12A)

    Award-winning director C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi, imagines a fictional African village, not yet affected by the Western norms shaping the lands around...