Event Archive

2024

October

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  Rainbow Paths to the Granite City

  17 October 2024, 18:30 - 20:00

  Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series

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  Film Screening: King for A Day (2022)

  03 October 2024, 18:30 - 20:30

  Ethnographic Film Series

September

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  Fiddle Bus Outing

  28 September 2024, 09:30 - 17:00

  Hosted by the Friends of the Elphinstone Institute

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  Toulmin Prize Event 2024

  27 September 2024, 15:00 - 15:45

  The prizewinning story will be announced at the WayWORD Festival, in the Main Hall, King's Pavilion, University of Aberdeen, AB24 3FX, on Friday 27 September 2024 at 3:00pm. The winner will receive a £500 prize, and the story will be read aloud by well-known North-East writer, Sheena Blackhall.

July

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  The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie

  26 - 28 July 2024

  A celebration of the singing traditions of Scotland, England, and Ireland in memory of Tom Reid (1929-2003), and Anne Reid (1939-2006)

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  Collectomania! Folk Song and Music Collectors and their Worlds

  20 - 21 July 2024

  Conference

May

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  Book Launch: Whudderin Heichts

  22 May 2024, 18:00 - 19:00

  A Doric Owersettin o Wuthering Heights by Sheena Blackhall and Linda Smith

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  The Granite Men: 1730-1914

  16 May 2024, 18:30 - 20:00

  The history of the granite industry in Aberdeen from the Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series 2024

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  Hałat Duo - A Polish Contemporary Music Journey

  02 May 2024, 18:30 - 23:55

  Presented by the Elphinstone Institute and Polish Association Aberdeen

March

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  Ethnology and Folklore Masters - Information Session (Online)

  27 March 2024, 18:30 - 19:30

  Learn about studying at the Elphinstone Institute