George Howard Bell was Symers Professor of Physiology in the University of Dundee, 1947-1975. He was a keen photographer and took photographs of the University, Dundee and its surrounding area. We are lucky enough to hold his collection in the University Archives. This video, created by Kenneth Baxter from the Archive Services at the University,…Continue Reading Dundee through Professor George Howard Bell’s Lens: Part 2
The team at the Botanic Gardens will be holding a Gardeners Question and Answer Forum on Wednesday 10th June at 2pm. If you have any gardening questions you would like answered by our experts here at the Botanics, then please send your questions and pictures to us at BotanicGardens@dundee.ac.uk. You can find out more information…Continue Reading Botanic Gardens: Gardeners Question & Answer Forum at 2pm, Wednesday 10th June
Today’s socially (and time) distanced duet features Emma Ritchie on cello and UoD Music Director Graeme Stevenson on piano. Emma is a medical student at University of Dundee and plays in the Dundee University Orchestra 2019-2020 and with the Discovery Bach Cantata Project. This is Fauré’s Après Un Rêve arranged for Cello and Piano….Continue Reading Fauré’s Après Un Rêve: A Duet with Medical Student Emma & UoD Music Director Graeme
Ranked alongside Owen, Brooke and Sassoon, Joseph Lee was in his day regarded as one of Scotland’s finest First World War poets. Although his reputation has since been unfairly eclipsed, his poetry and war memoirs remain powerfully evocative. What makes Lee particularly remarkable is that he was also a highly skilled artist who illustrated his…Continue Reading Joseph Lee – War Poet and Artist: An Online Exhibition on Art UK’s Curations platform
School of Education & Social Work Lecturer Jonathan Brown has started a fantastic University of Dundee Book Club podcast during lockdown for your listening pleasure! The podcast aims to interview staff across the campus about the books that have impacted them on a personal and/or professional level. It’s been live for just over two weeks…Continue Reading Podcast: The University of Dundee’s Book Club
The Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Showcase 2020 celebrates the achievements of our graduating students from University of Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and the department of Architecture within the School of Social Sciences. In the absence of a physical exhibition at this point in time, this website will provide an…Continue Reading The Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Showcase 2020: 12th – 21st June
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In this video we look at five…Continue Reading William Gardiner and the Flora of Forfarshire (Video)
As part of Dundee Month of Design 2020, museum curator Matthew Jarron had planned to lead a series of guided walks of public art and design in different parts of the city. Because of the current lockdown these have not been possible, so here is a virtual tour using Google Streetview and photos from Public…Continue Reading Public Art Tour of Dundee City Centre Part 1
Today’s song is the beautiful An die Musik performed by Morag Hannah. Morag is member of staff at University of Dundee and co-director of the Quire with a Q….Continue Reading An die Musik by Franz Schubert: Performed by UoD Web Designer Morag Hannah