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2008
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Painting, Politics and Propaganda: French Connections in Irish Art
Dr Maebh O'Regan (National College of Art and Design, Ireland) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
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William Robertson Smith Conference
-Papers: 4.15pmWilliam Robertson Smith: Social Scientist or Theologian? Professor Robert Segal (University of Aberdeen)Robert A. Segal is Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen. He writes on theories of myth and on theories of religion. His publications include: Myth: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004), and the Blackwell Companion to...
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Felled Trees - Fallen Soldiers
Professor Gustav Klaus (Rostock University) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 1.00 p.m. Further information from Professor Cairns Craig, on 01224 273681 or email cairns.craig@abdn.ac.uk
November
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Scottish Poetry After Burns
Dr Gerry Carruthers (University of Glasgow) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Professor Cairns Craig, on 01224 273681 or email cairns.craig@abdn.ac.uk Dr Carruthers was editor, with Alan Rawes, of English Romanticism and the Celtic World (2003), and, with David Goldie and Alastair Renfrew of Beyond Scotland: new contexts...
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Irish-Scottish Forum: In the National Interest? Culture and Economy in Ireland and Scotland
-On Friday 16 November, and Saturday 17 November, the AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen will host a meeting of the Irish-Scottish Forum, which brings academics, policy makers and business leaders together to discuss issues of joint concern in Ireland and Scotland. In 2007-08, the...
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The Ghost of Former Days: John Gamble (1771- 1831), uniting and the act of union
Dr Breandain MacSuibhne (Notre Dame) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk Dr MacSuibhne is Naughton Publication Coordinator for the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, editor of The Field Day Review and co-editor (with David Dickson) of The Outer...
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Medbh McGuckian Event
-Medbh McGuckian and the Politics of Minority Discourse Dr Richard Kirkland (King’s College London) The Old Senate Room, Mon 5 November, 5-7 p.m. Further information from Dr Shane Alcobia-Murphy, on 01224 272630 or email sam@abdn.ac.uk Dr Kirkland is a senior lecturer in English at King’s College London. He...
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Engels and the History of Ireland
Professor Willy Maley (University of Glasgow) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Professor Cairns Craig, on 01224 273681 or email cairns.craig@abdn.ac.uk Professor Maley is Professor of Renaissance Studies and author of A Spenser Chronology (1994), Salvaging Spenser: Colonialism, Culture and Identity (1997), and Nation, State and Empire...