Research centres and groups
The School of Art History lends its expertise to leading research at the University of St Andrews.
The Centre for Contemporary Art is based in the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews. It aims to provide a space for staff, undergraduates, post-graduates and post-doctoral researchers to come together and share their interests and expertise in contemporary art, and to devise new programmes and projects in this dynamic and constantly-evolving field of study.
Founded on 28 September 2005 by Professor Ian Carradice, the Institute for Museums, Heritage and Society (formerly MGCI – Museums, Galleries and Collections Institute) aims to promote excellence in museology, heritage studies and practice. Its main objectives have changed throughout the years, following the latest transformation in the sector of museums and heritage. Over the years IMHS has contributed to raise the profile of the School of Art History to become an international centre for museology, engaging in critical issues including the ICOM Definition of a Museum, Sustainability, Social Inclusion, Local Development, and Decolonisation.
Centre for the Study of Medieval Manuscripts and Technology (CeMManT)
The Centre for the Study of Medieval Manuscripts and Technology (CeMManT) brings together manuscript scholars, hard scientists, librarians, and students to develop new ways of studying the past by employing innovative photographic techniques, chemical and physical analyses, and by harnessing data.
Talking Things
Talking Things is an interdisciplinary seminar about material culture, bringing together scholars from a range of Schools who work on material objects. We meet twice per semester and try to do so in the presence of the things about which we talk.