Event Archive

2017

February

• CEMS Research Seminar. 'Are you talking to me? Myths and readers in early modern English literature' Dr Katherine Heavey (Glasgow)

  01 February 2017, 13:00 - 14:00

  Katherine Heavey is a lecturer in early modern English Literature at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests are primarily focused on classical adaptation and translation in early modern English literature. Her book, The Early Modern Medea: Medea in English Literature 1558-1688, was published by Palgrave in 2015. She is...

2016

November

• War and Diplomacy in East Central Europe - Launch of Patrick Gordon's Diaries, volume 6

  25 November 2016, 10:00 - 18:00

  International Conference to mark the launch of the last volume of Patrick Gordon’s Diary, in conjunction with RIISS and CEMS

• Literacy 'under the Lock': Education, Spirituality and Enclosure in Dominican Reform Convents

  16 November 2016, 13:00 - 14:00

  Wed 16th November, 1-2 pm Literacy 'under the Lock': Education, Spirituality and Enclosure in Dominican Reform Convents Marie Luise Ehrenschwendtner (University of Aberdeen, Divinity) Venue: NK11

• Touching Skin: Why Medieval Readers Rubbed and Kissed their Manuscripts

  09 November 2016, 13:00 - 14:00

  Wed 9th November, 1-2 pm   Touching Skin: Why Medieval Readers Rubbed and Kissed their Manuscripts Kathryn Rudy (St Andrews) Venue: NK7 

• Friends and Enemies in Julius Caesar

  02 November 2016, 13:00 - 14:00

  Wed 2nd November, 1-2 pm   Friends and Enemies in Julius Caesar Dermot Cavanagh (Edinburgh) Venue: NK7 

October

• 'What legacy shall I bequeath to thee?' - Shakespeare in the Context of his Time

  22 October 2016, 12:15 - 17:00

  Shakespeare Postgraduate and Early Career Symposium on 22 October 2016

• Shakespeare Recreated: Carlos Gamerro's Cardenio

  20 October 2016, 17:30 - 20:00

  Thursday 20th October 5.30 pm. Shakespeare Recreated: Carlos Gamerro’s Cardenio A reading and discussion with the Argentinian writer of his novel that reimagines the lost Shakespeare play inspired by an incident in Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Part of Shakespeare Week at the University of Aberdeen.    

• Playing Aberdeen, 1601

  19 October 2016, 18:00 - 22:00

  A performance event exploring the visit to Aberdeen of a theatre company in 1601

• Playing Spaces: The Early Modern Stage Today

  18 October 2016, 17:00 - 19:00

  3 visiting speakers come together to investigate the stage spaces of Shakespeare's time and how we can use them today.

• 'Equal by Design': a film about Spinoza and the UK housing crisis

  12 October 2016, 13:00 - 14:00

  “Equal by Design”: a film about Spinoza and the UK housing crisis Beth Lord (University of Aberdeen, Philosophy) Venue: NK7