Localising Philosophy is an ongoing education project since 2018, co-led by Dr Dominic Smith (Philosophy) and Dr Anna Robb (Education). Using art and philosophy, Localising Philosophy asks big philosophical questions that the project’s partners are facing. The project takes inspiration…
This blog post was written by Medical Students, Kirsten Healey and Hannah Dalioui as part of their Selected Student Component working with the collections at the Tayside Medical History Museum. SSCs are an important part of medical training aiming to…
It looks like the lunchtime preview event for the ‘Sponta-neous’ pop-up exhibition at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design was a success. Wen Xi Kong, Heidi Le, Daphne March and Ceci Wong, Four students from the International College…
Postgraduate Comics and Graphic Novels student Sharika Benny is currently volunteering in the University Archives and has been working on the Archives’ Arthur Ranson’s Comic Collection. In this blog she tells us about the artist and his comics which he…
Two MFA Fine Art students at Duncan Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Euan Rutter and Neil McCulloch, recently took part in an exhibition for the ‘RecoverMay’ event at Perth and Kinross Council’s Civic Hall, in a celebration of recovery…
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design once again put on a fantastic dazzling display of artwork in their 2023 show. We at UoD Museums had the privilege of picking several pieces from the Degree Show to add to…
Gretchen Rockwell, a recent distinction level graduate of Science Fiction and Creative Writing at Dundee, has just had her MLitt final project accepted for publication. Gretchen’s poem was inspired by her studies in SF and by Dundee’s seminal place in…
Eid ul Fitr is celebrated to promote brotherhood and togetherness amongst Muslims and in the spirit of togetherness we organised an Eid event in the Global Room to celebrate with our University of Dundee student and staff community. Over the…
Matthew Jarron, Museum Curator, introduces the latest exhibition in the Tower Foyer Gallery at the University which invites you to enter the dream-like world of painter Robert Leishman SSA RSW. Although nationally renowned in his lifetime, this is the first…
It’s 45 years since the Wellgate shopping centre opened. Explore the history of the area and building with the Archives. The Wellgate, which once connected the Murraygate with the Hilltown and formed part of a major route to the north…