Event Archive

2016

November

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  Talk: THE SECRET ART OF FORE-EDGE PAINTING

  26 November 2016, 16:00 - 17:00

  Don't miss a fascinating and entertaining talk by Martin Frost on the book art known as fore-edge painting on Saturday 26th November, 4-5pm in the Special Collections Seminar Room in The Sir Duncan Rice Library.

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  Collections Close-up: Curators' Favourites

  26 November 2016, 14:00 - 15:30

  Get up close and personal with the treasures of the Special Collections Centre.

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  Scriptorium: Gothic creative writing workshop

  26 November 2016, 09:30 - 12:30

  Develop your creative writing skills with this free workshop on writing Gothic fiction

• 'Dark ingredients' : M. R. James and Gothic Bloodlines at Aberdeen

  24 November 2016, 18:00 - 19:00

  Aberdeen University Library is rich in Gothic literature, from classics by Clara Reeve and Mary Shelley to M. R. James's celebrated ghost stories. This illustrated lecture examines how this came to be so, alongside consideration as to what 'Gothic' actually means, before discussing one of the best-known of James's spine-chillers.

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  Bookbinding Workshop and Talk

  22 November 2016, 18:00 - 20:00

  Learn some elementary bookbinding skills and discover the historic rare book bindings in the Special Collections

• Ötzi the iceman - 25 years on

  15 November 2016, 19:30 - 20:30

  Evening Lecture in association with University of Aberdeen Museums and Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

• Exhibition: COVER STORIES - What bindings say about books

  11 November 2016 - 28 May 2017

  A book cover can tell its own story. During the early history of book production, the manner in which a book was bound was unique. Each hand-crafted binding reveals information about the individuals who owned books, their social status, professions and how they valued the texts within. The type of...

• People and Water in Neolithic Orkney

  01 November 2016, 19:30 - 20:30

  Evening lecture in association with University of Aberdeen Museums

October

• Exhibition: Being and Becoming

  31 October 2016 - 15 March 2017

  Exhibition in MacRobert ArtSpace

• The Aberdeen Bestiary: made in Bridlington?

  27 October 2016, 18:00 - 19:00

  The new Aberdeen Bestiary website, with images of startling clarity, prompts a new enquiry into the source of the manuscript. Can tiny clues within the book point towards its place of production? Why suggest Bridlington Priory? The lecture examines shreds of evidence within the manuscript, and the overwhelming interest in...