20 February 2014

 A Wander Along Thief’s Row - Results from the 2013 Cromarty community archaeological excavations

Talk by Stephen Birch

Cromarty West Church Hall
Organised by Cromarty History Society. Free for members of the Society. Non-members pay £3 (membership costs £8 (£12 for a Family membership) ) More information on Cromarty History Society website http://www.spanglefish.com/cromartyhistorysociety/

20 February 2014

 ‘Needed on a Journey’: Exhibition Workshops
10:30am – 1:30pm, every Thursday, 6th February - 6th March and Thursday 3rd April, 2014. Participants are asked to sign up to all workshops.

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (IMAG)

Exhibition opening, including ‘Ceilidh’, Saturday 5th April, 2pm.

Ever wanted to get behind the scenes at the museum? Would you like to curate an exhibition at IMAG?
In these workshops you will research and interpret museum objects, practise ‘behind the scenes’ museum work and create an innovative exhibition of previously un-shown objects for display in the First Floor Gallery of the museum during April. The exhibition will then tour throughout the Highlands to locations including the Highland Folk Museum at Newtonmore, Gairloch, Rosemarkie and others.

This roving and evolving exhibition is composed around the theme of migration; journeying and the cultural gifts that people carry with them when moving from their home. This ‘intangible culture’ includes traditions, music, poetry, language, craft skills and lore.

The items we shall be researching and preparing for exhibition include a quilt and travelling trunk that belonged to the MacKintoshes of Farr in the 18th Century, both of which are believed to have associations with their involvement in the East India Company; a Gaelic Pilgrim’s Progress that travelled from the highlands to Belgium and back again; a fiddle made by Alexander Grant and a jet beaded silk apron that travelled from Inverness to Canada and has returned. We shall also be exploring images from the highland Photographic Archive. YOUR role in helping us to tell the stories that the objects included inspire is vital.

The entire project is part of the ‘My Heart is in the Highlands’ 2014 Homecoming initiative collecting new memories, recollections and information about culture in the Highlands, through a programme of storytelling, ceilidhs, craft celebration and community curation.

These workshops are FREE, but booking is essential, as places are limited.
To find out more and to book your place contact Cait McCullagh at cait.mccullagh@highlifehighland.com or 01463 237 114

20 February 2014

 PUBLIC LECTURE: The Scope of Chinese Archaeology
Professor Zhijun Zhao, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing, China

6pm Thursday 20th February, Elphinstone hall
The Confucius Institute of the University of Aberdeen is delighted to announce a public lecture by Professor Zhijun Zhao of the Chinese Academy of Social Science in Beijing. Professor Zhao is a paleoethnobotanist, an expert on the development of ancient agriculture in China, who analyses plant remains to investigate questions regarding the origins of rice agriculture in South China and millet agriculture in North China, the economic development of ancient Chinese civilization, and prehistoric cultural exchanges of agriculture between East and West.
In his lecture for us Professor Zhao will discuss the origins of Chinese culture and the extraordinary scope of Chinese archaeology, talking about digs, discoveries and developments in recent years.

The lecture will take place on Thursday 20th February at 6pm in Elphinstone Hall and everyone is welcome. Admission free, no booking required.

Organised by Confucious Institute of Universit of Aberdeen

Sarah Wang
Confucius Institute of the University of Aberdeen
17 High Street
Aberdeen
AB24 3EE
+44 (0)1224 273209
www.abdn.ac.uk/confucius/
Sarah.wang@abdn.ac.uk

20 February 2014

 
The Invergordon Aluminium Smelter, 1971-1981

Talk by Norman Newton and Emma Wood
exploring reasons why the smelter closed and the effects on local people.

The Reading Room, Inverness Library, FARRALINE PARK, INVERNESS

Organised by WEA Scotland. Minimum donation: £2. No need to book. For questions contact 01463 710577
or email: s.kerr@weascotland.org.uk

Thursdays –

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm