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2006
October
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Reading the riot commission: an analysis of the enquiry into the Belfast riots of 1857
Professor R.J. Morris (University of Edinburgh) This event will be held in HMG1 at 5.15pm
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The Meal at Saracen's Head: Edmund Burke and the Scottish Literati
Dr Michael Brown (University of Aberdeen) This event will be held in HMG1 at 5.15pm
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Celts, Scots, Danes, and the Foundations of English Literature - or, When was literary history?
Professor Cairns Craig (University of Aberdeen) This event will be held in HMG1 at 5.15pm
May
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Theories and Practices of the Archive
Professor Michael Sheringham, University of Oxford . Part of the Memory, History and Society Seminar Series. The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse. 4 p.m Further details from Dr Enda Delaney on 01224 273685 or email: e.delaney@abdn.ac.uk
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Scottish and Irish Thought in the Era of John Macmurray (1891-1976)
-To mark the 30th anniversary of the death of the Scottish philosopher John Macmurray Speakers include : Professor David Fergusson ( Edinburgh ) Dr Gavin Miller ( Edinburgh ) Dr Esther MacIntosh ( Leeds ) Professor John Brewer ( Aberdeen ) Mr Roger Gallie ( Aberdeen ) Dr Thomas...
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The Hitler Years Recalled in Some Berlin German families: A Study of the Relation between Interpersonal and Public Transmission
Professor Stephan Feuchtwang, London School of Economics. Part of the Memory, History and Society Seminar Series. The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse at 4.00 pm . Further information from Dr Enda Delaney on 01224 273685 or email: e.delaney@abdn.ac.uk
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1790s A Symposium
Speakers will include : Professor Nicholas Roe, University of St Andrews Dr Esseka Joshua, University of Birmingham Dr David Duff, University of Aberdeen Professor Vivien Jones, University of Leeds Hosted by the Centre for the Novel. Further information from Dr Catherine Jones: email c.a.jones@abdn.ac.uk.
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Race, Memory and the Second World War: A People's History Project in Cardiff Docklands .
Professor Glenn Jordan, University of Glamorgan . Part of the Memory, History and Society Seminar Series . The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse. - 4 p.m Further details from Dr Enda Delaney on 01224 273685 or email: e.delaney@abdn.ac.uk
April
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Reading by James Robertson
James Robertson, best-selling Scottish author of The Fanatic (2000) and Joseph Knight (2003) will talk about the influence of Walter Scott on his writing. Humanity Manse 2 p.m. Humanity Manse 5.15 p.m. Hosted by the Walter Scott Research Centre. Further information from Dr Alison Lumsden, email a.lumsden@abdn.ac.uk
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History Read Backward: Memory, Migration and the Photographic Archive .
Dr Roberta McGrath, Napier University , Edinburgh . Part of the Memory, History and Society Seminar Series. The Seminar Room, Humanity Manse. 4.00 p.m. Further details from Dr Enda Delaney on 01224 273685 or email: e.delaney@abdn.ac.uk