Event Archive

2015

October

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  Meet the Expert: 500 Years of Physics at Aberdeen

  15 October 2015, 19:00 - 20:30

  A free event exploring the history of physics in the Granite City

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  Does Black History Month educate individuals or appease racism?

  15 October 2015, 19:00 - 20:30

  Aberdeen Debater - in partnership with University of Aberdeen African Caribbean Society - presents a special debate to celebrate Black History Month

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  The Folk an' the Lan' - The Lan' an' the Folk: The Bennachie Landscapes Project

  14 October 2015, 18:00 - 19:00

  Find out about the fascinating history of Bennachie on Wednesday 14th October.

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  Director's Cut with K.P. Jayasankar and Anjali Monteiro: Filmmaking in India

  14 October 2015, 18:00 - 20:00

  Professor J.K. Jayasankar and Professor Anjali Monteiro have created some of the most innovative and beautiful documentaries in the history of Indian filmmaking.

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  And Bears, Oh My!

  14 October 2015, 13:00 - 16:00

  Family Fun at the Library. Suitable for families with children aged 3-10 but all welcome

• A War of Words: Propaganda in the wars of the Rough Wooings

  13 October 2015, 19:30 - 21:00

  Between 1543 and 1550 England and Scotland were at war. Both sides, however, used the pen as well as the sword, and the war of words which ensued was given a particularly fierce edge as whilst Scotland remained Catholic England had embraced Protestantism. This lecture will explore propaganda produced by...

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  Peter Schneider reads from 'Berlin Now'

  13 October 2015, 12:00 - 13:00

  The eminent German writer, Peter Schneider, will visit the University of Aberdeen and read from his book Berlin Now.

• Ethnographic Film Series: Beautiful Dachau

  06 October 2015, 19:30 - 21:30

  Elphinstone Institute Ethnographic Film Series

• Excavating MacGregor: re-connecting a colonial museum collection

  06 October 2015, 19:30 - 21:00

  Sensing the impacts of colonisation, the first Administrator of British New Guinea William MacGregor, made a significant collection of objects between 1888 and 1898, predominantly for its future citizens. This comprehensive legacy of 13000 objects did not remain in the colony but was dispersed to three Australian and six overseas...

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  Active Galactic Nuclei: feeding the monster

  05 October 2015, 19:00 - 21:00

  A gentle introduction to the subject how AGN have contributed to our understanding of the Universe.