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2014
October
September
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Unbound Feet: The Changing Status of Chinese Women, c. 1890-1950
-For almost one thousand years, 90 per cent of Chinese women had their feet bound to achieve an artificial smallness that corresponded to an ideal of beauty, but restricted movement and caused immense pain and suffering.
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The Fifteenth Century Conference
-The Fifteenth Century Conference is an annual symposium for historians of the late medieval British Isles, which has run since 1970. In 2014 it will be hosted at the University of Aberdeen. The Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies and the Centre for Early Modern Studies are supporting the...
June
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Café Philosophique - Where does Scott Pilgrim Live? Movies, Other Media, and Metafiction
-Discover, discuss and question the big ideas in contemporary philosophy in a relaxed, informal environment in this year's Cafe' Philosophique public engagement series. All events are free. All welcome!
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Fall Narratives: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
-As the 340th anniversary of John Milton's death approaches an international workshop and conference from 18 - 19 June 2014 will examine the concept of 'the fall' across a range of disciplines and languages, extending from antiquity to contemporary times.
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Café Philosophique - Is Equality Good for Us?
-Discover, discuss and question the big ideas in contemporary philosophy in a relaxed, informal environment in this year's Cafe' Philosophique public engagement series. All events are free. All welcome!
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Café Philosophique - The Metaphysics of Love
-Discover, discuss and question the big ideas in contemporary philosophy in a relaxed, informal environment in this year's Cafe' Philosophique public engagement series. All events are free. All welcome!
May
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The Printed Image in Shakespeare's London
-The Department of History of Art and the King's Museum Lecture & Events series is pleased to present the fourth talk in the 2013/2014 programme.
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SCOTTISH SEMINAR IN EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY V
-University of Aberdeen,Scotland 14-15 May 2014 Sir Duncan Rice Library, Meeting Room 1 (room 706) Key Note Speakers: Susan James (Birkbeck/Princeton) John Sellars (Birkbeck/Oxford) The event is sponsored by: The Scots Philosophical Association The Schoolof Divinity, History and Philosophy (University of Aberdeen) British Society for the History of Philosophy ANR Anthopos (ENS-Lyon) Brill Academic Publishers PROGRAM Wednesday, 14 May 9.15-9.30 Coffee and Welcome Session I Chair:...
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Call for Papers: Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy May 2014
-Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy V (SSEMP V) The Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen 14-15 May 2014 Key Note Speakers: Professor Susan James (University Center for Human Values, Princeton / Birkbeck College, London) Dr. John Sellars (Birkbeck College, London / Oxford University) The SSEMP V is the fifth edition of a yearly event...