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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. In Person SEES Seminar --- Dr Robert Johannes Giebel, Researcher, Berlin Institute of Technology

    In Person SEES Seminar --- Dr Robert Johannes Giebel, Researcher, Berlin Institute of Technology

    A short story of carbonatites: Processes involved in magma ascent and related effects on mineralization

    Carbonatites are relatively rare magmatic rocks originating from the Earth's mantle, defined by a modal content of 50 vol.% carbonates.Despite their...

  6. Dr Mahmoud Abdallah --- guest lecture

    Dr Mahmoud Abdallah --- guest lecture

    Theology of Coexistence. From the Genesis of Difference to the Conceptualization of Coexistence in Islam.

    Dr Mahmoud Abdallah is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Islamic Theology at the University of Tübingen in Germany. He is visiting St Andrews for...

  7. Dr Mahmoud Abdallah --- guest lecture

    Dr Mahmoud Abdallah --- guest lecture

    Islamic pastoral care between two worlds. Creating space in the academic field and in the community. (part 1 of 2)

    Dr Mahmoud Abdallah is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Islamic Theology at the University of Tübingen in Germany. He is visiting St Andrews for...

  8. 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....

  9. Dr Mahmoud Abdallah --- guest lecture

    Dr Mahmoud Abdallah --- guest lecture

    Islamic pastoral care between two worlds. Creating space in the academic field and in the community.

    Dr Mahmoud Abdallah is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Islamic Theology at the University of Tübingen in Germany. He is visiting St Andrews for...

  10. 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...

  11. Dr Mahmoud Abdallah --- guest lecture

    Dr Mahmoud Abdallah --- guest lecture

    Relationality and theological knowledge: Reflections on the human-to-human encounter considering al-Ġazālī's concept of friendship.

    Dr Mahmoud Abdallah is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Islamic Theology at the University of Tübingen in Germany. He is visiting St Andrews for...

  12. Green and sustainable chemistry bootcamp with John Warner

    Green and sustainable chemistry bootcamp with John Warner

    Cefic, the European Chemistry Industry Council, and the University of St Andrews will collaborate to organise another edition of the 'Green and...

  13. 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).

  14. 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'

  15. 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:'...

  16. Rachel Muers --- Smith Lecture Autumn 2023

    Rachel Muers --- Smith Lecture Autumn 2023

    A Systematics of One's Own: Reflections on a Search For Foremothers In Systematic Theology

    Each semester, an outstanding female scholar from any sub-discipline of Divinity is invited to St Andrews to deliver the Smith Lecture in memory of Agnes Lewis...

  17. 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...

  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. 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...

  21. ITIA Workshop with Professor Jennifer Newsome Martin (Notre Dame)
    Limited access

    ITIA Workshop with Professor Jennifer Newsome Martin (Notre Dame)

    'The Carmelite Subject: 'Fiction' and the Metaphysics of Contemplation.'

    On Friday, 17th of November, the Institute of Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA, School of Divinity) is hosting a workshop with visiting systematic...

  22. 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"

  23. 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...

  24. 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...

  25. Systematic and Historical Theology seminar --- Michaelmas 2023, week 8

    Systematic and Historical Theology seminar --- Michaelmas 2023, week 8

    Turretin - A scholastic Reformed account of satisfaction

    In Martinmas 2023, the Theology seminar is reading important texts of Protestant Scholasticism. The seminar schedule and readings are available on the...

  26. 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...

  27. Biblical Studies research seminar --- Martinmas 2023, week 8

    Biblical Studies research seminar --- Martinmas 2023, week 8

    Professor Eckart Frahm (Yale): Reception history of Enuma Elish

    This week's seminar will be online via Teams only. The seminar features Eckart Frahm, Professor of Assyriology at Yale University, who will be presenting...

  28. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 8

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 8

    Dr Saiyyidah Zaidi (Independent Scholar), 'This is the sound of my soul: Exploring belonging and inclusion in British Political Theology'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. Meetings are principally...

  29. Logos Institute research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 8

    Logos Institute research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 8

    Professor Greg Restall (St Andrews)

    The weekly research seminar of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology takes places on Fridays from 3.30 to 5pm in the Senior Common Room of St...

  30. 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...

  31. Systematic and Historical Theology seminar -- Michaelmas 2023, week 9

    Systematic and Historical Theology seminar -- Michaelmas 2023, week 9

    Simons - Radical christology

    In Martinmas 2023, the Theology seminar is reading important texts of Protestant Scholasticism. The seminar schedule and readings are available on the...

  32. Biblical Studies research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 9

    Biblical Studies research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 9

    Veronica Vandervliet (St Andrews), 'Reading Biblical Hebrew Poetry through the Lens of Information Structure Theory'

    The seminar features Veronica Vandervliet, PhD student at the University of St Andrews, who will be presenting a paper entitled, 'Reading Biblical Hebrew...

  33. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 9

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 9

    Anupama Ranawana (St Andrews), '"Reading" and "writing" Asia: A framework for intertextuality and textual interpretation from sites of struggle'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. This week, our very own PhD...

  34. Logos Institute research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 9

    Logos Institute research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 9

    Professor Gavin D'Costa (Bristol & Rome), 'Ecclesiology: Why Jewish Catholicism is essential to the nature of the Catholic Church'

    The weekly research seminar of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology takes places on Fridays from 3.30 to 5pm in the Senior Common Room of St...

  35. 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...

  36. 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...

  37. Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 9

    Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 9

    Professor Ian Bradley (St Andrews), 'There is a happy land, far, far away: Victorian Hymns about Heaven'

    Seminar led by St Andrews' own Prof. Ian Bradley. ITIA research seminars meet each Friday during the academic year in St Mary's College Hall as a...

  38. Interfaith in the Academy moderated by Dr Eric Stoddart

    Interfaith in the Academy moderated by Dr Eric Stoddart

    Interfaith Week 2023: St Andrews

    Come and join us for an Academic Panel Discussion on Interfaith Dialogue as we dive deeper into the nitty-gritty of Interfaith. Our fantastic panel will be...

  39. 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"

  40. CALL FOR PAPERS: Saints English Graduate Conference

    CALL FOR PAPERS: Saints English Graduate Conference

    An interdisciplinary conference run by and for postgraduate and early career researchers. This year's theme is 'Play and Pleasure'.

    This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore the dynamic relationships between play and pleasure in various literary and cultural contexts, while...

  41. Biblical Studies research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 10
    Cancelled

    Biblical Studies research seminar -- Martinmas 2023, week 10

    Dr Sam Newington (Aberdeen), Monsters in the Biblical and Classical World

    This seminar features Dr Sam Newington of the University of Aberdeen, who will be presenting a paper on the topic of monsters in the Biblical and Classical...

  42. Peace, Unity and Dialoguing Together: An Interfaith Discussion

    Peace, Unity and Dialoguing Together: An Interfaith Discussion

    Interfaith Week 2023: St Andrews

    Come and join for a conversation between the representatives of our different Faith as we dialogue together with representatives of a diverse array of faiths...

  43. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar --- Autumn 2023, week 10

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar --- Autumn 2023, week 10

    Dr Eric Stoddart (St Andrews), 'Practising Divine Gaze: Is there any sacramental potential in digital surveillance?'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. This week, our very own...

  44. A Queer Bestiary

    A Queer Bestiary

    Non/Humans in Contemporary US Literature

    This talk outlines Dr Lloyd's forthcoming book, A Queer Bestiary: Non/Humans in Contemporary US Literature. Taking the Medieval bestiary as its starting...

  45. Logos Institute research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 10

    Logos Institute research seminar -- Autumn 2023, week 10

    Dr Daniel Hill (Liverpool), 'Does God Intend that Sin Occur?'

    The weekly research seminar of the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology takes places on Fridays from 3.30 to 5pm in the Senior Common Room of St...

  46. The social origins of language and thought: Professor Robert Seyfarth (U Penn)

    The social origins of language and thought: Professor Robert Seyfarth (U Penn)

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Professor Robert Seyfarth (University of Pennsylvania) will give a talk in the Psychology Old Library on: 'The social origins of language and...

  47. ITIA Workshop with Professor Jennifer Newsome Martin (Notre Dame)
    Limited access

    ITIA Workshop with Professor Jennifer Newsome Martin (Notre Dame)

    'The Carmelite Subject: 'Fiction' and the Metaphysics of Contemplation.'

    On Friday, 17th of November, the Institute of Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA, School of Divinity) is hosting a workshop with Professor Jennifer...

  48. Inaugural Interfaith Lecture: Recognise the human race as one

    Inaugural Interfaith Lecture: Recognise the human race as one

    Interfaith Week 2023: St Andrews

    The final event in the Interfaith Week series, an Inaugural Interfaith Lecture given by Jas Singh. With guest speaker, Jas Singh is a Sikh from Leeds, and a...

  49. Professor Robert Seyfarth (University of Pennsylvania): 'The Social Origins of Language and Thought'

    Professor Robert Seyfarth (University of Pennsylvania): 'The Social Origins of Language and Thought'

    Preceded by a PhD talk from Gal Badihi (St Andrews): 'The Influence of Social Dynamics on The Gestural Communication of East African Chimpanzees'

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar. At 12:30 pm, Gal Badihi will deliver her presentation on her PhD research titled "The Influence of Social...

  50. Lights and Lazers: Equate and Opening up Photonics

    Lights and Lazers: Equate and Opening up Photonics

    A speaker and networking event on biophotonics.

    This event is open to all women & non-binary students in STEM subjects at Scottish Universities and Colleges. Equate is delighted to be partnering with...