Event Archive

2019

February

• Centre for Scandinavian Studies Seminar

  07 February 2019, 16:00 - 18:00

  The Scandinavian Studies Seminar Series will host Mark Hall of Perth and Kinross Museums Trust, for a talk entitled 'From the Lewis hoard of gaming pieces to Thor Ragnarok: Re-assembling Viking Pasts?'. All are very welcome to attend.   

January

• Philosophy Colloquium/Knowledge and Society Seminar

  30 January 2019, 15:00 - 17:00

  Speaker: Pawel Hanczewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University)

• Philosophy Colloquium

  23 January 2019, 15:00 - 17:00

  Speaker: Mihnea Capraru (Nazarbayev University), Making sense of 'genetic programs'

2018

December

• Annual General Meeting of the Scots Philosophical Society

  06 - 07 December 2018

  The Philosophy department hosts this year’s Annual General Meeting of the Scots Philosophical Society. This event is open to the public. Postgraduate and undergraduate students are most welcome to attend the talks! Programme of talks Information for participants

• History PG Seminar Series

  05 December 2018, 16:00 - 17:00

  Title: Anglo-Saxon Kingship Speaker: Daniel Cutts

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  Centre for Global Security and Governance

  04 December 2018, 16:00 - 17:30

  Anti-Judaism in Iran from the late 18th century to the Islamic Republic: Continuity and Change.

• Practical Theology Seminar

  04 December 2018, 14:00 - 16:00

  Autumn Term 2018: Questions for here and now 2-4pm at Starbucks (On Campus) For reading materials contact: Dr Katie Cross k.cross@abdn.ac.uk 4 Dec - Practical Theology and Migration

November

• The Centre for Knowledge and Society Launch Party

  28 November 2018, 17:30 - 19:30

  Please join us to celebrate the launch of our new research centre, the Centre for Knowledge and Society(CEKAS). From its base in Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, CEKAS aims to address societal challenges by applying philosophical tools and concepts in collaboration with specialists from other disciplines and universities. We use...

• History PG Seminar Series

  28 November 2018, 16:00 - 17:00

  Title: Literary Engineers, 1750-1900 Speaker: Ellen Packham

• Knowledge and Society Seminar

  28 November 2018, 15:00 - 17:00

  Speaker: Paul Standish (Education, UCL) Title: Something animal? Wittgenstein, language, and instinct Abstract: Thinking about the world necessarily involves notions of causation. Norman Malcolm has argued that such notions are embedded in instinctive reactions and that it is from such natural behaviour that language emerges. This insight is a powerful and important...