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Co-edited volume on 'Politics and Culture in Germany and Austria Today' published
Dr Katya Krylova, together with colleagues at the universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews and Oxford, has co-edited volume 14 of the Edinburgh German Yearbook on the topic of 'Politics and Culture in Germany and Austria Today'.
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Dr Colin Milton
Dr Colin Milton (21 August 1943– 5 May 2021) We are sad to report that Colin Milton, the Associate Director of the Elphinstone Institute and former Senior Lecturer in the English Department, has died. An Aberdonian, a pupil of Robert Gordon’s College and an alumnus with a first-class degree, Colin was...
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Covid test kits available from University of Aberdeen
Members of the public who don't have easy access to a Covid-19 test centre will be able to pick up free Lateral Flow Device (LFD) test kits from the University of Aberdeen Test Centre from next week (Monday, May 24).
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Careers in the Music Industry - Interview with Tobias Wolf Published in Book
As one of the 14 music experts interviewed for a book about career paths in music by German author Dirk Geest, conductor and composer Tobias Patrick Wolf who is undertaking studies for a doctoral degree in Music at the University of Aberdeen, speaks about his work as a musician. He...
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Guest Editor for Special Issue of Sustainability
Dr Vincent Greenier and Professor Lawrence Jun Zhang (University of Auckland) will be Guest Editors for a Special Issue of Sustainability that will focus on "Applied Linguistics and Language Education for Sustainable Development." The Special Issue will appear in early 2022.
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Two Aberdeen Linguists interviewed for the Rosetta Stone More Than Words Podcast
Dr Tania Fahey Palma and Dr Will Barras have both featured on the Rosetta Stone More Than Words podcast
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4th year Film & Visual Culture student creates Performance Art project on Instagram
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BA Mid-Career Fellowship news
Frances Wilkins, lecturer in ethnomusicology at the Elphinstone Institute, was recently awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for her project, Seinn Coisrigte anns a' Ghàidhealtachd an Iar agus 'sna h-Eileanan Siar - Sacred Singing in the West Highlands and Western Isles.
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Student success at Austrian Literature Competition "writeAUT"
The German Department would like to share the success of one of their students at a recent Austrian Literature Competition "writeAUT"
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Gaelic drama book by Aberdeen Gaelic academic featured on BBC news
Prof. Michelle Macleod's new book Dràma na Gàidhlig Ceud Bliadhna air an Àrd-ùrlar / A Century of Gaelic Drama, published in April by the Association for Scottish Literary Studies, has been featured on the BBC Gaelic news programme An La and has prompted two one hour radio shows dedicated to...
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Dr Vincent Greenier - Recent Publication
Congratulations to Vincent Greenier on his recent publication, Interlanguage pragmatic learning strategies (IPLS) as predictors of L2 speech act knowledge: A case of Iranian EFL learners. The publication can be found using the reference below: Derakhshan, A., Malmir, A., & Greenier, V. Interlanguage pragmatic learning strategies (IPLS) as predictors of L2 speech...
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Will Barras interviewed for Guardian article
Will Barras was interviewed for an article in The Guardian about the ABRDN rebranding, alongside Linguists from across the UK.