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Kirsty Kernohan, PhD student in anthropology, completes internship at Dumfries Museum
Kirsty Kernohan, PhD student in anthropology, had the opportunity to work as an intern at Dumfries Museum. This project was supported by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities who allowed her to take time away from her PhD research to complete the internship. During Kirsty's time at the museum...
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New Article by Dr Gearoid Millar: Pre-political Agency in Peacebuilding Theory
Dr Gearoid Millar's recent work on 'the everyday' in peacebuilding has been published (online first) in the latest edition of Cooperation and Conflict. In the article, entitled, "Preserving the everyday: Pre-political agency in peacebuilding theory", Dr Millar focuses on how the everyday is represented and the implications that this can bear...
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Dr Gearoid Millar to Deliver Invited Lecture on Violence and Peace in Sierra Leone
Dr Gearoid Millar has been invited to deliver a guest lecture later this month, at a symposium held by the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University. The symposium, Rebuilding State and Society After Civil War, will be held on February 20 and 21, and will discuss post-civil war peacebuilding...
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Professor Claire Wallace to Participate in SPOT Consortium at Mendel University
This week, Professor Claire Wallace will be participating in the first meeting of the SPOT consortium on Cultural Tourism, to be held at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. Part of the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project, Social and Innovative Platform on Cultural Tourism and its potential on deepening Europeanisation, the consortium will focus...
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Sociology 7th in the United Kingdom
The Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen was ranked 7th, out of 91 universities offering the subject, in The Guardian's 2020 subject league tables. The Department of Sociology is only one out of two departments in the United Kingdom which has achieved a ranking of 10/10 in the 'employability...
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New online course launches
The School of Social Science is pleased to welcome the first cohort of students into its new online postgraduate course 'An Introduction to Ethnographic Research Methods'. The course is designed for anyone involved in social research professionally or looking to improve their own research skills.
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School of Social Science Employability event
Student/Employer Networking Event was hosted by Dr Helen Pierce.
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Dr Gearoid Millar to Deliver Talk on Legitimacy
Dr Gearoid Millar will be delivering a talk on Thursday, January 9, at the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law (CISRUL). The workshop, Approaches to Political Concepts II, will be held on January 9 and 10, and include discussions on 'Free Speech', by Dr Helen Lynch, 'Belling the...
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Aberdeen Art Gallery opens after £35 million refurbishment
A stunning central atrium with ionic columns made from Scottish and Norwegian quarries welcomes visitors upon entrance into the newly restored Aberdeen Art Gallery. The gallery is a must see for all students in the social sciences with a variety of exhibits from different time periods. Anthropology students may be interested...
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PhD student, Krzys Adamczyk, is interviewed by two newspapers and receives a prestigious grant
On the 5th of November, PhD student Krzys Adamczyk co-hosted a Festival of Social Science talk ‘The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s: Health, Wealth and Happiness’. Together with Dr Marjorie Johnston, Krzys talked about the history and design of the cohort as well as his research on social mobility and...