Upcoming events

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  1. Sensory Iranian Garden Experience
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    Sensory Iranian Garden Experience

    Free

    In the mind of every Iranian person, there is a garden. Explore the St Andrews Botanic Garden through an artistic lens and let nature inspire you as you complete a surprise craft at the end. Please wear suitable clothing for wet and cold weather as this event will be held...

  2. Heroes and Beasts

    Heroes and Beasts

    Family Activity Day

    Join us for a day all about the mythical Heroes and Beasts of Iranian culture. Music, crafts, dance and lots more for all ages. Meet some exciting guests and complete all the activities to win a prize. Free. No booking...

  3. Narrative Space and Possible Worlds

    Narrative Space and Possible Worlds

    Encountering Ancient Narratives from a Cognitive Science Perspective

    This conference is the last event of an exciting collaborative research project on Narrative Space and Possible Worlds: Encountering Ancient Narratives from a Cognitive Science Perspective. The project, funded by the St Andrews-Bonn Collaborative Research Grant Programme, brought together researchers based at the University of St Andrews and the University of Bonn from a...

  4. Classical Reception and pedagogy

    Classical Reception and pedagogy

    A Scottish perspective on teaching the reception of classical material culture

    This is the first workshop in a planned series on 'Classical Reception and pedagogy' that will focus on the ways that the reception of classical material culture is currently taught at universities. The workshop will bring together experts from all the Scottish institutions in which the topic is taught to share best practices, including...

  5. Music in the Museum: Sasha Savaloni
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    Music in the Museum: Sasha Savaloni

    As part of our programme for Iran: Wonders of Nature at the Wardlaw Museum our Music in the Museum Spring concerts feature musicians with a connection to Iran. Programmed in partnership with Live Music Now Scotland. Classical guitarist Sasha Savaloni is the first prize winner of the prestigious Sevilla International Guitar Competition in 2018....

  6. Classical Reception and pedagogy
    Limited access

    Classical Reception and pedagogy

    Object-based Teaching - Classical Reception and University Collections

    These morning and afternoon workshops are the first in a planned series on 'Classical Reception and pedagogy' that will focus on the ways the reception of classical material culture is currently taught at universities. The workshops will bring together experts from all the Scottish institutions in which the topic is taught to share best...

  7. Music in the Museum: Farzane Zamen
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    Music in the Museum: Farzane Zamen

    As part of our programme for Iran: Wonders of Nature at the Wardlaw Museum our Music in the Museum Spring concerts feature musicians with a connection to Iran. Programmed in partnership with Live Music Now Scotland. Farzane Zamen is an Iranian singer-songwriter and music producer based in Glasgow-Scotland. She has written and recorded in...

  8. Constructing Other Worlds: A practical workshop on Animation and Ethnography

    Constructing Other Worlds: A practical workshop on Animation and Ethnography

    How can thinking like an animator inform anthropological research?

    The workshop is open to all students of Anthropology (UG, PGT AND PGR) (15 seats). Department of Social anthropology brings to you a one of its kind hands-on workshop exploring mediums of still image filmmaking facilitated by Animator, Priit Tender and Anthropologist, Carlo Cubero. Animators and ethnographers each engage in composing rich and complex...

  9. International Museums Conference & ICOFOM 47th Annual Assembly

    International Museums Conference & ICOFOM 47th Annual Assembly

    Transnational Island Museologies

    The International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM), the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews, and the European Research Council (ERC) selected and UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) funded Shared Island Stories research project are pleased to welcome delegates to the hybrid (in-person and online) conference on the topic of Transnational Island...

  10. 'Dog Apartment', a Master Class with Priit Tender, part of the 'Constructing Other Worlds' events.

    'Dog Apartment', a Master Class with Priit Tender, part of the 'Constructing Other Worlds' events.

    Prof. Priit Tender (Estonian Academy of Arts) will give a masterclass on his film, Dog Apartment as part of the two-day event 'Constructing Other Worlds' - Free

    As part of a two-day event 'Constructing Other Worlds: Ethnography/Animation' Prof. Priit Tender (Estonian Academy of Arts) will be presenting a masterclass on his animated film, Dog Apartment. Priit will describe the motivations behind and technical questions involved in creating Dog Apartment as an example of some of the work of animation studio Nukufilm...