Event Archive

2024

June

• Scottish Society for Northern Studies Conference

  26 - 28 June 2024

  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.

February

• Nordic Literatures Read-Aloud - with a North-East Scotland twist!

  29 February 2024, 18:30 - 19:30

  The Centre for Scandinavian Studies and the Swedish department are co-hosting a Nordic Literature Read-Aloud - with a North-East Scotland twist! We will hear about Astrid Lindgren's much-loved character Emil and his adventures in the early 20th century Swedish countryside, when Emil invites the whole poorhouse to a party and...

2023

October

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  Belgian Battlefields Tour

  14 October 2023, 09:00 - 10:00

  Organised by our Brussels Alumni Chapter, we would like to invite alumni to join our day trip on Saturday 14 October to explore World War One Belgian battlefields, monuments and museums alongside University of Aberdeen Professor and Historian Tom Weber. Professor Weber has written a number of best-selling and critically acclaimed...

April

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  CHPSTM on-line Research Seminar: Donald Gray (University of Aberdeen)

  26 April 2023, 11:00 - 12:00

  J W Goethe - The Scientist

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...

2021

December

• Virtual Event - Viking and Medieval Nordic Studies

  08 December 2021, 15:00 - 16:00

  Interested in exploring the history and culture of the Viking and Medieval Scandinavian world? Join our virtual seminar with Dr Hannah Burrows to learn about our specialist postgraduate degree in Viking and Medieval Nordic Studies.   Register Now. https://gck.fm/ovarx

November

• Marischal College in its Global & International Context, c. 1600-1860

  26 November 2021, 12:00 - 13:00

  Professor William Naphy will discuss the global and institutional history of Marischal College from its founding to the union of 1860. Open to students and offer holders. Online Event.

• 'Women's' and 'Men's' Sports Categories: Are They Ethically Justified?

  11 November 2021, 16:00 - 17:15

  In this talk Dr Federico Luzzi will examine some of the moral issues arising from sex segregation in athletic competitions. Open to students and offer holders. Online Event.

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...