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  1. Women in Science at St Andrews: panel discussion on progress and future directions

    Women in Science at St Andrews: panel discussion on progress and future directions

    Panel discussion with four Principal's office members to celebrate, inspire and promote Women in Science

    Five years ago, University Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, said: "In St Andrews, as in other UK higher education...

  2. SEES Seminar: The return to the Moon --- with robots and humans, Prof. Gordon Osinski

    SEES Seminar: The return to the Moon --- with robots and humans, Prof. Gordon Osinski

    We are pleased to be welcoming Prof. Osinski from the University of Western Ontario to our School. He has been hand-picked by NASA to train the next corps of...

  3. Systematic and Historical Theology seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 1

    Systematic and Historical Theology seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 1

    Dr Oliver Langworthy (St Andrews), 'The Holy Spirit and Easter in Late Antiquity'

    This week's seminar is given by our own Dr Oliver Langworthy on the topic 'The Holy Spirit and Easter in Late Antiquity'. In Candlemas 2024,...

  4. Hebrew Bible/Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 1

    Hebrew Bible/Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 1

    Welcome back Tea

    Most seminars take place in person on Thursdays in College Hall, St Mary's College unless otherwise indicated. For online seminars, please e-mail wt21 for...

  5. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 1

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 1

    Prof. Mario Aguilar (St Andrews), 'From Saladin to Francis of Assisi: Knight Templars and Arabs in Interfaith Dialogue'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. The introductory seminar this...

  6. Energy Café: Governing 'Wild' Substances and Subterranean Storage in an Era of Climate Change

    Energy Café: Governing 'Wild' Substances and Subterranean Storage in an Era of Climate Change

    Our twice monthly Energy Café series will begin on Tuesday January 23rd with a presentation from Sean Field In this Café, Sean will discuss how natural gas...

  7. Systematic and Historical Theology seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 2

    Systematic and Historical Theology seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 2

    Dr Steve Holmes (St Andrews), 'What Angels Long to See: Towards a Dogmatic Sketch of Prayer'

    This week's seminar is given by our very own Dr Steve Holmes on the topic 'What Angels Long to See: Towards a Dogmatic Sketch of Prayer'. In...

  8. Hebrew Bible/Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 2

    Hebrew Bible/Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 2

    Prof. James Davila (St Andrews), 'More Old Testament Pseudeprigrapha, Volume 2: A Preview'

    Most seminars take place in person on Thursdays in College Hall, St Mary's College unless otherwise indicated. For online seminars, please e-mail wt21 for...

  9. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 2

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 2

    Patricia Palazzo Tsai (Methodist Uni.), 'Going Beyond Closed Doors: Visibilising Universal Responsibility and Buddhist Arguments in Human Rights Discourses'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. This seminar is given by...

  10. Logos Institute research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 2

    Logos Institute research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 2

    Dr Andrew Everhart (LST), 'Naming the Enemy, Needing the Enemy: Particularity and Social Identity in Christ'

    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...

  11. St Leonard's Lecture Series

    St Leonard's Lecture Series

    Following the success so far of the St Leonard's Lecture Series 2023-2024, St Leonard's College and the Graduate School for Interdisciplinary...

  12. Systematic and Historical Theology seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 3

    Systematic and Historical Theology seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 3

    Dr Brendan Wolfe (St Andrews), 'Heresiological category blindness: The Homoian exegesis of Phil. 2'

    This week's seminar is given by our own Dr Brendan Wolfe on the topic 'Heresiological category blindness: The Homoian exegesis of Phil. 2'. In...

  13. Energy Café: Saving energy, saving the Revolution

    Energy Café: Saving energy, saving the Revolution

    Energy efficiency and revolutionary ethics in the Cuban transition

    Dr Gustav Cederlöf School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden In the pursuit of socialism, Cuba become one of Latin America's most...

  14. Systematic and Historical Theology seminar --- Michaelmas 2024, week 4

    Systematic and Historical Theology seminar --- Michaelmas 2024, week 4

    Prof. Chris Insole (Durham), 'When It's Over: Eschatology and Psychology'

    This week's seminar is given by Professor Chris Insole of Durham on the topic 'When It's Over: Eschatology and Psychology'. In Candlemas...

  15. Hebrew Bibleand Ancient Judaism research seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 4

    Hebrew Bibleand Ancient Judaism research seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 4

    Professor Dr Nicla de Zorzi (Wien), 'The Construction of Human-Animal Relationship in Babylonian Divination: The Bird Omens from the Divinatory Series Šumma ālu'

    This week's seminar is held online with Professor Dr Nicla de Zorzi, of the Universität Wien, on the topic 'The Construction of Human-Animal...

  16. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 4

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 4

    Aaron Pelot (St Andrews), 'Inculturation, Anglicanism and Japan: Putting down Japanese liturgical roots'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. This seminar is given by our...

  17. Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 4

    Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 4

    Prof. Alison Milbank (Nottingham), 'All things that be, praise him: Natural Agency and Liturgical Participation in the Poetry of Henry Vaughan'

    This week's seminar is led by Professor Alison Milbank, of Nottingham, on the topic 'All things that be, praise him: Natural Agency and Liturgical...

  18. No More Fossils -- New Book Discussion with Dominic Boyer

    No More Fossils -- New Book Discussion with Dominic Boyer

    Join us for a new book discussion with author Professor Dominic Boyer, on 12 February at 3pm (UK time) online. In No More Fossils, Dominic Boyer tells the story...

  19. New Testament research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 5

    New Testament research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 5

    Alicia Hein (St Andrews), 'Elijah Is the People: A Central Key to the Book of Revelation'

    This week's seminar is held online with St Andrews' own Alicia Hein on the topic 'Elijah Is the People: A Central Key to the Book of...

  20. Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- The Energy of Water

    Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- The Energy of Water

    Join the Centre for Energy Ethics for the next seminar of Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited. This session will be dedicated to the story of the...

  21. Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 5

    Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 5

    Prof. Dr Joachim Krause (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), 'Reflections of Pan-Israelite Identity: A View from the Book of Amos'

    This week's seminar is held online with Professor Dr Joachim Krause of Ruhr-Universität Bochum on the topic 'Reflections of Pan-Israelite Identity:...

  22. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar --- Spring 2024, week 5

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar --- Spring 2024, week 5

    Shruti Dixit (St Andrews), 'The Intentionality of Śruti'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. This seminar is given by our...

  23. New Testament research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 6

    New Testament research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 6

    Dr David M. Moffitt (St Andrews), 'Exploring Hebrews' Kaleidoscopic Engagement with the Old Testament'

    This week's seminar features St Andrews' own Dr David M. Moffitt on the topic 'Exploring Hebrews' Kaleidoscopic Engagement with the Old...

  24. Energy Cafe: Shores of Change

    Energy Cafe: Shores of Change

    The global energy transition and the future of African coastal states

    The urgency to address the impacts of climate change has reached a critical point. Although the global community acknowledges the imperative for a united...

  25. Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 6

    Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 6

    Dr David Reimer (St Andrews), 'The Lonely God? Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible'

    This week's seminar is with our own Dr David Reimer on the topic 'The Lonely God? Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible'. Most seminars take...

  26. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 6

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 6

    Anupama Ranawana (St Andrews), 'Three texts to restore and return: centring refusal in indigenous thinking'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. This seminar is given by our...

  27. official Launch of the Sacred Landscape Project Website

    official Launch of the Sacred Landscape Project Website

    The Sacred Landscape research project (https://sacredlandscapes.org/) is based in St Mary's College at the University of St Andrews. Our team is seeking...

  28. Sketching Stories of Climate Anxiety

    Sketching Stories of Climate Anxiety

    As part of the Fife Climate Festival, this family-friendly (age 12+) workshop will explore climate justice and climate anxiety through different examples of...

  29. James Gregory Lecture on Human Flourishing

    James Gregory Lecture on Human Flourishing

    Professor Justin Barrett, "Does My Brain Fit with the World Around Me? An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective"

    This will be a public lecture in the series of James Gregory lectures on human flourishing. The presenter will be Professor Justin Barrett and it will be titled...

  30. James Gregory Lecture on Human Flourishing

    James Gregory Lecture on Human Flourishing

    Professor Justin Barrett, "Does My Brain Fit with the World Around Me? An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective"

    This will be a public lecture in the series of James Gregory lectures on human flourishing. The presenter will be Professor Justin Barrett and it will be titled...

  31. 'Lutheran Ecclesiology' Presentation and Discussion

    'Lutheran Ecclesiology' Presentation and Discussion

    Dr Jonathan Mumme

    The St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology is pleased to welcome Dr Jonathan Mumme from Hillsdale College to speak on the topic of 'Lutheran...

  32. Energy Cafe: Imagery and community agency in energy futures

    Energy Cafe: Imagery and community agency in energy futures

    Hosted by Gair Dunlop. Whether it's enormous offshore wind developments or the slow drawdown of nuclear facilities, community agency in relation to...

  33. Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 7

    Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 7

    Dr Michael Lyons (St Andrews), 'The Anatomy of Commentary: Reflection on Ezekiel'

    This week's seminar is with our own Dr Michael Lyons on the topic 'The Anatomy of Commentary: Reflections on Ezekiel'. Most seminars take...

  34. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar --- Spring 2024, week 7

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar --- Spring 2024, week 7

    Dr Stefania Knecht-Turkanik (St Andrews), 'How to Build Peace: 20th and 21st Century Ukrainian Greek Catholic Peacebuilders in the Polish-Ukrainian Conflict'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. This seminar is given by our...

  35. Logos Institute research seminar --- Spring 2024, week 7

    Logos Institute research seminar --- Spring 2024, week 7

    Dr King-Ho Leung (St Andrews), 'The One---Beginning and End'

    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...

  36. Annual Lecture in the History of Women, Gender and Sexuality

    Annual Lecture in the History of Women, Gender and Sexuality

    Inexplicable men of genius and what to do about them: a study in predicaments and alarms in the historiography of early Christian women

    Blossom Stefaniw is Professor of Intellectual History at MF University College in Oslo where she teaches in the Religious Studies department. Her research...

  37. 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...

  38. Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 7

    Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 7

    Dr Yusen Yu (St Andrews), 'Medieval Islamic Cosmology and Its Visual Culture'

    This week's seminar is led by our own Dr Yusen Yu, in the School of Art History, on the topic 'Medieval Islamic Cosmology and Its Visual...

  39. 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...

  40. Systematic and Historical Theology seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 8

    Systematic and Historical Theology seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 8

    Prof. Simon Oliver (Durham)

    This week's seminar is given by Professor Simon Oliver of Durham. In Candlemas 2024, the Theology seminar typically follows the weekly pattern below: 11...

  41. 2024 Religion and Politics Lecture
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    2024 Religion and Politics Lecture

    Dr Kate Kirkpatrick (Regent's Park College), '"There must be religion for women as for the people": Beauvoir on Marx, Women, and Religion'

    The 2024 Religion and Politics Lecture at the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP) of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, will be delivered...

  42. Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 8

    Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism research seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 8

    Prof. Jonathan Klawans (Boston), 'Nastiness, Nonsense, and Abuse: Moral and Methodological Reflections on Morton Smith's Analysis of Letter to Theodore'

    This week's seminar takes place online with Professor Jonathan Klawans of Boston University on the topic 'Nastiness, Nonsense, and Abuse: Moral and...

  43. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 8

    Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 8

    Dr Eric Stoddart (St Andrews), 'The Rainbow Gaze: Tracing a Queer Theology of Surveillance'

    CSRP research seminars and lectures take place on Thursdays during the term from 11.15am in College Hall, St Mary's College. This seminar is given by our...

  44. 3M Planet Final

    3M Planet Final

    Join us in Parliament Hall for the finals of the 3MPlanet competition. Each of our seven finalists has distilled their honours thesis on topics related to...

  45. Logos Institute research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 8

    Logos Institute research seminar -- Spring 2024, week 8

    Dr Andrew Torrance (St Andrews), 'Theology and the Nature of Progress'

    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. 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.

  47. Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 8

    Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts research seminar --- Candlemas 2024, week 8

    Dr Bill Hyland (St Andrews), 'Mariological Imagery in the Sermons of Nicholas of Cusa'

    This week's seminar is led by our own Dr Bill Hyland on the topic 'Mariological Imagery in the Sermons of Nicholas of Cusa'. ITIA research...

  48. Energy Cafe: Why we should care about care

    Energy Cafe: Why we should care about care

    This cafe will be hosted by Silvia Pergetti. The work it takes to operate and maintain energy systems is essential yet often missing from public and scholarly...

  49. Gifford Lectures 2024 --- Clare Carlisle, King's College London

    Gifford Lectures 2024 --- Clare Carlisle, King's College London

    Transcendence for Beginners: Life Writing and Philosophy -- Lecture 1: Halfway Up a Mountain

    This is the first of a series of six Gifford Lectures by Prof. Carlisle. They are open to all. The Principal will chair this opening lecture. Transcendence for...

  50. Systematic and Historical Theology seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 9

    Systematic and Historical Theology seminar -- Candlemas 2024, week 9

    Prof. John Behr (Aberdeen), 'From Bible to Scripture'

    This week's seminar is given by Professor John Behr of Aberdeen on the topic 'From Bible to Scripture'. In Candlemas 2024, the Theology...