Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History

Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History

Congratulations and welcome to the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History. We are passionate about our students and their education and are really looking forward to meeting you.

Undergraduate

September

Welcome Event

There will be an in-person welcome event for Undergraduate students in each of our four disciplines: Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History. This will provide an opportunity to meet key staff members and for you to ask any questions you may have.

Art History    

Thursday 19th September, 11am – 12pm    
CB009, 50/52 College Bounds, Discipline Contact Dr Helen Pierce 

History 

Thursday 19th September, 2pm – 4pm    
Regent Lecture Theatre, Regent Building, Discipline Contact Dr Heidi Mehrkens  

Philosophy  

Friday 20th September, 10am – 12pm
Regent Lecture Theatre, Regent Building, Discipline Contact Dr Sandro Guli

Divinity   

Wednesday 18th September, 10am – 12pm
Divinity Library, Discipline Contact Dr Emma Percy

Key Contacts

Art History
Dr Helen Pierce
Email: h.pierce@abdn.ac.uk

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History
Dr Heidi Mehrkens
Email: heidi.mehrkens@abdn.ac.uk

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Divinity
Dr Katie Cross
Email: k.cross@abdn.ac.uk

Philosophy
Dr Fed Luzzi
Email: f.luzzi@abdn.ac.uk

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Reading Lists

Reading lists for individual courses will be available through MyAberdeen later in the summer. In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website.

Postgraduate Taught

Welcome Event

There will be an in-person welcome event for Postgraduate students in each of our four disciplines as well as a School wide Welcome event.

This will provide an opportunity to meet key staff members and for you to ask any questions you may have.

PGT School Wide

Weds 18th September, 12-2pm
Divinity Library, Contact Dr Katy Hockey 

 

Key Contacts

School Contacts

Divinity

  • Masters in Theology:  Dr Katherine Hockey
  • Masters in Theology and Disability (Online) – Dr Emma Percy
  • PGDip in New Testament and Early Christianity – Dr Katherine Hockey

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History

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Philosophy:

MLitt in Philosophy and Society (Online) – Dr Gerry Hough

Art History

  • MLitt in Christianity and the Visual Arts (Online) – Dr Karl Kinsella     

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Reading Lists

Reading lists for individual courses will be available through MyAberdeen later in the summer. In the meantime, you can brush up your study skills and learn more about the University at our award-winning Toolkit website.

Postgraduate Research

As well as being a Postgraduate Research Student in the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History you are also part of a wider PGR community through the Postgraduate Research School

Welcome Information

The School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History (DHPA) will host a welcome event for Postgraduate Research students in October.

This event will provide an opportunity for you to meet with Postgraduate Research discipline leads, thesis supervisors, and your fellow peers. There will also be time to answer any questions you may have.

Further details regarding the welcome event will follow in due course and will be communicated to you via email. In the meantime, you can contact Ms Farida Ali, DHPA Postgraduate Administrator, if you have any questions: dhpa-pgr-admin@abdn.ac.uk.

We look forward to welcoming you to the School of DHPA.

Orientation

We are looking forward to welcoming you to campus to start your research journey with us. As a Postgraduate Research student you will have the opportunity to attend a University wide induction in addition to your school induction.

There are a series of modules that you can work through before you arrive. Once you have registered you can access the remaining modules and complete your mandatory training programme through your bespoke PGR training platform on our virtual learning environment. All mandatory training courses can be found on MyAberdeen, go to Courses, search for My PGR, open the Mandatory Training folder.

There will be a school welcome event for Postgraduate Research students. This will provide an opportunity to meet Postgraduate coordinators and PhD supervisors. There will also be time to answer any questions you may have. Further details regarding the welcome event will follow in due course.

Audit Master‘s Courses

As a PGR student you may have the opportunity to audit Master‘s courses to augment your research training. Please discuss this with your supervisor and check out the postgraduate taught pages above.

The PGR School also offers a comprehensive training programme to support your research journey.

Timelines and Milestones

The PGR School training and development programme offers academic, professional, and personal development through a number of training workshops, resources and opportunities, all intended to support the PGR community at the University of Aberdeen.