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Prof Lyndsey Stonebridge (Birmingham)   Date- 27 April 2022, 3-4.30pm

As part the 51cg’s ongoing work to recognise the legacies of historic slavery, please join us on the 30th of March for the online event Powis Gate: Slavery and Memory in Old Aberdeen. Powis Gate, located on Aberdeen’s King’s College campus, is the most tangible link between the University...

‘Reflections on Knowledge Resistance, Fact Polarization, and Motivated Reasoning’ Date- 30th March 2022, 3-4.30pm Talk about knowledge or fact resistance and polarization is everywhere in public debate. Such talk often remains loose and metaphorical, yet aims at capturing something important and potentially dangerous. In this talk, I shall reflect on how to...

Workshop discussing work in progress from the Arctic Period research group and guest speakers from the Arctic region.

Professor Robert Frost (History) is delivering the annual British Academy Raleigh Lecture on History at Queen's University Belfast. The lecture will be live streamed.

'Architectural drawings in context: the collection of Robert and James Adam' with Dr Frances Sands (Sir John Soane's Museum, London)

'Miss Tampon Liberty: Jay Critchley and the 'Enviromenstrual' Art Movement, 1970-2020' with Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik (Art History, 51cg)

In the 1980s, when menstruaton was generally considered taboo, artist Jay Critchley made art out of discarded plastic tampon applicators washed up and collected on local beaches. With no idea what the items were used for, Critchley could not have known that his curiosity would lead to a decades-long quest...

The Practical Theology Research Seminar begins this week on Wednesday 19th January, 4.00-6.00pm (UK time). Meetings will take place on MS Teams on alternate Wednesdays thereafter. Please see the attached poster for full details and dates. Note that our first session will feature our very own Prof John Swinton! He...

Seminars will be held on Thursdays in term-time from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. There are two distinct elements to our Research Seminar this seminar: a regular online discussion of the work of Eberhard.  All students and all faculty are welcome. It is expected that PhD and MTh students in Systematic Theology will attend...