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  1. Cultural memory, identity and images

    Cultural memory, identity and images

    CIMS PG Symposium

    Prepare to immerse yourself in a captivating exploration of 'cultural identity, memory and images' at this interdisciplinary postgraduate symposium...

  2. Global South Connections -- co-ordinated by IBANS
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    Global South Connections -- co-ordinated by IBANS

    Come along to meet people and share your experiences of moving to St Andrews

    The Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences is pleased to host a catered lunch for all staff and postgraduate students from or based in the Global South....

  3. Global South Connections -- co-ordinated by IBANS
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    Global South Connections -- co-ordinated by IBANS

    Come along to meet people and share your experiences of moving to St Andrews

    The Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences is pleased to host a catered lunch for all staff and postgraduate students from or based in the Global South....

  4. The Diplomacy of Terror.  European States and Arab-Palestinian Terrorism during the Cold War

    The Diplomacy of Terror. European States and Arab-Palestinian Terrorism during the Cold War

    CSTPV Seminar with Prof. Valentine Lomellini, University of Padua (Italy)

    In the late 1960s, a new political actor appeared on the European stage: armed organisations from the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin export terrorism...

  5. Building a just Scotland: an evening with human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar

    Building a just Scotland: an evening with human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar

    In conversation with IR student Josh Traynor

    Acclaimed human rights lawyer and campaigner Aamer Anwar is visiting the University of St Andrews to share his life-long journey championing human rights and...

  6. CHANGED DATE: Dr Yvonne Skipper (Glasgow): Interventions to help young people spot misinformation

    CHANGED DATE: Dr Yvonne Skipper (Glasgow): Interventions to help young people spot misinformation

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Dr Yvonne Skipper (Glasgow): "But wait that's not real. Co-creating interventions to help young people spot online misinformation", hosted by...

  7. Women's History of Colonial Spaces in India

    Women's History of Colonial Spaces in India

    School of English and School of Art History Joint Research Seminar

    Join the School of English and the School of Art History for a joint Research Seminar on Women's History of Colonial Spaces in India with Dr Yashaswinini...

  8. The Crocus City Hall terrorist attack: regional, political and security implications

    The Crocus City Hall terrorist attack: regional, political and security implications

    In collaboration with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)

    While no clear evidence has yet been presented for who did it and why, it is clear that the attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow will have serious repercussions...

  9. Dr Alejandro Sanchez Amaro (Stirling): "On how captive socio-ecology influences chimpanzees"

    Dr Alejandro Sanchez Amaro (Stirling): "On how captive socio-ecology influences chimpanzees"

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    On how captive socio-ecology influences captive chimpanzees' competitiveness and other curiosities Over the last decades, captive researchers have...

  10. Oqlanmagan --- The Unexonerated

    Oqlanmagan --- The Unexonerated

    Film screening and Q&A session

    In the 1990s, Uzbekistan's first president Islam Karimov arrested tens of thousands of practising Muslims, imams, and citizens engaged in Islamic study...

  11. A Changing Climate Changing Lives: Poetry Writing Competition

    A Changing Climate Changing Lives: Poetry Writing Competition

    This reading, hosted by the School of English and Centre for Energy Ethics, will showcase the creative writing submissions from selected undergraduate students...

  12. Dr Raghavendra Selvan (Copenhagen): "Representation Learning for Multi-Modal Machine Learning"

    Dr Raghavendra Selvan (Copenhagen): "Representation Learning for Multi-Modal Machine Learning"

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Abstract: Recent class of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms driving artificial intelligence (AI) are primarily based on deep learning. These classes of methods...

  13. Bridging Continents: Navigating the EU-China Relationship

    Bridging Continents: Navigating the EU-China Relationship

    A talk by Italian academic Dr. Nicola Casarini

    We are excited to present "Bridging Continents: Navigating the EU-China Relationship", a talk by Italian academic Dr. Nicola Casarini. Dr. Casarini...

  14. Solidaritee -- Speakers Event

    Solidaritee -- Speakers Event

    The role of language in seeking asylum

    RASA, NGN and Solidaritee are hosting a panel event with Dr Natasha Saunders, Dina Nayeri, Dr David Herd and Dr Uri Horesh on the role of language in seeking...

  15. English Research Seminar -- Dr Caroline Edwards

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Caroline Edwards

    English Research Seminar

  16. Defining Refugees: International Norms, National Interests, and the Politics of Refugee Status

    Defining Refugees: International Norms, National Interests, and the Politics of Refugee Status

    Guest Speaker - Dr. Deenesh Sohoni

    Deenesh Sohoni is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Studies program at William & Mary. His research examines...

  17. The Gatecrashers: a long view of lone actor assassins and terrorists

    The Gatecrashers: a long view of lone actor assassins and terrorists

    Featuring Tim Wilson

    Over little more than a decade, the so-called 'Lone Wolf' attacker has emerged as a central security threat. Such lone actors are usually seen as a...

  18. Perceptions of Illegitimate Violence in Intercultural Wars in German East Africa (circa 1884 to 1914)

    Perceptions of Illegitimate Violence in Intercultural Wars in German East Africa (circa 1884 to 1914)

    ISWS Spring Seminar with Professor Tanja Bührer, University of Salzburg

    Tanja Bührer's lecture explores what was considered legitimate and illegitimate violence in intercultural wars in the colonial realm during the fin de...

  19. KlangHaus in the School of English

    KlangHaus in the School of English

    Dr Sam Haddow, Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Drama, in the School of English is hosting a free performance event and Q&A with the pioneering...

  20. Status reversal and its discontents

    Status reversal and its discontents

    Michael Hechter, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University

    The recent rise of reactionary politics in modern democracies across the globe has been attributed to a variety of causes, including deindustrialisation,...

  21. Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature With Dr Anna Elena Torres

    Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature With Dr Anna Elena Torres

    Conversation with Dr Jeffrey Stevenson Murer, Director of the Centre for Art and Politics with conversational and musical contributions from Michael Alpert.

    Dr Anna Elena Torres will read from her latest book Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish: Anarchism and Yiddish Literature, in a conversation with Dr Jeffrey...

  22. English Research Seminar -- Tita Chico

    English Research Seminar -- Tita Chico

    English Research Seminar.

  23. Women in Politics

    Women in Politics

    Guest Panel Discussion

    In both politics and public life in the UK, women have historically been underrepresented. In recent years, however, women's representation has increased,...

  24. The linguistic ceasefire or how to re-engage listed armed groups

    The linguistic ceasefire or how to re-engage listed armed groups

    Paul Wilkinson Memorial Lecture featuring Sophie Hapeslaugh

    Sophie will offer a systematic examination of the impact of proscription, or the listing of armed groups as terrorists, on peace negotiations. By introducing...

  25. Life on Thin Ice...

    Life on Thin Ice...

    Third Generation Project Presents....

    Join acclaimed Film director and writer -- Dan McDougall as he speaks to staff and students. Mental health at the heart of the climate crisis...

  26. Books, objects and instruments in the history of science and culture: a show-and-tell event

    Books, objects and instruments in the history of science and culture: a show-and-tell event

    Please join us for an introduction to items from the St Andrews Collections. Specialists in the history of mathematics, science, and culture will showcase an...

  27. Insights, dilemmas and hopes in knowledge-making on feminist politics --- a meditation

    Insights, dilemmas and hopes in knowledge-making on feminist politics --- a meditation

    IPT event: Dr Radhika Govinda, University of Edinburgh

    Dr Radhika Govinda is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Director of GENDER.ED, the University of Edinburgh's interdisciplinary hub for gender and...

  28. School of Psychology and Neuroscience -- Friday Seminar

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience -- Friday Seminar

    On Friday 22nd, at 12noon we'll have Shiwen Li (Oxford) present on "The sensory, perceptual, and behavioural trajectories of iridescence --...

  29. Shiwen Li (Oxford): The sensory, perceptual, and behavioural trajectories of iridescence

    Shiwen Li (Oxford): The sensory, perceptual, and behavioural trajectories of iridescence

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Shiwen Li (Oxford): "The sensory, perceptual, and behavioural trajectories of iridescence -- what humans and bumblebees have taught us", hosted...

  30. English Research Seminar --- Chris Townsend

    English Research Seminar --- Chris Townsend

    English Research Seminar

  31. Chasing World War I Ghosts: Re-learning IR through the Togoland Campaign

    Chasing World War I Ghosts: Re-learning IR through the Togoland Campaign

    St Andrews Distinguished Teacher Lecture

    : Dr. Yolande Bouka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University. She is an interdisciplinary scholar and...

  32. Anti-Racism in Teaching, Research and Institution Building: A Workshop with Professor Tita Chico, ho

    Anti-Racism in Teaching, Research and Institution Building: A Workshop with Professor Tita Chico, ho

    This relaxed workshop will feature brief presentations from students and staff drawing on their work and experience to ask how the University can foster...

  33. The World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order

    The World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order

    IPT event

    The contemporary radical Right movement is no longer merely a series of nationalist projects, but a phenomenon spanning the globe and affecting different forms...

  34. The End of the Afghan Campaign?

    The End of the Afghan Campaign?

    Special Guest Speakers - Lieutenant General (Retired) Giles Patrick Hill and General (Retired) Mick Nicholson

    Nearly three years have passed since the United States withdrew the last of its troops from Afghanistan, ending nearly twenty years of military presence and...

  35. English Research Seminar -- Dr Tom Duggett

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Tom Duggett

    Horace Walpole's Historic Doubts and the uses of anachronism Tom Duggett 'I did not take Shakespeare's tragedy for a genuine...

  36. English Research Seminar -- Dr Tom Duggett

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Tom Duggett

    Horace Walpole's Historic Doubts and the uses of anachronism Tom Duggett 'I did not take Shakespeare's tragedy for a genuine...

  37. Dr Edwin van Leeuwen (Utrecht): Social learning and cumulative culture in chimpanzees

    Dr Edwin van Leeuwen (Utrecht): Social learning and cumulative culture in chimpanzees

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Dr Edwin van Leeuwen (Utrecht): "Social learning and cumulative culture in chimpanzees", hosted by Prof Andy Whiten.

  38. Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

    Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

    Photographs, films, and texts...

    Maré from the Inside: Race, Gender and Utopia in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas Maré from the Inside is an interactive multi-media exhibit developed by...

  39. John Pineda workshop

    John Pineda workshop

    Writing and Publishing Across Genres

    For School of English undergraduates only. In this workshop, novelist and poet Jon Pineda will discuss approaches to publishing across different genres of...

  40. The Syrian Uprising 13 years on: What role for the Syrian diaspora?

    The Syrian Uprising 13 years on: What role for the Syrian diaspora?

    CSS Teams Event

    Friday 15 March will mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, which turned into a bloody multilayered war, that catalyzed a political stalemate,...

  41. English Research Seminar -- Dr Natalya Din-Kariuki

    English Research Seminar -- Dr Natalya Din-Kariuki

    English Research Seminar

  42. Jon Pineda -- a reading from his current work-in-progress

    Jon Pineda -- a reading from his current work-in-progress

    We're delighted to welcome Jon Pineda from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, who will be reading from his new novel, currently a...

  43. Prof Manuel Spitschan (MPI): What does the eye tell the clock?

    Prof Manuel Spitschan (MPI): What does the eye tell the clock?

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Prof Manuel Spitschan (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen): "What does the eye tell the clock? Mechanisms underlying the impact of...

  44. 'God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America'

    'God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America'

    Bruce Hoffman - Jacob Ware

    Shocking acts of terrorism have erupted from violent American far-right extremists in recent years, including the 2015 mass murder at a historic Black church in...

  45. Book Launch for the Handbook on Global Constitutionalism, 2nd edition

    Book Launch for the Handbook on Global Constitutionalism, 2nd edition

    Book Launch

    This thoroughly revised Handbook presents an up-to-date political and philosophical history of global constitutionalism. By exploring the constitutional-like...

  46. Dirty Linen

    Dirty Linen

    CSTPV Seminar with Martin Doyle

    Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times, offers a personal, intimate history of the Troubles seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, his own,...

  47. The Fate of Civilians in War

    The Fate of Civilians in War

    Stephen Neff, Edinburgh University

    The fundamental rule regarding civilians in armed conflict is the requirement at all times to distinguish civilian populations from combatants. Civilian...

  48. 'God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America' -- CSTPV Seminar

    'God, Guns and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America' -- CSTPV Seminar

    CSTPV Seminar

    Shocking acts of terrorism have erupted from violent American far-right extremists in recent years, including the 2015 mass murder at a historic Black church in...

  49. St Andrews in Boston

    St Andrews in Boston

    Reception and talk with Professor Stephen Gethins and Professor Phillips O'Brien

    Development is delighted to invite you to join us for a reception and talk in Boston with Professor Stephen Gethins, Assistant Vice-Principal (International...

  50. Prof Alistair Lawrence (SRUC): The science, relevance, and challenge of positive animal welfare

    Prof Alistair Lawrence (SRUC): The science, relevance, and challenge of positive animal welfare

    School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

    Prof Alistair Lawrence, (Scotland's Rural College), will present on "The science, relevance, and challenge of positive animal welfare", hosted...