current events: May - June 2007
events archive: April 2007 May - July 2006
     
    Anatomy Acts
   
St Andrews and Dundee
     
University of St Andrews, Gateway Galleries
North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife. MAP
     

Bookings & Enquiries to:
Alison Hadfield
Tel: 01334 462396 / 462417
Email: alh10@st-andrews.ac.uk

     
Children’s Activity
Fri 27 Oct   10.30am – 12.30pm or 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Crafty Kids Halloween Activities
Make a scary skull or a spooky specimen in a jar to freak out your family and friends at Halloween! Booking advisable. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
     
Gallery Tours and Lunchtime Talks
All events begin at 1.15pm.
Please meet at the main reception desk in the Gateway Building.
 
Wed 1 Nov   Body Beautiful - The Relationship between Artists & Anatomists in the Renaissance & Early Baroque
Laura Walters, School of Art History, University of St Andrews
     
Wed 15 Nov  

Making Poetry
A poetry reading and talk by Kathleen Jamie about her new work created for Anatomy Acts

     
Wed 22 Nov   Medical Men & Their Books at St Andrews
Elizabeth Henderson, Rare Books Librarian, University of St Andrews
     
Wed 29 Nov   3.00pm Curating Anatomy Acts
Dr Andrew Patrizio, co-curator of Anatomy Acts, gives an introduction to the exhibition and book
     
Wed 6 Dec   Stereoscopes & Vision
– How & Why We See the World in 3D

Professor Julie Harris, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews
     
Thur 7 Dec   Seeing with Sound
Tom Brown, inventor of direct contact ultrasound scanning, talks about how ultrasound revolutionized medical practice
     
University of Dundee, Lamb Gallery
Tower Building, University of Dundee MAP
     
Bookings & Enquiries to:
Tel: 01382 384310
Email: museum@dundee.ac.uk
     
Lunchtime Talks
All events begin at 1pm. Please meet in the Lamb Gallery.
Fri 3 Nov   Frankenstein & Comparative Anatomy
Peter Kitson, Professor of English, University of Dundee
     
Fri 1 Dec   The Organism of Phrenology:
The Designing of a ‘New Ideality'

Nathalie Rosset, History PhD student,
University of Dundee
     
Wed 6 Dec   The Role of 3D Computer Arts in Clinical Imaging
John McGhee, Media Arts & Imaging PhD student, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
     
Fri 8 Dec   A Selected History of Human Dissection & Changes in Public Acceptance of Anatomy
Dr David Dawson, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Dundee
     
Fri 15 Dec   Forensic & Archaeological Facial Reconstruction
Caroline Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology, University of Dundee
     
Evening Lecture
Mon 13 Nov   5.30pm, meet in the Lamb Gallery
Anatomy, Identification & Forensic Anthropology
Sue Black, Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, University of Dundee
     
Tours & Workshops
Wed 29 Nov   3.00pm, Curating Anatomy Acts
Dr Andrew Patrizio, co-curator of Anatomy Acts, gives
an introduction to the exhibition and book
     
Wed 13 Dec   2-4pm, meet in the Medical School Foyer,
Ninewells Hospital
Open Day Tayside Medical History Museum

Curators Matthew Jarron and Dr Graham Lowe show highlights from the collections and lead half-hourly tours round the museum displays and stores.
     
Wed 10 Jan   1.30pm, meet in the Lamb Gallery
Talk & Print-making Workshop
Printing the Body: Visualising Flesh Through Line

Sandra McNeil, Fine Art PhD student, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
The talk is open to all but the workshop afterwards is limited to 12 places and must be booked in advance on 01382 384310 or museum@dundee.ac.uk