Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory
@memoryplace.bsky.social
Led by @suttonprofessor.bsky.social and Deputy Director Professor Paula Reavey, the Centre @stir.ac.uk is a dynamic, collaborative, interdisciplinary research project advancing knowledge in relations between place and memory - placememory.net
We’re co-hosting with the Centre for Policy, Conflict and Co-operation Research: A Personal Account of Transforming Conflict, with Andrei Gómez-Suárez, Delegate of the Colombian government to negotiations with Comuneros del Sur.
📍 Cottrell Lecture Theatre A3
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📍 Cottrell Lecture Theatre A3
🔗 www.stir.ac.uk/events/2025-...
January 16, 2026 at 2:16 PM
We’re co-hosting with the Centre for Policy, Conflict and Co-operation Research: A Personal Account of Transforming Conflict, with Andrei Gómez-Suárez, Delegate of the Colombian government to negotiations with Comuneros del Sur.
📍 Cottrell Lecture Theatre A3
🔗 www.stir.ac.uk/events/2025-...
📍 Cottrell Lecture Theatre A3
🔗 www.stir.ac.uk/events/2025-...
Thu 29 Jan · 15:15–17:00 (UK) · stream 15:05
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January 14, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Thu 29 Jan · 15:15–17:00 (UK) · stream 15:05
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A hybrid talk on emotion in law and the high-stakes roles of memory and place. Drawing on 15 years of ethnographic research: what happens when there is no figure in the landscape? How do courts read remorse?
Thu 29 Jan · 15:15–17:00 (UK) · stream 15:05
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Thu 29 Jan · 15:15–17:00 (UK) · stream 15:05
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January 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
A hybrid talk on emotion in law and the high-stakes roles of memory and place. Drawing on 15 years of ethnographic research: what happens when there is no figure in the landscape? How do courts read remorse?
Thu 29 Jan · 15:15–17:00 (UK) · stream 15:05
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Thu 29 Jan · 15:15–17:00 (UK) · stream 15:05
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What makes a place convivial? Join Professor Michael Given for a seminar on soil, herd, and home in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland from the 17th to 19th centuries - 22 January 2026 - 16:00–17:30 (UK) - Hybrid - Register now bit.ly/3Z4NDGJ
January 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
What makes a place convivial? Join Professor Michael Given for a seminar on soil, herd, and home in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland from the 17th to 19th centuries - 22 January 2026 - 16:00–17:30 (UK) - Hybrid - Register now bit.ly/3Z4NDGJ
Yesterday, our researchers connected with former staff from St. Clement’s psychiatric hospital on Bow Rd, E3, to find out how they wanted to mark the 20th anniversary of the hospital’s closure. So many memories and stories.
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Yesterday, our researchers connected with former staff from St. Clement’s psychiatric hospital on Bow Rd, E3, to find out how they wanted to mark the 20th anniversary of the hospital’s closure. So many memories and stories.
Affective Atmospheres, a two-day in-person event in Glasgow — supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy.
All welcome.
18–19 Feb 2026
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Art by Jinjoon Lee: Jinjoon Lee, On Some Faraway Shore – Nine Reincarnations Series, 2025.
All welcome.
18–19 Feb 2026
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Art by Jinjoon Lee: Jinjoon Lee, On Some Faraway Shore – Nine Reincarnations Series, 2025.
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Affective Atmospheres, a two-day in-person event in Glasgow — supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy.
All welcome.
18–19 Feb 2026
Register forms.gle/Xv2ZXmbovtvK...
Info placememory.net/affective-at...
Art by Jinjoon Lee: Jinjoon Lee, On Some Faraway Shore – Nine Reincarnations Series, 2025.
All welcome.
18–19 Feb 2026
Register forms.gle/Xv2ZXmbovtvK...
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Art by Jinjoon Lee: Jinjoon Lee, On Some Faraway Shore – Nine Reincarnations Series, 2025.
Not all research happens in a lab or a library. From London loos to the Pacific Ocean to postindustrial coastlines, our researchers have been out in the wild this year. Here’s to more fieldwork in unexpected places.
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Not all research happens in a lab or a library. From London loos to the Pacific Ocean to postindustrial coastlines, our researchers have been out in the wild this year. Here’s to more fieldwork in unexpected places.
Research isn't always in a lab or library...
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Research isn't always in a lab or library...
Research isn’t always in a lab or a library. Our researchers Tania Casimiro and Paula Reavey were in London (E1, E2, E3) last week studying toilet graffiti.
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Research isn’t always in a lab or a library. Our researchers Tania Casimiro and Paula Reavey were in London (E1, E2, E3) last week studying toilet graffiti.
Affective Atmospheres
18–19 Feb 2026, Glasgow
Supported by Royal Institute of Philosophy
In-person conference bringing together philosophy, anthropology, geography, art, architecture & psychology.
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Art Jinjoon Lee ©2025
18–19 Feb 2026, Glasgow
Supported by Royal Institute of Philosophy
In-person conference bringing together philosophy, anthropology, geography, art, architecture & psychology.
Register forms.gle/Xv2ZXmbovtvK...
More info placememory.net/affective-at...
Art Jinjoon Lee ©2025
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Affective Atmospheres
18–19 Feb 2026, Glasgow
Supported by Royal Institute of Philosophy
In-person conference bringing together philosophy, anthropology, geography, art, architecture & psychology.
Register forms.gle/Xv2ZXmbovtvK...
More info placememory.net/affective-at...
Art Jinjoon Lee ©2025
18–19 Feb 2026, Glasgow
Supported by Royal Institute of Philosophy
In-person conference bringing together philosophy, anthropology, geography, art, architecture & psychology.
Register forms.gle/Xv2ZXmbovtvK...
More info placememory.net/affective-at...
Art Jinjoon Lee ©2025
Save the date: 18–19 Feb 2026, Civic House, Glasgow.
Affective Atmospheres — a two-day, in-person conference supported by the @triphilosophy.bsky.social
Talks, conversations and creative sessions with researchers and artists. Open to all. Speakers + registration soon.
Art: Jinjoon Lee ©2025
Affective Atmospheres — a two-day, in-person conference supported by the @triphilosophy.bsky.social
Talks, conversations and creative sessions with researchers and artists. Open to all. Speakers + registration soon.
Art: Jinjoon Lee ©2025
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Save the date: 18–19 Feb 2026, Civic House, Glasgow.
Affective Atmospheres — a two-day, in-person conference supported by the @triphilosophy.bsky.social
Talks, conversations and creative sessions with researchers and artists. Open to all. Speakers + registration soon.
Art: Jinjoon Lee ©2025
Affective Atmospheres — a two-day, in-person conference supported by the @triphilosophy.bsky.social
Talks, conversations and creative sessions with researchers and artists. Open to all. Speakers + registration soon.
Art: Jinjoon Lee ©2025
Our researchers @tmcasimiro.bsky.social and Paula Reavey are in London (E1,2,3) studying toilet graffiti. Sometimes our research projects get us to unconventional places
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Our researchers @tmcasimiro.bsky.social and Paula Reavey are in London (E1,2,3) studying toilet graffiti. Sometimes our research projects get us to unconventional places
A few days ago was the tenth anniversary of the November 13, 2015, Paris terrorist attacks.
We remember with compassion all those who lost their lives and those who continue to live with the impact of that day.
We invite our community to (re)discover Memory on My Doorstep by Sarah Gensburger
We remember with compassion all those who lost their lives and those who continue to live with the impact of that day.
We invite our community to (re)discover Memory on My Doorstep by Sarah Gensburger
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A few days ago was the tenth anniversary of the November 13, 2015, Paris terrorist attacks.
We remember with compassion all those who lost their lives and those who continue to live with the impact of that day.
We invite our community to (re)discover Memory on My Doorstep by Sarah Gensburger
We remember with compassion all those who lost their lives and those who continue to live with the impact of that day.
We invite our community to (re)discover Memory on My Doorstep by Sarah Gensburger
Work in Lismore continues with our researchers, Ruth Olden and @tmcasimiro.bsky.social sharing these amazing images
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Work in Lismore continues with our researchers, Ruth Olden and @tmcasimiro.bsky.social sharing these amazing images
Our researcher, Sofya Shahab, is currently in Iraq working on her project "Reconfiguring Heritage: Present Engagements with Communities' Pasts for Resilient Futures", unravelling the ways in which heritage is being reconfigured by young people in the Middle East.
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Our researcher, Sofya Shahab, is currently in Iraq working on her project "Reconfiguring Heritage: Present Engagements with Communities' Pasts for Resilient Futures", unravelling the ways in which heritage is being reconfigured by young people in the Middle East.
TODAY- Emily Keightley on Migrant Memory and Postcolonial Imagination. 16:00 UK, join in-person (Pathfoot D1) or online. Join us! mailchi.mp/stir/migrant...
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
TODAY- Emily Keightley on Migrant Memory and Postcolonial Imagination. 16:00 UK, join in-person (Pathfoot D1) or online. Join us! mailchi.mp/stir/migrant...
Our researchers @tmcasimiro.bsky.social and Ruth Olsen are in Lismore doing fieldwork about the social memory of Loch Belnagown
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our researchers @tmcasimiro.bsky.social and Ruth Olsen are in Lismore doing fieldwork about the social memory of Loch Belnagown
Professor Emily Keightley — Migrant Heritage and Postcolonial Imagination
📅 29 Oct 2025 • 4 pm (BST)
Join us in person or online 🔗 Register now tinyurl.com/EmilyKeightley
📅 29 Oct 2025 • 4 pm (BST)
Join us in person or online 🔗 Register now tinyurl.com/EmilyKeightley
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Professor Emily Keightley — Migrant Heritage and Postcolonial Imagination
📅 29 Oct 2025 • 4 pm (BST)
Join us in person or online 🔗 Register now tinyurl.com/EmilyKeightley
📅 29 Oct 2025 • 4 pm (BST)
Join us in person or online 🔗 Register now tinyurl.com/EmilyKeightley
🗣 Today 4 pm BST — hybrid talk Professor Emma Waterton — Migrant Heritage-Making in Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
📍 Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling + online
🔗 Join via Teams: bit.ly/EmmaWaterton...
📍 Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling + online
🔗 Join via Teams: bit.ly/EmmaWaterton...
October 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🗣 Today 4 pm BST — hybrid talk Professor Emma Waterton — Migrant Heritage-Making in Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
📍 Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling + online
🔗 Join via Teams: bit.ly/EmmaWaterton...
📍 Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling + online
🔗 Join via Teams: bit.ly/EmmaWaterton...
Last night in Marseille, Centre researcher Paul Max Morin helped launch Le Coffre-Fort de l’Empire — an information plaque inside UNIQLO revealing the building’s colonial past as a former bank funding the conquest of Algeria.
#ColonialLegacies #PlaceAndMemory
#ColonialLegacies #PlaceAndMemory
October 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Last night in Marseille, Centre researcher Paul Max Morin helped launch Le Coffre-Fort de l’Empire — an information plaque inside UNIQLO revealing the building’s colonial past as a former bank funding the conquest of Algeria.
#ColonialLegacies #PlaceAndMemory
#ColonialLegacies #PlaceAndMemory
Leverhulme International Professor Emma Waterton examines the small, often overlooked material traces of belonging itself. Join us 21 Oct, 16:00–17:30 for an afternoon seminar followed by drinks in Crush Hall. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Leverhulme International Professor Emma Waterton examines the small, often overlooked material traces of belonging itself. Join us 21 Oct, 16:00–17:30 for an afternoon seminar followed by drinks in Crush Hall. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
How we teach the past shapes the future. Centre researcher Paul Max Morin’s article on Algerian independence and historical memory has been chosen for France’s national history-teacher training curriculum — 125,000 copies across 3,700 high schools. #ResearchImpact link.camscanner.com/a4OMrL5Mgo
October 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
How we teach the past shapes the future. Centre researcher Paul Max Morin’s article on Algerian independence and historical memory has been chosen for France’s national history-teacher training curriculum — 125,000 copies across 3,700 high schools. #ResearchImpact link.camscanner.com/a4OMrL5Mgo
Meet our people @tmcasimiro.bsky.social is an archaeologist specialising in material culture, urban marginality, and the intersections of place and memory, community archaeology, waste and urban ecologies, the archaeology of abandonment, and non-human interactions in urban and non-urban spaces.
October 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Meet our people @tmcasimiro.bsky.social is an archaeologist specialising in material culture, urban marginality, and the intersections of place and memory, community archaeology, waste and urban ecologies, the archaeology of abandonment, and non-human interactions in urban and non-urban spaces.
Join us online at 16:00 BST for Professor Rob Wilson’s talk, “Norming Human Individuality,” part of the Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory Autumn 2025 seminar series.
Details and link: placememory.net/events-2/#Wi...
Details and link: placememory.net/events-2/#Wi...
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Join us online at 16:00 BST for Professor Rob Wilson’s talk, “Norming Human Individuality,” part of the Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory Autumn 2025 seminar series.
Details and link: placememory.net/events-2/#Wi...
Details and link: placememory.net/events-2/#Wi...
Tomorrow: Norming Human Individuality with Professor Rob Wilson (16:00–17:30 BST, D1 Pathfoot & online).
Register now → forms.gle/kfZ5W4SZr5L7...
#Philosophy #CognitiveScience #PlaceMemory
Register now → forms.gle/kfZ5W4SZr5L7...
#Philosophy #CognitiveScience #PlaceMemory
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tomorrow: Norming Human Individuality with Professor Rob Wilson (16:00–17:30 BST, D1 Pathfoot & online).
Register now → forms.gle/kfZ5W4SZr5L7...
#Philosophy #CognitiveScience #PlaceMemory
Register now → forms.gle/kfZ5W4SZr5L7...
#Philosophy #CognitiveScience #PlaceMemory