Forthcoming Lecture: The Sobieski-Stuart Marriage & the Jacobite World

When: Saturday 10 December at 2pm
Where: Special Collections Centre (Lower Ground Floor) , University Library, University of Aberdeen, Bedford Road, AB24 3AA
Presenter: Professor Robert  I. Frost, Chair in Early Modern History, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen

Opening a series of exciting events in connection to the current exhibition at the University Library, Rebels with a Cause: The Jacobites & The Global Imagination, this lecture draws on materials from the University’s rich holdings of Jacobite material. Professor Robert Frost employs the collections to examine the marriage of James III, the Stuart claimant to the British throne, to Clementina Sobieska, granddaughter of King John III Sobieski of Poland.

Special Collections Reading Room Opens Today!

I’m delighted to report that the Special Collections Reading Room in the University Library is opening for business today – Monday 5th December at 09:00. The new facilities are accessible from the staircase to the left of the entry gates on the ground floor, or via the left hand side lifts on the north side

Opening times for the SCC can be found here: http://abdn.ac.uk/library/get-started/opening-hours/#scc

Further information about the collections and is here: http://abdn.ac.uk/library/about/special/ (and relevant pages are being updated at present).

Thank you again for your patience and understanding during the moves. 

Chris Banks