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  1. Transept Spring 2024 Art Exhibition

    Transept Spring 2024 Art Exhibition

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    Transept, a group of artists and theologians connected with ITIA (the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts) at the University of St Andrews is...

  2. Painting in Steam -- new start time of 2pm

    Painting in Steam -- new start time of 2pm

    Climate, Combustion, and Pollution in British Art

    Join the School of Art History and Dr Stephanie O'Rourke for 'Painting in Steam: Climate, Combustion, and Pollution in British Art'. Reception...

  3. 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...

  4. Sands 24: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

    Sands 24: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

    Anna Hints' atmospheric, almost mystical, feature-length documentary debut invites us to become part of a supportive, witty, sweaty female collective who...

  5. Narrative Space and Possible Worlds

    Narrative Space and Possible Worlds

    Encountering Ancient Narratives from a Cognitive Science Perspective

    This conference is the last event of an exciting collaborative research project on Narrative Space and Possible Worlds: Encountering Ancient Narratives from a...

  6. Knowledge, Culture, and Spirituality in the Islamic Civilization

    Knowledge, Culture, and Spirituality in the Islamic Civilization

    Dr Khairudin Aljunied

    The St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology is pleased to welcome Dr Khairudin Aljunied from National University of Singapore to speak on the topic of...

  7. Classical Reception and pedagogy

    Classical Reception and pedagogy

    A Scottish perspective on teaching the reception of classical material culture

    This is the first workshop in a planned series on 'Classical Reception and pedagogy' that will focus on the ways that the reception of classical...

  8. Classical Reception and pedagogy
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    Classical Reception and pedagogy

    Object-based Teaching - Classical Reception and University Collections

    These morning and afternoon workshops are the first in a planned series on 'Classical Reception and pedagogy' that will focus on the ways the reception of...

  9. Inaugural Lecture by Professor Laura Moretti

    Inaugural Lecture by Professor Laura Moretti

    Gazing from the Gallery: The Betende Knabe and the Politics of Display

    This lecture addresses the display history of the Betende Knabe (Praying Boy), a Greek bronze statue currently housed in the Altes Museum in Berlin, exploring...

  10. Yiddish cinema: the drama of troubled communication

    Yiddish cinema: the drama of troubled communication

    A conversation with Jonah Corne and Monika Vrečar

    The turbulent Yiddish world of the first half of the twentieth century produced great works not only of literature, theatre and music, but also of cinema. In...

  11. Transition and the Historiographical Vagaries of Silent American Cinema

    Transition and the Historiographical Vagaries of Silent American Cinema

    Film Studies Speaker Series: Prof Charlie Keil

    When first introduced as a concept specific to early cinema in an essay for Cinema Journal in 1991, the notion of "transition" came firmly attached...

  12. The Normandy Campaign --- 80 years on

    The Normandy Campaign --- 80 years on

    Commemorative talk

    This public presentation to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy will feature a talk from Lt Col Andy Middlemiss BEM DL Ex KOSB....

  13. Everything is political, decolonisation is an ongoing process

    Everything is political, decolonisation is an ongoing process

    Leena Nammari

    It is the colonisers themselves and their people that need re-educating and have to start rethinking their own prejudices and assumed knowledge. The indigenous...

  14. A Hymn to the Banished: Annalee Davis in conversation

    A Hymn to the Banished: Annalee Davis in conversation

    With Dr Jillian Sutherland and Dr Ariadne Collins

    Join the School of History in person or online for this in conversation event with the artist Annalee Davis, Lecturer in Museum and Heritage Studies Dr Jillian...

  15. International Museums Conference and ICOFOM 47th Annual Assembly

    International Museums Conference and ICOFOM 47th Annual Assembly

    Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference

    The International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM), the School of Art History, and the European Research Council (ERC) selected and UK Research and Innovation...

  16. Keynote: Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Founder of Fridays for Future (FFF) Uganda

    Keynote: Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Founder of Fridays for Future (FFF) Uganda

    Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference

    Hilda Flavia Nakabuye is a Ugandan climate and environmental rights activist. Fridays for Future Uganda is the largest youth movement in East Africa. Hilda is...

  17. Youth Workshop: Young People Shaping the Future of Museology through the Lens of the SDGs

    Youth Workshop: Young People Shaping the Future of Museology through the Lens of the SDGs

    Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference

    Interested in museums, youth issues, heritage and the climate emergency? This FREE participatory workshop will offer the opportunity to share, discuss and...

  18. St Andrews and Empire: object handling session with the St Andrews Preservation Trust

    St Andrews and Empire: object handling session with the St Andrews Preservation Trust

    In 2023, the St Andrews Preservation Trust organised the exhibition St Andrews and Empire at its Museum, which resulted from research, begun in 2021 with...

  19. Keynote: Prof. Conal McCarthy, Professor of Museum and Heritage Studies

    Keynote: Prof. Conal McCarthy, Professor of Museum and Heritage Studies

    Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference

    Prof. Conal McCarthy is an interdisciplinary humanities scholar who explores the intersection of history, theory and practice in public culture. His...