On
Wednesday 3rd October the University of Dundee will hold its Annual Culture
Day, an afternoon of short talks by University staff from a diverse range of
disciplines. This will be the 8th year of an event which has proved to be
highly popular both within the University and with the wider public. The theme
of this year’s event is ‘Feeling Good? - Health, Well-Being and the Arts’ and
it will feature ten presentations which examine the connections between
culture & the arts and health & well-being.
As in
previous years staff from Archive Services and Museum Services will be among
the speakers. Museum Curator Matthew Jarron will open proceedings with a talk
on the remarkable story of art collecting by Dundee dentists in the 19th
and 20th centuries. Later Archive Service’s Kenneth Baxter
will use materials held in the archives to examine the stories of some of
Dundee’s early female doctors and medical graduates and the impact they made
upon the city and the wider world. Other speakers include Beth Lord, Brian
Hoyle, Billy Kenfeick, Derek Partick and Sandra Wilson.
Culture
day is organised by the University’s Culture and Arts Forum (CAF), an informal
network developed to support and promote the various departments within
the University that are involved in cultural activity. Matthew is
Convener of CAF, and Deputy Archivist Caroline Brown is its Secretary.
The event is free and is
open to anyone. As in previous years, the talks will be held in Baxter Conference Room 1.36. The event will commence
at 1.45pm and is scheduled to finish at about 5pm. More details including the
full programme for Culture Day can be found here: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/exhibitions/caf/.
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