We’re part of a packed programme of maritime-themed events taking place at key venues in and around Aberdeen before, during and after the Tall Ships visit. Find out more about the range of University activities you can get involved in.
Find out more about other events taking part across the city on the city council website.
Festival of the Sea events
- 12 July - Map Making Workshop
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Add to a collaborative map of the sea by drawing islands, ships and whatever else you can imagine.
- 21 July - Tall Ships, Science & Society
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Who should own the ocean and the products derived from it?
Explore this important issue with an international expert panel in ocean diplomacy and discuss how new forms of Oceans governance matter to us all.
- 22 July - Sea Monsters on Medieval & Renaissance Maps
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Chet van Duzer, renowned historian of cartography, will be giving an online talk about legendary sea creatures in our earliest maps and atlases, showing how they reflected conceptions of the unknown and mythology, as well as what they reveal about early geographic thought and nautical navigation.
- 24 July - Aberdeen, Powered by the Sea - PechaKucha
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Join researchers from across the University of Aberdeen as they explore Aberdeen's connections to the maritime environment and it's impact on the city today.