Event Archive

2014

February

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  Gifford Lecture Series. Dealing with Darwin: Locating Encounters with Evolution

  17 February 2014, 18:00 - 19:00

  The lecture series begins by arguing for the importance of locating debates over Darwinism in their local circumstances. Rather than trading in generalities about 'the' relationship between science and religion, this lecture urges that in 'Dealing with Darwin' place, politics and rhetoric have always been of crucial significance.

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  King's Museum Lunchtime Talks

  17 February - 11 April 2014

  Student volunteers will give short talks on the new exhibition 'Fiji, Scotland and the Making of Empire' at lunchtimes. Talks will be held 3 times a week at 1pm at King's Museum, and will last approximately 15 minutes

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  Aberdeen Musical Society - John Eccles' Judgement of Paris

  14 February 2014, 18:00 - 19:00

  The University's Early Music Ensembles and the Aberdeen Musical Society present a fully staged and costumed performance of Eccles' Opera and Libretto; The Judgement of Paris

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  Discovery Gallery: Asteroids, Armageddon and Aberdeen

  13 February 2014, 19:00 - 23:59

  Inspired discussions in Aberdeen Maritime Museum taking inspiration from the commemorative exhibition on Sir David Gill. Admission is free.

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  The Aberdeen Bestiary: Sound-Image-Narrative

  13 February 2014, 18:00 - 19:00

  The Aberdeen Bestiary: Sound-Image-Narrative is an artistic research project led by Dr. Suk-Jun Kim and Prof. Pete Stollery from SERG, and was one of the inaugural beneficiaries of a bursary from the Aberdeen Humanities Fund at the University of Aberdeen.

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  Inspirational Inaugurals - Battle of the bulge: New ways to shed unwanted pounds

  12 February 2014, 18:00 - 23:59

  Why is it so difficult to lose weight yet all too easy to gain back those extra pounds? We'll explore whether new weight loss drugs can help.

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  Go Green Week

  10 - 16 February 2014

  In efforts to raise awareness about low carbon living the Aberdeen University Students' Association is inviting members of the University community to 'Go Green' by committing to a small but high-impact lifestyle change for two months.

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  Founders' Day

  09 February 2014, 11:00 - 23:59

  On Founders' Day we pay tribute to our historic origins as an ancient University and we light a candle to give thanks for the vision of Bishop Elphinstone and our patron fathers.

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  Inspirational Inaugurals - Treating people well: what should we value in healthcare?

  05 February 2014, 18:00 - 23:59

  Professor Vikki Entwistle's inaugural lecture - Health services aspire to be person-centred, safe, effective, efficient and fair, but can we really have it all?

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  Organ Recital - Laszlo Almasy (Budapest)

  04 February 2014, 19:30 - 20:45

  The International Hungarian organist László Attila Almásy makes his first visit to Scotland to perform on the Aubertin Organ at King's College Chapel