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University of Aberdeen awarded £1.2 million to support divinity research
We are pleased to announce that the University of Aberdeen has been awarded a £1.2 million endowment by the Kirby Laing Foundation to fund postdoctoral research in New Testament Studies. This grant will allow the University to offer a recurrent three-year postdoctoral research fellowship for talented emerging scholars to advance and...
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John Swinton's book Dementia: Living in the Memories of God wins Michael Ramsey Prize
We are pleased to announce that Professor John Swinton has been awarded the 2016 Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing for his book Dementia: Living in the Memories of God. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, presented the award to Professor Swinton at a ceremony during the Greenbelt festival on the 28th of August 2016....
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Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for The Revd Canon Professor John Webster
I am writing to notify you of the date, time and location of the Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for The Revd Canon Professor John Webster: it is to be held on Saturday, August 27th, at 11:00 a.m., at Holy Trinity Church, South Street, St Andrews. Dr Rowan Williams will...
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Prestigious Carnegie PhD Scholarship for History of Art graduate Wendy McGlashan
Wendy recently graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a first class honours degree in History of Art. She will be returning to us in September to begin her doctoral research project, "Enlightenment Society Observed", which will examine the life and career of the Edinburgh artist and barber-surgeon, John Kay...