Division of Humanities colleagues have been busy over the past few months working on some fantastic projects. Allan Kennedy (History) with guidance from Chris Murray (English) has just finished a Scottish History comic, supported by strategic development funding and in partnership with History Scotland magazine. The comic is called ‘The Persecution of Jean Lands’, and…Continue Reading Humanities at Dundee: some recent highlights
Kelsey Williams from the University of Stirling explores the treasures he found in the University of Dundee Archives’ rare book collections. When printed books first arrived on the scene in fifteenth-century Europe they didn’t come into a vacuum. Far from it. While printing dramatically multiplied the number of texts available to Europeans, the continent was…Continue Reading Hidden Manuscripts in Dundee Special Collections
Some of you may remember the multi-media live show, ‘Ulysses: A Magic Lantern Odyssey’, which Keith Williams took on a ‘three-nation’ tour back in Summer 2022 to celebrate the centenary of Joyce’s novel in Dundee, Dublin and Bristol, supported by Humanities at Dundee. This is part of an ongoing creative research collaboration with magic lantern…Continue Reading James Joyce and Magic Lanterns
Kirsty Gunn, professor in Creative Writing at the University, discusses the art of short story writing in a recent BBC programme. In Free Thinking Kirsty joins Laurence Scott, Claire Harman and Shahidha Bari to explore the works of Katherine Mansfield and Mavis Gallant, find out more by clicking on the image below Kirsty also had…Continue Reading Reflections on Katherine Mansfield
Did you know the University has a world-leading expert on the history of science fiction on its staff? Find out more at the following events Exhibition at Dundee Central Library Foyer from Monday 6th to Saturday 18th February Public ‘round table’ discussion with students and staff: Friday 10th February 5:30pm-7:00pm ‘Blazing Worlds! Science Fiction by…Continue Reading Blazing Worlds! Science Fiction by Women
The first of three blogs about the Alexander Low collection held by Archive Services. Most of us have some old family photos, letters or documents tucked away in a drawer or in the attic, but how many of us have over 20 boxes relating to eight families, dating back to 1723? Alexander Low did and…Continue Reading Lives through letters: the Alexander Low family
What makes Scotland’s culture vivid and important? Today – and in the future? A brand new publication of creative writing inspired by the archives of The Saltire Society was launched at a special event at the Society’s Headquarters last month. Released as part of the long-running Saltire pamphlet series, Meeting Places: A Gathering to Celebrate 85…Continue Reading Meeting Places: A Gathering to Celebrate 85 Years of the Saltire Society
Join Keith Williams from the School of Humanities for a talk which introduces the life and work of Cupar-born Robert Duncan Milne (1844-99). Milne published over fifty Science Fiction stories (some multi-part or novella length), mostly in the Argonaut and the San Francisco Examiner between 1879 and 1899. He pioneered SF themes such as climate…Continue Reading The Lost Father of Transatlantic Science Fiction
Every March, Dundee Women’s Festival takes place with events occurring across the city. This year’s theme “Today’s Women Shape Tomorrow’s World” has sparked enthusiasm with University staff and students who have organised a myriad of events. You can pick to: learn about the new creative corner of campus participate in a panel discussion on a…Continue Reading Dundee Women’s Festival Events
The University recently hosted its 16th annual Culture Day looking at the theme of Renewal, exploring ideas of rebirth and regeneration. This seemed particularly appropriate as it was the Culture & Arts Committee’s first event since the start of the pandemic. We had nine fantastic speakers and a very welcome live audience. Scroll down to…Continue Reading Culture Day celebrates renewal
Dr Heather H. Yeung from the School of Humanities is one of the panelists taking part in a roundtable discussion on November 12th on the development of book production and globalisation (sign up details below). The images in this post are all from the University’s amazing archives and special collections taken by PhD student Mhairi…Continue Reading The Global Book
During the summer Archive Services asked children and young people across Dundee to be inspired by items in their collections. Under 16s were asked to draw or write a story in response one of the images in the poster at the end of this post. We are sharing these two wonderful entries, one a piece…Continue Reading Summer Stories