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Student/Employer Networking Event hosted by Dr Helen Pierce
Here are some photos from this week's Student-Employer Networking Event, hosted by University of Aberdeen Department of History of Art's Dr Helen Pierce: The event provided an excellent opportunity for students to make contacts and explore options – regardless of their career aspirations. Employers included Aberdeen City Council, ACVO, Enterprise Rent...
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Nordic Literature Week Read Aloud event
On 11 November the Centre for Scandinavian Studies jointly hosted with the School of LLMVC a Read Aloud event as part of Nordic Literature Week. We gathered in the Sir Duncan Rice library to hear texts read aloud in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and English - and because of our interests...
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History of Art's Postgraduate Degree in Art & Business Achieves Accreditation from SISA
Embedding Skills in the Curriculum: The Scottish Innovative Student Award (SISA)
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Aberdeen Professor in Key Ecumenical Dialogue
Paul Nimmo, who holds the King’s Chair of Systematic Theology in the Department of Divinity, has been invited to join a significant ecumenical dialogue. He will be one of a four-person delegation representing the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe in a forthcoming bilateral conversation with the Pontifical Council for...
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New class begins MTh Ministry Studies at ZTC
Rev Dr Ken Jeffrey returned to Malawi at the start of October to welcome a new class of fifteen students who have started the MTh Ministry Studies programme which is hosted at Zomba Theological College. They took the first of their four courses, Spiritual Formation, and spent time considering the...
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CEU Conference Report
By Olivia Linda Klee Migration, Exile and Diaspora in Historical Perspective: Undergraduate Conference in History, 11th-14th August 2019; Central European University (CEU), Budapest
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Congratulations to History Department Prize Winners!
Congratulations to our History students who won this year's various prizes for excellent academic performance! The students awarded prizes for the 2018-19 academic year are: Nya Gnagi (Judith Hook Prize in Cultural History) Kia-Aurora Pyykkonen (Catherine Gavin Prize) David Harrop (Kathleen Edwards Prize in Medieval History) Meret Meister (Marischal Award for the Best Performance...
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Two World-leading Scholars Appointed in Divinity
The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy is delighted to announce the appointment of two world-leading professors to join the University of Aberdeen’s outstanding Divinity Department. Professor John Behr has been appointed as a Professor in Divinity, offering specialisation in Patristics and Orthodox Theology. Professor Behr is Fr Georges Florovsky Distinguished...
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Dr Gerry Hough named Best Undergraduate Lecturer
We are delighted to announce that Dr Gerry Hough was named Best Undergraduate Lecturer in the 2019 University of Aberdeen Excellence Awards, in a competition including a total of 50 nominees across the University! This outstanding success is made even more remarkable by the fact that this is the second time...
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Launch of student-led TRSS (Theology and Religious Studies Society)
TRSS is a society for all students interested in Theology, Religious Studies and Divinity. TRSS supports members of all different religious beliefs; as well as those of no faith. All members are encouraged to think independently and are free to express any of their opinions without judgement. Overall, TRSS aims to...