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Qualitative researchers are famously bad at explaining how they analyse data. We’re going to revisit Braun and Clarke’s classic paper and explore what those mysterious ‘thematic analysis principles’ actually mean in practice. Encouraged reading: Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke (2006) Using thematic analysis in psychology, Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3:2, 77-101,...

‘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.

Drop-in to the Library to see a selection of  items from the African collections, to hear about the origins of African objects in Western Museums and to celebrating the craft, skill, and beauty of items produced by African artists and craftspeople. This pop-up “show and tell” session is the result...

This workshop explores ethical and epistemic problems connected to ambition and related ideas, such as social recognition, prestige, target-setting, achievement and the meaningfulness of life.  Ambition is an underexplored philosophical topic: yet arguably, the most significant achievements of humanity (e.g. space exploration, the elimination of smallpox) were strongly driven by...

The Scottish Society for Northern Studies will hold its annual conference in Aberdeen 26-28 June. Speakers from DHPA, LLMVC and Geosciences will feature alongside external colleagues and creative writing and music events. Day-rates as well as full residential packages are available. Please see https://www.ssns.org.uk/events/aberdeen2024/ for more details and to register.

Webinar: 'Kinship in the Household of God' What: Cynthia Tam will explore the concept of belonging to a church community from the perspective of autistic people who are not using speech or language as their primary means of communication. Cynthia will describe a participatory action research project in which she explored...

Join us on 15 May to celebrate the publication of books by department members Isabelle Gapp and Hans Hönes.

Discussion event at Aberdeen Art Gallery, Friday 3 May 2024, 2-4pm

Decolonial Encounters with Hollywood Cinema: The Fragment as Audiovisual Metonym in Artists' Moving Image Professor Sarah Smith (Glasgow School of Art)

An Environmental History Week event, presented by the Network in Canadian History and Environment and the 51cg