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 (except for 7th November and 5th December, see below)

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

Semester 1 (Martinmas 2026)

SEPTEMBER

25th – Prof. Peter Howard (Australian Catholic University / University of St Andrews), ‘Visualising theology in Renaissance Florence: the exemplum of Ghiberti’s Doors of Paradise’.

OCTOBER

2nd – Dr TJ Lang (St Andrews), Paradise Lost and the Art of Pauline Interpretation in Epic Poetry 

9th – Dr Damiano Benvegnù (St Andrews), ‘Ordinary Gifts: Botanical Spirituality in Shaker Sister Cora Helena Sarle’s Plant Drawings’.

16th – Parvis Hejazi, Temporalising Eternity – Olivier Messiaen’s Musical Contemplations of Time. 

INDEPENDENT LEARNING WEEK

30th – Dr Lachlan Hughes (Villa I Tatti, Florence / Trinity College, Cambridge), title t.b.c.

NOVEMBER

6th – Dr Dan Siedell (Stockholm), MerzTheology: Thinking Theologically with Dadaist Kurt Schwitters

12th (*Thursday)- Archbishop Erik Varden, St Margaret of Scotland Annual Lecture

20th – Dr Michael Downes (St Andrews), Title TBC