Event Archive

The final instalment in the Edinburgh Quartet's performance of the complete Beethoven cycle in 2011/12. Admission is free. Quartet in B flat major Op.18 no.6 Quartet in e minor Op.59 no.2 Quartet in a minor Op.132

Join Dr Aine Larkin from the University of Aberdeen's School of Language and Literature as she explores the figures behind the camera lens. In this talk, she will examine their concerns with the scientific, as well as the aesthetic, in the early days of photography.

Exhibiting artists’ lunchtime talk

A varied programme of music including a performance Mendelssohn's 'Quartet in E flat Major' performed by the combined forces of student quartet Quartabella and the musicians of the Edinburgh Quartet.

Moral tolerance is often taken as a given : we should respect the moral convictions of others. But if people's beliefs are biased or prejudiced, shouldn't we try to change their minds?

This event is part of an ongoing artistic and cultural exchange between the three cities of Aberdeen, Bergen and St Petersburg.

Join us at the University Library for a day of craft. Learn about the process used to create images in the exhibition and create your own using similar (chemical free) processes.

Three tutors at the University of Aberdeen combine their musical expertise to present a beautiful concert of music for flute and soprano.

On this very date 100 years ago over 700 Titanic passengers finally arrived safely in New York. 

The Nobel Prize for physics recently went to one of the most unexpected observations in Cosmology: The Universe is not just expanding but accelerating. We’ll look at the possible mysterious explanations - Dark Energy or a failure of Einstein's Gravity - which may happen if we live in more than...