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  1. Conference: 'New Perspectives on Moderata Fonte'

    Conference: 'New Perspectives on Moderata Fonte'

    Day one: Monday 23 September 2024 1.40 to 2pm: Welcome and opening remarks 2pm to 3.30pm: Panel 1. Moderata Fonte: Gender and Genres 3.30pm to 3.45pm: Break...

  2. The Worth of Women at the Byre Theatre

    The Worth of Women at the Byre Theatre

    Pay what you can: £15, £12, £10

    Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), New York's distinguished Italian Theatre Company, brings The Worth of Women to St Andrews. This is a wonderfully theatrical...

  3. Poetry Reading by Philippe Beck

    Poetry Reading by Philippe Beck

    Philippe Beck will read a selection of poems (French with English translations), including some from his latest collection, Ryrkaïpii (Flammarion, 2023)....

  4. Byre World 2024-2025: The Seven Sages of Scotland

    Byre World 2024-2025: The Seven Sages of Scotland

    Hosted by Dr Jane Bonsall, School of Modern Languages

    What might we learn from medieval narratives about violence, gender, and truth-telling? This adaptation of the 15th-century Older Scots story collection The...

  5. Teach-in: Gaza and justice

    Teach-in: Gaza and justice

    As we pass 100 days of Israel's military campaign in Gaza with a spread of conflict in the region, this Teach-In provides a forum for discussing questions...

  6. Byre World 24/25: Poetry from the Mine (and elsewhere)

    Byre World 24/25: Poetry from the Mine (and elsewhere)

    Hosted by Dr Gavin Bowd, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book

    To mark the beginning of the Festival of Languages and the fortieth anniversary of the 1984-1985 miners' strike, Gavin Bowd and acclaimed poet Paul...

  7. Poetry and the Other Arts

    Poetry and the Other Arts

    a Masterclass with Philippe Beck

    'Poetry is here or there. Not everywhere./ It depends on a sortie.' (Philippe Beck, Opéradiques, Flammarion, 2014) In this masterclass we will...

  8. China and Russia as peacemakers?

    China and Russia as peacemakers?

    This month, University of St Andrews takes over as Chair of the Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA), the only think-tank on international affairs in the...

  9. Poetry and 'Ecoanthropology'.

    Poetry and 'Ecoanthropology'.

    Reseach Seminar with Philippe Beck

    Inspired by an article published in December 2019 relating how polar bears were dangerously approaching the village of Ryrkaïpii, on the edge of the Arctic...

  10. Wardlaw Museum presents Aelita: Queen of Mars

    Wardlaw Museum presents Aelita: Queen of Mars

    Silent Film with live piano accompaniment by Matthew Shiel - £10/£14/£18, Students £6, U18 FREE

    Step back in time to the dawn of science fiction cinema with Aelita: Queen of Mars, the 1924 Soviet silent film directed by Yakov Protazanov. Join us for an...