University culture
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A project which is a unique collaboration between the University of Dundee, DCA, NHS Tayside and Dundee City Council has been shortlisted in the Partnership of the Year category of the Scottish Charity Awards. The project…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…