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2015
October
September
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One Hot Day - An Experimental Film by Professor Alan Marcus
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70 years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, The Gallery in the Sir Duncan Rice Library will be showing an experimental observational film by Professor Alan Marcus that reflects on those momentous events from the perspective of life in the city today.
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'The Incomparable Archibald'. Archibald Forbes, War Correspondent
-An examination of the life of Archibald Forbes whom many regarded as the greatest war correspondent of the nineteenth century and who defined the role and became a model for the modern war correspondent.
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Germans in Britain - Lunchtime Talk
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To round off the 'Germans in Britain' exhibition, there will be two German-themed talks in the Event Space of the Sir Duncan Rice Library on Wednesday 23rd September, 1-2pm. Professor Karin Friedrich will be presenting an overview of the long history of German-British contacts at Aberdeen, a city closely connected for...
August
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Germans in Britain: a Migration Museum Project touring exhibition
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Explore the rich and fascinating history of German migrants to Britain in this pop-up exhibition from the Migration Museum.
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Family Fun at the Library: Ice and Snow
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Join us for fun-filled art, craft and discovery sessions, exploring aspects of our current exhibition The Far North.
July
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Family Fun at the Library: Northern Light
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Join us for fun-filled art, craft and discovery sessions, exploring aspects of our current exhibition The Far North.
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Family Fun at the Library: Inuit Summer
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Join us for fun-filled art, craft and discovery sessions, exploring aspects of our current exhibition The Far North.
June
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Dynamic Identities: The Deconstruction of an Inuit Stereotype
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Museum objects often conjure up images of southerners' heroic exploits and their unique encounters with 'ancient' people living in a frozen landscape. This talk critically examines southern stereotypes of the Canadian Arctic and its people by exploring the dynamic nature of contemporary Inuit identity across art, language, and hunting.
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Stitching Skins, Filming Lives: Inuit Hunting Families Today
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This talk is based on Dr Wachowich's recent anthropological fieldwork in an Inuit community, Mittimatalik, (Pond Inlet), in Canada's Eastern High Arctic.