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Professor Brink awarded academic prize by University of Umeå
During the 50 years Celebration of Umeå University, Professor Stefan Brink, Centre for Scandinavian Studies, was awarded the 'Language and Culture Trust's Prize' for 2015.
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History of Art Fieldwork Visits to Paris and The Burn
Our Level 4 students have concluded their eighteen-month Fieldwork module with a week of artistic encounters in Paris, while Level 3 began their Fieldwork with a two-day Reading Party at The Burn, near Edzell. Dr Mary Pryor and Professor John Morrison accompanied students to the Musée du Louvre, Musée d'Orsay and...
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History of Art Expertise for Radio Documentary
John Gash features in the latest RTÉ Radio 1 Documentary On One, "A Caravaggio in Tuam?", broadcast on Saturday 13 September 2015. In this programme, John offers his expertise as a specialist in the work of the artist Caravaggio, in tracking down a "lost" work by the Italian Baroque master....
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Poster success for DHP intern Rebecca Lindsay
Rebecca Lindsay (English and History) has completed her Aberdeen Internship working as a Student Engagement and Employability Assistant within the School, and achieved a highly commended, runner up prize for her poster at the Aberdeen Internship presentation event. Congratulations to Rebecca, who focused on strategies for engagement and retention within...
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Article published in The Conversation leads to BBC Radio interview
Federico Luzzi's recently published article in The Conversation, 'Football's unnoticed scandal: men-only competitions' was picked up by BBC Radio Merseyside, who interviewed him for Roger Phillip's show. The interview will air in the next few days. In the article it is argued that an in-principle restriction against women playing football...
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Professor Tom Greggs appointed to Faith and Order Commission
Professor Tom Greggs, Chair of Historical and Doctrinal Theology, has been appointed to the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
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Undergraduate Prize Winners in History of Art
Congratulations to the following undergraduate students, who have won prizes for their work in History of Art for the 2014-15 academic year: Debora Bertoldi and Marina McCrory were jointly awarded the Felicia Murray Lefebvre Prize. This annual prize is awarded for the best essay submitted by any Level 2 student in History...
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Dr Fern Insh receives the Principal's Prize for Public Engagement
Dr Fern Insh, who recently received her doctorate in History of Art from the University of Aberdeen, has been awarded the Principal's Prize for Public Engagement with Research in the Early Career Researcher category. Principal Sir Ian Diamond presented Fern with a certificate and prize on 31 May at a ceremony...
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PhD success for Aberdeen Art Historian
Congratulations to Aaron Thom on his recent, successful PhD viva! Aaron defended his research, "Caravaggism in Rome and Naples: Case Studies in Connoisseurship", which was supervised by Mr John Gash. Aaron's thesis deals with some infrequently studied followers of the revolutionary Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). Investigations pertaining to many...
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History of Art PhD student to present her research at international conference
PhD student Jasmina Zaloznik has been selected to present the research she conducted this past year for her dissertation at an international conference on Neue Slovenische Kunst (New Slovenian Art) at the Moderna Galerija in Ljubljana, 19-21 June 2015. The conference will feature prominent theorists on contemporary visual culture and...