Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

From the quote attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in...

Date

Tuesday 19 September 2023

Time

07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

Location

The Byre Theatre

Institute of Intellectual History seminar series

Valerie Wallace (St Andrews)

Valerie Wallace (St Andrews) The case of William Macao: alienness, subjecthood and legal pluralism during Britain's reign of alarm

Date

Wednesday 27 September 2023

Time

05:15 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

St Katharine's Lodge

Institute of Intellectual History seminar series

Dafydd Daniel (St Andrews)

From the Enlightenment to the Scottish Land Commission: The Ethics (and Metaphysics) of Owning Land

Date

Wednesday 4 October 2023

Time

05:15 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

St Katharine's Lodge

Special lecture to mark the opening of the Colin Vincent Centre for Battery Technology

Professor Sir Peter Bruce (University of Oxford)

Please note the change of venue for this event to Lecture Theatre 3 in The Gateway. To mark the opening of the Colin Vincent Centre for Battery Technology,...

Date

Wednesday 4 October 2023

Time

10:00 am to 11:00 am

Location

The Gateway

New approaches to the study of imperial historiography

Workshop organised by Christian Djurslev

Programme 1.00-1.10pm: Introduction by Christian Thrue Djurslev (Aarhus) 1.10-2.10: Nicolas Wiater (St Andrews) 'Rethinking 'Style' in...

Date

Monday 9 October 2023

Time

01:00 pm to 05:45 pm

Location

Arts Building

New approaches to the study of imperial historiography

Programme 1pm to 1.10pm: Introduction by Christian Thrue Djurslev (Aarhus) 1.10pm to 2.10pm: Nicolas Wiater (St Andrews) 'Rethinking 'Style'...

Date

Monday 9 October 2023

Time

01:00 pm to 05:45 pm

Location

Arts Building

Lightning talks: Global, Spatial and Transnational History at St Andrews

This fun and fast-paced event will profile some of the current research in global, spatial and transnational history taking place across St Andrews. Speakers,...

Date

Monday 9 October 2023

Time

03:00 pm to 06:00 pm

Location

Old Burgh School

Attend

Booking required

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...

Date

Tuesday 10 October 2023 to Thursday 12 October 2023

Time

05:00 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

School V, St Salvator's Quad

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...

Date

Wednesday 11 October 2023

Time

06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

Location

The Byre Theatre

Institute of Intellectual History seminar series

Alan Kahan (University of Versailles/St Quentin)

Three Pillars and Four Fears: A History of Liberalisms

Date

Wednesday 11 October 2023

Time

01:00 pm to 02:30 pm

Location

St Katharine's Lodge