Our institute welcomes leading scholars in the field of Memory Studies for guest lectures every year. At each lecture, one person will present a current research project for approximately 45 minutes; this will be followed by time for questions and discussion, including topics beyond the project presented.
On 6 October, we, together with the School of English, were delighted to host Emilio Irigoyen of the University of the Republic (Uruguay) for a talk entitled From Hawthorne’s French to Melville’s Spanish: Pseudotranslations, mirrorings, and the quest for a multilingual reading community. Drawing on research from his current book project on Herman Melville and … Read more
On May 13, 2026, Professor Virginia Jewiss from Johns Hopkins University gave a talk on “Four Plaques and a Column: Rethinking Resistance.” The lecture invited us to think differently about monuments, memory, and the ways in which historical resistance is made visible in public space. While recent debates in memory studies have often focused on … Read more
01 April 2026, 16.00-17.00, BUC:216 Kevin SimpsonFootball under the Swastika: Survival and Resistance During the Holocaust Sport in the Nazi concentration camps and ghettos defies the modern imagination. Relying on long-forgotten memoirs and testimonies, Football under the Swastika reveals the surprisingly powerful role that the most popular wartime sport of football played during World War II. From … Read more
27 March 2026, 16.00-17.00, ARB: 317 – ARTS SEMINAR 7 Paul LeworthyScreening and Intervening: Documenting and Doing Memory Work in Das deutsche Volk Das deutsche Volk (2025) is a stripped-back, black-and-white, observational documentary directed by Marcin Wierzchowski that screens the events and above all the aftermath of the shootings in Hanau, Germany, in 2020, in which a … Read more
16 March 2026, 16.00-17.00, UCO: School II Kateřina KrálováHomecoming: Identities and Memory of the Holocaust Survivors and Greece In her guest lecture, historian Kateřina Králová examined the complex meanings of “homecoming” for Jewish Holocaust survivors from Greece. Tracing a continuum from wartime survival and displacement through liberation and the immediate postwar years, she argued that … Read more
14 November 2025, 16.00-17.00, UCO: School II Craig Lamont‘When age speaks, youth listens (sometimes)’ In his talk “When age speaks, youth listens (sometimes),” Craig Lamont, Lecturer in Scottish Studies at the University of Glasgow, explored the centrality of memory studies to his work across disciplines and historical contexts. Drawing on research in literature, history, creative … Read more
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
‘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
***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
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
