English Research Seminar -- Dr Megan Leitch (University of Cardiff)

The Medieval Middlebrow: Romance and the Body Politic, 1300-1534

English Research Seminar featuring Dr Megan Leitch (University of Cardiff) -- "The Medieval Middlebrow: Romance and the Body Politic,...

Date

Thursday 21 September 2023

Time

02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

Location

St Mary's College

Alexander Berry and Colonial Legacies

A colloquium hosted by the School of English

In 1889 the University of St Andrews received a gift of £100,000 from David Berry fulfilling the intentions of his older brother Alexander who had been a...

Date

Thursday 21 September 2023 to Friday 22 September 2023

Time

04:00 pm to 03:00 pm

Location

School V, St Salvator's Quad

What a Waste! Representations of Waste in the Post-War (1945-1990)

What a Waste! is an interdisciplinary graduate conference platforming new critical work on the environmental humanities. Whether you're interested in the...

Date

Saturday 23 September 2023

Time

10:00 am to 07:00 pm

Location

Arts Building

Health Care Under Occupation: challenges for cancer and post-trauma care in Gaza, Palestine

STEPS Autumn Event

STEPS is pleased to have The Bute Medical Society as our co-host for this event. Speakers: GERRY O'HARE Gerry O'Hare is an Oncology Clinical Nurse...

Date

Monday 25 September 2023

Time

05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

Location

Medical Sciences Building

English Research Seminar -- Maureen McLane

Maureen McLane will be reading from her new collection of poems, What You Want (Penguin, 2023).

Date

Thursday 19 October 2023

Time

05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

Location

Kennedy Hall

English Research Seminar -- Jesse Nathan (University of California, Berkeley)

Jesse Nathan (University of California, Berkeley) reading from 'Eggtooth'

Date

Monday 23 October 2023

Time

06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

Location

School of English

English Research Seminar -- Dr Sonja Lawrenson (Manchester Metropolitan University)

The Supernatural 'At Home and Abroad:' Imperial Gothic in Maria Edgeworth's Belinda

English Research Seminar featuring Dr Sonja Lawrenson (Manchester Metropolitan University) discussing "The Supernatural 'At Home and Abroad:'...

Date

Wednesday 25 October 2023

Time

02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Location

School of English

Phillis Wheatley's Poems at 250 --- talk and exhibition launch

Join award-winning playwright Adeola Solanke for an introduction to Phillis Wheatley, one of the first published Black creative writers in English. 2023 marks...

Date

Thursday 26 October 2023

Time

04:00 pm to 06:00 pm

Location

Wardlaw Museum

In conversation: Ade Solanke and May Sumbwanyambe

Major playwrights discuss dramatising Black experience in 18th Century Britain

Adeola Solanke is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, and founder of Spora Stories, telling the stories of the African diaspora. Her new play, Phillis...

Date

Thursday 26 October 2023

Time

01:00 pm to 02:00 pm

Location

Younger Hall

English Research Seminar --- Travis Mossotti (Washington University)

Travis Mossotti (Washington University) seminar and the UK book launch for his new poetry collection "Racecar Jesus"

Date

Tuesday 31 October 2023

Time

05:15 pm to 07:30 pm

Location

School of English