King's Museum evening lectures September 2011 to January 2012

Tuesday evening lectures
Lectures are held on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm either in New King's 10 next to King's Museum (King's) or in MacRobert Building 055 (MacRobert).

Where there is a charge, this should be paid at the door. Please keep checking this page for any updates or changes to the lecture programme.

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

Tuesday 27th September 2011
'What's the War Got To Do With Us?  - Using local history in a schools' educational context'
Speaker - David Atherton, Aberdeenshire Council
£3 - MacRobert Building Room 055
Sponsor - Elphinstone Institute

Tuesday 4th October 2011
Discovering Cé: Rhynie, an undocumented Pictish power centre of the 6th – 7th centuries AD
Speaker - Dr Gordon Noble, University of Aberdeen
Free - New King's 10

Tuesday 11th October 2011
The Artificial Ape: how technology changed the course of human evolution
Speaker - Dr Timothy Taylor, University of Bradford
Free - New King's 10
Sponsor - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Tuesday 25th October 2011
Lost, Hidden, or Just Unnoticed? The Archaeology of Gardens in North-East Scotland
Speaker - Shannon Fraser, National Trust for Scotland
£3 - MacRobert Building Room 055
Sponsor - Elphinstone Institute

Tuesday 1st November 2011
New findings from the Glenmorangie Research Project on Early Historic Scotland
Speaker - Alice Blackwell, National Museums Scotland
Free - New King's 10

Tuesday 15th November 2011
Commemorating the Medieval Past; from Shetland to St. Andrews
Speaker - Dr Barbara Crawford, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Free - New King's 10
Sponsor - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Tuesday 29th November 2011
Title to be confirmed
Speaker - Professor Ted Cowan, University of Glasgow
£3 - MacRobert Building Room 055
Sponsor - Elphinstone Institute

Tuesday 6th December 2011
Porridge and Politics: how 19th century prison reform in Scotland foreshadowed political centralisation
Speaker - Stuart MacKenzie
Free - New King's 10

Tuesday 13th December 2011
Renewed Life for Scottish Castles
Speaker - Dr Allan Rutherford, Historic Scotland
Free - New King's 10
Sponsor - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Tuesday 10th January 2012
Irish Iron Age Bog Bodies
Speaker - Eamonn P. Kelly, National Museum of Ireland
Free - New King's 10
Sponsor - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Tuesday 17th January 2012
Poetic Performances: Wax Cylinder Recordings of Indigenous Siberian Storytellers from 1901
Speaker - Dr Alex King, University of Aberdeen
Free - New King's 10

Tuesday 24th January 2012
‘Intangible Cultural Heritage in Scotland: Preservation, Exploitation and Development’
Speaker - Alistair McCleery, Edinburgh Napier University
£3 - MacRobert Building Room 055
Sponsor - Elphinstone Institute

Tuesday 31st January 2012
Exhibiting Scottish Identity: the 1911 Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry
Speaker - Neil Curtis, University of Aberdeen
Free - New King's 10
Sponsor - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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

King's Museum
University of Aberdeen
17 High Street
Old Aberdeen
AB24 3EE

Tel: 01224 274330
Email: museum@abdn.ac.uk
Website: www.abdn.ac.uk/kingsmuseum