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  1. Transition and the Historiographical Vagaries of Silent American Cinema

    Transition and the Historiographical Vagaries of Silent American Cinema

    Film Studies Speaker Series: Prof Charlie Keil

    When first introduced as a concept specific to early cinema in an essay for Cinema Journal in 1991, the notion of "transition" came firmly attached to the name and work of D.W. Griffith. Subsequently, it was broadened to apply to all American filmmaking from 1907-1913, and then later again to define a period that...

  2. Department of Finance seminar with Dr George Kladakis

    Department of Finance seminar with Dr George Kladakis

    Sustainability-related disclosures and bank credit ratings

    This research seminar will welcome Dr George Kladakis, Lecturer in Finance with the University of St Andrews Business School. Dr Kladakis will present research that he conducted with Dr Alexandros Skouralis from Bayes Business School, City, University of London. The topic is 'Sustainability-related disclosures and bank credit ratings'. This internal event is part of...

  3. University of St Andrews Business School impact clinic

    University of St Andrews Business School impact clinic

    This event for staff in the University of St Andrews Business School is planned as a supportive space for discussing issues and challenges with engagement and impact and seeking advice from colleagues. Staff members are asked to respond to the calendar invitation from Dr Vicky Ward, Department of Management Director of Impact, about attending...

  4. Reading group on Robé's 'Property, power and politics'

    Reading group on Robé's 'Property, power and politics'

    Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group meeting

    This is the first meeting of a University of St Andrews Business School reading group on Jean-Philippe Robé's 'Property, power and politics: why we need to rethink the world power system'. The Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group (GOA) is offering the series, which will take place throughout summer 2024. Convenor of the...

  5. Business School pedagogy development session

    Business School pedagogy development session

    Engaged learning courses and assessment choices

    This session continues the series of research and pedagogical workshops with Professor Kathy Lund Dean, Honorary Professor in the Department of Management. Building on the April 2024 online seminar on aligning experiential learning and assessment opportunities, this in-person session will focus on engaged learning courses and assessment choices. Discussion points include: types and...

  6. Business School seminar with guest speaker Dr Silvia Filippi

    Business School seminar with guest speaker Dr Silvia Filippi

    All you need is equitable workplaces

    The University of St Andrews Business School will welcome guest speaker Dr Silvia Filippi, who is a research fellow at the University of Padova. The event will include a networking lunch at 1pm followed by a seminar at 1.30pm titled, 'All you need is equitable workplaces: addressing economic and power disparities to promote well-being...

  7. Business School pedagogy development session

    Business School pedagogy development session

    Responding effectively to student feedback

    This session continues the series of research and pedagogical workshops with Professor Kathy Lund Dean, Honorary Professor in the Department of Management. The seminar is titled 'Responding effectively to student feedback' and will: offer the opportunity to share experiences of receiving student feedback, particularly as it relates to the MEQ instrument and the...

  8. Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group meeting

    Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities thematic research group meeting

    CSR logic in a Chinese state-owned enterprise

    This meeting of the Department of Management's Governance, Organisations and Accountabilities (GOA) thematic research group will welcome Dr Massimo Contrafatto from Sussex Business School. The title of the seminar will be 'The emergence of a corporate social responsibility logic in a Chinese state-owned enterprise: the role of CSR reporting'. Dr Contrafatto will present the...

  9. Business School pedagogy development session

    Business School pedagogy development session

    Fostering reciprocal learning and discernment with peer coaching

    This session continues the series of research and pedagogical workshops with Professor Kathy Lund Dean, Honorary Professor in the Department of Management. Peer coaching, or 'peer consulting', processes can be powerful discernment tools, helping participants to gain clarity, focus and unique options for resolving complex issues or problems. The session will include: description...

  10. A Hymn to the Banished: Annalee Davis in conversation

    A Hymn to the Banished: Annalee Davis in conversation

    Artist Annalee Davis in conversation with Dr Jillian Sutherland and Dr Ariadne Collins, chaired by Dr Catherine Spencer

    Please join us in person or online for this in conversation event with the artist Annalee Davis, Dr Jillian Sutherland, and Dr Ariadne Collins, chaired by Dr Catherine Spencer. Taking as its starting point Davis's multi-part print edition A Hymn to the Banished (2022), which addresses connections between Scotland and Barbados, the conversation will...

  11. Everything is political, decolonisation is an ongoing process

    Everything is political, decolonisation is an ongoing process

    Leena Nammari

    It is the colonisers themselves and their people that need re-educating and have to start rethinking their own prejudices and assumed knowledge. The indigenous know their history and they hold on to it with the tools that they have on hand. They use storytelling, their unique clothing, their foods and cuisine and just existing...

  12. St Andrews and Empire: Object Handling Session with the St Andrews Preservation Trust

    St Andrews and Empire: Object Handling Session with the St Andrews Preservation Trust

    Join us for this interactive Object Handling Session led by the St Andrews Preservation Trust

    In 2023, the St Andrews Preservation Trust organised the exhibition St Andrews and Empire at its Museum. This resulted from research begun in 2021 with Museum & Heritage Studies students at the University of St Andrews to examine colonial links in the Trust's collection and explore possibilities for decolonisation. Most objects in the St...

  13. International Museums Conference and ICOFOM 47th Annual Assembly

    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...

  14. Keynote: Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Founder of Fridays for Future (FFF) Uganda

    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...

  15. Keynote: Prof. Conal McCarthy, Professor of Museum and Heritage Studies

    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...

  16. Youth Workshop: Young People Shaping the Future of Museology through the Lens of the SDGs

    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...