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The Aberdeen Humanities Fund and the Special Collections Centre celebrate the Friends of Aberdeen University Library's 50th Anniversary with a selection of short talks by University of Aberdeen academics about research based on materials in our collections
All are welcome to this celebration, in honour of the Friends of Aberdeen University Library, which also marks the launch of the Aberdeen Humanities Fund, an initiative to advance a creative research culture in the humanities at Aberdeen, and one which enhances the cultural life of the University, the city, and the surrounding region.
PROGRAMME:
14.30-14.40 Arrival
14.40 Welcome: Jackson Armstrong
14.45 Chair: Graham Hunter
14.50 Adelyn Wilson (Law) The Practicks of Alexander Spalding of Aberdeen - MS 558
15.00 Gordon Noble (Archaeology) Assessing the Origins of Kingdoms: Using University Museum Resources in Northeast Scotland - ABDUA 39613 The Eagle Stone
15.10 Isabella Jackson (History) Discovering an Opium War Diary: Exploring the Library's Special Collections as a New Arrival at the University - MS 3004/V410
15.20 Ed Jones (Music) Exploring the Arctic Elegy: A brief introduction to a major choral work about the suffering and loss of exploration - MS 3470/27/177 Arctic America
15.40 Q&A
16.00-16.15 Closing remarks: Michael Brown
- Venue
- Special Collections Centre Seminar Room
- Contact
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Dr Jackson Armstrong