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Brian Brock discusses his new book with Australian podcaster Liam Miller
Pastor and theologian Liam Miller engages Brock's popular presentation of the theology being done in the department of Divinity, History and Art History about how to think about disability in churches in order to become more welcoming. Brock explains why disability is not well understood if taken to be a...
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Brian Brock discusses his new book with California podcaster Michael Chan
In this audio podcast, academic theologian Michael Chan engages Brock's newest book, Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ's Body, focusing on how thinking about disability can help members of churches to better appreciate why human difference is not a threat or a burden but promising.
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2021 Prize Winners in Art History
As we celebrate the achievements of our graduating Class of 2021, we'd also like to congratulate this year's prize winners in Art History across the undergraduate programme! Jil Kugener is the recipient of the 2021 Derek Ogston Prize in History of Art, awarded annually to the most proficient student graduating in...
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Rev Dr Ken Jeffrey contributes article to July Edition of Life and Work
Rev Dr Ken Jeffrey recently wrote an article for Life and Work, the Church of Scotland Magazine, in which he considers how the Church might look 100 years from now, given the challenges of the past year. He examines which things may be done differently, including how services are run,...
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ECR-led journal publishes 2nd open access volume online
Apardjón Journal for Scandinavian Studies, an ECR-led open access journal founded by postgraduates at the Centre for Scandinavian Studies, has just released its second volume. As well as the editorial foreword by current PGR Solveig Marie Wang, the issue includes an article by current PGR Caroline Wilhelmsson and a book review...
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Frederik Pedersen appeared live on Times Radio
This Sunday Frederik Pedersen appeared live on Times Radio to comment on historical precedents to Boris Johnson's surprise wedding announcement. Precedents mentioned included the English kings George IV and Henry VIII, but planned discussions of Mary Stuart and of Abelard and Heloise had to be abandoned due to lack of...
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Professor Grant Macaskill awarded British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship of £131,000
Professor Grant Macaskill is one of two academics from the University of Aberdeen to be awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship. The grant of £131,000 will fund his research into the Ethiopic and Slavonic Enoch traditions and their possible origin in Jewish communities living in Roman Syria during Antiquity. The...
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Art History on the Remake
The School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History has changed its name to include Art History. Earlier in 2021, the Head of School, Dr Paula Sweeney, proposed that the name of the School ought to properly reflect its constitution – that of four separate disciplines, History, Divinity, Philosophy and Art...
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Dr Jackson Armstrong on Royal Historical Society Whitfield Prize shortlist for 2021
Dr Jackson Armstrong's first monograph, England’s Northern Frontier: Conflict and Local Society in the Fifteenth-century Scottish Marches (Cambridge University Press) has been shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society’s 2021 Whitfield Prize. The prize offers an annual award of £1,000 for a work on British or Irish history that is the...
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Aberdeen History PhD graduate Susan Marshall's new book published this month!
We are pleased to announce that Aberdeen History PhD graduate Susan Marshall's new book will be published this month. The book is called "Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500", and is based on her Aberdeen PhD thesis.For more information, please visit the publisher website: https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783275885/illegitimacy-in-medieval-scotland-1100-1500/