CIMS PG Symposium 2021-2022: ‘Memory, Crisis and Estrangement’

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

CIMS PG Symposium 2020-21: ‘Contested Memories of Monuments and Public Spaces’

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

CIMS PG Symposium 2019-2020: Memory & Identity in Latin America and the Caribbean

    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

CIMS PG Symposium 2018-19: Moving Memories

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