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Fail Better is an evening of avant-garde visual culture from two Modernist masters, with screenings 'Emak Bakia' by Man Ray, alongside 'Film' by Samuel Beckett. Fail Better is an evening of avant-garde visual culture from two Modernist masters, with screenings 'Emak Bakia' by Man Ray, alongside 'Film' by Samuel Beckett.

The Confucius Institute of the University of Aberdeen is delighted to announce a public lecture by Professor Fajun Li, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Across the Irish Sea Darwinian natural science caused great consternation. Sectarian rivalry, who should control higher education, and an infamous speech by the President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science all fed into the Belfast backlash against evolution.

Coffee and a slice of science! Our Cafe Scientifique Aberdeen City series takes place monthly in Waterstones Union Bridge book store in Aberdeen's Union Street, usually around the middle Wednesday of the month. Sessions run from January through to October and are free to attend. No booking is required and...

In Edinburgh, Darwin's theories were absorbed, in the main, with little difficulty. Indeed evolutionary theories were used by Scottish Calvinists to shore up their convictions about the unity of the human race, the idea of design in nature, and the progressive history of revelation. What was far more...

One of the UK’s most respected legal figures will give an inaugural lecture in Aberdeen on behalf of a student lawyer organisation which assists people in need of legal advice. Lord Hope, who recently retired as Deputy President of the Supreme Court, will mark his appointment as Patron of The Aberdeen...

Buy one, throw one out With food waste on the increase we question how much promotional offers in supermarkets are to blame, what impact food waste is having on the environment and how we might weigh up what we really need.

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.

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

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