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2019
March
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The Doric Messiah - St Margaret's, Braemar
In partnership with The Elphinstone Institute
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Fitlike Records: A North-East Music Label
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Screening: Makin and Brakin
-Ethnographic Film Series
February
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Granite, Caul Winds, and Wildly Conspicuous Consumption: A Love Affair with Serious Reservations
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Screening: Janeu - Bhojpuri Initiation Rites and Folk Songs / The Voice of Tradition
-Ethnographic Film Series
January
2018
November
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The David Buchan Lecture 2018
-Memorial Interventions: Negotiating Paths through Complicated Pasts
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Screening: A Sense of Identity
-Ethnographic Film Series
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Where Does Music Come From?
-Royal Anthropological Institute Annual Blacking Lecture
October
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Castle of Stone and Sea: The Life, Songs, and Stories of a 19th-Century Breton Woman
-Scottish International Storytelling Festival
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Testimonies of Transition: Voices from the Scottish Diaspora
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Screening: Alive Inside
-Ethnographic Film Series
September
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Something Corny: A Life Working with Straw
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Screening: Flight of the Condor / The Snow Kirk
-Ethnographic Film Series
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Doors Open Day
-Learn about the Elphinstone Institute This Doors Open Day in Aberdeen come along and learn about the Elphinstone Institute. We're a centre for the study of Ethnology, Folklore, and Ethnomusicology and we study the culture of the North-East of Scotland. We produce lots of research on an extremely wide range of topics...
July
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The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie
-A festival to celebrate singing traditions in memory of Tom and Anne Reid.
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North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo)
-A celebration of fiddle and dance traditions from around the North Atlantic.
May
April
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Finding Scottish Songs and Ballads Online
-A FREE workshop on using the Vaughan Williams Library (VWML) Digital Archive, and learning songs from its latest addition, the James Madison Carpenter Collection
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Celebrating the Fiddle
-A taster of what is to come at the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention in July 2018
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Finding Scottish Songs and Ballads Online - Edinburgh Workshop
-A FREE workshop exploring the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library's digital archive, and its latest addition, the James Carpenter Collection. Discover the potential of archival sources to connect people and place.
March
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North-East Scots Leid Board/North-East Scots Language Board
-Join us to celebrate and promote the expressive Scots of the North-East by joining us at our formal press launch.
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'Publishing is an Adventure', from Penny Pamphlets to Print on Demand: James Leatham, Propaganda, and the Rebirth of the Deveron Press
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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40,000 Miles in Quest of Tradition: A Celebration of Carpenter Folk Online - Cecil Sharp House, London
-Songs, tunes and plays collected by James Madison Carpenter 1927 – 1943, across Britain and also in the US, will be creatively interpreted and performed by Cecil Sharp House Choir, The Mearns Singers (from North East Scotland led by Irene Watt), London Youth Folk Ensemble with members of New Camden...
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A Filthy, Dirty, and Abominable Practice: A Short History of the Blackening
-This talk will show how the blackening has developed through time into the ritual we see today.
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Messiah in Doric
-Join us for the Doric Messiah, a singing workshop and performance of selections from Handel's Messiah in Doric, hosted by The Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, in partnership with the Music Department, University of Aberdeen.
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Alive Inside
-This event has been cancelled due to UCU strike action Ethnographic Film Series
February
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Heart of Granite: Stone Circles, Haddie Suppers, and Very, Very Conspicuous Consumption
-This talk has been cancelled due to UCU strike action Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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They Will Have to Kill Us First: Malian Musicians in Exile
-Ethnographic Film Series
January
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Ewen MacLachlan, Hebridean Dance Master
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Polish-Scottish Mini Festival
-Musical events celebrating the best of Scotland and Poland
2017
December
November
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A Wolf Among Men - Book Launch
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series with Alec Finlay
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The David Buchan Lecture 2017
-Folk Narrative as Terror Therapy in Scotland, Appalachia, and the Wake of Disasters Worldwide
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Prolegomena to Practice-Based Research in Traditional Music
-Memory, Music and Movement An AHRC-North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) Networking Project
October
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Living Tales in a Digitised World
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Scotland Meets Pakistan: Trading Story & Song
-Scottish International Storytelling Festival - Aberdeen Event
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Music and the Memory Spectrum
-Memory, Music and Movement An AHRC-North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) Networking Project
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Traditional Tunes and Popular Airs: History and Transmission
-A conference organised by the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, EFDSS, and the Elphinstone Institute
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Cailleach, and The Shepherds of Berneray
-Ethnographic Film Series
September
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Scots Radio - The Journey So Far
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Finding Scottish Songs and Ballads Online
-Book now for this FREE workshop!
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Following in the Footsteps of the J. M. Carpenter Folk Song Collection
-Carpenter Coach Tour, Saturday 9 September 2017
August
July
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W. F. H. Nicolaisen Memorial Symposium
-The Elphinstone Institute will host a symposium in memory of much-missed Emeritus Professor W. F. H. Nicolaisen (1927-2016).
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The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie
-A festival for all who enjoy traditional music.
June
May
April
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Stories, Computing, and the Politics of Health Care: Folklore Perspectives on Narrative from Paramedics to Anti-Vaxxers
-How do people tell stories? How can they help us understand illness and health care today?
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Your Language Day
-A Workshop Day on Promoting Doric and North-East Scots
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Tradition and Innovation at Cambus O'May Cheesemaker
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
March
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POSTPONED Doric/North-East Scots Language Workshop for Students and Staff
-THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED IT IS HOPED TO RESCHEDULE IN THE FUTURE Come and share and learn about Doric and North-East Scots, whether you are a native speaker or learner, you are all welcome.
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From Production to Marketing: Community and Culture in the Post-War Whisky Industry
-Cultural Change in the Speyside 'whisky community(ies)' in the Post-War period - 1946 to the present day.
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Fintry: the Story and the Memories of a Rural North-East School
-Talk by Janet Byth to Ferryhill Parish Church, about the story of a typical country school in a farming community of North-East Scotland. Founded in 1831 as a 'subscription' elementary school, Fintry has been part of the Scottish education system since 1872, and continues to educate the local children today. Janet...
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A Kabul Music Diary - Ethnographic Film Series
-Join film-maker and ethnomusicologist John Baily for a discussion of the film and his work.
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Fintry: the Story and the Memories of a Rural North-East School
-Talk by Janet Byth to University of the Third Age, about the story of a typical country school in a farming community of North-East Scotland. Founded in 1831 as a 'subscription' elementary school, Fintry has been part of the Scottish education system since 1872, and continues to educate the local...
February
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Storytelling without Sound: Traditional Deaf Motifs and Performance in British Sign Language Storytelling
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Celebrating North-East Writing
-'Celebrating North-East Writing' replaces the Toulmin Prize for 2017 The Celebration event is now open to receiving poems and stories with a North-East focus, some of which will feature at the event at the University's May Festival 26-28 May 2017, along with other North-East writers, speakers and performers. Please send your entry...
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Storytelling with Essie Stewart
-Special Event
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Nurturing Humanity through the Liberal Arts in Japan
-The decisions that we make as we prepare to enter adult life, in terms of their impact on our future prosperity, success in career, lifelong friendships, general happiness, mental and emotional health, and even physical health, are as significant, and perhaps more important, than any other decisions we will make...
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Indian Ocean Memories and African Migrants
-Ethnographic Film Series
January
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Doric and Aa That
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Fintry: the Story and the Memories of a Rural North-East School
-Talk by Janet Byth to Bon Accord Ladies' Probus Club, about the story of a typical country school in a farming community of North-East Scotland. Founded in 1831 as a 'subscription' elementary school, Fintry has been part of the Scottish education system since 1872, and continues to educate the local children...
2016
December
November
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CANCELLED Due to Illness: #10Aberdeenstories: The Role of Narratives in Third-Sector Knowledge Sharing
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Collective Compositions
-Ethnographic Film Series
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The David Buchan Lecture 2016
-Copyrighting Tradition in the Internet Age: Creativity, Authorship, and Folklore
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The Route Names of Lochnagar
-Sheila Young will present a paper on The Route Names of Lochnagar, at the Bill Nicolaisen Memorial Conference, hosted by the Scottish Place-Name Society in Edinburgh. More details, and the conference programme are available here
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Ethnographic Film Series - Brink of Survival
-Ethnographic Film Series
October
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Diários da Floresta - Diaries of the Forest - Storytelling from Brazil
-Part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival
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Witch Belief in Scottish Coastal Communities
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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St. Kilda Hebridean Night
-Ethnographic Film Series
September
July
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The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie
-A festival for all who enjoy traditional music.
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Sea Sangs and Sattie Tales
-Part of Peterhead Scottish Week
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FEECA 2016, 1-3 July
-'A Fieldworker's Vision: Researching the Present' Folklore, Ethnology, and Ethnomusicology Conference Aberdeen (FEECA) Hosted by the Elphinstone Institute and co-sponsored by the Folklore Society. FEECA aims to bring together graduate, postgraduate students, and early-career researchers in these fields to strengthen relations between relevant scholars and institutions in the UK and around the world. This...
June
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Celebrating North-East Fiddle
-Join renowned Tarland fiddler Paul Anderson and Friends for a wonderful night of traditional music celebrating the traditional fiddle playing of the North-East of Scotland. This event follows an afternoon event, the NAFCO AHRC Workshop on Memory which will be streamed online with participants from the United States, Canada, Sweden, Lithuania, Hong...
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NAFCo AHRC Workshop on Memory
-Online streaming link: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/nafco/live-stream/ This is a free online event for artists, scholars, researchers, teachers, and practitioners with an interest in fiddle and dance studies. Session 1 – Keynote Address: David C. Rubin, Juanita M. Kreps Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, ‘The Role of Memory...
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Hamish - Film Screening
-Elphinstone Institute Ethnographic Film Series - Special Event
May
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Digging for Wishes: The Ardmaddy Wishing-Tree Project
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Toulmin Prize 2016
-The winner of the Toulmin Prize 2016 is Mary Leith from Kintore, with her story Duck Number 38. Mary received her award at the May Festival, at a special event, 'The Toulmin Celebration and Short Story Prize on Sunday 29 May, where her entry was read aloud to the audience...
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Elphinstone Institute at the May Festival
-The Elphinstone Institute is hosting a number of events over the May Festival weekend at the University of Aberdeen, 27-29 May 2016. With Storytelling, the Polish-Scottish Singing Group, and The Toulmin Prize, and also displays of Boatbuilding with youngsters from Banff Academy, and Elaine Lindsay's straw work, and an event Celebrating...
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A Filthy, Dirty, and Abominable Practice: A Short History of the Blackening
-With the meteoric rise in popularity of commercialised, 'package' hen nights, pre-nuptial rituals for women in the North of Scotland have undergone a massive change in the past thirty years.
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Sabato Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles): Art, Migration, and the Watts Towers Common Ground Initiative
-Luisa del Giudice, a Visiting Scholar at the Elphinstone Institute 3-9 May 2016, is a fellow of the American Folklore Society, and is internationally known for her work on Italian, Italian-American, and Italian-Canadian Folklife, Ethnology; and Oral History. This public seminar, promoted jointly with History of Art, on the multiple...
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Hanoi Eclipse (2010)
-Ethnographic Film Series
April
March
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Art in the Aberdeenshire Environment Database
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Fae Ploo T Plate
-Ethnographic Film Series
February
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10,000 Letters and Counting: Working on the Hamish Henderson Archive
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Ethnographic Film Series: Say Amen, Somebody
-George T. Nierenberg, director Gospel music is the subject of this lively film, which explores the history of the faith-rooted musical style. While the documentary features a number of gospel musicians, it spends the most time looking into the considerable contributions of Thomas A. Dorsey, a pioneering songwriter and pianist, and...
January
2015
December
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A Filthy, Dirty, and Abominable Practice: A Short History of the Blackening
-This talk will show how the blackening has developed through time into the ritual we see today.
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Ethnographic Film Series: The Fiddlers of James Bay plus Scots in the Sub-Arctic
-The Fiddlers of James Bay (1980), by Bob Rogers, is a short documentary tracing the history of the fiddle's arrival in Canada 300 years ago via Scottish traders from the Orkney Islands. The Cree population of what is now Northern Québec adopted the instrument, and many contemporary Cree residents are master fiddlers....
November
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Timespan - Remote Possibilities in Scotland's North: Programming a cultural organisation on the edge
-Elphinstone Institute Public Lecture Series
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Halloween and Bonfire Night: What do you do?
-Part of Being Human, a Festival of the Humanities
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Inaugural David Buchan Lecture
-DAVID BUCHAN LECTURERecycled Stories: Health Legends, Epidemics and the Politics of RiskProfessor Diane E. Goldstein Introduced by Principal Sir Ian DiamondThursday 19 November 2015 at 6:30pmKing's College Conference Centrefollowed by a reception featuring North-East Produce The David Buchan Lecture is the culmination of a year of special events to celebrate the twentieth...
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Button Boxes and Moothies
-A convention of free-reed music.
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Fintry: the Story and Memories of a Rural North-East School
-Talk by Janet Byth to Danestone Local History Circle, Danestone Community Centre.
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Ethnographic Film Series: Regarding Our Father
-Gerald S. Doyle was Newfoundland's first collector of folksongs. He was also a remarkable salesman, a patriot, and an avid filmmaker.