Overview
Each academic year, the College of Humanities and Social Science hosts a series of inaugural lectures given by new Professors in 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.
All inaugural lectures start at 5.15pm.
2012-2013 Inaugural Lectures
| Date and venue | Speaker | Lecture title | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 18 September 2012, Lecture Theatre 270, Old College | Professor Kenneth Reid: Chair of Scots Law | Smoothing the rugged parts of the passage: Scots Law and its Edinburgh Chair | Lecture abstract and video |
| Thursday 20 September 2012, Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower | Professor Frederica G. Pedriali: Professor of Literary Metatheory and Modern Italian Studies | Gadda Goes to War: On becoming militant in the name of the militance of literature | Lecture abstract and video |
| Friday 9 November 2012, Lecture Theatre 175, Old College | Professor Niamh Nic Shuibhne: Personal Chair of European Union Law | The Lawless Science of EU Law: Constitutional Responsibility and the Court of Justice | Lecture abstract and video |
| Tuesday 27 November 2012, Lecture Theatre 2, Appleton Tower | Professor Ronnie Cann: Personal Chair in Linguistic Semantics | Doing Language | Lecture abstract and video |
| Tuesday 11 December 2012, Auditorium Lecture Theatre, Business School | Professor Catharine Ward Thompson: Professor of Landscape Architecture | You really should get out more! Landscape quality and quality of life | Lecture abstract and video |
| Monday 4 March 2013, St Cecilia's Hall, Niddry Street | Professor Mona Siddiqui: Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies | Love and Law in Christianity and Islam | Lecture abstract and video |
| Tuesday 5 March 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Appleton Tower | Professor Marion Schmid: Professor of French Literature and Film | For an Impure Art: Literature and Film | Lecture abstract |
| Tuesday 19 March 2013, Lecture Theatre 2, Appleton Tower | Professor Lydia Plowman: Chair in Education and Technology | Seven myths about young children and technology | Lecture abstract and video |
| Tuesday 23 April 2013, Auditorium Lecture Theatre, Business School | Professor Charlotte Clarke: Professor of Health in Social Science | Phew! For a minute there I lost myself - the experience of living with dementia | Lecture abstract and video |
| Tuesday 30 April 2013, Auditorium Lecture Theatre, Business School | Professor Josephine Tonks Fawcett: Professor of Student Learning (Nurse Education) | A career for nursing: passions, privileges, pains and purpose | Lecture abstract and video |
| Tuesday 7 May 2013, Auditorium Lecture Theatre, Business School | Professor Ewen A. Cameron: Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography | The Political Histories of Modern Scotland | Lecture abstract and video |
| Tuesday 14 May 2013, Auditorium Lecture Theatre, Business School | Professor Matthias Schwannauer: Professor of Clinical Psychology | From Cradle to Grave: The Development of Relationships, Emotions and Mental Health | Lecture abstract |
| Tuesday 21 May 2013, Auditorium Lecture Theatre, Business School | Professor Christina Boswell: Professor of Politics | Against ‘Interests’ in Political Science: Public Policy and Political Motivation | Lecture abstract |
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This article was published on Apr 5, 2013