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'Honourable mention' for Museum Anthropology book
"Visiting with the Ancestors: Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces" by Alison Brown, of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, and Laura Peers of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, has received an Honourable Mention in the American Anthropological Association's Council for Museum Anthropology Book Awards.
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Business Training for PhD Students in Social Science and related disciplines
A new training programme is being launched by the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences (SGSSS) around working with industry, business and the private sector. This training will be of interest to social sciences PhD students who are interested in working in partnership with industry throughout their academic career,...
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The School of Social Science holds Mini Open Day
The School hosted its first Mini Open Day for local secondary schools on 6thJune 2018. We welcomed students and teachers from Hazlehead, Portlethen, Bucksburn, Robert Gordon College, and Albyn. The day began with a welcome from the Head of School, Dr Mervyn Bain. Students then participated in interactive sessions where academic staff introduced them to the basic...
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Congratulations to the Class of 2018!
Following the graduation ceremony on the 18th of June a departmental reception was held in the Edward Wright Building. The School of Social Science would like to congratulate all of our graduates in Sociology, Anthropology, Politics and International Relations.
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Professor Steve Bruce on Postgraduate Study in Sociology at Aberdeen
Professor Steve Bruce participated in a video for postgraduate degrees in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. The Chair of Sociology finished by saying "I have been here for 28 years now and in that time I’ve had a few invitations to apply for jobs elsewhere and I’ve never been...
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Corey Cowan begins new job on Capitol Hill
Corey Cowan, who will graduate in 2018 with a Joint Honours degree in Economics and International Relations, has accepted a position in the office of US Senator Joe Donnelly in Washington DC.
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PhD student Nolwazi Nadia Ncube has launched a Gofundme campaign '#letsgetpaddedup2018'
Nolwazi is hoping to raise funds for sanitary pads in Zimbabwe. She is currently writing a PhD in reproductive sociology focusing on intergenerational narratives of menstruation in Zimbabwe. Her research focuses on adolescent girls in the village of Mbizingwe, Esigodini. More information is available on her Gofundme page on the...
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Upcoming talk on Brexit, Scotland, UK and EU27
Professor Claire Wallace and Dr. Craig McAngus will be particpating in a panel discussion on Brexit. The event is co-organised with the European Commision Office in Scotland and will take place at the Aberdeen Central Library in the city centre. The event will start at 7:30pm on Wednesday 23 May...
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Emma Dolan will be presenting at the European International Studies Association conference
PhD student, Emma Dolan, will be presenting a paper entitled 'Performing Gendered Commemoration' at the 5th European International Studies Association conference in Groningen. The conference's main theme is "The Return of Politics to International Relations".
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Ecuadorian PhD student, Gabriela Garcia Anderson, wins travel grant
Ecuadorian PhD student, Gabriela Garcia Anderson, has been awarded the Postrgraduate Travel Grant for £600 from the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS) to do fieldwork in Ecuador and Colombia this summer.