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2013
June
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Second Sight and Prophecy conference
-This interdisciplinary conference welcomes participants from a range of academic disciplines including history, folklore, anthropology, divinity and sociology whose research interests cover a wide range of topics exploring varying methods used by different cultures (both now and in the past) to look into the future and the rationale for so...
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Cafe Sci- Piper Alpha: Learning the Lessons
25 years on from Piper Alpha, the scars remain. Come and discuss how we can learn from such events and how safety priorities have evolved since.
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The Aberdeen Coder Dojo
-The after school club for kids wanting to learn to code, and meet other kids like this too.
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Medieval heritage in twentieth-century Norway: Ideologies, conflicts, practices
-Dr Kristin Aavitsland will speak on her biography of one of Gerard Fischer's forerunners: Harry Fett (1875-1962), a prolific researcher on Norwegian medieval art and national antiquarian from 1913 to 1946.
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Cafe Sci (Aberdeenshire): Why should youngsters leave home one day?
What can lonely-heart water voles teach us about family rivalry? Join us at our final session for an intriguing discussion of the science behind the evolution of inter-family behaviour and the lessons we are learning from the animal kingdom.
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Cafe Philosophique- What can paradoxes teach us?
A village barber shaves every villager who doesn’t shave himself. Does he shave himself? Whether you say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ you’ll be in trouble - as philosophers looking at such puzzles will tell you.
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Documenting Culture - Documenting Difference
-This talk is presented as part of the current exhibition at the Sir Duncan Rice Library.
May
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From Diaz to Diamonds
Join the Friends of the Cruickshank Botanic Garden as they invite Timothy Walker to give the Noel Pritchard Memorial Lecture
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The Literature of Travel and Exploration: The Work of the Hakluyt Society
-This talk is presented as part of the current exhibition at the Sir Duncan Rice Library, Wanderlust: Travel Journals and Explorers' Notes.The exhibition features vivid writing contained in some of the travel journals and explorers' notebooks held with the University's Special Collections.
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A Dyce in Singapore
This talk is presented as part of the current exhibition at the Sir Duncan Rice Library, Wanderlust: Travel Journals and Explorers' Notes.The exhibition features vivid writing contained in some of the travel journals and explorers' notebooks held with the University's Special Collections.