ABERDEEN AT THE SMITHSONIAN
The University of Aberdeen's Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies
will feature in the Smithsonian Associates' "Great Schools" Program in Washington DC on March 20. Scholars from the Institute will explore the remarkable story of Ireland's cross-cultural relations with Scotland in an all-day seminar timed to cap the St Patrick's Day
celebrations in the United States.
The invitation to appear as part of this Smithsonian programme is an honour for Aberdeen as previous universities invited to take part have mainly been Ivy League institutions. Oxford is the only other European university to have presented an all-day seminar in recent years.
To mark the visit to the Smithsonian, the Ambassador of Ireland, His Excellency Noel Fahey, will host a reception for Aberdeen at his official residence on March 19.
Further information, including details of a special post-seminar reception at the Smithsonian, sponsored by The Macallan Single Malt Scotch Whisky, is available on this website:
www.abdn.ac.uk/smithsonian .