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  1. Trees and the anthropocene in Greek and Roman antiquity

    Trees and the anthropocene in Greek and Roman antiquity

    Workshop followed by the Annual Lecture of the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED SHORTLY

    Morning Session 9.15 -- 9.30 Introduction 9.30 -- 10.15 Emma Bentley: Dionysus Dendritês: Wood and Carpentry in Greek Tragedy 10.15 -- 11.00...

  2. The Sentient Sponge: between natural history, art history and philosophy

    The Sentient Sponge: between natural history, art history and philosophy

    Verity Platt (Cornell)

    This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...

  3. Medieval History Seminar -- Professor Carlos Noreña (Berkeley) -- POSTPONED to 2024
    Cancelled

    Medieval History Seminar -- Professor Carlos Noreña (Berkeley) -- POSTPONED to 2024

    The Urban Systems of the Iberian Peninsula, 150-650 CE

    THIS SEMINAR HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED Professor Carlos Noreña (Berkeley) The Urban Systems of the Iberian Peninsula, 150-650 CE

  4. The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy (Day 1)

    The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy (Day 1)

    The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy this year focuses on 'The Ideal Citizen'. Graduate students from the UK, the US, Canada,...

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

    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...

  6. The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy (Day 2)

    The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy (Day 2)

    The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy this year focuses on 'The Ideal Citizen'. Graduate students from the UK, the US, Canada,...

  7. Careers Event

    Careers Event

    Guest Speaker - John Everard

    This session is open to all students and postgraduates. This focus on a number of key topics, including developing your interview skills, making applications,...

  8. North Korea -- What happens next?

    North Korea -- What happens next?

    John Vivian Everard is a British former diplomat. He was formerly the UK's ambassador to Belarus, the UK's ambassador to Uruguay and the UK's...

  9. Institute of Intellectual History seminar series

    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

  10. The Discourse on the Ancestral Constitution in the Early Hellenistic Period

    The Discourse on the Ancestral Constitution in the Early Hellenistic Period

    Laura Loddo (Milan)

    This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...

  11. TV broadcasting in authoritarian states: A tool to craft influence and identities

    TV broadcasting in authoritarian states: A tool to craft influence and identities

    Centre for Syrian Studies CSS

    Dr Omar Al-Ghazzi is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science -- LSE. He...

  12. The Wednesday Seminar Series

    The Wednesday Seminar Series

    School of International Relations Wednesday Research Seminar Series Autumn 2023

    The Wednesday Seminar Series --- School of International Relations Wednesday Research Seminar Series Autumn 2023 Convenors: Drs Jeffrey Stevenson Murer and...

  13. Institute of Intellectual History seminar series

    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

  14. Feminism in Contemporary Syria

    Feminism in Contemporary Syria

    Centre of Syrian Studies (CSS)

    Speakers at this Centre of Syrian Studies (CSS) event include Ola Rifai, Birgit Poopuu, Omar Imady, Roua Al Taweel and Lina Al Hafez, with Discussant, Rahaf...

  15. Uncivil War: the British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975

    Uncivil War: the British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975

    Lecture then Q&A Session

    When Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish Sea. Uncivil War reveals the full...

  16. A Case Study of the Archaeology of Ancient Medicine: The Asklepieion of Paros Re-Study Project

    A Case Study of the Archaeology of Ancient Medicine: The Asklepieion of Paros Re-Study Project

    Tomas Alusik (Charles University Prague)

    This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...

  17. New approaches to the study of imperial historiography

    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...

  18. New approaches to the study of imperial historiography

    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'...

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

  20. The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History

    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...

  21. Institute of Intellectual History seminar series

    Institute of Intellectual History seminar series

    Alan Kahan (University of Versailles/St Quentin)

    Three Pillars and Four Fears: A History of Liberalisms

  22. From Soldiers to Rebels? The Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association in 1970s Northern Ireland

    From Soldiers to Rebels? The Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association in 1970s Northern Ireland

    Wednesday research seminars series

    Part of the School of International Relations Wednesday Research Seminar Series Autumn 2023. Convenors for Week five are Drs Jeffrey Stevenson Murer and Adam...

  23. How the Christians stole the past:

    How the Christians stole the past:

    Greek chronology and Roman history in Theophilus of Antioch's Ad Autolycum - Christian Thrue Djurslev (Aarhus)

    This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...

  24. Going Mainstream: How Extremists are Taking Over

    Going Mainstream: How Extremists are Taking Over

    CSTPV Online Talk with Julia Ebner

    Incels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, these groups all belonged on the fringes of the political spectrum. Today, accelerated by a...

  25. Cold War Worldmaking Between East Asia and the Arab World

    Cold War Worldmaking Between East Asia and the Arab World

    MECACS Seminar Series Event - Mohammed Alsudairi

    Seeking to transcend Western- and state-centric readings of the Cold War, the talk focuses on the various forms of ideational interaction and worldmaking that...

  26. Green treasures from the magic mountains . . .  and other stories from the Scottish Neolithic

    Green treasures from the magic mountains . . . and other stories from the Scottish Neolithic

    Archaeology Society 2023 Mitford Lecture

    Dr Alison Sheridan, Emerita Principal Curator of Early Prehistory at National Museums Scotland is our 2023 Mitord lecturer. She will tell us the fascinating...

  27. The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History -- Symposium

    The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History -- Symposium

    Professor Bela Kapossy (Lausanne)

    A symposium on The Republican Restoration at which Professor Bela Kapossy will take questions and receive comments from Professor Michael Sonenscher...

  28. Careers with INGOs and NGOs

    Careers with INGOs and NGOs

    The Halo Trust; MLitt in Peace & Conflict Studies, 2015

    Speaker : Calum Gibbs Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and the MLitt and MPhil in Peacebuilding and Mediation All IR MLitt, MPhil and PhD students are very...

  29. of Colonies and Queens: myths of Carthage in a contact zone

    of Colonies and Queens: myths of Carthage in a contact zone

    Jo Quinn (Oxford)

    This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected]. If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...

  30. Colonial Relationality and an Islamic Metaphysics of (Anti-Colonial) Detachment

    Colonial Relationality and an Islamic Metaphysics of (Anti-Colonial) Detachment

    Wednesday research seminars series

    For this Week 7 event, Dr Jasmine Gani will present 'Colonial Relationality and an Islamic Metaphysics of (Anti-Colonial) Detachment'....

  31. Hong Kong, Activism and International Advocacy: Journey of a Political Activist in Quest for Freedom

    Hong Kong, Activism and International Advocacy: Journey of a Political Activist in Quest for Freedom

    Time & Date: 5 pm, October 25, 2023 Venue: School VI at United College Quadrangle, University of St Andrews Speaker: Nathan Law (Former member of...

  32. Can Central Asian States Keep Their Balancing Act?

    Can Central Asian States Keep Their Balancing Act?

    Talk by Prof Nargis Kassenova (Harvard University)

    Prof Kassenova will talk about the changing geopolitical environment, sets of security, political and economic challenges facing Central Asian states, their...

  33. Medieval History Seminar --- Dr Mirela Ivanova (University of Sheffield)
    Cancelled

    Medieval History Seminar --- Dr Mirela Ivanova (University of Sheffield)

    Inventing Slavonic: Cultures of Writing between Rome and Constantinople

    Dr Mirela Ivanova (University of Sheffield) Inventing Slavonic: Cultures of Writing between Rome and Constantinople

  34. Internal Security and Chinese Grand Strategy

    Internal Security and Chinese Grand Strategy

    St Andrews University - ISWS online seminar series events

    Since 2014, Xi Jinping has made security a focal point of his approach to governing China. But how do Xi Jinping and top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party...

  35. Holding some ground on a greasy dancefloor:  Caste, Queerness and South Asian Diaspora in the UK'

    Holding some ground on a greasy dancefloor: Caste, Queerness and South Asian Diaspora in the UK'

    School of International Relations EDI Committee in association with St Andrews Institute for Gender Studies and Saints LGBT+

    The first in an occasional speaker series Date: 1 November 2023 Time: 17.00 Venue: Arts Seminar 1 Sweaty, seductive sex club on a Saturday night in London, and...

  36. TV broadcasting in authoritarian states: A tool to craft influence and identities

    TV broadcasting in authoritarian states: A tool to craft influence and identities

    Virtual panel on Thursday November 2nd 2023 at 16:00 to 17:30 GMT

    Chair Raymond Hinnebusch Speaker Nour al-Halabi, Leeds University Commentator Lina al Hafez, University Autònoma de Barcelona Nour is assistant professor at...

  37. Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits

    Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits

    CSTPV Seminar: book and discussion

    From Ukraine to Afghanistan and beyond, occupations and exit dilemmas permeate contemporary geopolitics. However, the existing literature on territorial...

  38. Uninvited guests, unexpected passengers: Insects and past environments in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Uninvited guests, unexpected passengers: Insects and past environments in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Eva Panagiotakopulu (Edinburgh)

    This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...

  39. Discussion with Australia's former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison

    Discussion with Australia's former Prime Minister, Scott Morrison

    Join a discussion with Australia's former Prime Minister and current Member of Parliament for the New South Wales seat of Cook, Scott Morrison, hosted by...

  40. Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 8

    Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 8

    Dr Sarah Leith (St Andrews), 'Rocks and Realities: Mountain Literature in Modern Scotland'

    Seminar led by St Andrews' own Dr Sarah Leith. ITIA research seminars meet each Friday during the academic year in St Mary's College Hall as a space...

  41. Jewish Self-Determination Beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and other Pariahs

    Jewish Self-Determination Beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and other Pariahs

    Jonathan Graubart's book Jewish Self-Determination Beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and other Pariahs recovers and adapts the pre-1948...

  42. IR Speaker Event and Reception

    IR Speaker Event and Reception

    Staff and Student Mixer

    International Relations Staff and Student Mixer -- 08.11.23 3pm -- Talk on the International Relations of Outer Space with Dr Adam Bower 4.30pm...

  43. Annual Lecture in Black History

    Annual Lecture in Black History

    Understanding the past: Diversity in England, Scotland and the 'British Isles'

    Investigations into diversity in the 'British Isles' are sometimes dismissed as 'political correctness' gone mad, or...

  44. Editing slaves: Unfree labour and textual revision in Rome (Trigger Warning below)

    Editing slaves: Unfree labour and textual revision in Rome (Trigger Warning below)

    Talitha Keary

    Note: Note: the lecture will involve discussion of slavery, rape and torture. This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact...

  45. Colonial Cinema in the Open Air: Dr Nadine Chan

    Colonial Cinema in the Open Air: Dr Nadine Chan

    Film Studies Speaker Series

    Dr Nadine Chan (University of Toronto) will present her research in a talk entitled: 'Colonial Cinema in the Open Air: Ambient Governmentality and...

  46. Transregional Queer Activism in the SWANA

    Transregional Queer Activism in the SWANA

    MECACS Seminar Series Event

    Janine A. Clark is a Professor in the Department of Political Science. Her work focuses on decentralization and local politics, Islamist movements, civil...

  47. Loaves and fishes in St Andrews: excavations at 100 North Street

    Loaves and fishes in St Andrews: excavations at 100 North Street

    Julie Franklin Finds, Archiving and Post-Excavation Project Manager at Headland Archaeology Scotland presents new findings from recent excavations at 100 North...

  48. Screening Politics---Film Festivals, Archives and Cinematic Exhibition in the Cold War

    Screening Politics---Film Festivals, Archives and Cinematic Exhibition in the Cold War

    Workshop organised by the German Screen Studies Network (GSSN)

    This GSSN workshop focuses on the "politics" of film exhibition in the Cold War, i.e., the influence of institutional actors from politics, culture...

  49. UAP and the Ethics of War

    UAP and the Ethics of War

    "Throughout the presentation we will explore the problems posed by Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) to current just war theories and international law....

  50. The causes and consequences of global police militarization

    The causes and consequences of global police militarization

    ISWS Seminar Series

    In recent decades, police forces around the world have become more militarized---adopting the weaponry, organisational structures, and accountability...