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‘Alice Thornton’s Medical World’ A major theme in Alice Thornton's (1626-1707) four Books is health and illness, and her lifespan is a particularly interesting time in the history of medicine. New theories, such as Paracelsianism, challenged the dominant model of humoral Galenism. However, most people still viewed illness as a disruption...

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“Dialogical Dialectics: Karl Barth’s Concept of Otherness as Theological Method and Crisis Strategy"

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Professor Karin Friedrich, Chair in Early Modern History, shall lead the following discussion at the WayWORD Festival on Thursday 26th September 2024.

As part of Explorathon 2024, Dr Jennifer Riley will be presenting her research during Café Controversial: Ideas of Death on Wednesday 25th September 2024 at the Lemon Tree. 

Extracting Romanticism: Dr. Stephanie O'Rourke (University of St. Andrews)

"Beyond the Emigrant: The Story of the Turner Family in Aberdeenshire" K. Baziuk is a doctoral researcher from the Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the I. Krypyakevych National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv where she works at the Medieval History Department. 

We are delighted to welcome Khrystyna Baziuk as part of the Friends of Aberdeen University Library Research Awards which are designed to support research based on and making particular use of materials held in the University's Library, Museum, or Special Collections. Khrystyna arrived in Aberdeen from Ukraine earlier this month...

"On Ameliorative and Descriptive Metaphysics of Race" In recent philosophical discussions regarding socially important concepts like race and gender, there have been arguments advanced for ameliorative projects that address the ways in which these concepts can be changed for purposes of justice. However, the literature that discusses an ameliorative approach to race...