Lectures and Event
During term-time the Museum hosts lectures on most Tuesday evenings. These include lectures organised by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Elphinstone Institute, Egyptology Scotland and the Aberdeen Scottish Hellenic Society. We also host a variety of other events, workshops, lectures and conferences through the year.

Tuesday evening lectures
Lectures are held at 7.30pm. Please check the venue as it varies from lecture to lecture.

Where there is a charge, this should be paid at the door.

Please contact the museum if you have any questions or suggestions.

Tuesday 29th September 2009
Voices from the Scottish Diaspora
Dr Marjory Harper
University of Aberdeen
£3 - in MacRobert Building Room 028

Tuesday 6th October 2009
The Medieval Organ, Ambo and Pulpitum:
furnishings and function in Bishop Elphinstone’s chapel
Professor Jane Geddes
University of Aberdeen
Free - in King’s College Chapel

Tuesday 27st October 2009
A Different Viewpoint: archaeology from the air
Moira Greig
Aberdeenshire Council
£3 - in MacRobert Building Room 028

Monday 2nd November 2009
From Castle to Croft to Cowshed:
on the architecture of the Cluny Estate
Dr Nicola Mills
Free - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 3rd November 2009
The Chapel from the Restoration to the 1800s:
Jacobite chapel, museum and library
Professor Peter Davidson
University of Aberdeen
Free - in King’s College Chapel

Monday 9th November 2009
Landscapes of Loss: the archaeology of Scotland's battlefields
Dr Tony Pollard
University of Glasgow
Free - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Monday 23rd November 2009
The New Acropolis Museum:
ancient history and modern controversy
Professor Mary Beard
University of Cambridge
£3 (members free) - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 24th November 2009
Documentary Film-making in Scotland
David Peat
Film Director of ‘Gutted’
£3 - in MacRobert Building Room 028

Tuesday 1st December 2009
King's College Chapel Portrayed Through the Centuries
Professor Derek Ogston
University of Aberdeen
Free - in King’s College Chapel

Tuesday 8th December 2009
100 Years of Bird Ringing in North-East Scotland
Dr Alan Knox
University of Aberdeen
£3 - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 15th December 2009
The Ruthwell Cross
Professor Èamonn Ò’Carragàin
Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani, Rome
& University College Cork
Free - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 12th January 2010
The Viking Unst Project:
researching Norse settlement in northernmost Britain
Dr Julie M Bond
University of Bradford
Free - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 26th January 2010
Corn Dollies and Straw Work in Scotland:
from cornfield to catwalk
Elaine Lindsay
£3 - in MacRobert Building Room 028

Tuesday 9th February 2010
Into the Ice Age: new light on Scotland’s earliest prehistory
Alan Saville
National Museums Scotland
Free - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 16th February 2010
Kahsinnooniksi: learning from place
Narcisse Blood
Red Crow Community College, Kainai Nation
& Mookaakin Cultural and Heritage Foundation
£3 - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 23rd February 2010
North-East Humour
Stephen Robertson
Rector, University of Aberdeen
£3 - in MacRobert Building Room 028

Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Old Aberdeen: ancient burgh and university campus
Morley Hutchinson
Old Aberdeen Heritage Society
£3 - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Monday 8th March 2010
Integrating Cropmarks:
timber monuments in Neolithic Scotland
Dr Kirsty Millican
University of Aberdeen
£3 - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 9th March 2010
An Inspector Called:
John Bisset Chapman and literary Britain
Keith O’Sullivan
University of Aberdeen
Free - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 16th March 2010
The Fürstensitze at Ipf in the Nördlinger Ries:
high status in the European Early Iron Age
Professor Dr. Rüdiger Krause
University of Frankfurt
Free - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Histories and Landscapes in Colonial British Columbia
Dr Jeff Oliver
University of Aberdeen
£3 - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 30th March 2010
Piping Traditions in the Southern Outer Hebrides
Joshua Dickson
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
£3 - in MacRobert Building Room 028

Tuesday 13th April 2010
Urban Angst in Roman Britain
Lindsay Allason-Jones
University of Newcastle
Free - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 20th April 2010
Statues of the Goddess Sekhmet
from the Reign of Amenhotep III:
investigating six Sekhmets in Scottish public collections
Emily-Jane Anderson
University of Glasgow
£3 (members free) - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 27th April 2010
In Search of Traveller Identity
Sara Reith
University of Aberdeen
£3 - in MacRobert Building Room 028

Tuesday 11th May 2010
Artistic Identity and the Sculpture of the Irish High Crosses
Professor Roger Stalley
Trinity College Dublin
Free - in Regent Building lecture theatre

Tuesday 25th May 2010
Walking Culture and Outdoor Access
Professor Tim Ingold and Dr Jo Vergunst
University of Aberdeen
£3 - in MacRobert Building Room 028

This lecture programme has been arranged with other organisations. Contact details are available from the museum.

For more information about the Elphinstone Institute and the lectures organised by the Institute please contact:

Elphinstone Institute
King's College
Aberdeen AB24 3EB
Tel: 01224 272996
Email: elphinstone@abdn.ac.uk

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