{"id":6098,"date":"2025-09-09T16:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/?page_id=6098"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:55:42","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/","title":{"rendered":"University culture blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-blocksy-query\" data-id=\"22f09e01\"><div class=\"ct-posts-block\" data-prefix=\"blog\"><div class=\"entries\" data-archive=\"default\" data-layout=\"enhanced-grid\" data-cards=\"boxed\"><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6905 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-archives category-art tag-art\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/thoughts-on-neosim-and-mail-art\/\" aria-label=\"Thoughts on Neosim and Mail Art\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/08\/MS-483-1-1-2005-2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/thoughts-on-neosim-and-mail-art\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thoughts on Neosim and Mail Art<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>DJCAD student Phoebe Patino Mains has been cataloguing the archive collection of Florian Cramer held by the University Archives. The material focuses on Neoist and Mail Art networks and in this blog Phoebe describes what she found. Trying to define\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/czbrown\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Brown\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Caroline Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-10T16:54:50+01:00\">10 August 2026<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/archives\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-3\">Archives<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-4\">Art<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6852 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-literature\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/exploring-the-literature-of-dundee\/\" aria-label=\"Exploring the literature of Dundee\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/06\/history-of-the-beano.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/exploring-the-literature-of-dundee\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Exploring the literature of Dundee<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>Are you a reader? Whatever the answer, 2026 maybe the year you start to be as it has been designated the National Year of Reading. This UK-wide campaign has been designed to inspire more people to make reading a regular\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/czbrown\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Brown\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Caroline Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-19T16:02:20+01:00\">19 June 2026<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/literature\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-15\">Literature<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6824 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-archives\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/more-heroes\/\" aria-label=\"More Heroes\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/06\/IMG_1612-3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/more-heroes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">More Heroes<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>We continue our review of our recent exhibition featuring art and creative writing inspired by individuals connected to the University. This post features a pioneering botanist, the founder of Life Sciences, the first University Archivist and the driving force behind\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/czbrown\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Brown\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Caroline Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-12T14:35:01+01:00\">12 June 2026<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/archives\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-3\">Archives<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6818 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-museums\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/museums-and-national-year-of-reading\/\" aria-label=\"Museums and National Year of Reading\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/06\/arts3450d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/museums-and-national-year-of-reading\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Museums and National Year of Reading<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>We all know that the Library holds books but you may not know that the University Museum Services has many unique and important collections relating to reading and the happiness and inspiration it can bring. During the National Year of\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/czbrown\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Brown\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Caroline Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-08T16:13:26+01:00\">8 June 2026<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/museums\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-17\">Museums<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><article class=\"entry-card card-content post-6807 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-well-together\" data-reveal=\"bottom:no\"><a class=\"ct-media-container boundless-image\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/peer-connections-bringing-students-and-culture-together\/\" aria-label=\"Peer Connections bringing students and culture together\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2026\/05\/dec9ed9e-3074-4a0d-9dc2-e5b9ddc832fb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9;\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/peer-connections-bringing-students-and-culture-together\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Peer Connections bringing students and culture together<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>University life is full of amazing opportunities, but it\u2019s natural to sometimes feel a little lost, isolated, or even lonely along the way. This is where Peer Connections can help!Peer Connections is the university\u2019s buddying scheme, designed to support students\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><ul class=\"entry-meta\" data-type=\"simple:slash\" data-id=\"meta_2\" ><li class=\"meta-author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><a class=\"ct-meta-element-author\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/author\/czbrown\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Brown\" rel=\"author\" itemprop=\"url\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Caroline Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-date\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><time class=\"ct-meta-element-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-26T14:04:24+01:00\">26 May 2026<\/time><\/li><li class=\"meta-categories\" data-type=\"simple\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/category\/well-together\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"ct-term-26\">Well Together<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cta-background-color has-background has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/?post_type=post\">View all posts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the #DundeeUniCulture blog! We will be using this space to share with you and celebrate the cultural activity that our staff and students participate in across the university. From our archives, museums, art, sports, music, theatre, botanics, photography, literature\u2026 the list goes on! We aim to give you a digital snapshot into the various cultural activities happening at the university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6098","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6098"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6740,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6098\/revisions\/6740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}