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2007
October
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Constituting Ireland: Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth's Essay on Irish Bulls (1802) and "the Genius of the People"
Dr Susan Manly (University of St Andrews) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Stephen Dornan, on 01224 273608 or email s.dornan@abdn.ac.uk Dr Manly is a Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews. Her areas of specialisation include literature of the 1790s and the works of...
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Too wide a distance? The Northern Channel tunnel question, 1886-1900
Dr Kevin James (University of Guelph) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Professor Cairns Craig, on 01224 273681 or email cairns.craig@abdn.ac.uk Dr James is author of Handloom Weavers in Ulster’s Linen Industry, 1815-1914 (2006). His current research programme analyses the historical evolution of tourism in pre-partition Ireland.
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Romantic Incompatibles: Scottish and Irish Radical Poetry 1790 - 1820
Dr Andrew Noble (University of Strathclyde) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Professor Cairns Craig, on 01224 273681 or email cairns.craig@abdn.ac.uk Dr Noble was editor, along with Patrick Scott Hogg, of The Canongate Burns (2001).
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When was the Scottish Enlightenment?
Professor Cairns Craig (University of Aberdeen) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Professor Cairns Craig, on 01224 273681 or email cairns.craig@abdn.ac.uk Professor Craig is the Director of the AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, and Glucksman Professor of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of...
September
May
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Robert Morrison Maciver Centenary Conference
-A one-day conference to mark the centenary of the appointment of Robert Morrison MacIver to the University, with whom the teaching of sociology begins in Aberdeen. The conference took place on Friday 18th May 2007 Audio Professor John Brewer, University of Aberdeen An Introduction to MacIver at Aberdeen Professor John Scott, University of Essex Sociology...
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Clerical Containment of Diasporic Irish Nationalism: A Canadian Example from the Parnell Era.
Dr Rosalyn Trigger (University of Aberdeen) The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse, 5.15 p.m. Further information from Dr Rosalyn Trigger, on 01224 274473 or email r.trigger@abdn.ac.uk Drinks reception follows All welcome
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Contexts of Contemporary Scottish and Irish Writing
School of Education, MacRobert Building, 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m. Further information from Professor Cairns Craig, on 01224 273681 or email cairns.craig@abdn.ac.uk
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Irish War Widows in France in the 1720s
Dr Marian Lyons (St Patrick's College, Dublin City University) 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 Drinks reception follows All welcome
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Anglo-Scottish Union 1707 Tercentenary Conference
Exhibition of Union artefacts in Special Collections and Marischal College Marischal College, 5.00-5.30 p.m. - organised by Siobhan Convery and Neil Curtis Introduction Principal C. Duncan Rice (University of Aberdeen) MarischalCollege, 6.00 p.m. Keynote Speech Prof Allan Macinnes (University of Aberdeen) MarischalCollege, 7.30 p.m. Further information from Dr Micheál...