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
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
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 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
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