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Professor Peter Davidson offers a special opportunity to examine an unusual aspect of Jacobite history in relation to architecture and aesthetics.
This public talk represents a special opportunity to examine an unusual aspect of Jacobite history in relation to architecture and aesthetics. Professor Peter Davidson offers a contrasting study of the imaginary architectural projects which the Jacobite Earl of Mar drew in exile after 1715, and the imaginary architectures invented by the Chearnley Cirle at Birr Castle in Ireland during the anxious winter of 1745.
This event is part of a series of fascinating and engaging activities that accompanies the inaugural exhibition at the University’s impressive new Library, Rebels with a Cause: The Jacobites and the Global Imagination.
Rebels with a Cause: The Jacobites & The Global Imagination is the title of the inaugural exhibtion at the new Library at the University of Aberdeen. The exhibition displays treasures from the University’s rare book, archive and museum collections to explore and challenge traditional assumptions about the Jacobites.
- Speaker
- Professor Peter Davidson, Chair in Renaissance Studies, History and History of Art, University of Aberdeen
- Hosted by
- Library, Special Collections and Museums
- Venue
- Special Collections Centre (Lower Ground Floor), University Library, University of Aberdeen, Bedford Road, AB24 3AA
- Contact
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All events are free of charge, though reservation is advised.
For more information or to reserve a space, please contact
Scott Byrne, Exhibitions & Public Programming Officer at
scc.events@abdn.ac.uk