Seminar Series 2025/26, Semester 1

14 November, 16.00-17.00, UCO: School II Craig Lamont‘When age speaks, youth listens (sometimes)’ In this paper I will explore the centrality of memory studies to my work in different fields, specialisms, eras, and methodologies, with a focus on the transformative elements of collective into cultural memory. Whether working in literature, history, creative writing (life-writing), or … Read more

Seminar Series 2024/25, Semester 2

Island thinking 2 – ‘Pacific imaginations’ Discussion panel Following the successful ‘Island Thinking 1’ panel last semester, as part of the second visit by Senior Global Fellow Prof Michael Cronin (Trinity College Dublin), we will be holding another discussion with Michael who will be joined by Professor Uma Kothari, from Manchester University and Prof Emma … Read more

Seminar series, semester 1 2024- 2025

‘Island Thinking‘ panel discussion, featuring Senior Global Fellow, Professor Michael Cronin (Trinity College Dublin), Professor Karen Brown (Art History), Dr Niall Sreenan (Comp. Lit) and Professor Dan Clayton (Geography and Sustainable Development). What is ‘island thinking’? and why does it matter in light of climate change? How can we learn from interdisciplinary conversations about the … Read more

Seminar series Semester 2, 2022-23

***CANCELLED*** 7 March, 4:15pm: Professor Alison Landsberg (George Mason University) & Professor Timotheus Vermeulen (University of Oslo) ‘Metamodern Memory: On Blade Runner, Then and Now’ ***CANCELLED*** Alison Landsberg is Professor of History and Cultural Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and will be visiting St Andrews on 5-10 March as part of a … Read more

Seminar Series 2022-2023, Semester 1

3 October, 5pm: Professor Shelleen Greene (UCLA), ‘Oenothea’s Gaze: Donyale Luna in Fellini-Satyricon (1969)’. Co-hosted with the Italian Department. Location: UCO 31 This presentation examines African American model and actress Donyale Luna, who performed the role of Oneathea in Fellini-Satyricon (1969). I argue that similar to many black women artists working in Italy during the 1960s … Read more

Seminar Series 2021-2022, Semester 2

Thursday 3 March, 4 to 6pm. Location: UCO: School 1. Seminar: Dr Gavan Titley (Maynooth University): The Strange Life of Free Speech Today Wednesday 16 March, 6:30 to 8pm. Location: Lower Parliament Hall.  This event was coordinated by the School of Art History, Museum & Gallery Studies in collaboration with CIMS. Seminar: Prof. Eudine Barriteau (University of the West Indies … Read more

Monday 8 November, 2021. Fabulation and Forgetting in Literature and Memory Studies by Dr Avishek Parui and Dr Merin Simi Raj.

Monday 8 November, 1pm. Online via Teams. Fabulation and Forgetting in Literature and Memory Studies (See it on YouTube) Speakers: Dr Avishek Parui and Dr Merin Simi Raj (Centre for Memory Studies, IIT Madras) This talk will engage with the experiential entanglements of fabulation and forgetting as represented in literature and memory studies. Drawing on psychological as … Read more

Webinar: ‘Brexit means ? for Identity’

Wednesday 24th March 2021, 16:00-17:00 Meeting link Following our Brexit means ? series in 2017, we return to the theme at the end of the transition period. As we come to terms with what this means, there is an opportunity to draw on the local expertise at the University to engage in a productive discussion of the … Read more

Webinar: Brexit means ? for the Arts

Following our Brexit means ? series in 2017, we return to the theme at the end of the transition period. As we come to terms with what this means, there is an opportunity to draw on the local expertise at the University to engage in a productive discussion of the issues involved. Our first webinar this semester … Read more

Public Lecture. Dr Avishek Parui and Dr Merin Simi Raj (Memory Studies Research Network, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras): ‘Encoding, Effacing, and the Phenomenon of Forgetting’

Dr Avishek Parui and Dr Merin Simi Raj (Memory Studies Research Network, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras): ‘Encoding, Effacing, and the Phenomenon of Forgetting’ The talk will examine the neural and narrative mechanisms of memory in terms of examining it as an enactive process which incorporates encoding as well as effacement, sometimes simultaneously. It will … Read more