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2019
May
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The Lives of Asian Things
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With special speaker Prof. Craig Clunas, University of Oxford. A lecture investigating the University's collection of objects from China, Japan and Korea. What lives have these objects lived? What are their stories? What were they used for? Everyday life, connoisseurship and even tragedy - What do they reveal? Art historian Professor Craig Clunas takes us on a journey of discovery. Part of...
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Evening Lecture: Iron and Elephants, Jade and Horses
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Iron and Elephants, Jade and Horses: Materials and Interaction in Ancient East Asia.
April
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Friends of Aberdeen University Library AGM, followed at 6.30pm by a talk: Testing Times
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New health treatments and medicines are "scientifically proven using tests", but this is not new, in fact it is ancient.
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Evening Lecture: Natural children and infamous bastards: being illegitimate in medieval Scotland
-An evening lecture in association with Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and 51cg Museums and Special Collections
March
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Evening Lecture - Exploring and Revealing: Chinese Collections in Edinburgh and Aberdeen
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Dr Qin Cao, National Museums Scotland Chinese Collections Curator gives a special one-off talk about Chinese collections in Aberdeen and Edinburgh.
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Exhibition: Substance to Style: Traditional Arts of East Asia
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New exhibition in Gallery on Ground Floor of Sir Duncan Rice Library
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Collections Close Up: From Sea Creatures to Polar Flora
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A unique opportunity to get up close to material form the historic collection's in the 51cg Special Collections Centre.
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Evening Lecture: Behind the Scenes at Blairs
-Evening lecture in association with Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and 51cg Museums and Special Collections
