Framing the past, imagining the future: Adjusting material legacies

"Demands for change are ringing in our ears and will not be silenced."
- Dr Alberta Whittle, 2022

Part One: Research Forum 1.30pm-5pm, Thursday 3 July (CB009)

Welcome to DHPA (10 mins): Professor Beth Lord (Head of School, DHPA) and Professor Siladitya Bhattacharya (VP Global Engagement)

Opening Remarks (10 mins): Neil Curtis (Head of University Collections)

Things Left Unsaid (20 mins): Vanessa Mabonso Nzolo (PhD Candidate & Former Student President)

Objectionable Artefacts and Moral Duties (20 mins): Dr Eilidh Beaton (Philosophy)

Short Tea Break 2.30pm-3pm

A Portrait of Gilbert Ramsay (20 mins): Dr Emma Percy (Divinity) 

Artist’s Talk (20 mins): Ade Adesina RSA

Possible Futures (1 hour): Discussion chaired by Professor Beth Lord

Part Two: Keynote and Public In-Conversation 5.30pm (NK1)

Zandra Yeaman (Hunterian, University of Glasgow) in-conversation with Professor Emma Bond (University of Oxford). 50 mins + 20 mins for audience questions.

Further information: Framing_the_past_imagining_the_future.pdf

Venue

CB009, 50/52 College Bounds and NK1, New King's

Contact

Please contact Dr Catriona McAra for more details: catriona.mcara@abdn.ac.uk