Event Archive

2022

October

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  Northern Networks, Aberdeen: Astronomical and Medical Knowledge from the Baltic to East Central Europe, 1550-1750

  28 - 29 October 2022

  The Centre for Early Modern Studies is happy to delighted to announce a workshop on 28-29 October 2022, supported by the AHRC Research Networking Scheme brought to Aberdeen by Cassie Gorman (Anglia Ruskin University) and Stefano Gulizia (University of Milan and the Polish Institute of Advanced Studies, Warsaw), in cooperation...

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  George Washington Wilson Centre- Next research seminar: Jon Blackwood (Gray's School of Art)

  19 October 2022

  Join us for our next research seminar: Jon Blackwood (Gray's) will speak on "Cultural Ecologies & Curatorial Practices: Art from the Western Balkans, 2012-22".

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  George Washington Wilson Centre- Reading Group Autumn 2022: 'Practice-based Research'

  05 - 12 October 2022

  Please join us for this semester's reading group, where we discuss recent research from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. All welcome!

September

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  Natural Law, Religious Conflict, and the problem of War and Peace in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe

  30 September - 01 October 2022

  The shattering of the unity of Latin Christendom in the sixteenth century called into question the natural law tradition that had been developed within the Catholic tradition, most notably by Thomas Aquinas. Religious division brought challenges at home and in international relations to which there were no easy answers. One...

May

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  Royal Institute of Philosophy - 9th Annual Philosophy Public Lecture

  19 May 2022, 20:00 - 21:30

  Dr John Danaher (NUI Galway) will deliver the Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Public Lecture, entitled 'Will the Rise of Artificial Intelligence Change Our Moral Culture?'

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  The Art History Research Seminar

  04 May 2022, 16:30 - 18:00

  'How to Hold Onto A Hurricane' with Professor Hannah Ryan (St Olaf College)

April

• CEKAS Seminar: Prof Lyndsey Stonebridge (Birmingham) - CANCELLED

  27 April 2022, 15:00 - 16:30

  Prof Lyndsey Stonebridge (Birmingham)   Date- 27 April 2022, 3-4.30pm

March

• Powis Gateway: Slavery and Memory in Old Aberdeen

  30 March 2022, 17:30 - 19:00

  As part the University of Aberdeen’s ongoing work to recognise the legacies of historic slavery, please join us on the 30th of March for the online event Powis Gate: Slavery and Memory in Old Aberdeen. Powis Gate, located on Aberdeen’s King’s College campus, is the most tangible link between the University...

• Philosophy CEKAS Seminar: Prof Kathrin Glüer-Pagin (Stockholm)

  30 March 2022, 15:00 - 16:30

  ‘Reflections on Knowledge Resistance, Fact Polarization, and Motivated Reasoning’ Date- 30th March 2022, 3-4.30pm Talk about knowledge or fact resistance and polarization is everywhere in public debate. Such talk often remains loose and metaphorical, yet aims at capturing something important and potentially dangerous. In this talk, I shall reflect on how to...

• Arctic Periods: Transnational Knowledge about Menstrual History & Wellbeing

  18 March 2022, 15:00 - 18:00

  Workshop discussing work in progress from the Arctic Period research group and guest speakers from the Arctic region.