MusicTalks with Timothy Schwarz

The influence on today's composers of older traditions and compositions - FREE

Our free music talks highlight a wide variety of musical research.

Date

Wednesday 18 March 2026

Time

02:30 pm to 03:30 pm

Location

Laidlaw Music Centre

Art History Research Lecture -- Dr Elizabeth Petcu

'Dürer's Precision'

Join us for Dr Elizabeth Petcu's Research Lecture on 'Dürer's Precision' and a wine reception afterwards at 79 North Street.

Date

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Time

04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location

School III, St Salvator's Quad

Geopolitics of Ports and Islands: the case of Yemen

Speaker: Dr Khaled Fattah (United Nations) Chair: Dr Hsinyen Lai

Details to be added

Date

Thursday 19 March 2026

Time

04:00 pm to 05:30 pm

Location

Arts Building

The Middle Corridor: Finance and Security

MECACS Seminar Series Event - Ms Arzu Abbasova (RUSI, London) - Chair: Dr Filippo Costa Buranelli

Arzu Abbasova is a Research Analyst at the Centre for Finance and Security at Royal United Services Institute. She leads the research on the pathways to...

Date

Thursday 19 February 2026

Time

04:00 pm to 05:30 pm

Location

Arts Building

Sunday Worship

Come join us for this University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but not required. An optional,...

Date

Sunday 15 February 2026

Time

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location

St Salvator's Chapel

Art History Research Lecture -- Dr Richard McClary

'Fake or Real? Questioning the Authenticity of Mina'i Ware Bowls'

Join us for Dr Richard McClary's Research Lecture on 'Fake or Real? Questioning the Authenticity of Mina'i Ware Bowls' and a wine...

Date

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Time

04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location

School III, St Salvator's Quad

Sarah Broadie Memorial Lecture: Professor Gábor Betegh, University of Cambridge

Plato on forgetting and re-understanding

For further information please email [email protected].

Date

Tuesday 14 April 2026

Time

05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

Location

School III, St Salvator's Quad

The Hall of Clestrain, Orkney

Clestrain Hall was built in the 1760s and was the childhood home of arctic explorer John Rae. It is an exceptional survival of Georgian architecture and is...

Date

Thursday 14 May 2026

Time

06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

Location

School I, St Salvator's Quad

Sunday Worship

Lent 2

Come join us for this University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but not required. An optional,...

Date

Sunday 1 March 2026

Time

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location

St Salvator's Chapel

Art History Research Lecture -- Seif El Rashidi

'Cotton Palaces for Kings and Tourists: Continuities and Revivals in the Egyptian Tentmaking Tradition from the 1880-1980'

Join us for Seif El Rashidi's Research Lecture on 'Cotton Palaces for Kings and Tourists: Continuities and Revivals in the Egyptian Tentmaking...

Date

Wednesday 18 March 2026

Time

04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location

School III, St Salvator's Quad

Study and Sing: Creation

£15

Led by staff from the University's MLitt programme in Sacred Music assisted by visiting speakers, this 'Study and Sing' day will focus on...

Date

Saturday 16 May 2026

Time

09:30 am to 05:15 pm

Location

Laidlaw Music Centre

Sunday Worship

Mothering Sunday

Come join us for this University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but not required. An optional,...

Date

Sunday 15 March 2026

Time

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location

St Salvator's Chapel

Sunday Worship

Lent 5

Come join us for this University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but not required. An optional,...

Date

Sunday 22 March 2026

Time

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location

St Salvator's Chapel

Sunday Worship

Palm Sunday

Come join us for this University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but not required. An optional,...

Date

Sunday 29 March 2026

Time

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location

St Salvator's Chapel

School of Art History Online Lecture Series: Athletics & Aesthetics -- Sport in Art History

State propaganda through art and sport in fascist Italy

This new School of Art History Online Lecture Series is an exploration of the history of golf in Scotland told through the collections of The R&A World Golf...

Date

Wednesday 11 March 2026

Time

02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

Location

Online

Sunday Worship

Founders and Benefactors

To commemorate the Founders and Benefactors of the University, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Rt Revd Rosie Frew, will make a...

Date

Sunday 22 February 2026

Time

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location

St Salvator's Chapel

Sunday Worship

Come join us for this University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but not required. An optional,...

Date

Sunday 12 April 2026

Time

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location

St Salvator's Chapel

School of Art History Online Lecture Series: Athletics & Aesthetics -- Sport in Art History

From Ancient Greece to modern spectacle: the visual culture of the Olympic Games

This new School of Art History Online Lecture Series is an exploration of the history of golf in Scotland told through the collections of The R&A World Golf...

Date

Wednesday 18 March 2026

Time

02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

Location

Online

Sunday Worship

Come join us for this University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but not required. An optional,...

Date

Sunday 19 April 2026

Time

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location

St Salvator's Chapel

Sunday Worship

Come join us for this University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but not required. An optional,...

Date

Sunday 26 April 2026

Time

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location

St Salvator's Chapel