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  1. Professor Ben de Bivort (Harvard): 'The neurobiology of zombie flies'

    Professor Ben de Bivort (Harvard): 'The neurobiology of zombie flies'

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Our first Friday Seminar of the semester will be by Professor Ben de Bivort (Harvard) on 'The neurobiology of zombie flies: mechanisms of parasite...

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

    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,...

  3. Alexander Berry and Colonial Legacies

    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...

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

    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...

  5. Jamais vu: Ig Nobel Prize-Winning Research into the Curiously Common Opposite of Deja vu

    Jamais vu: Ig Nobel Prize-Winning Research into the Curiously Common Opposite of Deja vu

    Talk by Akira O'Connor

    Akira O'Connor, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience, will give a talk on his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research on jamais vu....

  6. Neural mechanisms of episodic memory formation: Implications for Neurotech

    Neural mechanisms of episodic memory formation: Implications for Neurotech

    Prof Simon Hanslmayr (University of Glasgow)

    Weekly Friday Seminar hosted by the School of Psychology and Neuroscience. Professor Simon Hanslmayr (University of Glasgow) will be hosted by Prof James Ainge...

  7. English Research Seminar -- Maureen McLane
    Cancelled

    English Research Seminar -- Maureen McLane

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

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

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

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

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

    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:'...

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

    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...

  11. In conversation: Ade Solanke and May Sumbwanyambe

    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...

  12. Explorathon 2023 presents Bright Club

    Explorathon 2023 presents Bright Club

    The thinking person's comedy night

    A brand new thinking person's comedy night, where Dr Bobbie May becomes a stand-up comedian. Topics of every flavour are set to stimulate our funny bones...

  13. Katerina Mentzou (Dundee): Engaging with Parliament: how academics can communicate their research

    Katerina Mentzou (Dundee): Engaging with Parliament: how academics can communicate their research

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Katerina Mentzou (University of Dundee) will give a talk in the Psychology Old Library on "Engaging with Parliament: how academics can communicate their...

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

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

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

  15. Charles-St Andrews: Academic synergy (hybrid event)

    Charles-St Andrews: Academic synergy (hybrid event)

    Charles-St Andrews strategic partnership

    This hybrid event can be accessed online, and is part of a "University of St Andrews day" at Charles University. It is intended for University...

  16. English Research Seminar --- Kaite O'Reilly

    English Research Seminar --- Kaite O'Reilly

    New Soup from Old Bones - on adaptation and reinvention

    School of English Research Seminar featuring playwright Kaite O'Reilly. New Soup from Old Bones -- on adaptation and reinvention. From the earliest...

  17. English Research Seminar --- Dr Tamsin Badcoe (University of Bristol)

    English Research Seminar --- Dr Tamsin Badcoe (University of Bristol)

    Writing Saltwater Experience in the Early Modern Literary Sea Voyage

    School of English Research Seminar featuring Dr Tamsin Badcoe (University of Bristol) -- Writing Saltwater Experience in the Early Modern Literary Sea...

  18. Language is iconic to the core: Dr Markus Perlman (Birmingham)

    Language is iconic to the core: Dr Markus Perlman (Birmingham)

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Dr Markus Perlman (University of Birmingham) will give a talk in the Psychology Old Library on 'Language is iconic to the core'. The event will be...

  19. Dr Marcus Perlman (Birmingham): 'Language is Iconic to the Core'

    Dr Marcus Perlman (Birmingham): 'Language is Iconic to the Core'

    Preceded by a PhD talk from Alexandra Safryghin (St Andrews): 'Commonalities and group differences in the communicative efficiency of chimpanzee gesturing'

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar. At 12:30 pm, Alexandra Safryghin will deliver her presentation on her PhD research titled "Commonalities...

  20. English Research Seminar -- Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling)

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling)

    Books, Borrowing and New Versions of Scottish Literary History

    Dr Katie Halsey (University of Stirling) -- "Books, Borrowing and New Versions of Scottish Literary History"