The University recently hosted its 16th annual Culture Day looking at the theme of Renewal, exploring ideas of rebirth and regeneration. This seemed particularly appropriate as it was the Culture & Arts Committee’s first event since the start of the…
Read on for more on the anniversary of the opening of the Tower Building on 20th October 1961. This film by Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives tells the story of the building Or read more in this article…
Join Kenneth Baxter from the University of Dundee Archive Services to celebrate the centenary of the opening of the Scrymgeour Building and learn a little about the history of the School of Education. Read more about this in the…
As we welcome new students to the University and current staff and students return to campus Archive Services have delved into the history of the area around the Dalhousie Building. Read on to find out how it has changed. The…
Although now associated with the eponymous shopping centre, the Overgate was once one of Dundee’s main roads, running from the West Port to the High Street. Known in earlier times as Argyllgait, a name later recycled for a nearby road,…
Join Laura Hebdon, Ross Cochrane and Shawn Leishman today at 1pm to hear about their varied and exciting international journeys since graduating from Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Dundee. They will discuss their projects at this online…
Save the date alert! Hundreds of Art, Design and Architecture students will showcase their creativity in this year’s Graduate Showcase which will take place between the 11th and 21st of June. The online live launch will be held in the…
For the third in our series looking at how the City has changed the University Archives focuses on the site of the V&A, an area which has been transformed over the last 250 years. Crawford’s 1776 plan of Dundee shows…
The University Archives continues its series looking at the changing face of the City by focusing on Reform Street. The junction of Reform Street and the High Street is one of the most familiar scenes in central Dundee, with the…
In this post, the first of a series from the University Archives, we look at how parts of the campus and Dundee have changed over the years. We start by looking at the Belmont area of campus, where the Belmont…