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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...
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Dr Andrew Macaskill (UCL): Internal state-dependent control of feeding behaviour via the hippocampus
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
Internal state dependent control of feeding behaviour via hippocampal ghrelin signalling. Hunger is an internal state that not only invigorates feeding, but...
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Dr Juliane Kaminski (Portsmouth): 'Through a dog's eyes...'
School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar
In recent decades, dogs have become one of the most popular animal species in comparative psychology. One reason for this is the unique evolutionary history of...
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Untranslatability
Martin Revermann (Toronto)
This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...
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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...
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Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman Empire.
A Social and Cultural History (Trigger Warning below) Christian Laes (Manchester)
Note: the lecture will contain some images (ancient artifacts) of what was considered as bodily deformity and references to Nazi-propaganda that referred to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Editing slaves: Unfree labour and textual revision in Rome (Trigger Warning below)
Talitha Keary
Note: Note: the lecture will involve discussion of slavery, rape and torture. This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact...
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Uninvited guests, unexpected passengers: Insects and past environments in the Eastern Mediterranean
Eva Panagiotakopulu (Edinburgh)
This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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of Colonies and Queens: myths of Carthage in a contact zone
Jo Quinn (Oxford)
This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected]. If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...
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How the Christians stole the past:
Greek chronology and Roman history in Theophilus of Antioch's Ad Autolycum - Christian Thrue Djurslev (Aarhus)
This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...
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New approaches to the study of imperial historiography
Workshop organised by Christian Djurslev
Programme 1.00-1.10pm: Introduction by Christian Thrue Djurslev (Aarhus) 1.10-2.10: Nicolas Wiater (St Andrews) 'Rethinking 'Style' in...
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New approaches to the study of imperial historiography
Programme 1pm to 1.10pm: Introduction by Christian Thrue Djurslev (Aarhus) 1.10pm to 2.10pm: Nicolas Wiater (St Andrews) 'Rethinking 'Style'...
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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...
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A Case Study of the Archaeology of Ancient Medicine: The Asklepieion of Paros Re-Study Project
Tomas Alusik (Charles University Prague)
This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...
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The Discourse on the Ancestral Constitution in the Early Hellenistic Period
Laura Loddo (Milan)
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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....
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The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy (Day 2)
The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy this year focuses on 'The Ideal Citizen'. Graduate students from the UK, the US, Canada,...
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The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy (Day 1)
The St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy this year focuses on 'The Ideal Citizen'. Graduate students from the UK, the US, Canada,...
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The Sentient Sponge: between natural history, art history and philosophy
Verity Platt (Cornell)
This is a School of Classics Event. For further information please contact [email protected] If you wish to join this event on Teams, sign up to our...
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Trees and the anthropocene in Greek and Roman antiquity
Workshop followed by the Annual Lecture of the Centre for Ancient Environmental Studies VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED SHORTLY
Morning Session 9.15 -- 9.30 Introduction 9.30 -- 10.15 Emma Bentley: Dionysus Dendritês: Wood and Carpentry in Greek Tragedy 10.15 -- 11.00...
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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...