Event Archive

2017

March

• 'Guardians of Eternity' Film Screening 15 March 2017

  15 March 2017, 17:30 - 19:00

  Come along and find out more about the struggles of the indigenous people of the region - Yellowknives Dene First Nation and the toxic legacy of an abandoned gold mine.

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  Aberdeen & District RSPB Local Group: Life Through the Lens

  14 March 2017, 19:30 - 20:30

  Fascinating evening of stunning images with wildlife cameraman, Raymond Besant

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  Exploring the Greenland Ice Sheet: A public lecture & short film

  14 March 2017, 18:30 - 19:30

  Learn about the last 1000 years of the Greenland Ice Sheet with Dr Danni Pearce.

February

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  Talk: Duncan Liddel - Educator, Innovator and Benefactor

  23 February 2017, 18:00 - 19:00

  As part of its bookbindings exhibition, Cover Stories, the Special Collections Centre at the University of Aberdeen will be hosting a series of five talks that focus on some of the individuals behind the bindings - those who owned the books, commissioned or designed their covers.

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  Cafe Scientifique - What is the most environmentally-friendly way to decommission the North Sea?

  22 February 2017, 19:00 - 20:45

  An informal way to engage with the latest topics in science.

• Evening Lecture: New light on Bronze Age Aberdeenshire: a recent re-examination of a barrow at Bairnie

  07 February 2017, 19:30 - 20:30

  Evening lecture in association with University of Aberdeen Museums and Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

January

• The Walrus in the Walls and Other Strange Tales: House-Rites in the Viking-age North Atlantic

  25 January 2017, 16:00 - 17:15

  Research into structured deposits that have been found under or within early Medieval Norse houses across the North Atlantic region. Free talk by Tim Carlisle.

• Aberdonians in early Bolivian Industry: the Penny and Duncan Mining Company

  24 January 2017, 19:30 - 20:30

  Evening Lecture by University of Aberdeen Museums

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  Inaugural Lecture of Professor Tina Hunter

  20 January 2017, 18:00 - 19:30

  On the 20th of January, the inaugural lecture of Professor Tina Hunter will be held in the Kings College Conference Centre at 6pm for a 6.30pm start.

• The Scholars of King's College

  19 January 2017, 18:00 - 19:00

  King's College Archive Project - A tale of the devoted, distinguished and sometimes disreputable scholars of the King's College of Aberdeen.