Parliament Hall
Parliament Hall is situated within St Mary’s College and accessed from South Street. It was the meeting place for the Scots Parliament during 1645 to 1646. The venue has a capacity of 180 people and can be set up in many ways as it is often used for conferences, receptions and ceremonies. Disabled access is available into Parliament Hall.
Upcoming events
St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar — Professor John Hudson
Legal development in medieval Europe: a view from the late twelfth century
- Date
- Monday 21 September 2026
- Time
- 5:15pm to 6:45pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall
St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar — Professor Julian Luxford
The living voice: Thomas Anlaby and his cartulary
- Date
- Monday 28 September 2026
- Time
- 5:15pm to 6:45pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall
St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar — Prof Wolfgang Mueller (Fordham)
Waiting for the History of Medieval Canon Law, 1986-2026
- Date
- Monday 5 October 2026
- Time
- 5:15pm to 6:45pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall
Public conversation: why throw soup and block airports?
What is effective in moving Parliament to end global heating? In discussion with Ludi Simpson
- Date
- Tuesday 6 October 2026
- Time
- 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall
- Attend
- 116 spaces available
St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar — Eva von Contzen (Freiburg)
Tell it Again: Retelling and Repetition in Medieval Literature
- Date
- Monday 12 October 2026
- Time
- 5:15pm to 6:45pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall
Annual Lecture of the Centre for Anatolian and East Mediterranean Studies – Prof Marcus Milwright
Early Islamic Visual Culture in the World of "Simple Believers"
- Date
- Monday 26 October 2026
- Time
- 5:15pm to 6:45pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall
Pecha Kucha Evening
Connections: Finding Meaning Across Boundaries
- Date
- Friday 30 October 2026
- Time
- 5:00pm to 8:00pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall
- Attend
- 59 spaces available
St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar — Dr Eliza Hartrich (University of York)
Death Knell of a Colonial Urban System? Irish Towns, Municipal Privilege, and Economic Change in the Fifteenth Century
- Date
- Monday 2 November 2026
- Time
- 5:15pm to 6:45pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall
St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar — Dr Héléna Lagreou (University College Dublin)
Death sentencing de iure and de facto: regional discrepancies between England and Communal Italy, ca. 1250 - 1350
- Date
- Monday 9 November 2026
- Time
- 5:15pm to 6:45pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall
St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Seminar — Professor James Palmer
Knowledge Without Borders: Languages and Networks of Sciences in the Early Middle Ages
- Date
- Monday 16 November 2026
- Time
- 5:15pm to 6:45pm
- Location
- Parliament Hall