Event Archive

"Linda Nochlin, 'Art Historian Engagée'" Abstract: American art historian Linda Nochlin (1931-2017) spent a career refuting the universality of dominant artistic discourses and listening to the voice of the "other" in its many incarnations. Her dialectical and dialogical approach to her subject is characteristic of her engagement, a word borrowed from...

‘Jan Stanisław Sapieha (1589-1635) and early modern mental health’ Aleksandra Ziober is assistant professor at the University of Wrocław where she works on the noble elites of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 17th century She had a postdoc position at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid focusing on the...

The New Voices series seeks to support and highlight the work of early career scholars in Irish and Scottish Studies. The webinars are aimed at scholars and postgraduate students at Aberdeen and further afield.

'Unravelling the Renaissance' This is a great opportunity to meet and work with a well-known and successful historian who will run a masterclass in cooperation with RIISS and History. Alexandra Walsham is Professor of Modern History. She served as Chair of the Faculty of History between 2019 and 2022. She was...

'Intimate Religion: Devotional Jewellery and the Reformation of Touch in Early Modern England'

Dr Caroline Wilhelmsson’s Book launch: The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, c. 970–1330: Their Lives, Power, and Legacy

The Centre for Autism and Theology are pleased to share that their next webinar will take place on the 24th October, 4-5:30pm (BST). Elizabeth Cochran will be presenting on 'Autistic Ethics: Moral community, empathy, and virtue.'  

Between Home and Hel: Paranormal Evocations of Horror in Old Norse Literature

Research can be isolating, hard work, and dangerous, and might involve managing sensitive subjects on a regular basis and in intimate ways. How can we care for ourselves well while undertaking such research? Encouraged reading (NB - Content warnings for death & suicide): Ben Fincham, Jonathan Scourfield & Susanne Langer (2008)...

This workshop builds on themes from the lecture and demonstrates practical approaches to computational research in the digital humanities. Dr. Miller C. Prosser will demonstrate various tools and methods for recording, integrating, analyzing, and publishing digital research data using the Online Cultural and Historical Research Environment (OCHRE) and will illustrate...