2020 – Page 11 – University Culture Online

Dundee Museum of Memory Digital Exhibition: ‘Love From, Elie’ by Mollie Stevenson

Categories: Architecture, Photography

The Digital Exhibition 2020 of the Dundee Museum of Memory showcases student work on the new interdisciplinary Humanities module Making Memory. For their final assignment, students selected a ‘site of memory’ from Dundee and beyond and created a digital exhibit choosing forms such as a photo-essay, video, podcast, piece of creative writing, or comic strip,…Continue Reading Dundee Museum of Memory Digital Exhibition: ‘Love From, Elie’ by Mollie Stevenson

Interview with Botanics Curator: The Role of a Botanic Garden in a Time of Global Change

Categories: Gardens

The Curator for the Botanic Gardens, Kevin Frediani, was interviewed last week by Circular Tayside, on the role of a Botanic garden in a time of global change. The resultant video captures his thoughts, exploring the potential for informing the development garden. The vision is forward thinking and ambitious, while rooted in the inherited past…Continue Reading Interview with Botanics Curator: The Role of a Botanic Garden in a Time of Global Change

‘Largo – Francesco Maria Veracini’ performed by English student Mareth & UoD Music Director Graeme

Categories: Music

Largo – Francesco Maria Veracini Today Mareth, a member of our cello section in the Dundee University Orchestra 2019-2020 is playing the very beautiful Largo by Veracini. Mareth is in second year and studying English and Creative Writing at the University of Dundee….Continue Reading ‘Largo – Francesco Maria Veracini’ performed by English student Mareth & UoD Music Director Graeme

Public Art Tour of the Hilltown, Dundee Part 1

Categories: Art, Museums

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 the Hilltown, Dundee Part 1

Flashback Friday Film Festival: Rona and Raasay

Categories: Archives, Art, Film

For the first of our Flashback Friday Film Festival from the University Archives we’re going back nearly 90 years. The film has been set to music by Steven Gellatly, with many thanks to him, https://www.stevengellatly.com/. In the early 1930s Professor Alexander David Peacock, University College Dundee’s Professor of Natural History from 1926-1956, led a number of…Continue Reading Flashback Friday Film Festival: Rona and Raasay

Capture: DJCAD Student photography exhibition

Categories: Art, DJCAD, Photography

DJCAD students often propose to take over exhibition spaces in the DJCAD Matthew and Crawford buildings. The ‘Capture’ photography competition curated by our level two Contemporary Art Student, Katie Nelis, was due to ‘pop up’ in the Matthew Lower Foyer, earlier this year in April. Unfortunately due to the current lock down and closure of…Continue Reading Capture: DJCAD Student photography exhibition

Localising Philosophy, Democratising Technology

Categories: Technology

‘Localising Philosophy, Democratising Technology’ is an educational project developed by Dr Dominic Smith (Philosophy) and Dr Anna Robb (Education). The aim of the project is to engage school pupils in sessions that foster critical literacy about the roles of technologies in everyday life. The inspiration behind the project is a radio piece by the German…Continue Reading Localising Philosophy, Democratising Technology

The Moira Macgregor Bequest – Biba and Beyond

Categories: Art, Museums

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 an…Continue Reading The Moira Macgregor Bequest – Biba and Beyond

The University Archives: Annasach (Video)

Categories: Archives

In this video created by Dr. Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives team, you can learn about the early years of one of the University of Dundee’s most enduring student publications: Annasach. Annasach was the first University of Dundee student publication and, as you will learn in the following video, played an important role in…Continue Reading The University Archives: Annasach (Video)

The UoD Book Club Podcast: Episode 4, Erin Hardee on ‘Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning’

Categories: Literature

The University of Dundee Book Club Podcast has just posted its fourth 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 4, Erin Hardee on ‘Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning’

Early Women at University College, Dundee

Categories: Archives

Join University Archivist Caroline Brown in this fantastic video as she talks about the role of women in the early years of the institution, which at that time was called University College, Dundee. This is the first of two videos and includes Doris MacKinnon , Mary Ann Baxter and Mary Lily Walker….Continue Reading Early Women at University College, Dundee

2020 Year of the Nurse – Time Capsule Project

Categories: Archives, Science

In January we eased gently into 2020, honoured that the World Health Organisation had identified this year as Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Given that many nurses have started their career doing nursing programmes at the University of Dundee and several thriving nursing programmes in the School of Health Sciences today we decided to…Continue Reading 2020 Year of the Nurse – Time Capsule Project