Upcoming events


March 2020

School Research Seminar Series -- New Perspectives on the Value of the Humanities

Wednesday 18 March 2020
02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Senate Room, King James Library
Speakers: Professor Janice Carruthers (Queens University Belfast) Professor of French Linguistics and AHRC Leadership Fellow in Modern Languages Professor Poul ...

April 2020

"It's a strange thing to be a poet": an evening with Miguel d'Ors Co-hosted by the Centre for Poetic Innovation

Wednesday 1 April 2020
06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Byre Theatre
Miguel d'Ors is one of Spain's foremost contemporary poets. He has published 13 books of poetry, which have recently been collected in the volume Poesas c...

Writing Noises: Ramn Gmez de la Serna and Arseny Avraamov's Symphony of Sirens

Wednesday 15 April 2020
05:00 pm to 07:00 pm
Byre Theatre
European artists in the 1920s are seeking the abolition of all barriers: art in all forms should inform life and art should have no other boundaries but life it...

From Snake Oil to Magnets: A Historical Journey Through Quackery

Wednesday 22 April 2020
06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Byre Theatre
Roll up! Roll up! Come to witness the astounding benefits of Dr Ted L. L. Bergman's amazing cure-all! For aches, pains, indigestion, scrapes, burns, and poor ...

School Research Seminar Series -- New Directions in World Literature

Wednesday 29 April 2020
02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
The Gateway
Professor Francesca Orsini (SOAS, University of London) Professor of Hindi and South Asian Literature Dr Adam Talib (Durham University) Associate editor Journal...

June 2020

Languages Open Day 2020

Friday 5 June 2020
10:00 am to 03:00 pm
Buchanan Building
The School of Modern Languages at the University of St Andrews is hosting a Languages Open Day for secondary schools. Pupils have the opportunity to try out new...

Translating the Early Modern World (1450-1650): Transnational Cultures and Material Journeys Across Vernaculars

Wednesday 17 June 2020 to Friday 19 June 2020
01:00 pm to 06:00 pm
Byre Theatre
This conference will bring together an international group of researchers, working across language and disciplinary boundaries, on the cultural practices, mater...