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  1. Conference: 'New Perspectives on Moderata Fonte'

    Conference: 'New Perspectives on Moderata Fonte'

    Day one: Monday 23 September 2024 1.40 to 2pm: Welcome and opening remarks 2pm to 3.30pm: Panel 1. Moderata Fonte: Gender and Genres 3.30pm to 3.45pm: Break...

  2. Energy Cafe: Becoming Prosumers

    Energy Cafe: Becoming Prosumers

    Navigating the Electricity Sector through Italy's Largest Energy Community

    Hosted by Lorenzo Sapochetti Community-led initiatives are increasingly seen as an effective means to transform our energy systems, empowering citizens to drive...

  3. English Research Seminar --- Dr Shawna McDermott (University of St Andrews)

    English Research Seminar --- Dr Shawna McDermott (University of St Andrews)

    Innocence and Absence: National Identity in American and Scottish Children's Literature

    School of English research seminar featuring Dr Shawna McDermott, Lecturer in American Literature. In a letter published in Scribner's Magazine in 1973 to...

  4. The Worth of Women at the Byre Theatre

    The Worth of Women at the Byre Theatre

    Pay what you can: £15, £12, £10

    Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), New York's distinguished Italian Theatre Company, brings The Worth of Women to St Andrews. This is a wonderfully theatrical...

  5. Call for Papers Launch Party

    Call for Papers Launch Party

    Saints English Graduate Conference

    The Saints English Graduate Conference (SEGC) is returning on the 25th of September with the Call for Papers Launch Party! SEGC is an interdisciplinary...

  6. PG Forum --- Mara Curechian

    PG Forum --- Mara Curechian

    Fourth-year PhD candidate Mara Curechian will be giving an exciting paper entitled 'Familial Rhetoric & Queer Temporality in Thomas Wentworth...

  7. The journey to scaling Digital Health and Care Transformation

    The journey to scaling Digital Health and Care Transformation

    Guest lecture with Janette Hughes from the DHI Executive Team

    The Graduate School for Interdisciplinary Studies is delighted to welcome Guest Speaker Janette Hughes, Director of Planning and Performance, Digital Health and...

  8. Palimpself

    Palimpself

    A sculptural investigation into materiality in the works of Annie Ernaux

    Palimpself is an exhibition of new visual artworks by the artist and academic Susan Diab that explores the relationship between language, memory, and...

  9. Byre World 24/25: Poetry from the Mine (and elsewhere)

    Byre World 24/25: Poetry from the Mine (and elsewhere)

    Hosted by Dr Gavin Bowd, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book

    To mark the beginning of the Festival of Languages and the fortieth anniversary of the 1984-1985 miners' strike, Gavin Bowd and acclaimed poet Paul...

  10. Resurrecting Lost Languages Through Poetry -- with Professor Peter Constantine

    Resurrecting Lost Languages Through Poetry -- with Professor Peter Constantine

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Over a quarter of the world's languages have less than a thousand speakers left and are now on the brink of extinction. More languages than are spoken...

  11. ¡Conócenos! Spanish Taster and Linguistic Fun Facts -- with Ana Barazal Barreira

    ¡Conócenos! Spanish Taster and Linguistic Fun Facts -- with Ana Barazal Barreira

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Learn some useful words and phrases from Spain and Latin American in an interactive and fun way. We will also learn some important cultural differences between...

  12. Poetry 'Wiki Workshop' -- with Kirsty Ross and Pauline Souleau

    Poetry 'Wiki Workshop' -- with Kirsty Ross and Pauline Souleau

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Wikipedia is the world's largest encyclopaedia and is constantly being edited. This workshop will introduce you to the world of Wiki editing and...

  13. Language of the Fantastical: Exploring the Mythic and Folkloric -- with Nina Globerson

    Language of the Fantastical: Exploring the Mythic and Folkloric -- with Nina Globerson

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Looking at various folkloric creatures from around the world, the Language of the Fantastical seeks to open our eyes to how the stories we tell ---...

  14. The Poetry of Migration -- with Vahid Davar, Eleni Kefala, and Caroline Smith

    The Poetry of Migration -- with Vahid Davar, Eleni Kefala, and Caroline Smith

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Poetry reading by Vahid Davar Vahid Davar will read two ekphrastic poems inspired by Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian's 'fluid...

  15. Multilingual Poetry Reading: From Ancient Greek to Old English to Modern Languages

    Multilingual Poetry Reading: From Ancient Greek to Old English to Modern Languages

    Festival of Languages - Free

    What did ancient poetry sound like? How did it differ from modern poetry? and how much do we really know about all this? The first half of this event, presented...

  16. Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Laura Doak (University of Dundee)

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Laura Doak (University of Dundee)

    A Dairsie Rising: Militant Nonconformity in Restoration Fife and the lost 'Fife Testimony' of 1681

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Laura Doak (University of Dundee) -- A Dairsie Rising: Militant Nonconformity in Restoration...

  17. Diasporic Creative Writing Workshop

    Diasporic Creative Writing Workshop

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Are you a diaspora writer or researcher? Curious on how to write about languages in a way that honours identity, culture, and heritage? Or simply enthusiastic...

  18. Linguistic Travels to Scottish, Ukrainian, and Spanish Landscapes Walkshop

    Linguistic Travels to Scottish, Ukrainian, and Spanish Landscapes Walkshop

    Festival of Languages - Free

    Join us at 2:30-4:30 pm on Friday 4 October at United Colleges-School V for an exciting workshop where we will look at how poetry is made of nature and...

  19. Cantonese Taster and the Current State of Hong Kong-Style Cantonese -- with Andric Pun

    Cantonese Taster and the Current State of Hong Kong-Style Cantonese -- with Andric Pun

    Festival of Languages - Free

    The first half of the session will involve an engaging taster into the Cantonese language, where you will learn some basic and common phrases and words in...

  20. 1974-2024: Annie Ernaux's Years -- A Global Perspective

    1974-2024: Annie Ernaux's Years -- A Global Perspective

    International conference on literature Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux

    This international conference on the works of literature Nobel laureate, Annie Ernaux, will unfold over three days and in three different locations: Thursday 3...

  21. PG Forum: Phoebe Macindoe

    PG Forum: Phoebe Macindoe

    'Unbe-leaf-able: leaf books from California to Caledonia'

    Abstract to follow

  22. Byre World 24/25: Meet the Artist: Uncovering 'Palimpself'

    Byre World 24/25: Meet the Artist: Uncovering 'Palimpself'

    Hosted by Dr Elise Hugueny-Leger, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book

    What can an encounter between a writer, two researchers and a visual artist lead to? In this conversation with Drs Elise Hugueny-Léger (University of St...

  23. English Research Seminar -- Professor Elizabeth Archibald (University of Durham)

    English Research Seminar -- Professor Elizabeth Archibald (University of Durham)

    Bathing for Health and Pleasure in Medieval Literature and Society

    Professor Elizabeth Archibald (University of Durham) will be giving a research seminar on "Bathing for Health and Pleasure in Medieval Literature and...

  24. Robert Fergusson Anniversary Celebration
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    Robert Fergusson Anniversary Celebration

    Wardlaw Museum Monday 14th October, 6:30 for 7pm

    Robert Fergusson (1750-1774), the celebrated Scottish poet, Robert Burns's "elder brother in the muse" died tragically young 250 years ago...

  25. Energy Cafe: Turkey's Climate Dilemma

    Energy Cafe: Turkey's Climate Dilemma

    Navigating the Electricity Sector through Italy's Largest Energy Community

    Turkey's climate policy reveals a complex mix of low targets and contradictory promises. Despite being one of the world's top 20 greenhouse gas...

  26. It Stops Here --- An evening with Indigenous Land Defender, Rueben George (Tsleil-Waututh Nation)
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    It Stops Here --- An evening with Indigenous Land Defender, Rueben George (Tsleil-Waututh Nation)

    Free

    Rueben George (Tsleil-Waututh First Nation) is a prominent Indigenous land defender and Sun Dance Chief who spent much of the last decade fighting the Trans...

  27. Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Gilbert Markus (University of Glasgow)

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Gilbert Markus (University of Glasgow)

    Imitating Rome Imitating Jerusalem: spiritual authority and the organisation of monastic space on Iona

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Gilbert Markus (University of Glasgow) -- Imitating Rome Imitating Jerusalem: spiritual...

  28. Peter Gizzi Colloquium
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    Peter Gizzi Colloquium

    The School of English is delighted to announce that the internationally acclaimed American poet Peter Gizzi will be a Senior Global Fellow at St Andrews in...

  29. Peter Gizzi Poetry Reading

    Peter Gizzi Poetry Reading

    Professor Gizzi's poetry reading will take place from 5.30 to 7.00 in The Watson Room, Kennedy Hall. The reading is free and open to the public. PETER...

  30. It Stops Here: Standing up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People
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    It Stops Here: Standing up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People

    An afternoon with Indigenous Land Defender, Rueben George (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) - Free

    ATLAS Arts, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, and the University of St Andrews present an afternoon with Rueben George (Tsleil-Waututh First Nation). Rueben is a prominent...

  31. It Stops Here: Standing up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People
    Limited access

    It Stops Here: Standing up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People

    An evening with Indigenous Land Defender, Rueben George (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) - Free

    Community Land Outer Hebrides and the University of St Andrews present an evening with Rueben George (Tsleil-Waututh First Nation) Rueben is a prominent...

  32. Institute for Scottish Historical Research : Annual TC Smout Lecture -- Professor Ewen Cameron

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research : Annual TC Smout Lecture -- Professor Ewen Cameron

    The Universities, Scotland and the British state, 1889-1992

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research : Annual TC Smout Lecture -- Professor Ewen Cameron (University of Edinburgh) -- The Universities, Scotland...

  33. Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Henry Miller (University of Northumbria)

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Henry Miller (University of Northumbria)

    Scottish Petitions, Subscriptional Communities, and Petitioning, 1780-1918

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Henry Miller (University of Northumbria) -- Scottish Petitions, Subscriptional Communities,...

  34. Byre World 24/25: The Holobiont Herbarium

    Byre World 24/25: The Holobiont Herbarium

    Hosted by Dr Damiano Benvegnu, from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book

    Herbaria are collections of preserved biological specimens documenting the plants, algae, and fungi of the world. Even though their scientific role has declined...

  35. Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Jenny McHugh (University of Lancaster)

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Jenny McHugh (University of Lancaster)

    Performing loyalty and faithfulness: conceptualising allegiance in fourteenth-century Scotland via oaths of 'fealty' and accusations of treason

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Jenny McHugh (University of Lancaster) -- Performing loyalty and faithfulness:...

  36. Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Professor Roger Mason

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Professor Roger Mason

    Printing the past in 17th century Scotland: the case of the The Wallace

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Professor Roger Mason (St. Andrews) -- Printing the past in 17th century Scotland: the case of...

  37. Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Emily Ward (University of Edinburgh)

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Emily Ward (University of Edinburgh)

    Comparing "Scotland" and "Germany" in the High Middle Ages

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Emily Ward (University of Edinburgh) -- Comparing "Scotland" and...

  38. Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Linden Bicket (University of Edinburgh)

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Linden Bicket (University of Edinburgh)

    Title to be confirmed

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Linden Bicket (University of Edinburgh) -- title to be confirmed

  39. Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones (Durham University)

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones (Durham University)

    Title to be confirmed

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones (Durham University) -- Title to be confirmed

  40. Byre World 24/25: Writing for Ukrainian Children in Wartime

    Byre World 24/25: Writing for Ukrainian Children in Wartime

    Hosted by Dr Emily Finer, Senior Lecturer from the School of Modern Languages - FREE but please book

    Ukrainian writers, illustrators, and publishers have responded to the war waged by Russia by publishing an unprecedented number of children's books. In...

  41. Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Postgraduate Session

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Postgraduate Session

    Details to follow

    Institute for Scottish Historical Research Seminar -- Postgraduate Session -- Details to follow