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Winter Events Programme 2012

 

HMG1 - Humanity Manse Seminar Room
Humanity Manse is building number 38 on the campus map

Events on Thursdays are open to all, for the remaining events please contact the respective co-ordinators (details, where appropriate, below)

 

Thu 11 Oct

The Future of Irish History

Michael Brown (University of Aberdeen)
The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
   

Sat 20 Oct

Postgraduate Symposium

Literature, Art and Cultural Politics in Ireland and Scotland

For further information please contact Dr Shane Alcobia-Murphy: sam@abdn.ac.uk
   

Fri 26 Oct

Lights and Shadows of Scottish Fiction 1820-1850

For further information please contact Dr Dan Wall: d.j.wall@abdn.ac.uk
   

Thu 1 Nov

Paddies Evermore: Stereotypes and Irish National Identity in the late eighteenth-century

Padhraig Higgins (Mercer County Community College, New Jersey)
The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
   

Thu 8 Nov

Home Rule and Town Planning: The Impact of Patrick Geddes and Lady Aberdeen on Dublin 1911-1915

Anne Michelle Slater (University of Aberdeen)
The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
   

Wed 14 Nov

Great Aberdonians
John Barbour (c.1330–1395)
Archdeacon of Aberdeen, historian, and author of the epic Scots poem "The Bruce"

Jackson Armstrong (University of Aberdeen)
7.30pm, Town and County Hall, Town House, Union Street
   
Thu 15 Nov

Empire and the Peoples of the British Monarchy 1603-1815

Nicholas Canny(Nui Galway)
The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
   
Thu 22 Nov 'Winged Horses, Fiery Dragons and Monstrous Giants': Historiography and the Imagination in the Scottish Enlightenment

David Allan (University of St Andrews)
The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
   
Fri 23 Nov Elect Affinities: Robin Jenkins, Ethics, and Religion in the Scottish Novel

N.B. this will be held at the Institute of Advanced Study in the Humanitis, University of Edinburgh.

For further information please contact Dr Tim Baker: t.c.baker@abdn.ac.uk

   

Fri 30 Nov -
Sat 1 Dec

The Scottish Tradition of Religious Studies

For further information please contact Professor Robert Segal: r.segal@abdn.ac.uk

   
Thu 6 Dec

Robert Fergusson and the Edinburgh Periodical Press

Rhona Brown (University of Glasgow)
The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk

   

 

For further information on Events or the Institute contact:

Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies
Telephone +44 (0) 1224 272343
Facsimile  +44 (0) 1224 273677
Email: riiss@abdn.ac.uk
Website: www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss
It is advisable to call to confirm dates and times.

 

 

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