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Bill Celebrates Retirement with Prize for History Students
After 28 and a half years at the University, Bill Naphy, Professor of Early Modern History, is embarking on a new chapter of his life and, in celebration of his time at Aberdeen, has made a generous gift to establish the Hector Boece Prize for Best Performance in History. This...
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Two contributions to a new book on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Multicultural Commonwealth: Poland-Lithuania and Its Afterlives, ed. Stanley Simon Bill and Simon Lewis
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Masters prize winner announced!
Aberdeen student wins a dissertation award.
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Another successful visit to The Burn, March 2024
Scholarly debate, enhanced by blue skies, breath-taking walks around a wooded estate, delicious food, and conviviality over a glass of whisky – what more could one ask for in a weekend? Forty postgraduate students and faculty of the University of Aberdeen’s School of Divinity, History, Philosophy, and Art History (DHPA)...
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Professor Tom Weber's Discoveries Provide New Insights Into Nazi Radicalisation
A University of Aberdeen historian has gained new testimony which sheds light on Hitler’s time as a struggling artist in Munich and uncovered previously unseen letters which provide insights into the psyche of a Nazi SS leader. Read more.
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Scottish Research Book of the Year 2023!
Warmest congratulations to Professor Ralph O'Connor who, with his co-author Michael Taylor, won the Saltire Society’s National Book Award for the Scottish Research Book of the Year 2023, for their edition of Hugh Miller's The Old Red Sandstone.
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PGT student Erin Benton won the Margaret Orme Prize from the Viking Society for Northern Research
Erin Benton, part of the 2021-22 MLitt Scandinavian Studies cohort, has been awarded the prestigious Margaret Orme prize for postgraduate Old Norse studies by the Viking Society for Northern Research. Founded in 1892, the Viking Society for Northern Research is the world’s leading scholarly organization dedicated to the study of...
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Thomas Weber comments on Canadian TV on Boris Johnson surviving a vote of no confidence
Thomas Weber comments on Canadian TV on Boris Johnson surviving a vote of no confidence. Tomas writes 'I was asked to provide live analysis of the outcome of yesterday's no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson, right after the vote's results had been announced. I explained why the outcome constituted an arithmetic win...
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Op-Ed for CNN on how to rebuild the Free World
Ulrich Schlie's and Thomas Weber's Op-Ed for CNN is about why now is the time to rebuild the Free World. A revived transatlantic alliance & 'Partnership in Leadership' that beyond the immediate crisis must emerge. We lay how we can get there https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/05/opinions/us-and-germany-partnership-in-leadership-schlie-weber/index.html
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Residential Postgraduate Training Weekend at The Burn, Edzell
Below includes images and 2 student reports from this weekends event.