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MA Theology and Religious Studies, Bachelor of Theology, and Bachelor of Divinity students are warmly invited to the following meetings that will be held in the Chaplaincy, on Tuesdays, from 10.00-11.30am. 10 Sept: History of Divinity at Aberdeen: Mrs Clare Davidson and Prof Tom Greggs  

In the first half-session of 2019/20, the Theological Ethics research seminar will focus on political theology and the Christian tradition. We will read several important historical texts in the tradition of Christian political thought, as well as Oliver O’Donovan’s The Desire of the Nations: Rediscovering the Roots of Political Theology....

There will be a huge and diverse collection of books on sale in the Divinity Library, Kings Quad Monday 9 September 10am to Thursday 12 September 4pm (open daily 10-4) CASH ONLY PLEASE Don’t miss the chance for great bargains!

In this First Half-Session of 2019/20 the seminar will read and discuss the first volume of Karl Barth’s account of the doctrine of reconciliation as found in his Church Dogmatics, IV/1, The Doctrine of Reconciliation (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1958) [§§57-63]. Both German and English versions of the volume can be...

All are warmly invited to attend this year's Divinity Opening Lecture. Clare Davidson will deliver the lecture, entitled ‘King’s College Voices’, which features a collection of stories of theological study in Aberdeen. The event is hosted by Christ’s College in conjunction with the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy. The lecture...

This is the third and final conference of the Leverhulme International Network project "What's So Special about First-Person Thought?". If you would like to attend, there is no need to register, everyone is welcome. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions. We hope to see you...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our speaker for the Philosophy Public Lecture ‘Confederates, Rhodes and Honour: Obligations to Remove Cultural Artefacts’, Prof Helen Frowe, will be unable to travel to Aberdeen today. This event will now consist of a free screening of the film ‘The Silence of Others’ starting at 6pm. The...

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Speaker: Chris Georgakakis (University of Aberdeen)

Professor Dr Stefan Troebst from the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) will be talking about Building European Identity through Geschichtspolitik: A New EU Strategy

“Autism, Church and Healthcare: Needs, Opportunities and Challenges – A Workshop” Speakers:  Professor Grant Macaskill, Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis and Director of the Centre for the Study of Autism and Christian Community, University of Aberdeen. Kirstyn Oliver, M.A., Founder and Director of Alma Autism.  

Speaker: Alessio Persichetti (University of Aberdeen), How to Disentangle from Kripkenstein

The Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies and The WORD Centre for Creative Writing proudly presents, Five Irish Writers. A Spring Series of Public Readings by five of the most exciting contemporary Irish Writers.

Speaker: Fergus Anderson (Crossfields Institute), Phenomenology of occurrent thinking

'"Fam'd for ilka thing': Remembering the Places of the Scottish Enlightenment'

A nineteenth century collector and his bequest

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.   

Speaker: Pawel Hanczewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University)

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

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

Title: Anglo-Saxon Kingship Speaker: Daniel Cutts

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

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

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...

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

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...

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 28th November - Conclusions, pp.175-90 – Conversation with the Author?

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

Title: Scottish Political Exile, 1400-1500 Speaker: Douglas Smith

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 21st November - Chapter 5 – Sin, Gender, and Empire, pp.140-74.

The next paper in the Centre for Scandinavian Studies seminar series will take place on Tuesday, 20 November, 4pm, in CB203, when Dr Dale Kedwards (University of Southern Denmark) will talk about 'Vikings and the Medieval Future of Space Exploration'. As ever, all are very welcome to attend, and if...

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 20 Nov - Practical Theology and Black Lives Matter

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

Title: Job Hunting in Academia Speaker: Professor Robert Frost

The Centre for Science in Society (CEKAS) will launch its new speaker series, the Knowledge and Society Seminar.  Our first speaker will be: Andrea Teti (Politics & IR, University of Aberdeen): Rethinking the Confessing Animal: Avowal and Confession in Foucault NK15 3-5pm All welcome!    

Speaker: Andrea Teti (Politics & IR, University of Aberdeen) Title: Rethinking the Confessing Animal: Avowal and Confession in Foucault Abstract: One of Foucault’s best-known claims is that ‘Western man has become a confessing animal’ (bête d’aveu). It is also one of his most misunderstood. ‘Confession’ has for decades been used to translate...

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 14th November - Emma Wasserman, ‘The Death of the Soul in Romans 7: Revisiting Paul's Anthropology in Light of Hellenistic Moral Psychology’, Journal of Biblical Literature 126 (2007),...

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

Title: Using Archives Speaker: Dr Lisa Collinson

Speaker: Anna Bortolan, Phenomenology of Self-Esteem

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 7th November - Chapter 4 – An Emergent Account of Sin in Romans, pp.102-39.

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 6 Nov - Practical Theology and Grenfell Tower

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 31st October - Chapter 3 – The Emergence of Persons Great and Small, pp.57-101.

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

Tommaso Salini: From Commissions to Conundrums; Dr Aaron Thom (History of Art, Aberdeen)

Speaker: Maria Elaina Gauthier-Mamaril (University of Aberdeen)

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 24th October - Susan Eastman, ‘Double Participation and the Responsible Self in Romans 5-8’, in Gaventa, ed., Apocalyptic Paul. Apocalyptic Paul: Cosmos and Anthropos in Romans 5–8 (Baylor...

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 23 Oct - Practical Theology and Food Poverty

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 17th October - Engberg Pederson, ‘Phsyics, Cognition, and Superhuman Persons’, Chapter 3 of Cosmology of the Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (OUP, 2010), pp.76-105.

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

The Enchanted World: Magic and Community in Scotland & Eastern Europe 1500-1750

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 10th October - Chapter 2 – Emergence, pp.22-56.

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 9 Oct - Practical Theology and Homelessness

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 3rd October - Ernst Käsemann – Commentary on Romans (Sections covering 5.12-6.11), pp.139-171.

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

Find out about the European influences on Scottish Art in the mid-19th century.

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 26th September – Rudolf Bultmann, ‘Flesh, Sin, and World’, Chapter 4, part B of Theology of the New Testament, (Volume 2).

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 25 Sept - Practical Theology after Brexit

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 19th September – Introduction and Chapter 1 – s/Sin: The Genealogy of a Person(ification), pp.1-21. Welcome lunch at the Bobbin afterwards.

The Old Testament Postgraduate Seminar resumes Tuesday the 18th of September from 3-5 p.m., in Taylor C23. The topic for this year will be: In the Holy of Holies: The Book of Leviticus as a literary and theological monument Leviticus is boring at first sight, but in fact it is a truly fascinating book....

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

Christ’s College is delighted to announce that this year’s Divinity Opening Lecture will be delivered by our new Teaching Fellow, Dr Katie Cross. The title of the lecture is 'The theologian and the “atheist church.” Exploring theological themes through the lens of a secular congregation.' This will take place on Friday 7th...

Join us this Friday as we meet to discuss a draft of Professor Tom Gregg’s new book A Dogmatic Ecclesiology Volume 1: Participating in the Priestly Catholicity of the Church. If you would like to come and have not yet registered your interest, please email Professor Greggs (t.greggs@abdn.ac.uk) to request...

Intuitive Understanding: Spinoza, Kant, Goethe Symposium at the University of Aberdeen, 22 June 2018. Venue: New King's, NK14 There is a renewed interest in the notions of intuitive understanding and intellectual intuition, especially as conceived by Spinoza, Kant, and the German Idealists. This symposium explores the similarities and differences between Spinoza’s, Kant’s,...

University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Centre for Knowledge and Society University of Aberdeen, Scotland

During this term the group will meet to discuss Hans-Georg Gadamer’s classic work, Truth and Method. All interested in joining the conversation are welcome. The group will meet for five sessions on select Wednesday afternoons from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Reading: Chapter 5, ‘Language and Hermeneutics’

Explorans Supram-Disciplinam (Exploring the Meta-Discipline)

Matthew McGrath (Missouri) Title: “Explaining Epistemic Differences in Paradigm Perceptual Cases: Three Accounts Compared” Abstract: Two people with normal eyesight and cognitive abilities might both see avocados in a market. Both might be able to distinguish them from other different-looking fruits and vegetables. Yet, one might know they are avocados while the...

Surely science should avoid metaphors?! Not so, according to new historical and philosophical research. As part of the May Festival, Dr Ulrich Stegmann will discuss how the ‘genetic code’ metaphor helped scientists like Francis Crick to think about a biological mechanism that nobody had encountered before. Learn how interdisciplinary humanities...

As part of the May Festival, Dr Beth Lord will deliver an illustrated talk on ‘Spinoza’ with a focus on the ideas that derive from the Jewish tradition of thought. She will introduce Spinoza’s life and work, and discuss how his concept of economic equality derives from the Hebrew concept...

The robot ‘hosts’ in the television series Westworld start a revolution when they become self-aware. As part of the May Festival, join Mark Sprevak to question, 'What is self-awareness, and how likely is a computer to acquire it'? Recent work in philosophy and artificial intelligence give clues about what artificial...

The Friendship House Initiative is a new project led by Professor John Swinton. The initiative aims to create an intentional L’Arche-like community within the university in which students and people with a broad range of intellectual disabilities can find creative ways of meeting together, and learning from one another. More...

SSEMP IX is the 9th edition of a yearly event that brings together established scholars, young researchers and advanced graduate students working in the field of Early Modern Philosophy. The aim is to foster scholarly exchange among the different generations of academics in the UK and to strengthen international collaboration. PROGRAMME Thursday...

Explorans Supram-Disciplinam (Exploring the Meta-Discipline)

This one day conference will feature a wide range of postgraduate research and will take place at the magnificent Hopsitalfield House in Arbroath. The event is completely FREE to all PG students. Catered lunch, dinner, and a wine reception are all included. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage...

John Calvin was one of the leading Protestant theologians and reformers of 16th century Europe and a figure of particular and profound influence on Christian faith, thought, piety, ministry and mission in the Reformed churches of Scotland and beyond. Ecclesiastical leader, biblical commentator, preacher, doctrinal thinker and author of what...

Explorans Supram-Disciplinam (Exploring the Meta-Discipline)

The Centre for Scandinavian Studies welcomes back CfSS alumna Hannah Booth (Manchester) to speak on 'Corpus linguistics and medieval studies: old problems, new methods'.

During this term the group will meet to discuss Hans-Georg Gadamer’s classic work, Truth and Method. All interested in joining the conversation are welcome. The group will meet for five sessions on select Wednesday afternoons from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Reading: Chapter 4, ‘Elements of A Theory of Hermeneutic Experience’

Dissertation and Beyond: Roundtable with PhD, Masters Students and Faculty.