Collette Cowie’s ink & watercolour on paper was also inspired by the collection of specimens in the University Museums. The sea creatures reminded Collette of writer Mark Doty’s work and she credits both as influencing her colourful exhibition piece. Something…
By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic, posted by TCELT-International Network of Transitions Researchers, illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can be both positive…
In this the latest of the Flashback Friday Film Festival offerings from the University Archives we go back to 1987 a time of large hair and dubious fashion. Although shot more than 30 years ago this promotional film shows much…
The University of Dundee Book Club Podcast has just posted its eighth episode! In this podcast you will have the opportunity to learn out about the books and ideas that have inspired and influenced the many different and wonderful people…
‘Bathymetry’ by Andy Jackson comprises a re-worked poem woven into a bathymetric chart of a fictitious Scottish loch. The verse draws the eye into the deepest part of the loch. Andy was inspired by a Tay Estuary Research Centre pamphlet,…
Today’s musical performance comes from University of Dundee Music Director Graeme Stevenson, who performs George Malcolm’s Variations on a Theme of Mozart for 4 Harpischords (the original theme is from the Duo for Violin and Viola K424). The transcription is…
The Doctoral Academy’s first Images of Research competition has now come to a close, with 25 eligible submissions for consideration by our expert panel. PGRs were asked to portray their research in a single image along with a 50 word…
This is one of a series of photographs taken of the mills of Jute Industries Ltd. in the early 1920s. The company was formed in 1920 by the amalgamation of several Dundee firms including Thomas Bell & Sons, who owned…
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind…
Oceans Deep is a stunning collection of silver pieces by Anne Watson for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition. Anne’s highly detailed pins, pendants, earrings, cufflinks, bracelets and rings derive from engravings in the rare books ‘Deliciae Naturae Selectae’ and…