Dr Keith Williams gave a talk about the Science Fiction programme’s Robert Duncan Milne project at CYMERA (7-9 June), Scotland’s new annual festival of SF, Fantasy and Horror at the Pleasance, Edinburgh: Click here for more information Remembering the ‘Lost’ Scottish Father of American science fiction Robert Duncan Milne (1844-99), from Cupar, Fife, was an
"There is creative reading as well as creative writing" (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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Friday 31st May, from 1.30 – 6pm in Scrymgeour 3.08 How can we energize our young people and students to feel committed to and excited by the prospect of writing essays – either as part of their curriculum , or as part of their own learning and development? What might this look like for classes
We are very pleased to announce that our PhD Student, George Williams, who wrote his thesis on ‘Reading the Transatlantic Fiction of Walter Scott and Edgar Allan Poe’, has just passed with flying colours and made a valuable new contribution to the field. The soon to be Dr Williams was supervised by Tim Morris and
Historic texts held by the University of Dundee have been dusted down by a group of students to kick-start a creative chain reaction. Students from the English department’s MLitt Writing Practice and Study course have sought inspiration from historic books and poems to create new works, before asking students from the University’s Duncan of Jordanstone
Film Studies, in collaboration with the Arts and Humanities Research Institute, is ending this semester on a high note with a Q&A with the independent filmmaker Simon Rumley. The event will take place on Friday the 29th of March from 6pm until 8pm in the Darcy Thompson Lecture Theatre. Simon is the best kept secret
For thousands of years, those on the fringes of society have used sewing to document their experiences. University of Dundee graduate, Clare Hunter unravels some of these stories in her new book, Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle. Published this week, the book chronicles politics, power, protest
The JOOT Theatre Company presents The York Crucifixion & Macduff’s Cross on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 February at 7.30pm in the Drama Studio, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee. Tickets are £7/£5 concession. Please contact j.a.george@dundee.ac.uk or tickets can be purchased at the door.
Dr Mark Brown, who recently wrote his PhD on contemporary drama, supervised by Dr Jo George, has now published it with Macmillan. His book focuses on the revolution that has occurred on the Scottish stage since the late 1960s. Dr Brown, who is also a leading theatre reviewer, has written the first critical history mapping
We are delighted to announce, in collaboration with the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies, a talk by Timothy D Peters, on Superhero Comics and the Seeing of Law: Masks, Icons, and Legal Emblems, to be held on Wednesday 13 February 2019, from 2.30 – 4.00pm in the Scrymgeour Building, room 4.08, University of Dundee. Refreshments
Brian Attebery, Professor of English at Idaho State University and editor of The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, will be giving a talk jointly hosted by The Centre for Critical and Creative Cultures and the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies on ‘Young Adult Dystopias and Utopias’. This will take place on Wednesday 13