University culture
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Visit this new exhibition in Dundee’s Botanic Garden unearthing the hidden story of the St Vincent Botanical Garden 1785-1811. Dr Christina Welch, Reader in Theology, Religion and Philosophy at the University of Winchester, has been researching…
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What happens when an artist and a scientist meet through the time of Covid? Two radical spirits bond to explore the common orbital of art and science from a unique perspective. This exhibition runs until April…
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James Riley, radiologist and cancer specialist, was a member of staff at the University from 1950 to 1977. Riley is perhaps best known for his work on mast cells and the development of antihistamines but he…