Event Archive

Great news! A new UoA festival for the 525th anniversary - WayWORD Festival 23-27 September 2020 - is a student-led literary arts festival brought to you by the WORD Centre for Creative Writing, featuring Lemn Sissay, Eimear McBride, Jenni Fagan, Alan Warner and many more... Author readings, performances, panel discussions and...

Dr Katya Krylova has co-organised a virtual conference (together with Dr Ernest Schonfield, University of Glasgow) on the landmark Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. The conference, entitled 'Thomas Bernhard: Language, History, Subjectivity' (originally scheduled to take place at the Goethe Institute Glasgow in June 2020) will take place on 17-18 September...

The University of Aberdeen will hold a Virtual Postgraduate Open Day on Thursday 19 March. It is open to everyone who is interested in Postgraduate Taught and Research study.

I am very pleased to announce the next Centre for the Novel event. On Wednesday 18th March, 11:00 (MacRobert 055), Professor Jeannette King will deliver a research paper: 'Conquistadora! Love and Conquest in Isabel Allende's Inés of my Soul'. All welcome, light refreshments will be provided.  

RIISS and Word Centre Irish Writer Series, presenting Vona Groarke

A public lecture by Prof. Ian Christie (Birkbeck College) on 'The Mystery of Robert Paul's Aberdeen Film and Other Puzzles about Britain's Neglected Pioneer'.

Join us for a screening of 'A Moon for My Father' and take part in a masterclass with the director.

The Classical Association of Scotland has a new Aberdeen centre, serving the North of Scotland. Our purpose is to promote knowledge of and interest in classical culture, through events including talks by visiting academics and workshops with local schools. We are a registered charity (SCIO no. SC049690). This semester's events...

Anna-Christin Riemer will read from her debut novel Mortingdown East (2018) and give an exclusive preview of her next novel.

In conversation with Prof. Alan Marcus, The Art of Film Adaptation