Amy Crawford – MGS Funded Museum Engagement Officer One of the projects UOD Museums has been working on is creating a sensory backpack for use in care homes and community groups. We are aware that some people are not able to travel to our museum venues and wanted to create a backpack that encompasses our…Continue Reading UOD Museums Sensory Backpack
As we are coming up to the local elections, Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives looks at some early women politicians in Dundee. The first woman to be elected to political office in Dundee was Miss Jessie Shaw who was elected to Dundee School Board in April 1891 but it wasn’t until 1901 that women…Continue Reading Dundee’s pioneering women politicians
Alasdair Bachell, Project Archivist for the Brittle Bone Society collection, uses the records to explore how the charity has raised funds – As with any charity, fundraising is a core activity of the Brittle Bone Society. In this blog I want to showcase just a few of the ways the BBS has raised money since…Continue Reading Mackerel, Magpie and Klingons: fundraising for the Brittle Bone Society
Journey of the Brain: Dundee’s Neurosurgery Heroes explores the development of the human brain from before birth to death and delves into the history of Dundee’s Neurosurgery Department. This small and insightful display can be enjoyed outside the library on level 7 at the School of Medicine, based in Ninewells Hospital. Even more exciting for…Continue Reading Journey of the Brain
Another in our occasional series from Archive Services looking at how the city and University has changed. The Ewing Building on the corner of Small’s Wynd and Small’s Lane is a familiar sight on campus. While today it is very much in the middle of the campus, when work on it began in 1950 it…Continue Reading Then and now – changing Dundee: the Ewing Building
More than 1200 trees were planted at the end of March, across two locations, as part of the Wee Forest initiative. These are environments that, once established, have the potential to attract hundreds of animal and plant species to otherwise urban areas. Sites at Robertson Street and Douglas Medical Centre are now home to 600…Continue Reading Botanic Garden Wee Forest project
In March DJCAD (Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design) launched a fantastic hybrid public engagement program. The first event complemented the Lines of Site exhibition (see below) and was a curators and artists panel discussion which took place on 10 March and featured Dean and artist Prof Anita Taylor, curator Gary Sangster, artist…Continue Reading DJCAD’s hybrid public engagement programme and new exhibition
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 Cooper Gallery’s What I am Reading Now … is an ongoing online publication. In 2022 Black practitioners and practitioners of colour are invited to share, with a preface, a selection of five readings that are shaping their current thinking, research and practice. The February issue features a contribution by Ashanti Harris, who is a multi-disciplinary artist…Continue Reading What I am reading now – Ashanti Harris
Co-written by Léa Joshi (Museum & Gallery Studies, University of St Andrews) and Amy Crawford (MGS funded Museum Engagement Officer) The new exhibition of the University of Dundee Museums highlights the works of former students of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 1968-72. The exhibition looks at both previous and current work of the…Continue Reading Exhibition: Let’s Go Round Again
The Society’s project archivist, Alasdair Bachell, tells us more about this pioneering campaigner. It is only right that my second blog for the Brittle Bone Society project I talk about the founder of the Brittle Bone Society: Dr Margaret Grant MBE. Margaret passed away in December 2020, after a life dedicated to advocating for people…Continue Reading Margaret Grant MBE – founder of the Brittle Bone Society