80th anniversary of VE Day
Did you know that there is a figure who played a key role in both VE Day and the history of the University of Dundee? In this blog Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives explains how Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron…
Breaking the Chains: Making Connections
Breaking the Chains is a map and walking tour exploring Dundee’s links to transatlantic slavery that was co-created by the University of Dundee Museums and Dundee Libraries in 2022 (see Breaking the Chains – University Culture Online ). The response…
Recent Activity from the Cooper Gallery
This update covers some of the fantastic work done by the Cooper Gallery over the past few months. We start with their ongoing project What I am Reading Now… a monthly digital publication, and critical platform dedicated to celebrating and…
Reframing the Muse
Museum volunteer Delaney Brown (an art history student at the University of St Andrews) tells us about the current exhibition in the Tower Foyer Gallery which she curated in association with the University of Dundee Museums. The female body has…
Archive collections brought to life!
The Archive’s Alive and if you need any convincing get yourself along to the Entrance Galleries in the Matthew building at DJCAD. The current exhibition of newly created artwork by the incredibly talented students of Level 3 Communication Design studying…
The contribution of women to the first years of the University
For international women’s day, Kenneth from the Archives takes a look at some of the notable women in the early history of the University, a reminder of how important understanding our past is in shaping who we are today, and…
Cruising for Another Picture: Restoring Empathy in the Queer Male Photograph
John Post, a visual artist and doctoral researcher, explains the inspiration behind his latest exhibition as part of LGBT+ History Month in DJCAD. My work explores how photography shapes the identities of gay and bisexual men. For many, photography isn’t…
Remembering Timothy West, Maggie Smith and James Laurenson
The University Archive holds the internationally significant Michael Peto photographic collection. From the 1950s until his death in 1970 Michael Peto regularly photographed theatre, television and film productions and as result the Peto Collection contains many images of major stars.…
Historic Science Fiction Edition from Research at the University of Dundee
On the 23 of January, Bloomsbury Academic published a lost piece of Scottish and transatlantic literary history, recovered as part of an ongoing project based at the University of Dundee: The Essential Robert Duncan Milne: Stories by the Lost Pioneer…
Conservation work with Archives and Museums
In the autumn of 2024 Archives and Museum Services were given the opportunity to host an intern from the Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management certificate course run by Fleming College in Ontario, Canada. We were delighted to welcome Lindsey Mace…