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2013
June
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Cafe Philosophique Special - Implicit bias against women
Psychologists have shown that the same CV receives different ratings depending on the applicant’s gender. We’ll explore the implications of key unconscious biases uncovered by psychology, with a focus on gender bias in professional contexts.
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EOGAN (European Oil & Gas Archivists Network) 2013
-EOGAN working to preserve and promote the use of oil and gas related records
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Cafe Med Inverness - How the Highlands Pioneered the NHS
Discover how ground-breaking work from 1912 into medical care in the Highlands and Islands helped shape our modern NHS. Join us at our launch event for a fascinating insight into the Dewar Report, presented in Gaelic and English.
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Second Sight and Prophecy conference
-This interdisciplinary conference welcomes participants from a range of academic disciplines including history, folklore, anthropology, divinity and sociology whose research interests cover a wide range of topics exploring varying methods used by different cultures (both now and in the past) to look into the future and the rationale for so...
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Cafe Sci- Piper Alpha: Learning the Lessons
25 years on from Piper Alpha, the scars remain. Come and discuss how we can learn from such events and how safety priorities have evolved since.
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The Aberdeen Coder Dojo
-The after school club for kids wanting to learn to code, and meet other kids like this too.
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Medieval heritage in twentieth-century Norway: Ideologies, conflicts, practices
-Dr Kristin Aavitsland will speak on her biography of one of Gerard Fischer's forerunners: Harry Fett (1875-1962), a prolific researcher on Norwegian medieval art and national antiquarian from 1913 to 1946.
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Cafe Sci (Aberdeenshire): Why should youngsters leave home one day?
What can lonely-heart water voles teach us about family rivalry? Join us at our final session for an intriguing discussion of the science behind the evolution of inter-family behaviour and the lessons we are learning from the animal kingdom.
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Cafe Philosophique- What can paradoxes teach us?
A village barber shaves every villager who doesn’t shave himself. Does he shave himself? Whether you say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ you’ll be in trouble - as philosophers looking at such puzzles will tell you.
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Documenting Culture - Documenting Difference
-This talk is presented as part of the current exhibition at the Sir Duncan Rice Library.