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- 16 October 2004
‘Gaither Roon the Glimmer’: A Festival of Travellers
Stanley Robertson and friends, Aberdeen Arts Centre, 7.30 – 10.30 pm
Public Lectures
- 22 November 2005
Dr Douglas Young, The Centenary of Ian McPherson: A Neglected Scottish Writer.
- 6 December 2005
Professor Donald Meek and Dr Donald William Stewart, University of Edinburgh, Fakelore or Folklore? Alexander Carmichael, ‘Carmina Gadelica’ and the Question of Authenticity.
- 24 January 2006
Ian Shepherd, Aberdeenshire Council, The Vernacular Roots of Aberdeenshire Architecture.
- 21 February 2006
Dr Lesley Stevenson, RSAMD, Traditional Music and Tourism in Scotland.
- 21 March 2006
Dr Ian Russell, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, New Songs in the Bothy: From George Bruce Thomson to Ian Middleton.
- 18 April 2006
Paul Anderson, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, What is North-East Fiddle Style?
- 23 May 2006
Les Wheeler, Research Associate, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, The Poetry of North East Scotland: Beyond the Sentiment.
- 25th September 2007
Title: ‘Between the Sacred and the Secular: Exploring the Soirée in North-East Scottish Coastal Communities’
Speaker: Dr Ian Russell
Institution: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
- 30th October 2007
Title: ‘The Rise and Fall of the Tee Name System in North-East Fishing Communities’
Speaker: Edward E. Knipe
Institution: Emeritus – Virginia Commonwealth University
- 27th November 2007
Title: tbc
Speaker: Allan MacDonald
Institution: Piping Centre, Glasgow
- 29th January 2008
Title: Archaeological approaches to landscapes of conflict in 17th and 18th century Scotland
Speaker: Dr Tony Pollard
Institution: University of Glasgow
- 26th February 2008
Title: ‘Scots, Language of Kings’
Speaker: Dr Caroline Macafee
Institution: Honorary Research Fellow, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
- 25th March 2008
Title: Mrs Anna Brown of Falkland: Ballads and Biography
Speaker: Professor Ruth Perry
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 29th April 2008
Title: ‘Robert the Bruce as Mythic Hero’
Speaker: Robert Segal
Institution: University of Aberdeen
- 27th May 2008
Title: ‘The Old Ship Zion: Using the Trawler Radio Band to Transmit Gospel Songs among North-East Scottish Fishermen’
Speaker: Frances Wilkins, PhD Researcher
Institution: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
- 30th September 2008
Title: ‘Editing Hamewith for a Contemporary Audience’
Speaker: Dr Colin Milton, Associate Director, Hon.
Institution: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
- 21st October 2008
Title: ‘The Elphinstone Institute: A Collection of Rare and Previously Unpublished North-East Fiddle’ Repertoire.
Speaker: Paul Anderson
Institution: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
- 25th November 2008
Title: ‘They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships: Aspects of Identity in the Scottish Fisherman.’
Speaker: Fiona-Jane Brown, PhD Researcher
Institution: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
- 27th January 2009
Title: ‘Burns and the Bardie Clan’
Speaker: Derrick McClure
Institution: University of Aberdeen
- 24th February 2009
Title: “Aspects of the Gaelic Song Tradition of Cape Breton Island and Eastern Nova Scotia”
Speaker: Robert Dunbar
Institution: University of Aberdeen
- 31st March 2009
Title: ‘Journeys through local landscapes: Exploring the Bennachie Colony’
Speaker: Jennifer Fagen, PhD Researcher
Institution: Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
- 28th April 2009
Title: ‘NE Scotland and Russia’
Speaker: Emeritus Professor Paul Duke
Institution: University of Aberdeen
- 26th May 2009
Title: ‘Roots and Custody of North-East Bothy Ballads’
Speaker: Charlie Allan
Institution: Retired farmer/broadcaster/lecturer/writer/performer
- 29th September 2009
Title: ‘Voices from the Scottish Diaspora’
Speaker: Dr Marjory Harper
Institution: University of Aberdeen
- 27th October 2009
Title: ‘A Different Viewpoint – Archaeology from the Air’
Speaker: Moira Greig
Institution: Archaeologist, Aberdeenshire Council
- 4th November 2009
Title: ‘Innovation by Design: The Development of the Aberdeen Clipper’
Speaker: John Edwards
Institution: Keeper (Science and Maritime History) Maritime Museum, Aberdeen
- 26th January 2010
Title: ‘Corn Dollies and Straw Work in Scotland: from Cornfield to Catwalk’
Speaker: Elaine Lindsay
Institution: Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
- 23rd February 2010
Title: ‘North East Humour’
Speaker: Stephen Robertson
Institution: Rector, University of Aberdeen
- 30th March 2010
Title: ‘Piping Traditions in the Southern Outer Hebrides: An Illustrated Talk’
Speaker: Joshua Dickson
Institution: Head of Scottish Music, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
- 27th April 2010
Title: ‘In Search of Traveller Identity’
Speaker: Sara Reith, PhD Researcher
Institution: University of Aberdeen
Due to unforeseen circumstances the public lecture 'In search of Traveller Identity' with Sara Reith has been cancelled.
- 25th May 2010
Title: ‘Ways of Mind-Walking: Reading, Writing, Painting’
Speaker: Professor Tim Ingold
Institution: University of Aberdeen
- 28 September 2010
Title: “In the Heart of a Cultural Renaissance: Bagpipe Making and the Rebirth of Scottish Dance Music”
Speaker: Hamish Moore
Institution: Musician and pipemaker
- 19 October 2010
Title: “What’s Not Out There: North-East Singers from the Alan Lomax and Howard Glasser Collections, 1951-63”
Speaker: Ewan McVicar
Institution: Singer, writer, composer
- 30 November 2010
Title: “Lost, Hidden or Just Unnoticed? The Archaeology of Gardens in North-East Scotland”
Speaker: Dr Shannon Fraser
Institution: National Trust for Scotland
- 25 January 2011 (NB - NK10, New King’s, King’s College)
Title: “Special Burns Evening: The Ploughman Songmaker”
Speaker: Sheena Blackhall and Derrick McClure
Institution: University of Aberdeen
- 22 February 2011
Title: “George Washington Wilson and Scottish Commercial Photography”
Speaker: Antonia Laurence-Allen
Institution: University of St Andrews
- 22 March 2011
Title: “The Gaelic Reiteach Betrothal Custom: Symbol and Practice”
Speaker: Neill Martin
Institution: University of Edinburgh
- 26 April 2011
Title: “The Killing Stones: Memories from Vanishing Traveller Campsites”
Speaker: Jess Smith
Institution: Writer, storyteller and singer
- 31 May 2011
Title: Traditional Medicine and Healthcare in the North-East: The Transition from Simples to Scientific Medicine”
Speaker: Alex Sutherland
Institution: University of Aberdeen
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