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St Andrews Climate Week
The inaugural University of St Andrews Climate Week will run from 27-30 May 2024, with a series of events designed to highlight climate-themed research and build new cross-disciplinary collaborations. Climate Week is a STAIRS-funded initiative, featuring: -- a flagship St Andrews Climate Change Conference on Tuesday 28 May. Confronting climate change is one of...
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Scotland's NHS?
A Workshop on Healthcare Accessibility
What does it mean to have access to healthcare? What things contribute to whether someone can be said to have access to healthcare? Can a healthcare service truly be for those it aims to serve without adequate access for all? Questions like these are the focus of "Scotland's NHS? A Workshop on Healthcare Accessibility."...
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inter/pose
An exhibition of art and literature
inter/pose is a multimedia exhibition from the 10th to 23rd of June that focuses on work produced by artists who lost their lives to AIDS, who have friends, family, or loved ones who lost their lives to AIDS, or are currently living with HIV. Art and literature will be exhibited in a range of...
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ICFUST 2024
The 2nd International Congress on Far-UVC Science and Technology (ICFUST) will bring together researchers, innovators and policymakers from around the world to share the latest efficacy and safety information on this important pathogen-annihilating...
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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 Sutherland, and Lecturer in the School of International Relations Dr Ariadne Collins, chaired by Senior Lecturer in Art History Dr Catherine Spencer. Taking as its starting point Davis's...
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Public lecture by Professor Stephen Gardiner
Beyond institutional denial: a global constitutional convention for future generations
Join CEPPA (Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs) for a public lecture on climate justice as part of Climate Week. The lecture will be given by Professor Stephen Gardiner of the University of Washington. Humanity is in deep institutional denial. Current institutions are failing future generations, in part because there is a governance...
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Public lecture by Professor Tahseen Jafry
About climate justice: what does it mean and what lies ahead?
Join CEPPA (Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs) for a public lecture on climate justice as part of Climate Week. The lecture will be given by Professor Tahseen Jafry of Glasgow Caledonian University. In July 2023, Europe reached scorching milestones with relentless heatwaves and Scotland had its hottest June ever. Several regions grappled...
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Evidence Based Early Diagnosis (EBED) Conference
Exploring new diagnostics -- big promise, big challenge
Are you an innovator, researcher, clinician, policy-maker, or regulator who is interested in early diagnosis? You might be a patient, a member of the public, or a shareholder in a company making exciting technology in this area. If so, join the Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis to explore what success looks like for the...
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Chaplain's Conversation
with Professor Silvia Paracchini
In conversation with the Chaplain, Donald MacEwan, Professor Silvia Paracchini, will discuss her path to the University, what inspires her research and thoughts about the future of education. Silvia, Professor or Neurogenetics and Genomics, leads the Neurogenetics group who are interested in genetic basis of complex cognitive and behavioural phenotypes using multidisciplinary approaches. Free...
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L'Incontro: An Archive of Italian Life in Scotland
Exhibition of Archival Photography
'L'incontro: An Archive of Italian life in Scotland' is a curated collection of photographs and images offering a glimpse into the rich and diverse narratives of Italians in Scotland over the past century. In collaboration with Prof. Derek Duncan of the University of St Andrews, Jackie Sangster from Historic Environment Scotland and student interns...
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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 (UKRI) funded Shared Island Stories research project invite delegates to the hybrid (in-person and online) conference on the topic of Transnational Island Museologies. The conference will also host the 47th ICOFOM...
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The Next Generation of Classical Reception Studies
The St Andrews Centre for the Receptions of Antiquity (SACRA) and the Classical Reception Studies Network (CRSN) would like to invite postgraduate researchers and early career academics based in the UK and working in the field of classical reception studies to this workshop at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. There is no...
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The Future of German Screen Studies Conference
The conference will delve into the future prospects of German Screen Studies amidst ongoing technological evolution, heightened cultural and political discord, and historical upheavals on national, European, and global levels. Exploring innovative methodologies and concepts, scholars and students will investigate German-language cinematic, televisual, streaming, and site-specific screen media, spanning historical, contemporary, and forthcoming periods....
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Former First Minister to launch Speaker Series
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Former First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, will launch the University's Scotland's Future Speaker Series. Ms Sturgeon, who was First Minister and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2014 to 2022, will share her thoughts on Scotland's future and how it could and should look. The former First Minister will reflect...
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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 disciplinary home is Museum and Heritage Studies, however, he has drawn on and contributed to related fields such as sociology, anthropology, history and art history. His academic research interests include museum history, professional...
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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 based in Kampala and focuses on raising awareness and mobilising young people towards climate action. Hilda organises clean-up sessions in Lake Victoria, fights for racial and gender justice, and...
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Past Perspectives: How can premodern environmental research be made useful in the climate emergency?
Impact Workshop, Monday May 27, 2024 Funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh
The human species has forever been adapting to dynamic environmental conditions. The premodern world provides a laboratory of various experiments in human-environment interactions: a rich history of successes and failures, acute and chronic pressures, false-starts and path dependencies, resilience and vulnerabilities---all operating on a global scale over the longue durée. How should we collate,...
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Chaplain's Conversation
with Dr Michael Downes
In conversation with the Chaplain, Donald MacEwan, Michael Downes will discuss his path to the University, and his thoughts about the future of music in education. Michael is the Director of Music, appointed in 2008. He read English and Music at King's College, Cambridge and completed a doctorate on Debussy at the University of...
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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 debate these issues with international and national experts, including climate activists and heritage professionals. You are invited to take part, share your story and potentially impact international museum policy! This workshop is...
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Quantification and the Persepolis Fortification Archive
An exploratory workshop
With more than 15,000 original texts, the Persepolis Fortification Archive is one of the largest surviving governmental archives from the ancient world. The surviving texts date from the 13th to the 28th regnal years of Darius I (509 to 493 BCE), with the majority falling between regnal years 21 and 24. The archive records...
