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'No union with slaveholders?' A tale of two Thomas's in Belfast, Edinburgh, and South Carolina 1844-1847
Iain Whyte The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
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Great Aberdonians: Patrick Gordon (1635-1699), and Robert Gordon (1668-1731)
-Professor Robert Frost
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The Construction of Scottish Myths
Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies,Centre for the Study of Myth,andThe Elphinstone Institute Image of the erection of Robert the Bruce Statue © Gordon Casely Programme 1.30-2.30‘The Myth of Freedom in Scottish History’Edward Cowan (Glasgow) 2.30-3.30‘Robert the Bruce - Myth, Legend and National Hero’Robert Segal (Aberdeen) 3.30-4.00Tea and Coffee 4.00-5.00‘The Myth of the Jacobite...
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Early Shelley and National Song
David Duff (University of Aberdeen) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
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St Vigeans and the Sculpture of Pictland
Jane Geddes (University of Aberdeen) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
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The White Slave Trade': Print Culture and Irish Emigration to America in the Late-Eighteenth Century
Martyn Powell (University of Aberystwyth) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown, on 01224 273685 or email m.brown@abdn.ac.uk
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Workshop: The Irish Saga
The transmission of the concept of ideal kingship in the tale Togail Bruidne Da Derga Máire West (University of Newcastle) The Irish Saga 'The Destruction of Da Derga's Guesting- Hall': Compilation, Literary Masterpiece, or Both? Ralph O’Connor (University of Aberdeen) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 4.30 p.m. Further information from Dr Michael Brown,...
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Great Aberdonians: Duncan Liddel (1561-1613): Astronomer and Medic
-Professor William Naphy NB: This talk will be preceded by a reception, from 7.00