Each year, CIMS hosts a day-long postgraduate symposium showcasing research on cultural identity and memory studies from across the University. Organised by our research assistant, the symposium takes place towards the end of the academic year, usually around May, and is open to postgraduate researchers from all Schools.
The symposium focuses on a different theme each year, creating a space for postgraduates to present their work, exchange ideas, and connect with others working in related fields. Information and the call for papers for the 2026/27 postgraduate symposium will be published in spring 2027. In the meantime, you can find out more about our past symposia via this link.
CIMS Postgraduate Symposium 2025-2026: “Memory as a Future Practice”
Sunday June 14, 2026 by Caroline May
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, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, and India. With 78 attendees joining over the course of the day, the event created a lively international space for postgraduate researchers working across disciplines and time zones
