Event Archive

2020

November

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  FOSS - Green Recovery in the North East of Scotland - A Just Transition?

  10 November 2020, 16:30 - 17:30

  This event is a part of the Festival of Social Science 2020 Programme (FOSS)

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  Writing Fiction with Alan Warner

  10 November 2020, 13:00 - 14:30

  Join our creative writing workshop with Scottish novelist and Senior Lecturer Alan Warner on Tuesday 10 November from 1pm-2.30pm (GMT). Explore and share your creative writing by submitting small excerpts of your work to Alan, which can then be explored together during a very informal live, online session. We will look...

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  Matthew Whiteside

  09 November 2020, 17:00 - 18:00

  The night with...

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  Introduction to Offshore Decommissioning

  09 November 2020

  Online Course

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  Women, Witches and Aberdeen: How Profiling Worked in the Past

  04 November 2020, 16:00 - 17:15

  *Please also note that this event takes place on Wednesday 04 November, not on a Thursday as was incorrectly advertised previously* Join Professor Bill Naphy as he explores the history of Witchcraft in Aberdeen and looks at how women were profiled and subsequently identified as witches. In the first 6 months of 1597, Aberdeen...

October

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  In conversation with Professor Christopher Jackson (Part of our Black History Month programme)

  30 October 2020, 16:30 - 17:30

  Professor Christopher Jackson is an academic, adventurer and the first black scientist to give the prestigious Royal Institute Christmas Lecture. Join him to discover more about his life, work and the barriers that still exist within STEM careers.

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  Cool, Calm and Collecting: Thomas Reid Collecting Prize 2021 Launch

  29 October 2020, 19:00 - 20:00

  Calling all student collectors! Join us for a special collectors' get-together, featuring a relaxed and fun discussion on the joy of collecting, with inspiration from our guest collectors, and previous recipients of the Thomas Reid Collecting Prize.

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  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Music, Life, Legacy (Part of our Black History Month programme)

  29 October 2020, 18:00 - 19:30

  Focusing on the celebrated composer and political activist Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) this event will consider the lack of diversity in classical music.

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  Dr Tara Wilson - Centre for Russian Music - Goldsmiths

  29 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:30

  Repetition in a Cold Climate: Russian Minimalist Music as Identity and Discourse

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  A Discussion: Underrepresentation of Black and Ethnic Minority Women in Scottish Politics (Part of our Black History Month programme)

  28 October 2020, 17:00 - 18:00

  Learn more about the impact of the underrepresentation of Black and Ethnic Minority women and discover some of the possible solutions.