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Frederik Pedersen appeared live on Times Radio
This Sunday Frederik Pedersen appeared live on Times Radio to comment on historical precedents to Boris Johnson's surprise wedding announcement. Precedents mentioned included the English kings George IV and Henry VIII, but planned discussions of Mary Stuart and of Abelard and Heloise had to be abandoned due to lack of...
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Art History on the Remake
The School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History has changed its name to include Art History. Earlier in 2021, the Head of School, Dr Paula Sweeney, proposed that the name of the School ought to properly reflect its constitution – that of four separate disciplines, History, Divinity, Philosophy and Art...
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Dr Jackson Armstrong on Royal Historical Society Whitfield Prize shortlist for 2021
Dr Jackson Armstrong's first monograph, England’s Northern Frontier: Conflict and Local Society in the Fifteenth-century Scottish Marches (Cambridge University Press) has been shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society’s 2021 Whitfield Prize. The prize offers an annual award of £1,000 for a work on British or Irish history that is the...
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Aberdeen History PhD graduate Susan Marshall's new book published this month!
We are pleased to announce that Aberdeen History PhD graduate Susan Marshall's new book will be published this month. The book is called "Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500", and is based on her Aberdeen PhD thesis.For more information, please visit the publisher website: https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783275885/illegitimacy-in-medieval-scotland-1100-1500/
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Call for photos celebrating graduation success
Are you graduating this year?We will be hosting a virtual graduation ceremony for the school which we hope you will be able to join, more details of the date and time will be shared in due course.If you have not done so already and would like to submit a picture...
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Interview with Julia Leng, the new SDHP Careers Advisor
Our new Careers Adviser for the School, Julia Leng, recently sat down with Dr Helen Pierce (Art History) to introduce herself and talk more about how the University of Aberdeen Careers and Employability Service can help students, what to expect from a guidance appointment, and upcoming opportunities. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouafjVhzwx4
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Orders presented to Professor Robert Frost by ambassadors of Poland and Lithuania
In a unique ceremony held at the Embassy of the Lithuanian Republic in London on 5 May 2021, Robert Frost was awarded orders by the ambassadors of Lithuania and Poland. In the presence of the ambassadors of Ukraine, Hungary, Latvia and Slovakia, he received the Knight’s Cross of the Order...
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Professor Marjory Harper published 'Creating an online community: a pre-pandemic initiative'
Professor Marjory Harper, who in 2020 won the Royal Historical Society Jinty Nelson Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision in History, has written a blogpost for the RHS, in which she reflects on the process of planning an online Master's Programme in Scottish Heritage in 2017. The RHS annual teaching...
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Two History staff members awarded AUSA & University of Aberdeen Excellence Awards
The University announced the winners of the Excellence Awards today: congratulations to Dr Heidi Mehrkens (Best Personal Tutor) and Professor Bill Naphy (Development Trust Award for Philanthropy in Alumni Engagement)! It is a huge honour to win these awards, and we're very grateful for all that Dr Mehrkens and Professor...
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The Scottish Parliament
Lewis Macdonald MSP