St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art

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The St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art, anchored in the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews, amalgamates researchers from diverse disciplines including International Relations, Modern Languages, English, Film Studies, Social Anthropology, Management, and University Museums. The Centre's main remit is to encourage a collaborative environment for staff, undergraduates, postgraduates, and postdoctoral researchers, enabling the conception of novel programmes and projects in this rapidly shifting field.

Prominent research areas include:

• Technologies and media
• Feminism, gender, and sexuality
• Globalisation and transnationalism
• Art and politics

To delve into these themes, the Centre employs regular progress meetings; research seminars and guest lectures; conferences and symposia; doctoral programmes, including collaborative awards; artist Residencies Engagement in the St Andrews Global Fellowship Scheme; contemporary art, a domain as varied and exciting as it is disputed and intricate, poses numerous challenges.

While multiple interpretations of 'the contemporary' exist in the realm of art practice, it is essential to further examine the multidisciplinary nature of contemporary visual production. The Centre prioritises the exploration of these dynamics, such as globalisation, precarity, decolonisation, ecology, and technology, alongside constructs of gender, sexuality, race, and class. Additionally, it underscores understanding its articulation through theory, curatorial strategies, institutional programming, art writing, and practice. Investigating these contemporary art issues necessitates a multidisciplinary approach, harnessing expertise from economics, management, sociology, film studies, international relations, languages and literature, history, geography, gender studies, and the sciences. Therefore, the St Andrews Centre for Contemporary Art invites researchers and staff from across the university and beyond to engage in comprehensive discourse on contemporary practice and theory.

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