Centres and Institutes

Institute for Contemporary and Comparative Literature

The Institute for Contemporary and Comparative Literature (ICCL) sets out to redefine ‘the contemporary’ and ‘comparative literature’ for the twenty-first century. Launched in 2010, the Institute hosts seminars, workshops, symposia and larger conferences, visiting scholars and writers in residence, and operates in conjunction with a suite of new undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. For more information, please visit the Institute for Contemporary and Comparative Literature webpages.

Institute of European and Cultural Identity Studies

The Institute, which ran its first Seminar series in 1998, was set up to create a centre for the study of the collective identities represented, expressed and modelled in the national cultures of the countries of continental Europe. We also refer to other culture-zones, particularly Latin America and French-speaking Africa - and to British culture. More information...

Centre for Russian, Soviet, Central and Eastern European Studies

The Centre for Russian, Soviet, Central and East European Studies at St Andrews was founded in 1990. Its aim is to promote Russian, post-Soviet and East European research and teaching by bringing together members of staff from various Schools and Departments across the university who share interests in this field. The Centre organises an annual conference, sponsors visiting speakers, runs informal colloquia and offers a package of taught postgraduate courses leading to higher degrees in Central and East European Studies. Members of the Centre also supervise individual PhD students in this area. For more information, please visit the CRSCEES web site.

Linguistics Institute of St Andrews (formerly SAILLS)

The Linguistics Institute of St Andrews had its inaugural meeting on 4 March 1996 (under the name of SAILLS - the St Andrews Institute of Language and Linguistic Studies). Its current Director is Dr C Beedham (Dept of German). More information...

The Poetry Forum

The Poetry Forum, which ran its first Seminar series in 2006, was born as a discussion group entirely dedicated to the genre of poetry. The aim of our ongoing seminars is mainly to allow a wide audience that is not necessarily academically specialised in poetry, to take part in the discussion and appreciate a genre that is usually regarded as difficult and therefore reserved to the initiates. For more information, please see the Poetry Forum web site.