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2017
March
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Philosophy Colloquium
-Philosophy Colloquium w/ Stephan Leuenberger (Glasgow)Title: Scrutability and the Problem of Cross-Family QuantificationAbstract: In Constructing the World, David Chalmers aims to defend strong reductionist claims he calls "scrutability theses". One such thesis says, roughly speaking, that every truth about the world could, in principle, be "read off" a complete list...
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One-day Symposium: Between East and West: Ukraine, Identity and Memory
-Participants:Professor Christoph Mick (University of Wawick)Remembrance in Ukraine and Lviv’s ‘divided memories’ Dr Olenka Pevny (University of Cambridge) Revizualizing the medieval and early-modern past in contemporary Ukraine Robert Frost (University of Aberdeen)Mykhailo Hrushevsky construction of the Ukrainian past
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Religious Studies Research Seminar
-(co-sponsored with CISRUL) Dr Naomi Haynes (Edinburgh), “The Benefit of the Doubt: On the Relationship Between Doubt and Power”
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Research Seminar in Systematic Theology
-This seminar offers an opportunity for sustained reading of and engagement with one of the most important figures in the Lutheran Reformation and with one of the earliest systematic works in the Lutheran tradition – Philip Melanchthon’s Loci Communes of 1521. Text: Philip Melanchthon, Commonplaces (Loci Communes 1521), Translated by Christian...
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History Department Work in Progress Lunchtime Seminar
-Discussion with Dr Heidi Mehrkens of her article “Heroic Heirs. Monarchical Succession and the Role of the Military in Restoration Spain and France”, on which she has been working with Dr Richard Meyer Forsting (St Andrews), which was first presented at the conference The Price of Peace. Modernising the Ancien...
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Joint Research Seminar for Practical Theology, Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics
-This seminar will take place on Monday from 3.15 pm to 4.45 pm in the Divinity Library in King’s College. All are welcome, and it is expected that Masters and PhD students in Practical Theology, Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics will attend regularly. 13th March: Chris Brittain, ‘Partnership not Dialogue: Lent...
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Religious Studies Research Seminar
-Prof Kecia Ali (Boston), "Contesting Muhammad" Following her research into how the biography of Muhammad has developed as a genre since the seventh century to current times, Prof Ali concludes that “In the twenty-first century, it makes no sense to speak of Muslim views of Muhammad in opposition to Western or Christian...
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Research Seminar in Systematic Theology
-This seminar offers an opportunity for sustained reading of and engagement with one of the most important figures in the Lutheran Reformation and with one of the earliest systematic works in the Lutheran tradition – Philip Melanchthon’s Loci Communes of 1521. Text: Philip Melanchthon, Commonplaces (Loci Communes 1521), Translated by Christian...
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Postgraduate Research Talk
-Mr Davide Monaco (Aberdeen) Title: "A new account of the objective-formal distinction in Spinoza’s parallelism theory"
February
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Religious Studies Research Seminar
-Dr Seyed Mustafa Azmayesh (the Nematollahi-Gonabadi Sufi order)
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Philosophy Colloquium
-22 February 2017, 15:00 - 16:00, Philosophy Colloquium w/ Katherine Hawley (St Andrews), Title: What are Social Groups?
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Religious Studies Research Seminar
-Ms Maria Nau (Aberdeen), "Berber women"
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Old Testament Research Seminar
-Our guest speaker will be Professor Hanna Liss, Hochschule fuer Juedische Studien in Heidelberg. She will give a paper on "Scholarly Knowledge, Drollery or Esotericism? The Masorah of the Hebrew Bible in Medieval Western Europe as an Exegetical Tool". In religious literary works, in particular in the...
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Research Seminar in Systematic Theology
-This seminar offers an opportunity for sustained reading of and engagement with one of the most important figures in the Lutheran Reformation and with one of the earliest systematic works in the Lutheran tradition – Philip Melanchthon’s Loci Communes of 1521. Text: Philip Melanchthon, Commonplaces (Loci Communes 1521), Translated by...
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Religious Studies Research Seminar
-Mr Gregory Chilson (Aberdeen), TBC
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Religious Studies Research Seminar
-Ms Cynthia Ching Tamb (Aberdeen), "Paul's Kinship Community as a Model of Christian Community with People with Autism"
January
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Religious Studies Research Seminar
-Ms A. Nicolle Sturdevant (Aberdeen), "Guardianship of Sacred Spaces in Scotland: How ancient/non-Christian and Christian landscapes interconnect while maintaining the same geographic location."
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Religious Studies Research Seminar
-For the first Religious Studies research seminar meeting this session, we are pleased to have Prof Robert Segal (University of Aberdeen) talk about MUST ANY RELIGION, INCLUDING CHRISTIANITY, BE STUDIED COMPARATIVELY?
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Joint Research Seminar in Practical Theology, Systematic Theology, and Theological Ethics
-Dr Brian Brock will be presenting a paper entitled "The Imago Dei and the Distinction between Moral and Systematic Theology".
2016
November
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History Department Work in Progress Lunchtime Seminar
-Discussion of Dr Jackson Armstrong chapter “Earth and Stone”, from the monograph England’s Northern Frontier.
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Art History Seminar
-Dr. Suzanne Fraser, University of Melbourne, will give a paper entitled:Displays of Union: Scottish Art and British Identity in Australia It will broadly illustrate the role of Scottish visual culture in forming an enduring Britishness in Australian society – which also contributed to Indigenous dispossession. A L L W E L...
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Post-graduate Colloquium
-Emilio Di Somma "The Buffered Self in Taylor; a Historicist Criticism"
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Centre for Early Modern Studies Seminar
-Literacy 'under the Lock': Education, Spirituality and Enclosure in Dominican Reform Convents Marie Luise Ehrenschwendtner (University of Aberdeen, Divinity/Church History)
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Religious Studies Research Seminar
-Mr Vincenzo Latrofa (University of Aberdeen) will discuss "The mandate-fulfilment-reward in 1 Kings 17–19". All are welcome!
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Public Roundtable "Still Home Abroad? Polish Migration to Scotland after Brexit"
-How does the EU referendum result affect the Polish community in Scotland, and what are people’s responses? Integration of Poles has been a success story, and Scotland’s economy has benefited from migration. People born in Poland have overtaken all other foreign nationalities in the UK for the first time. Academics...
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The Samaritans: past and present
-Please join us for the following talk, co-sponsored by the Religious Studies research seminar and the Old Testament research seminar: Mr Benyamim Sedaka (Historian and one of the elders of the Israelite Samaritan community) will discuss “The Samaritans: past and present”. All welcome! For more details/ questions, please contact: zohar@abdn.ac.uk
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New Testament Seminar
-The New Testament Seminar will meet Wednesday, the 2nd of November, at the earlier time of 3pm, in the Humanities Manse. Our speaker is Dr Tomas Bokedal, who will give a paper entitled, “Kierkegaard, Experience and Revelation.” All are welcome.
October
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Art History Seminar
-The first meeting of the Art History Seminar this term will be at 4.15 pm on Wednesday 26 October 2016 in room CB 203, 50 College Bounds. Dr Sandra Cardarelli, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History of Art, will give a paper related to the forthcoming book which...
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History Department Work in Progress Lunchtime Seminar
-Discussion of Prof. Karin Friedrich’s chapter “Citizenship in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth”, in: Dialogue with Europe. A hermeneutics of values, vol. 3, Political Values: The Commonwealth of Two Nations, red. J. Axer, A. Grzeskowiak-Krwawicz, (forthcoming in Polish, in print, Warsaw)
September
April
March
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Philosophy Colloquium
-Talk by Pauline Phemister (Edinburgh) Title: Why It Matters What We Think Abstract: In this presentation, I tease out some implications of Leibniz's claims (i) that there is a structurally isomorphic relationship between the mind or soul and its organic body and (ii) that the mind or soul perceives the external world indirectly...
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Philosophy Colloquium
-Talk by Adam Carter (Edinburgh) Title: "Knowledge-How and Anti-Intellectualism” Abstract: Reductive intellectualists (e.g., Stanley & Williamson 2001; Stanley 2011a; 2011b) hold that knowledge-how is a kind of knowledge-that. Anti-intellectualists (e.g., Ryle 1949; 1945) reject this reduction and identify knowledge-how with ability possession. In this talk, I want to challenge reductive intellectualism on two...
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History of Art Research Seminar
-"Aesthetics, authenticity and a sense of place: conserving carved stone artworks in situ": Dr Shannon Fraser, National Trust for Scotland
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Philosophy Postgraduate Talk
-Christopher Thomas,"From Complex Bodies to a Theory of Art: Melancholy, Bodies, and Art in the Philosophy of Spinoza"
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Philosophy Post-graduate Talk
-Davide Monaco,"Parallelism and Identity in Spinoza's Ethics. IIP7 and IIP7S"
February
2015
December
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Philosophy: Work-in-Progress Meeting
-Federico Luzzi: 'Gender-Restricted Sports Competitions'
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A Theology of Garbage
-Part of the joint Theological Ethics, Systematics and Practical Theology Research seminar series. All are welcome, and residential postgraduate students in the fields of Practical Theology, Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics are expected to attend this seminar along with their sub-disciplinary reading seminar.
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Practical Theology Seminar: Reading "Advancing Practical Theology"
-John Swinton and some of the postgraduate students in Practical Theology are running a seminar series this half-session, based on the book 'Advancing Practical Theology' by Eric Stoddart. All are welcome to attend. It will run fortnightly for six sessions, Tuesdays, 9am-11am, in OBF01 (Old Brewery).
November
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Philosophy Postgraduate Talk
-Peter Hartl "Philosophical Theism and Scepticism: Cleanthes and Philo on the Cosmological Argument in Hume`s Dialogues"
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Systematic Theology Postgraduate Seminar First Half-Session 2015/16
-The seminar will meet fortnightly on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. during the first half-session in G01 (Humanity Manse) to discuss Michael Welker’s recent work entitled God the Revealed: Christology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013) Monday, November 23rd, Welker, God the Revealed, pp. 251-319
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History of Art Research Seminar: Jenny Uglow
-"Turner and Memory": a lecture by Jenny Uglow
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Veniat Regnum Tuum! Christology, Eschatology and the Christian Life
-Part of the joint Theological Ethics, Systematics and Practical Theology Research seminar series. All are welcome, and residential postgraduate students in the fields of Practical Theology, Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics are expected to attend this seminar along with their sub-disciplinary reading seminar.
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Meet the Artist: James Morrison in conversation with John Morrison
-The paintings in this exhibition draw on the First World War but they don’t illustrate the events of that conflict. The pictures try to use the war as a way to talk about even bigger things. The titles always refer to the land, to the destruction of the physical world....
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Practical Theology Seminar: Reading "Advancing Practical Theology"
-John Swinton and some of the postgraduate students in Practical Theology are running a seminar series this half-session, based on the book 'Advancing Practical Theology' by Eric Stoddart. All are welcome to attend. It will run fortnightly for six sessions, Tuesdays, 9am-11am, in OBF01 (Old Brewery).
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Postgraduate Open Day
-Find out about postgraduate study opportunities at the University of Aberdeen.
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Historical Theology Seminar
-The Historical Theology Seminar will meet at 2-3.30pm on the following Thursdays in KCF10. The text for discussion is Adolf von Harnack, Outlines of the History of Dogma. The text is available as a pdf here: https://ia800301.us.archive.org/32/items/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft.pdf Members of the seminar should arrive having prepared the following pages on the following dates: 15th October:...
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Reading John Milbank's "Theology and Social Theory"
-Anyone interested in reading John Milbank's important book- Theology and Social Theory (Blackwell 1990) should join us at the following time, place and dates: We are meeting 10-12pm at Taylor C24 For this meeting please read: chapter 12 and 1 or 2 articles If you would like to come, please contact...
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History of Art Research Seminar
-"The French Followers of Caravaggio": a lecture by Arnauld Brejon de Lavergnée
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Systematic Theology Postgraduate Seminar First Half-Session 2015/16
-The seminar will meet fortnightly on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. during the first half-session in G01 (Humanity Manse) to discuss Michael Welker’s recent work entitled God the Revealed: Christology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013) Monday, November 9th, Welker, God the Revealed, pp. 209-250
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Historical Theology Seminar
-The Historical Theology Seminar will meet at 2-3.30pm on the following Thursdays in KCF10. The text for discussion is Adolf von Harnack, Outlines of the History of Dogma. The text is available as a pdf here: https://ia800301.us.archive.org/32/items/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft.pdf Members of the seminar should arrive having prepared the following pages on the following dates: 15th October:...
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The Catholic Spirit of Protestantism: The Third Article, Visible Unity and Ecumenism
-Part of the joint Theological Ethics, Systematics and Practical Theology Research seminar series. All are welcome, and residential postgraduate students in the fields of Practical Theology, Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics are expected to attend this seminar along with their sub-disciplinary reading seminar.
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Practical Theology Seminar: Reading "Advancing Practical Theology"
-John Swinton and some of the postgraduate students in Practical Theology are running a seminar series this half-session, based on the book 'Advancing Practical Theology' by Eric Stoddart. All are welcome to attend. It will run fortnightly for six sessions, Tuesdays, 9am-11am, in OBF01 (Old Brewery).
October
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Upcoming Conference: Performance Art: East, Northeast, West
-Amy Bryzgel is organizing a conference on performance art in Eastern Europe in relation to the West and the Northeast of Scotland. The conference will involve both lectures on performance art and performances by artists invited from Eastern Europe. The conference is scheduled for October 30-31, 2015; it is free...
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Historical Theology Seminar
-The Historical Theology Seminar will meet at 2-3.30pm on the following Thursdays in KCF10. The text for discussion is Adolf von Harnack, Outlines of the History of Dogma. The text is available as a pdf here: https://ia800301.us.archive.org/32/items/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft.pdf Members of the seminar should arrive having prepared the following pages on the following dates: 15th October:...
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Reading John Milbank's "Theology and Social Theory"
-Anyone interested in reading John Milbank's important book- Theology and Social Theory (Blackwell 1990) should join us at the following time, place and dates: We are meeting 10-12pm at Taylor C24 For this meeting please read: chapters 9, 10 and 11 If you would like to come, please contact Yutaka...
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History of Art Research Seminar
-"Mary Magdalene and Female Devotion in the Age of Titian": a lecture by Dr Carlo Corsato
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Systematic Theology Postgraduate Seminar First Half-Session 2015/16
-The seminar will meet fortnightly on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. during the first half-session in G01 (Humanity Manse) to discuss Michael Welker’s recent work entitled God the Revealed: Christology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013) Monday, October 26th, Welker, God the Revealed, pp. 144-208
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Historical Theology Seminar
-The Historical Theology Seminar will meet at 2-3.30pm on the following Thursdays in KCF10. The text for discussion is Adolf von Harnack, Outlines of the History of Dogma. The text is available as a pdf here: https://ia800301.us.archive.org/32/items/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft.pdf Members of the seminar should arrive having prepared the following pages on the following dates: 15th October:...
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How God Suffers: Bonhoeffer, Moltmann and the Language of Divine Passibility
-Part of the joint Theological Ethics, Systematics and Practical Theology Research seminar series. All are welcome, and residential postgraduate students in the fields of Practical Theology, Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics are expected to attend this seminar along with their sub-disciplinary reading seminar.
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Practical Theology Seminar: Reading "Advancing Practical Theology"
-John Swinton and some of the postgraduate students in Practical Theology are running a seminar series this half-session, based on the book 'Advancing Practical Theology' by Eric Stoddart. All are welcome to attend. It will run fortnightly for six sessions, Tuesdays, 9am-11am, in OBF01 (Old Brewery).
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Micheal O'Siadhail
-An Evening of Poetry
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Historical Theology Seminar
-The Historical Theology Seminar will meet at 2-3.30pm on the following Thursdays in KCF10. The text for discussion is Adolf von Harnack, Outlines of the History of Dogma. The text is available as a pdf here: https://ia800301.us.archive.org/32/items/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft/outlineshistoryd00harnuoft.pdf Members of the seminar should arrive having prepared the following pages on the following dates: 15th October:...
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Reading John Milbank's "Theology and Social Theory"
-Anyone interested in reading John Milbank's important book- Theology and Social Theory (Blackwell 1990) should join us at the following time, place and dates: We are meeting 10-12pm at Taylor C24 For this meeting please read: chapters 6, 7 and 8 If you would like to come, please contact Yutaka...
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Systematic Theology Postgraduate Seminar First Half-Session 2015/16
-The seminar will meet fortnightly on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. during the first half-session in G01 (Humanity Manse) to discuss Michael Welker’s recent work entitled God the Revealed: Christology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013) Monday, October 12th, Welker, God the Revealed, pp. 104-143
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Barth and the Manifesto of the 93 Intellectuals
-Part of the joint Theological Ethics, Systematics and Practical Theology Research seminar series. All are welcome, and residential postgraduate students in the fields of Practical Theology, Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics are expected to attend this seminar along with their sub-disciplinary reading seminar.
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Postgraduate Research Induction
-All new Postgraduate Research students within DHP are invited to this informative induction event. There will be a tea and coffee reception in the Divinity Library following the main session.
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Practical Theology Seminar: Reading "Advancing Practical Theology"
-John Swinton and some of the postgraduate students in Practical Theology are running a seminar series this half-session, based on the book 'Advancing Practical Theology' by Eric Stoddart. All are welcome to attend. It will run fortnightly for six sessions, Tuesdays, 9am-11am, in OBF01 (Old Brewery).
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Reading John Milbank's "Theology and Social Theory"
-Anyone interested in reading John Milbank's important book- Theology and Social Theory (Blackwell 1990) should join us at the following time, place and dates: We are meeting 10-12pm at Taylor C24 For this meeting please read: chapters 3, 4 and 5 If you would like to come, please contact Yutaka...
September
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Systematic Theology Postgraduate Seminar First Half-Session 2015/16
-The seminar will meet fortnightly on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. during the first half-session in G01 (Humanity Manse) to discuss Michael Welker’s recent work entitled God the Revealed: Christology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013) Monday, September 28th, Welker, God the Revealed, pp. 55-103
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The Alexander Souter Memorial Lecture on Late Antiquity
-THE ALEXANDER SOUTER MEMORIAL LECTURE ON LATE ANTIQUITYSchool of Divinity, History & Philosophy, University of Aberdeen2015/16"Saint Perpetua of Carthage, Early Christian Martyr"by Professor Francis Newton, Duke University, North Carolina, USA Friday, 25 September, 2015, 4 p.m.Lower Ground Floor Seminar RoomThe Sir Duncan Rice Library This lecture will be of interest to students...
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History of Art Research Seminar
-Dr Malcolm Jones (University of Sheffield) will present a paper entitled "German Students' Friendship Books: Sampling a Wealth of Neglected Early Modern Imagery", on Wednesday 23 September, in College Bounds CB203, from 4.15pm. Dr Jones's work on Alba Amicorum (friendship books) produced by German students of the sixteenth and seventeenth...
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Art History Seminar
-Dr Malcolm Jones (University of Sheffield) will present a paper entitled "German Students' Friendship Books: Sampling a Wealth of Neglected Early Modern Imagery", on Wednesday 23 September, in College Bounds CB203, from 4.15pm. Dr Jones's work on Alba Amicorum (friendship albums) produced by German students of the sixteenth and seventeenth...
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Ready; Aim; Blog! The Impact of the Internet on Church Authority
-Part of the joint Theological Ethics, Systematics and Practical Theology Research seminar series. This semester we will have papers from faculty in each session. All are welcome, and residential postgraduate students in the fields of Practical Theology, Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics are expected to attend this seminar along with their...
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Germans in Britain - Lunchtime Talk
-To round off the 'Germans in Britain' exhibition, there will be two German-themed talks in the Event Space of the Sir Duncan Rice Library on Wednesday 23rd September, 1-2pm. Professor Karin Friedrich will be presenting an overview of the long history of German-British contacts at Aberdeen, a city closely connected...
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Practical Theology Seminar: Reading "Advancing Practical Theology"
-John Swinton and some of the postgraduate students in Practical Theology are running a seminar series this half-session, based on the book 'Advancing Practical Theology' by Eric Stoddart. All are welcome to attend. It will run fortnightly for six sessions, Tuesdays, 9am-11am, in OBF01 (Old Brewery).
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Classics and Patristics Reading Group
-This term the classics & Patristics Reading Group will be reading and translating the Latin text of Virgil, Aeneid, Book IV (the ‘Dido & Aeneas’ book), beginning at line 424. The group will meet on Thursdays, 1.00-2.00 p.m., in the ground-floor seminar room in Humanity Manse (room HMG1), with the...
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Reading John Milbank's "Theology and Social Theory"
-Anyone interested in reading John Milbank's important book- Theology and Social Theory (Blackwell 1990) should join us at the following time, place and dates: We are meeting 10-12pm at Taylor C24 For this meeting please read: Intro, chapters 1 and 2 If you would like to come, please contact Yutaka...
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Postgraduate Taught Induction
-All new Postgraduate Research students within DHP are invited to this informative induction event.
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Systematic Theology Postgraduate Seminar First Half-Session 2015/16
-The seminar will meet fortnightly on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. during the first half-session in G01 (Humanity Manse) to discuss Michael Welker’s recent work entitled God the Revealed: Christology (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013) Monday, September 14th, Welker, God the Revealed, pp. 11-54
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Rethinking Boundaries In The Study Of Religion And Politics
-Sponsored by the College of Arts and Social Sciences and Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law, University of Aberdeen KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Believing in the Future: The Religious and Non-religious Stories Young Adults TellDr. Abby Day, Reader in Race, Faith and Culture, Goldsmiths University of London Religion and Politics as Modern...
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College Induction for New Students
-An introduction to some key people in the College, followed by a question and answer session.
August
June
May
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"The Art of Performance" at the May Festival
-Amy Bryzgel (History of Art) and Adrienne Janus (School of Language and Literature) are organizing a session entitled “The Art of Performance” at this year’s May Festival. The event will take place on Saturday 30 May, from 14:30-16:00 in the Linklater Rooms. Their presentation brings together arts practitioners, academics and students to...
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Pecha Kucha talk on Eastern European Performance Art and Northeast Scotland
-Amy Bryzgel will give a Pecha Kucha talk at Volume 10 of Aberdeen’s Pecha Kucha Nights, on May 26 at 7pm in the Belmont Filmhouse. Her talk will focus on connections between performance artists in Eastern Europe and the Northeast of Scotland, and will provide a rapid 6-minute introduction to...
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Centre for Scandinavian Studies Seminar
-Professor Clunies Ross is going to talk about:Autography in late medieval Icelandic sagasDate: Thursday 21st of MayTime: 4 pmVenue: CB 009All are welcome.
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Special Meeting of the Systematic Theology Research Seminar
-We are pleased to be able to host Professor Stephen Williams (Union Theological College, Queen’s University Belfast) at the end of this current half-session for a special meeting of the Systematic Theology Research Seminar. Prof. Williams will speak with us about his newest book project, entitled The Election of Grace:...
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Normativity RPAS Project Seminar Meeting
-The Normativity RPAS project sponsored by the College of Arts and Social Sciences will be playing host to Professor Stephen Williams (Union Theological College, Queen’s University Belfast) for its concluding seminar of the academic year. Professor Williams will deliver a paper entitled ‘Deviants from the Human Norm: Zarathustra, Jesus and...
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Annual CMS Seminar and Lecture
-Please make a note in your diary for 12th May 2015 when we welcome Rev Dr Graham Tomlin of St Mellitus College, London, to deliver the Annual CMS seminar and lecture. Seminar ‘Priestly Leadership’ at 2pm in Macrobert 252 Lecture ‘Priesthood as God’s Way of Blessing the World’ at 7pm Kings KCF7
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Cafe Philosophique 4th Annual Philosophy Public Lecture: 'Philosophy, Mountaineering and Risk'
-Speakers: Dr Philip Ebert (Senior Lecturer, Stirling University), Mr Guy Robertson (Environmental Consultant, Synergie Environ), Dr Simon Robertson (Lecturer, Cardiff University). We’ll consider questions arising directly from the film Touching the Void concerning the ethics of decision-making in risk-situations: Can cutting your companion’s rope ever be the right thing to do? Do different moral...
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Scandinavian Studies Seminar Series
-Stefan Brink will be presenting a paper on "Prohibitions of pagan cult and rituals in medieval Scandinavian Laws", which is based on an article he is writing for one of the volumes of the forthcoming Pre-Christian Religion of The North (3 vols), which is meant to replace Jan de Vries, "Altgermanische Religionsgeschicte"...
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Spinoza and Proportion Conference
-This conference will explore themes of proportion, ratio, equality, and harmony in Spinoza’s philosophy. On Day 2 there is a special emphasis on Spinoza in relation to architecture and housing (papers by Frichot, Rawes, Kodalak, and White). This conference is part of the AHRC Equalities of Wellbeing in Philosophy and Architecture...
April
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Reflections on the Encyclopaedia of Empire and the Future of Imperial History
-The Centre for the Study of Global Empires and the Northern Colonialism Project are pleased to welcome Professor John MacKenzie and Dr Nigel Dalziel, who will be presenting a paper entitled "Reflections on the Encyclopaedia of Empire and the Future of Imperial History". With responses by Professor Marjory Harper, Dr Isabella Jackson, and...
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Eternal God - Eternal Life: Theological Explorations into the Concept of Immortality
-This public conference will cap a year-long research project into the theology of immortality (generously funded from the Templeton Foundation). The conference, entitled Eternal God - Eternal Life: Theological Explorations into the Concept of Immortality, will take place at the University of Aberdeen from 27th to 29th April 2015. For details...
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Director's Cut: Tanja Ostojic
-In conversation with Amy Bryzgel
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Centre for the Study of Myth: Final Talk of the Semester
-Roy and Rachel Ratcliffe "THE MYTHS OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES" Roy and Rachel are practicing Witnesses who will trace the history of the movement and then go through standard misconceptions of it. They are very open to questions.
