Event Archive

2015

May

• Spinoza and Proportion Conference

  05 - 06 May 2015

  This conference will explore themes of proportion, ratio, equality, and harmony in Spinoza’s philosophy. On Day 2 there is a special emphasis on Spinoza in relation to architecture and housing (papers by Frichot, Rawes, Kodalak, and White). This conference is part of the AHRC Equalities of Wellbeing in Philosophy and Architecture...

April

• Reflections on the Encyclopaedia of Empire and the Future of Imperial History

  28 April 2015, 14:30 - 16:30

  The Centre for the Study of Global Empires and the Northern Colonialism Project are pleased to welcome Professor John MacKenzie and Dr Nigel Dalziel, who will be presenting a paper entitled "Reflections on the Encyclopaedia of Empire and the Future of Imperial History". With responses by Professor Marjory Harper, Dr Isabella Jackson, and...

• Eternal God - Eternal Life: Theological Explorations into the Concept of Immortality

  27 - 29 April 2015

  This public conference will cap a year-long research project into the theology of immortality (generously funded from the Templeton Foundation). The conference, entitled Eternal God - Eternal Life: Theological Explorations into the Concept of Immortality, will take place at the University of Aberdeen from 27th to 29th April 2015. For details...

• Director's Cut: Tanja Ostojic

  01 April 2015, 18:00 - 20:00

  In conversation with Amy Bryzgel

• Centre for the Study of Myth: Final Talk of the Semester

  01 April 2015, 16:00 - 17:30

  Roy and Rachel Ratcliffe "THE MYTHS OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES" Roy and Rachel are practicing Witnesses who will trace the history of the movement and then go through standard misconceptions of it. They are very open to questions.

March

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  How to (Not) be a Political Theologian

  30 March 2015, 17:45 - 19:15

  A public lecture by Prof. Stanley Hauerwas

• Aberdeen Art Gallery After Hours: Extreme Makeover

  27 March 2015, 18:30 - 22:00

  Marking the formal closure of Aberdeen Art Gallery until 2017 as part of a major redevelopment programme...

• Fallen Animals: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

  19 - 20 March 2015

  Following the success of the Fall Narratives project in 2014, this workshop will explore the theme of fallen animals.

• Aberdeenshire Theological Club Annual Open Lecture

  16 March 2015, 14:00 - 15:30

  The 2015 Open Lecture of the Theological Club will be given by Dr Helen Bond of New College, Edinburgh. Helen Bond is Senior Lecturer in New Testament and Director of the Centre for the Study of Christian Origins at the University of Edinburgh. She is interested in the society and culture...

• G. O. Sayles Memorial Lecture on Mediaeval History, 2015

  09 March 2015, 17:00 - 18:00

  Professor Stefan Brink (Director, Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen) will be presenting a paper entitled The Concept (and Denial) of the Early Mediaeval Germanic Free Peasant.