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Event & Exhibition: Scottish PEN at 90 - Defending the freedom of writers
-A Pop-Up Exhibition and Opening event to celebrate 90 years of Scottish PEN The Sir Duncan Rice Library Monday 23rd October 5.30pm - 7pm
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Event & Exhibition: Scottish PEN at 90 - defending the freedom of writers
-A Pop-Up Exhibition and Opening event to celebrate 90 years of Scottish PEN The Sir Duncan Rice Library Monday 23rd October 5.30pm - 7pm
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The WORD Centre for Creative Writing hosts Claire Keegan
-Internationally renowned author, Claire Keegan, will be reading from and discussing her work.
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Friends Event Series: King James VI and the Beheading Game
-In this talk, Professor Limon shares his research into an intriguing historical episode that links early modern Aberdeen and Gdansk.
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Friends Event Series: Behind the Scenes with our Collections - Bookbinding Session & Talk
-Exclusive Friends' Event: Behind the Scenes with our Collections: Bookbinding Workshop & Talk
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Friends Event Series: A 1594 Aberdonian Schoolmasters Guide to Politics
-This talk will explore a remarkable manuscript held in Special Collections. In 1594 the Master of New Aberdeen’s Grammar School, Thomas Cargill (d. 1602), made a translation of the Flemish scholar Justus Lipsius’ bestselling 1589 Politicorum sive Civilis Doctrinae Libri Sex, the Six Books of Politics or Civil Doctrine. Cargill enjoyed a...
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Friends Event Series: Friends of Aberdeen University Library AGM & Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition talk
-A behind-the-scenes look at how an exhibition is curated. Jen Shaw, Exhibitions Officer for the Special Collections Centre gives a glimpse into how an exhibition comes about: from deciding on a subject or theme, through to the selection of objects, and finally to the week of installation. Fun, fascinating and,...