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Video now available for webinar 'Racism 2020: Pathways to Taking Its Last Breath'
The images of the killing of George Floyd sent a shockwave throughout the world. On July 8th, the department of Divinity and Religious Studies organised the webinar ‘Racism 2020: Pathways to Taking Its Last Breath,’ to learn more about the causes of racism, current events, and to seek pathways to...
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Professor John Swinton awarded the Lanfranc award for Education and Scholarship
We are very pleased to announce that Professor John Swinton has been awarded the Lanfranc award for Education and Scholarship by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This award recognises Professor Swinton's outstanding contribution to practical theology, particularly in the area of disability. Congratulations!
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New scholarships for prospective Aberdeen PhD students in Divinity/Theology
The subject of Divinity has been taught at the University of Aberdeen since the time of its foundation in 1495 and continues to go from strength to strength (e.g., the Aberdeen Divinity Department is currently ranked 25th in the world in the QS World Rankings by Subject). Our new scholarships...
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PGT Dissertation Prize 2020 announced
The Development Trust is funding a prize of £100 for the best postgraduate taught (MLitt) dissertation in History for the 2019-2020 cohort of students who are in one of our four History programmes: MLitt in Modern History, MLitt in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, MLitt in Scandinavian Studies and MLitt...
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Meet Professor John Behr, Regius Chair in Humanity
Prior to holding the Regius Chair in Humanity at the University of Aberdeen, I spent twenty-five years teaching at St Vladimir’s Seminary in New York, where I also served as Dean for a decade. I have taught at other schools in the US, such as Harvard Divinity and Fordham University,...
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New appointments in Philosophy
We are delighted to announce the appointment of four new members of Philosophy staff in spring and summer 2020. Professor Michael Beaney joins Aberdeen as Regius Chair of Logic. This distinguished position was established by James IV of Scotland in 1505 just ten years after the University was founded. Prof. Beaney...
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Bringing Aberdeen's Burgh Records to life through song
Characters, events and stories contained with Aberdeen's unique town records was enjoyed by everyone.
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Episteme Journal accepts article from PhD Student
The journal Episteme has accepted an article by our PhD student Kevin Olivier. The title of his paper is “Agent Reliabilism and Inferential Knowledge from Gettiered Belief”.
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Professor Robert Frost confirmed as a New Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
New Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows announced Professor Frost’s research interests lie in the history of eastern Europe from the fourteenth to the ninteenth centuries; the history of Scandinavia, in particular the history of Sweden, and in the history of warfare. He has held the Burnett Fletcher Chair of History at Aberdeen...
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First class of MTh Ministry Studies (Zomba Theological College) students graduate
On Friday 7 February, the first class of thirteen African students, from Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, who participated in the MTh Ministry Studies programme hosted by the Centre for Ministry Studies at Aberdeen University, graduated in Zomba. It was a very colourful and joyful occasion, with much singing and dancing, that...