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Join Geddes-Harrower Chair of Greek Art and Archaeology, Professor Glenn Most, for this series of fascinating lectures.

Faith, Hope, and Autism: Biblical Models of Neurodiversity

The inaugural University of Aberdeen Philosophy Postgraduate Conference will take place at the University of Aberdeen, Sir Duncan Library, Meeting Room 1, from February 10-11, 2026. The theme of the conference is imagination, fiction, and extended reality.  Keynote Speakers: - Stacie Friend (University of Edinburgh) - Neil McDonell (University of Glasgow) The conference programme...

Title: Methods for Ecocritical Art History

Professor Timothy Snyder holds the inaugural Chair in Modern European History, supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies, at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. He is also a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna and the head of the...

Christine de Pizan and the City of Ladies Master: Colour and Power in the Epistre Othea

In 1152/53 the Icelander Nikolas Bergsson travelled from Iceland to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage, and had a short itinerary written about his journey. Together with numismatist Svein Gullbekk, Prof. Orning has followed in his footsteps with bicycle to Rome, resulting in the book En reise til Roma (A journey to Rome, translation...

In 1152/53 the Icelander Nikolas Bergsson travelled from Iceland to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage, and had a short itinerary written about his journey. Together with numismatist Svein Gullbekk, Prof. Orning has followed in his footsteps with bicycle to Rome, resulting in the book En reise til Roma (A journey to Rome, translation...

Scandinavian Studies seminar: A Past that Never Was: Examining Vikings in the Late Medieval Dane Saga of Breda

Reframing King James VI & I in a Heritage Context and Beyond