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Anti-Judaism in Iran from the late 18th century to the Islamic Republic: Continuity and Change.

Autumn Term 2018: Questions for here and now 2-4pm at Starbucks (On Campus) For reading materials contact: Dr Katie Cross k.cross@abdn.ac.uk 4 Dec - Practical Theology and Migration

Please join us to celebrate the launch of our new research centre, the Centre for Knowledge and Society(CEKAS). From its base in Philosophy at the 51cg, CEKAS aims to address societal challenges by applying philosophical tools and concepts in collaboration with specialists from other disciplines and universities. We use...

Title: Literary Engineers, 1750-1900 Speaker: Ellen Packham

Speaker: Paul Standish (Education, UCL) Title: Something animal? Wittgenstein, language, and instinct Abstract: Thinking about the world necessarily involves notions of causation. Norman Malcolm has argued that such notions are embedded in instinctive reactions and that it is from such natural behaviour that language emerges. This insight is a powerful and important...

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 28th November - Conclusions, pp.175-90 – Conversation with the Author?

Students and staff are invited to first half-session’s Research Seminar in Theological Ethics, the subject of which is Augustine’s Confessions. Time and venue: 3-5 PM, Mondays, Humanities Manse, ground floor seminar room 1 Main Text: Augustine, Confessions, Loeb Classical Library (in 2 vols.), Carolyn J. B. Hammond trans. (Harvard University Press, 2016). Secondary...

Title: Scottish Political Exile, 1400-1500 Speaker: Douglas Smith

The seminar will explore Matthew Croasmun’s The Emergence of Sin: The Cosmic Tyrant in Romans (OUP, 2017) alongside other readings of Romans 5-7. 21st November - Chapter 5 – Sin, Gender, and Empire, pp.140-74.

The next paper in the Centre for Scandinavian Studies seminar series will take place on Tuesday, 20 November, 4pm, in CB203, when Dr Dale Kedwards (University of Southern Denmark) will talk about 'Vikings and the Medieval Future of Space Exploration'. As ever, all are very welcome to attend, and if...