As it is disability history month, the University of Dundee will be holding the inaugural Annual Disability Awareness Lecture on the 3rd of December at 4pm. The lecture is being held in the honour of the late Mr Eddie Small, an active member of the Disabled Staff Network, a historian, playwright, creative writing tutor and…Continue Reading Disability History Month 2020
2020 has created a challenge for those of us involved with engaging with the public. Usually, we host events that involve face-to-face interactions, but this is not currently possible. It has meant we have needed to be creative in order to continue providing the kind of diverse and high-quality events that we are known for…Continue Reading Dundee Discoveries Map
The newest episode of Polcast, “Lockdown, Stok and Twi Smoking Gammons” created by the Dundee University Politics society is now available to enjoy on Spotify. Society members Jake and John discuss the (re) rise of Nigel Farage, anti-lockdown protests, the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine and the curious case of UKIP’s mysterious candidate for Mayor…Continue Reading Polcast – new instalment
It is Dundee Science Festival and the University archives have been Tweeting about the history of Life Sciences at the University. It’s 50 years since the first Chair of Life Sciences, Peter Garland, took up his post and since then the School has become one of the leading life sciences research institutions in Europe, regularly…Continue Reading The history of Life Sciences: from the archives
Anahid Nersessian is an Associate Professor of English at the University of California and she will be hosting the next research seminar held by the Centre for Poetic Innovation on Monday the 23rd of November at 7pm. Anahid Nersessian’s research as well as teaching focuses upon Romanticism, poetry and poetics as well as the history…Continue Reading The Calamity Form
Join Dundee Comic Creative Space for an online event on the 20th of November at 6pm for the launch of the latest Being Human Comic books as a part of the Being Human festival. The comics being launched are the first to highlight the pandemic, charting responses to the Covid-19 outbreak as well as lockdown….Continue Reading New Worlds in Comics
During Minds Matter Month the University student services team are collating a fantastic collection of resources to improve our mental health. Find book recommendations and podcasts … Explore the British Museum from home Get lunch and food inspirations Lots of ways to support our well-being and well worth exploring. There’s a special Teams site…Continue Reading Well Together #Connected Community
To celebrate 50 years of the Dundee Botanic Garden, a collection of pictures and word reflections have been collated to recognise the gardens through the eyes and thoughts of its frequent visitors. The new book, Our Botanic Garden, A Place to Bloom, brings the work of both professional and amateur artists, photographers and writers together….Continue Reading 50 years of the Dundee Botanic Garden
To mark this year’s Remembrance Day commemorations Dr Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives has made two short films about soldiers who died in the First World War. The first looks at two young men who lost their lives in the conflict, George Paton and James Braid. Braid’s letters to his family which are in…Continue Reading Remembering the University’s war dead
The 1835 Moon Hoax was perhaps one of the greatest “fake news” stories of the 19th Century. A New York newspaper published a series of articles revealing the truth about life on the moon. Allegedly reprinted from an Edinburgh publication, they were intended in part as a satirical of the work the Dundee astronomer, Rev…Continue Reading Lunar Tricks – Dundee and the Moon Hoax
The University Dundee kicks off their role in the Being Human festival with an online event hosted by the Dundee Central Library. The event takes place on the 13th of November from 4pm until 5:30pm, allowing children of all ages to join for some out-of-this-world stories about astronauts and aliens. The event will also show…Continue Reading Tales from the Moon
With the academic term quickly drawing to a close, Cooper Gallery are about to open their newest exhibition on the 13th and it will run until the end of term, the 19th of December 2020. The open exhibition is called, Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020 and it features 71 works by 56 artists…Continue Reading Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020