Event Archive

2023

January

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  George Coghill - Donald MacCrimmon MacKay: Scientist and (accidental) Philosopher

  25 January 2023, 11:00 - 12:00

  Donald MacCrimmon MacKay (1922 - 1987) was an early pioneer in both Information Theory and Artificial Intelligence, who gradually moved into neuroscience. As a scientist he made significant contributions to each of these fields of specialisation, winning several fellowships and awards.   He was first and foremost a scientist. However, some of...

2022

October

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  Northern Networks, Aberdeen: Astronomical and Medical Knowledge from the Baltic to East Central Europe, 1550-1750

  28 - 29 October 2022

  The Centre for Early Modern Studies is happy to delighted to announce a workshop on 28-29 October 2022, supported by the AHRC Research Networking Scheme brought to Aberdeen by Cassie Gorman (Anglia Ruskin University) and Stefano Gulizia (University of Milan and the Polish Institute of Advanced Studies, Warsaw), in cooperation...

September

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  Natural Law, Religious Conflict, and the problem of War and Peace in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe

  30 September - 01 October 2022

  The shattering of the unity of Latin Christendom in the sixteenth century called into question the natural law tradition that had been developed within the Catholic tradition, most notably by Thomas Aquinas. Religious division brought challenges at home and in international relations to which there were no easy answers. One...

May

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  Royal Institute of Philosophy - 9th Annual Philosophy Public Lecture

  19 May 2022, 20:00 - 21:30

  Dr John Danaher (NUI Galway) will deliver the Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Public Lecture, entitled 'Will the Rise of Artificial Intelligence Change Our Moral Culture?'

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  The Art History Research Seminar

  04 May 2022, 16:30 - 18:00

  'How to Hold Onto A Hurricane' with Professor Hannah Ryan (St Olaf College)

March

• Arctic Periods: Transnational Knowledge about Menstrual History & Wellbeing

  18 March 2022, 15:00 - 18:00

  Workshop discussing work in progress from the Arctic Period research group and guest speakers from the Arctic region.

February

• Towards a History of Compromise: Comparing Political Unions in the British-Irish Isles and Poland-Lithuania

  25 February 2022, 17:00 - 20:00

  Professor Robert Frost (History) is delivering the annual British Academy Raleigh Lecture on History at Queen's University Belfast. The lecture will be live streamed.

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  The Art History Research Seminar

  16 February 2022, 17:00 - 18:30

  'Architectural drawings in context: the collection of Robert and James Adam' with Dr Frances Sands (Sir John Soane's Museum, London)

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  George Washington Wilson Centre for Art and Visual Culture Research Seminar (co-organised with the Art History Research Seminar)

  09 February 2022, 13:00 - 14:00

  'Miss Tampon Liberty: Jay Critchley and the 'Enviromenstrual' Art Movement, 1970-2020' with Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik (Art History, University of Aberdeen)

• Research Seminar by Camilla Mork Rostvik (Aberdeen, Art History): Miss Tampon Liberty. Jay Critchley and the 'Environmenstrual' Art Movement 1970-2020 (co-organised with the Art History Research Seminar)

  09 February 2022

  In the 1980s, when menstruaton was generally considered taboo, artist Jay Critchley made art out of discarded plastic tampon applicators washed up and collected on local beaches. With no idea what the items were used for, Critchley could not have known that his curiosity would lead to a decades-long quest...