Online Symposium | 29 May 2026 On 29 May 2026, the Institute for Cultural Identity and Memory Studies at the University of St Andrews and the Frankfurt Memory Studies Platform at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt jointly hosted the online postgraduate symposium “Memory as a Future Practice”. The symposium brought together 15 speakers from five countries: the UK, … Read more
CIMS Postgraduate Symposium 2025‘Memory, Habitat, and the Anthropocene’ Date: Friday, 16 May 2025Venue: Old Burgh School, St Leonard’s Postgraduate CollegeSupported by: St Leonard’s Postgraduate College Community FundHosted by: Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute (CIMS) Organisers: Gabriela Milkova Robins (CIMS Research Assistant/School of English) and Rhiannon Morton (Visiting Doctoral Researcher/School of Geography) Overview The 2025 … Read more
The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute hosted its annual postgraduate symposium, ‘Cultural Memory, Identity and Images’, on Monday 13 May. The event aims to showcase the diversity of postgraduate research across the University about memory, identity, and images. Programme 11:30 – 12:40 Postgraduate Presentation 1By Benjamin Ong (School of School of Geography & Sustainable … Read more
The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute’s 2023 postgraduate symposium, entitled ‘Memory, Materiality and Touch’, took place on Tuesday 16 May. The event aimed to showcase the diversity of postgraduate research across the University in relation to memory, identity, and materiality. Organisers: Clara Défachel (School of Modern Languages) and Gabriela Milkova Robins (School of English) This event was … Read more
Friday 22 April 2022: ‘Memory, Crisis and Estrangement’ We are very excited to announce the programme for our first joint PGR Symposium with our Going Global partner, the Centre for Memory Studies at IIT Madras (Chennai, India)—sponsored by the British Council and the St Leonard’s Postgraduate College Community Fund. Join us for a highly stimulating … Read more
Friday 7 May 2021, 16:00-19:30 (GMT) The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute (CIMS) welcomes staff and students to this online interdisciplinary symposium which draws on the work of PGRs, independent researchers and staff at St Andrews to explore timely discussions about representations of history and memory in monuments and public spaces. Organisers: Giulia Borrini … Read more
Monday 9th December, 2019. Lecture Room II (St Mary’s Quad, South Street) A one-day symposium bringing together researchers from different fields and disciplines who work on the Americas through the lens of Memory or Identity studies. Co-sponsored by the Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute (CISI/CIMS) and the Centre for Amerindian, Latin American and … Read more
CISI Postgraduate Symposium, 6 September 2019 (UCO Room 31) Organisers: Karunika Kardak & Ellie Crabtree 09.30 – 10.00 Registration 10.00 – 10.15 Introductions 10.15 – 11.00 Darya Tsymbalyuk (Modern Languages and IR), ‘The sun rises differently in Kyiv: Mental mapping and memories of the displaced’ 11.00 – 12.30 PGR Panel Sohni Chakrabarti (English): ‘Belonging … Read more
