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Prestigious Fellowship to explore a 'window onto the eclectic philosophical cultures of antiquity'
A University of Aberdeen biblical scholar has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship to reevaluate the significance of the "biblical pseudepigrapha" as witnesses to philosophical cultures through antiquity.
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Funding success for Art History Postgraduate Michael Partington
Michael Partington has been awarded a highly competitive Research Support Grant by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, for his work on the seventeenth-century publisher and entrepreneur John Ogilby. This award will enable Michael to undertake essential archival research at libraries and print collections in London, Windsor,...
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Theo raring to go in new job with University of Aberdeen after Master's graduation
After completing his undergraduate studies and now his Master's degree at the University of Aberdeen, Theo Williamson is excited to leave student life behind - and join the University as a staff member.
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Angie Mutch - a Woman of the Year 2024!
Angie Mutch, who is currently in her third year of training to become a deacon at the Church of Scotland, has been recognised as one of the Women of the Year 2024. Women of the Year is a non-profit organisation created by Tony Lothian in the 1950s. Each year, it holds a celebratory...
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History faculty and alumni publish articles on Race and Racism in Scotland
Dr Bradford Bow, Dr Richard Anderson, and alumnus Dr Matthew Lee (Ph.D., History) have contributed articles to a cross-journal special feature on Race and Racism in Scotland published by Edinburgh University Press . See their articles in the latest volumes of the Journal of Scottish Philosophy and Northern Scotland: https://euppublishing.com/cjsf/race-and-racism-in-scotland.
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Meet the Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies
Getting to Know - Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies
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Workshop highlights how to turn humanities subjects into rewarding careers
Senior school pupils across the north of Scotland are being offered the chance to see how their social subjects and humanities classes translate into careers, with help from the University of Aberdeen.
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Talking TEDxAberdeen with Dr Jennifer Riley
On 16 November, Dr Jennifer Riley from the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History, will give a talk at TEDxAberdeen on 'grave goods' - the objects and items placed alongside the dead during burial or cremation. We caught up with Jennie to find out more about her talk and how she's...
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Sharing the stories and lessons of witch-hunting in Scotland
The University of Aberdeen is introducing people around the world to the history of witch-hunting and the witch trials in Scotland.
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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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