Research Seminar

During the academic year, ITIA postgraduates, faculty and guests meet most Fridays of the term from 11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.

Location: St Mary’s College Hall

For questions regarding the seminar, or to sign-up for the members’ list, email the research seminar coordinator: Dr Rebekah Lamb Varela ([email protected])

SEPTEMBER

19th – Alyssa Coffin (Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts), ‘A Shove in the Dark: A Theology of Artistic Practice.’

26th – Dr William Hyland (University of St Andrews), ‘Sacred Landscapes of Fife.’ (Followed by optional visit to St Fillan’s Cave, Pittenweem)

OCTOBER

3rd – Jarek Jankowski (St Andrews), ‘Enchantment and Christian Atheism.’

10th –Ross Hamilton (Tilburg),  ‘Liminal Solitude and Spiritual Challenges: Vincent van Gogh in Drenthe (1883).’

17th – Professor Natasha Duquette (Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College), ‘Jane Austen’s Contemplative Poetics.’

READING WEEK 20-24th October

31st – Professor Alison Jack (Edinburgh), ‘‘No… No… No… But’: The Bible resisted and revisited in the work of Seamus Heaney and Norman MacCaig.’

NOVEMBER

7th – Ukrainian Icon Exhibition, St Leonard’s Chapel (11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)

14th – Rev. Dr. Donald MacEwan (St Andrews), ‘ Words, words, just words: Faith in Fiction.’

21st – Lee Wakeman (University of St Andrews), ‘(Blue) Light in Dark Places: Video Games and Meaning in Life.’

28th – Prof. Ian Bradley (University of St Andrews),  ‘Music of the Night.’ 

DECEMBER

5th – Luis Meseguer Mira (University of St Andrews), ‘Music for the Sacred Heart: Sacred Music in a Sound Installation.’ (Location TBC)