Event Archive

2021

October

• Theological Ethics Research Seminar

  04 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00

  Christian Ethics as Prophecy in Turbulent Times

September

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  Practical Theology Research Seminar

  29 September - 08 December 2021

  The theme for the Practical Theology Research Seminar this year is embodiment, and our meetings will take place on alternate Wednesdays, 4.00-6.00pm (UK time), beginning on 29th September. Please see the attached poster for full details.  This term we will meet on MS Teams. For access to our virtual meeting space, please...

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  Biblical Studies Research Seminar

  29 September - 08 December 2021

  The autumn 2021 Biblical Studies Research Seminar series will meet on Wednesdays, 15:30–17:00. Please see the attached schedule for all details. This seminar brings together researchers in Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, and New Testament. Our schedule includes invited papers and a series of discussions around readings that...

• Theological Ethics Research Seminar

  27 September 2021, 15:00 - 17:00

  Christian Ethics as Prophecy in Turbulent Times

May

• Online Philosophy Research Seminar (one day)

  28 May 2021, 09:00 - 17:00

  Taking Nothing for Granted: Presuppositions and the Methodology of European Philosophy

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  Friendship House Music and Stories

  12 May 2021, 15:30 - 16:30

  Friendship House is pleased to announce a virtual event on 12 May from 15:30-16:30 featuring Professors John Swinton and Grant Macaskill alongside Fiona Kennedy OBE, each sharing stories and memories linked to music. The goal is to help students and community members alike combat the loneliness which has taken hold...

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  Material Matters: Jacobite Material Culture

  04 May 2021, 16:00 - 17:30

  A conversation with Professor Viccy Coltman (Edinburgh) and Professor Daniel Szechi (Manchester)

April

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  Art History Department Spring 2021 Research Seminar Series

  28 April 2021, 16:30 - 17:45

  Recursive Histories and American Physiognomies: Revisiting Walker Evans's American Photographs Stephanie Schwartz (UCL) This event will be hosted by Zoom; please email simon.constantine@abdn.ac.uk for joining instructions. 

March

• 'Viking' Humour: Mini Lecture by Dr Hannah Burrows

  26 March 2021, 15:00 - 16:30

  Do we share a sense of humour with Vikings? Join Dr Hannah Burrows for mini lecture on Friday 26 March at 15:00 GMT to discover what might have made the Vikings laugh, and what was considered a serious matter in medieval Scandinavia. She will explore what puns, jokes, insults, and...

• Philosophy Visiting Speaker Series

  24 March 2021, 15:00 - 16:30

  Karim Thebault (Bristol) ‘Universal Reasoning’ Abstract: The general form of inference whereby we justify a novel mode of inductive reasoning by appeal to coherence with one or more distinct modes of inductive reasoning might reasonably be described as inductive triangulation. Consider, for example, the following inference: the properties of observed spatially distant electrons resemble...