King's Museum are pleased to announce the following speakers for the King's Museum Evening Lecture Series.
15th January - Building Brochs: an architectural and archaeological re-assessment
Dr Tanja Romankiewicz, Simpson and Brown Architechts with Addyman Archaeology.
7.30pm, New King's 10
Admission: Free
22nd January - Feeding the Masses: one hundred years of nutrition research
Professor Peter Morgan, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen.
Celebrating the Rowett's centenary year.
7.30pm, New King's 10
Admission: Free
29th January - Images of Aberdeen and Elsewhere: artistic licence and half truths.
Michael Lynch, University of Edinburgh
7.30pm, MacRobert 055
Admission: £3
5th February - Aberdeen and the Spanish Civil War
Councillor Neil Cooney, Aberdeen Town and County History Society
7.30pm, New King's 10
Admission: Free
12 February - Behind the Facade: using architectural analysis to discover the earlier lives of the Scottish country seat
Professor Emeritus Charles McKean, University of Dundee
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
19 February - The Archaeology of Middle Earth
Dr Charlotta Hillerdal, University of Aberdeen
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
26 February - Translating the Bible into Doric
Gordon Hay, Longside
7.30pm, MacRobert 055
Admission: £3
5 March - Pictish Sculpture in Angus: the significance of place
Professor Jane Geddes, University of Aberdeen
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
Thursday 14 March - Ness of Brodgar: the true heart of Neolithic Orkney?
Nick Card, Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
19 March - The Falcon God Horus and the Pharaoh's Symbolic Power
David Lightbody, Egyptology Scotland
7.30pm, New King’s 10
26 March - Simple Heraldry, Cheerfully Illustrated
Gordon Casely, Elphinstone Institute
7.30pm, MacRobert 055
Admission: £3
9 April - Debating Britain in Seventeenth-Century Scotland
Professor Roger Mason, University of St Andrews
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
23 April - National Circulation and Local Agency: contextualising the creation of ‘Celtic’ sculpture courts at Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee, 1901-1911
Dr Sally Foster, University of Aberdeen
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
30 April - Unravelling Fishermen’s Ganseys
Malcolm Smith, Durham University
7.30pm, MacRobert 055
Admission: £3
7 May - Frozen in Time: a remarkably well-preserved prehistoric site in Alaska
Dr Richard Knecht, University of Aberdeen
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
14 May - Board of the Kings: the material culture of playtime in Scotland AD 1-1600
Mark Hall, Perth Museum and Art Gallery
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
21 May - Beneath the Surface: a journey into the past? Case studies from the University of Aberdeen art collection
Dr Mary Pryor, University of Aberdeen
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
28 May - The present Time is Oors
Frieda Morrison, Birse, Aboyne
7.30pm, MacRobert 055
Admission: £3
11 June - Medieval Seals: the past is NOT a foreign country
Professor Erla Hohler, University of Oslo
7.30pm, New King’s 10
Admission: Free
All of our lectures take place on Tuesdays, unless otherwise stated. Where there is a charge this should be paid on the door. Final details, changes and additions to the programme are available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/about/kings-museum/events-and-lectures/
This lecture programme has been arranged with other organisations. Contact details are available from the museum, including Society of Antiquaries Scotland, The Elphinstone Institute, and Egyptology Scotland.