Oor Mickle Simmer Collogue: Aberdeen Summer Conference

The Society is pleased to announce its residential conference in Aberdeen on 26-28 June. The event is to be held at the Royal Northern & University Club (9 Albyn Place, AB10 1YE), and it will also include a day trip to Elgin!

Further information on the conference is to follow in the next few weeks.

The full conference programme is as follows (times in BST):

Wednesday 26 June

10.30-11.00: Registration
11.00-11.15: Welcome remarks

11-15-12.45: Session 1

  • Professor Marjory HarperNavigating New Worlds: Emigration from the Northern Isles, 1770-2000
  • Professor Robert McColl MillarFounder Populations? Internal and External Forces at Play in the
    Dialects of Scots

12.45-14.00: Lunch

14.00-15.30: Session 2

  • Dr Jackson Armstrong – ‘All thingis covntit’: Government and Accounting in Fifteenth-Century Burghs
  • Dr Hannah BurrowsEmotional Language in Medieval Law

15.30-16.00: Coffee/tea

16.00-17.30: Plenary Lecture

  • Professor Gordon Noble The Development of Kingship in Pictland, AD 300-900

17.30-19.00:

  • Walking tour of Aberdeen with Catherine Simpson (Historic Environment Record, Aberdeenshire officer)

 

Thursday 27 June

10.30-12.45: Session 1

  • Dr Shane McLeod The Siege of Alt Clut: Implications 
  • Dr Stephen Harrison Forgotten Vikings? Reassessing the Role of Women in Early Scandinavian Migration to Britain and Ireland
  • Professor Clare Downham The Kingdom of the Isles and Munster c. 950-1150

12.45-14.00: Lunch

14.00-17:00: Session 2a

  • Creative writing workshop with Dr Ragnhild Ljosland (based on Aberdeen witchcraft trial)

17.00-17.30: Coffee/tea

17.30-18:30: Session 2b

  • Dr Irene Watt – Traditional music (talk and performance)

19:00: Conference dinner

 

Friday 28 June

Day trip to Elgin, including Elgin museum, Glen Moray Distillery, and a tour of regional Pictish stones with Dr Lynda McGuigan.

 

 

Registration
All inclusive rate: 26-28 June – includes conference dinner and day trip to Elgin:
SSNS members: £150, early bird rate (book by April 30th)
SSNS members: £175, standard rate
Non-SSNS members: £175
Students in full time education: £125
Conference day rate: Includes lunch and refreshments (excludes conference dinner and excursion to Elgin)
Wednesday 26 June: £30
Thursday 27 June: £30
Accommodation
The Royal Northern University Club has the following accommodation available on a first come first served basis during and either side of the conference:
4 x Singles
1 x King
1 x Double
Please see Accommodation — The Royal Northern & University Club Aberdeen (rnuc.org.uk) for more information.
RNUC are offering these rooms at a ten percent discount for conference delegates. To book the accommodation, please contact RNUC directly at 01224 583 292, or secretary@rnuc.org.uk

 

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Date

Wednesday - Friday 26 - 28 Jun 2024
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Time

Times are in BST
All Day

Organizer

Scottish Society for Northern Studies
Website
https://www.ssns.org.uk
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