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Heritage app project wins Inform Prize 2024
The Inform prize 2024 was awarded to the project "Aberdeen Uncovered", developed by Calvin Earshaw, Ignatious George, Dylan Moeller and Katie Campbell. The project was initiated by Dr Hans Hönes (Art History), who has worked with the student team over the last academic year to design a new webapp for...
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Project launched to investigate the impact of race and class in UK religious studies and theology
Professor David Clough from the Department of Divinity is one of three Co-Convenors of a new research project based at the University of Aberdeen that aims to provide an institutional platform for monitoring and challenging ways in which the disciplines of Religious Studies and Theology in UK Higher Education operate to...
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Dr Jennifer Riley to Speak at TEDxAberdeen 2024
We are pleased to announce that Dr Jennifer Riley, Research Fellow in the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History at the University of Aberdeen, will be one of the distinguished speakers at TEDxAberdeen 2024. Selected from nearly 100 candidates, Jennie will talk on 16 November at the Music...
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Aberdeen rises to highest university ranking
The University of Aberdeen has achieved its highest ever UK position in one of the country's most prestigious university league tables.
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Aberdeen retains 12th place ranking in Guardian University Guide
The latest Guardian University Guide has reaffirmed that the University of Aberdeen is amongst the top ranked universities in the UK.
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Arctic Art History: A Research Assistant's Experience
Williams College/Clark Art Institute graduate student Nora Høegh has made some fascinating discoveries undertaking archival work to assist DHPA's Interdisciplinary Research Fellow Dr Isabelle Gapp.
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Robert Frost awarded £67,500 by the Ukrainian History Global Initiative (UHGI)
Professor Robert Frost has been awarded £67,500 by the Ukrainian History Global Initiative (UHGI) to join around 90 scholars invited to contribute to this three-year project. The award will enable replacement of Robert’s teaching duties for the academic year 2024-25. The UHGI is an international charity, registered in the UK, whose aim...
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Aberdeen historian appointed as SGSAH Deputy Director
The University of Aberdeen's Dr Andrew Dilley has been appointed as the new Deputy Director of the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH).
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PhD Dissertation Prize for Dr Ellen Packham
Dr Ellen Packham’s PhD dissertation has won The Sally Mitchell Prize 2024, from the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals. Ellen’s dissertation, “Literary Constructions: British Engineers and their Journals, c. 1760 – c. 1860”, was supervised by Dr Ben Marsden and Professor Ralph O’Connor. The announcement from the Society may be found...
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Cecilia Brioni awarded the 2023 AAIS Book Prize
Cecilia Brioni has been awarded the 2023 AAIS Book Prize, for First Book, from the American Association for Italian Studies. This recognizes Cecilia’s Fashioning Italian youth. Young people's identity and style in Italian popular culture, 1958-75 (2023). The award was made last week at the AAIS Conference.