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2024
September
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CEMS research seminar: Khrystyna Baziuk
-"Beyond the Emigrant: The Story of the Turner Family in Aberdeenshire" K. Baziuk is a doctoral researcher from the Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the I. Krypyakevych National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv where she works at the Medieval History Department.
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Practical Theology Research Seminar: Analysing Qualitative Data
-Qualitative researchers are famously bad at explaining how they analyse data. We’re going to revisit Braun and Clarke’s classic paper and explore what those mysterious ‘thematic analysis principles’ actually mean in practice. Encouraged reading: Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke (2006) Using thematic analysis in psychology, Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3:2, 77-101,...
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Philosophy Colloquium: Dr Michael Diamond-Hunter
-"On Ameliorative and Descriptive Metaphysics of Race" In recent philosophical discussions regarding socially important concepts like race and gender, there have been arguments advanced for ameliorative projects that address the ways in which these concepts can be changed for purposes of justice. However, the literature that discusses an ameliorative approach to race...
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CEMS research seminar: Khrystyna Baziuk
‘Beyond the Emigrant: The Story of the Turner Family in Aberdeenshire’ K. Baziuk is a doctoral researcher from the Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the I. Krypyakevych National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv where she works at the Medieval History Department.
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Doors Open Day: Aberdeen in Africa, Africa in Aberdeen
-Drop-in to the Library to see a selection of items from the African collections, to hear about the origins of African objects in Western Museums and to celebrating the craft, skill, and beauty of items produced by African artists and craftspeople. This pop-up “show and tell” session is the result...
June
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Centre for Knowledge and Society (CEKAS) Workshop - 'Ambition, Social Recognition and Prestige'
-This workshop explores ethical and epistemic problems connected to ambition and related ideas, such as social recognition, prestige, target-setting, achievement and the meaningfulness of life. Ambition is an underexplored philosophical topic: yet arguably, the most significant achievements of humanity (e.g. space exploration, the elimination of smallpox) were strongly driven by...
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Scottish Society for Northern Studies Conference
-The Scottish Society for Northern Studies will hold its annual conference in Aberdeen 26-28 June. Speakers from DHPA, LLMVC and Geosciences will feature alongside external colleagues and creative writing and music events. Day-rates as well as full residential packages are available. Please see https://www.ssns.org.uk/events/aberdeen2024/ for more details and to register.
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Centre for Autism and Theology Webinar
-Webinar: 'Kinship in the Household of God' What: Cynthia Tam will explore the concept of belonging to a church community from the perspective of autistic people who are not using speech or language as their primary means of communication. Cynthia will describe a participatory action research project in which she explored...