College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Inaugural lectures

Each academic year , the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences has hosted a series of inaugural lectures given by newly-created professors around the College.

These lectures are an important part of life at the University of Edinburgh and the speakers give an illuminating overview of their contribution to their field.

Attendance is free and members of the public, staff and students are all welcome.

Inaugural Lecture by Professor John Brennan

Sustaining Rural Architecture: Learning from landscape and community

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Elaine Kelly

Sounds of Socialist Solidarity: Musical Relations between the German Democratic Republic and the Postcolonial World

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Richard Anderson

How Architects make History: El Lisitzky Multiplies

Professor Paul Crosthwaite gives his Inaugural Lecture, 'What are the Economic Humanities? A Short Guide to an Interdisciplinary Field'

Join us for 'What are the Economic Humanities? A Short Guide to an Interdisciplinary Field', an Inaugural Lecture celebrating the appointment of Paul Crosthwaite as Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature.

Professor Luca Taschini's Inaugural Lecture

Join us at the University of Edinburgh Business School for Luca Taschini's Inaugural Lecture: Make it work - The Evolution of Carbon Pricing Policies

Archive

Details of previous lectures, including lecture abstracts, can be found here in our archive section.

Contact

For further information please contact : louise.trotter@ed.ac.uk