Event Archive

2010

October

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  What's not out there: North-East singers from the Alan Lomax and Howard Glasser collections, 1951-63

  19 October 2010, 19:30 - 21:00

  Museum Lecture Series - What's not out there: North-East singers from the Alan Lomax and Howard Glasser collections, 1951-63

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  The 2010 Geddes-Harrower Lecture Series

  19 October - 04 November 2010

  Since its inauguration in 1960, the Geddes-Harrower lecture series has become a leading scholarly event exploring Greek art and archaeology and related areas of Hellenic significance. The lectures are given annually to the University community and the general public at the University of Aberdeen.

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  Café Scientifique City

  13 October 2010, 19:00 - 21:00

  Coffee and a Slice of Science. Our Café Scientifique series continues throughout Summer/Autumn 2010 in the City.

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  The Beakers and Bodies Project: New perspectives on death and burial in the Early Bronze Age of North-East Scotland

  12 October 2010, 19:30 - 21:00

  Museum Lecture Series - The Beakers and Bodies Project: new perspectives on death and burial in the Early Bronze Age of North-East Scotland

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  Public Lecture: Why are so many vulnerable children throughout the world still denied meaningful educational opportunities?

  12 October 2010, 12:00 - 13:30

  What’s wrong with Education for All and why are we far from achieving Millennium Development Goal 2?

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  Cafe Controversial - Nuclear Scotland

  11 October 2010, 19:00

  Café Scientifique expands with the Café Controversial series dealing with topics that tend to polarise public opinion. The University of Aberdeen in partnership with Satrosphere Science Centre host a brand new Café season from September — December. There are a range of topics such as cannabis, nuclear power and choosing...

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  Cafe Light - Lighting Up the Deep

  11 October 2010, 12:30

  The University of Aberdeen along with the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses launch a new Café season from September to December.

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  The Inaugural RV Jones Lecture : What Lies Beneath?

  06 October 2010, 18:00 - 20:30

  Observations on the sea surface can often be misleading. Even with flat, calm conditions, powerful waves capable of destroying underwater vehicles, tilting offshore rigs and halting a ship at full power can still exist deep within the ocean. Professor Peter Davies will discuss modelling these so-called internal waves and the...

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  Carmen - Scottish Opera

  05 - 06 October 2010

  Scottish Opera brings you beautiful gypsies, obsession, bullfighters and some of the liveliest rhythms in opera.... it can only be Bizet's Carmen. (Special £5 deal for people under age 26)

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  The Winter Concert Series

  01 October - 31 December 2010

  The Department of Music is proud to announce the launch of the Winter 2010 season of Music in the University.