University community represented at Festivals
Published On Tue 12 Aug 2014 by Grant Hill
Staff and students from the University of Dundee will be entertaining and educating some of the millions of visitors to this year’s Edinburgh Festivals.
Business Management student Craig Paton appears in the ‘This is Ceilidh’ show from 11pm each night at Spiegeltent Palazzo as part of the Fringe. Craig, who will be playing the accordion, is an accomplished musician who has recorded on three broadcasts for BBC Radio Scotland and won the All Scotland Accordion Championship in 2010.
The Edinburgh International Book Festival plays host to several members of the University community this year. Annie Anderson, Professor of Public Health Nutrition at Dundee’s School of Medicine, will speak at the ‘Can Scotland Kick its Sugar Habit?’ event at Guardian Spiegeltent at 7pm on Wednesday, 13th August alongside food writers and anti-poverty campaigners to discuss possible solutions to the problems caused by Scotland’s sweet tooth.
Tomorrow will also see Nicola White, winner of the 2013 Dundee International Book Prize for In the Rosary Garden, appear at the Book Festival. Along with best-selling crime writer Caro Ramsey, she will discuss ‘Tormented Tales of Cruel Crimes’ at the Royal Bank of Scotland Garden Theatre at 6.45pm.
Christopher Whatley, Professor of Scottish History, will join fellow academic Murray Pittock for an event placing next month’s independence referendum in context. ‘Nationalism and Unionism: the Background’ will take place at 3.30pm on Saturday, 23rd August at ScottishPower Foundation Studio. Professor Whatley will read from his authoritative book, ‘The Scots and the Union’ at the event.
For many people, August in Edinburgh means comedy, and Shane Lindsay, a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Psychology, will attempt to have the audience rolling in the aisles when he takes to the stage at a Bright Club show. The gig takes place at The Assembly Rooms at 8.45pm on Monday, 18th August.
Bright Club challenges academics to communicate their work by revealing the funny side of the serious subject they research, and Shane made his stand-up debut at a Bright Club Dundee event earlier this year.
Peggy Hughes, from the University’s Literary Dundee initiative, said, “It is fantastic to see the University so well represented at Edinburgh this year and providing ‘info-tainment’ for the audiences. What is noticeable is the wide range of subjects covered, from history and politics to public health and wider cultural contributions, which encapsulates the type of impact the University makes through its research, teaching and engagement activities.
“Having been involved in the process of developing Nicola White’s book, it’s personally pleasing for me to see her taking her place among the top literary names at the Festival and the recognition that In the Rosary Garden is receiving.”
For more information about each event please see:
• This is Ceilidh - http://thisisceilidh.com/
• Can Scotland Kick its Sugar Habit? - https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/dialogue-3-health
• Tormented Tales of Cruel Crimes - https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/caro-ramsay-nicola-white
• Nationalism and Unionism: the Background - https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/murray-pittock-christopher-a-whatley
• Bright Club - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/bright-club-scotland-s-fringe
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