Event Archive

2021

March

• 3rd March: 'Itching ears: Desire for news in the 1620s'

  03 March 2021, 13:00 - 14:00

  Wed 3rd March  If you wish to attend the seminar please register here. Dr Kirsty Rolfe (Leiden),     'Itching ears: Desire for news in the 1620s'  In the early 1620s, a flood of foreign news entered England, dealing with the war in Bohemia and Germany (the beginnings of the conflict that would later become...

February

• Tuesday 23rd February, 4 pm: 'James VI and I and his empire of islands: the view from the periphery'

  23 February 2021, 16:00 - 17:00

  On February 23rd (Tuesday) at 4pm Centre for Early Modern Studies, in collaboration with RIISS will host Dr Ali Carthcart (Striling), via MS Teams. Details on how to get access to the meeting will be updated soon.   If you require help please contact zuzanna.muszynska@abdn.ac.uk    

• 17th February: REED project, '"A playe in the hall": civic performance, c.1560-90'

  17 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:00

  On February 17th at 1pm Centre for Early Modern Studies will host Prof Tracey Hill (Bath Spa), via MS Teams. To gain acces to this event please register here.   If you require help please contact zuzanna.muszynska@abdn.ac.uk

• 10th February: 'The Sportswoman's Paradox: Medicalising the Athletic Female Body in Early Modern Europe'

  10 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:00

  On February 10th at 1pm Centre for Early Modern Studies will host Dr Valerio Zanetti from St Johns, Cambridge, via MS Teams. To gain acces to this event please register here.     If you require help please contact zuzanna.muszynska@abdn.ac.uk  

2020

December

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  Bill Naphy: Expert and Forensic Witnesses in Genevan Trials, c. 1540-1640

  09 December 2020, 13:00 - 14:00

  To download the full programme click here. Wednesday 9 December 2020,  1-2 pm, via Microsoft Teams Bill Naphy (History, University of Aberdeen) In cooperation with the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHPSTM) Expert and Forensic Witnesses in Genevan Trials, c. 1540-1640 This talk will look at the critical role of experts...

November

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  Bradford Bow: The Wise Club in the Aberdeen Enlightenment

  25 November 2020, 13:00 - 14:30

  To download the full programme click here. Wednesday 25 November 2020, 1pm Bradford Bow (History/RIISS, University of Aberdeen) The Wise Club in the Aberdeen Enlightenment Please note that to get the information regarding the Zoom meeting you must register for the seminar here.

• Rebecca Gill on Virtual Veronese

  25 November 2020

  We welcome you to Rebecca Gill's talk on Virtual Veronese taking place November 25th. "Virtual Veronese is a research and development (R&D) project looking at how we can share research with a wider audience by using immersive technologies to explore new ways of telling stories. The project will enable us to...

• Divine Ascent by Dr Joanna W Anderson

  11 November 2020, 19:30 - 23:55

  11th November 2020 at 19:30 GMT on Zoom "Mary Magdalen was popular in the late medieval Alps. Across the central European arc, images of the saint graced the walls, altars and glass windows of numerous parish and pilgrimage churches, functioning as indexical markers of faith but also crucially as evidence of...

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  Michael Tworek: A (Dis)entangled History of Early Modern Cannibalism

  04 November 2020, 17:00 - 18:30

  A (Dis)entangled History of Early Modern Cannibalism: Theory and Practice in Global History

October

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  Hans Hönes: Aesthetic Hypotheses. Winckelmann in the museum (c. 1761)

  21 October 2020, 13:00 - 14:30

    To download the full programme click here. Wednesday 21 October 2020, 1 pm Hans Hönes (History of Art, University of Aberdeen) Aesthetic Hypotheses. Winckelmann in the museum (c. 1761) In order to get the access link to this seminar please register here.