In this post originally written for The Centre for Scottish Culture, Murdo Macdonald, Professor Emeritus of the History of Scottish Art at the University of Dundee, tells us about his new book, Patrick Geddes’s Intellectual Origins (Edinburgh University Press, 2020). Professor Macdonald used items from the collections in the University Archives for this book, including…Continue Reading Patrick Geddes’s Intellectual Origins
This Flashback Friday film from the University Archives takes us back to 1971 and a student demonstration in the City centre. The march was in response to proposals by Margaret Thatcher, the then Education Minister, to restrict the financing and autonomy of student unions. We see the students leaving Ellenbank, which was then the student…Continue Reading Flashback Friday Film Festival: NUS March
Join botanical horticulturalist Clare Reaney in the following video to have a look around the Scottish Flora garden in the Botanic Gardens at the University of Dundee. This area of the gardens has been developed specifically for wild Scottish flora with 10 different and important Scottish habitats. Find out more in the video below!…Continue Reading Botanic Gardens: A ramble through the woodland looking at the Scottish flora
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 the…Continue Reading Dundee Royal Infirmary – a short history in 20 objects
Members of Tradsoc are all very much missing playing together so they have created a virtual #CovidCeilidh performance for us to enjoy! Watch them perform McKechnie’s Farewell in the video below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dundee University TradSoc (@dundee_tradsoc) on Jun 5, 2020 at 1:12pm PDT TradSoc is a music…Continue Reading TradSoc perform McKechnie’s Farewell
Join Dr. Kenneth Baxter in another video exploring our University Archives collections. In this video, Kenneth explores images of one of the University’s most iconic buildings: The Tower Building. If you know the University at all, you will undoubtedly know The Tower Building, as it is probably the building most associated with the University of…Continue Reading The University Archives: The Tower Building (Video)
CollaborACES, a collaborative online creative project between ACES (Access to Creative Education in Scotland) at the Universities of Dundee and Edinburgh, has been taking place over the past ten weeks with secondary pupils from across the Tayside area taking part. Many of the pupils came to the programme with no experience in life drawing and…Continue Reading ACES #collaborACES Online Exhibition
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 Hilltown, Dundee Part 2
The University of Dundee Book Club Podcast has just posted its fifth episode! In this podcast you will have the opportunity to learn out about the books and ideas that have inspired and influenced the many different and wonderful people that we have here on campus. You can access the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and Buzzsprout. This is…Continue Reading The UoD Book Club Podcast, Episode 5: Alexia Barrable on ‘Last Child in the Woods’
For the second of our Flashback Friday films from the University Archives we are heading to Queens College Dundee. The original University College Dundee became Queens College in 1954 and to mark this the Queen and Prince Philip visited the campus in 1955. The Royal couple were welcomed by the Master of Queens College, Professor…Continue Reading Flashback Friday Film Festival: Queens College
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 the…Continue Reading D’Arcy Thompson and the Spirals of the Foraminifera
In this second film from Archivist Caroline Brown, we continue our exploration of the role of women in the early years of the institution, which at that time was called University College, Dundee. In this second part, we take a look at what it was like to be a woman in the early years, particularly…Continue Reading Early Women at University College, Dundee – Part 2