Inaugural Lectures 2004-2005
Details of the 2004-2005 Inaugural Lectures.
All lectures took place at 5.15pm and were held in Lecture Theatre A, David Hume Tower, George Square unless otherwise stated.
Date and venue | Speaker | Title of lecture |
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30 September 2004 - Lecture Theatre 175, Old College | Gerry Maher QC: Chair of Criminal Law | " 'Which nature most condemns' Reflections on the law of homicide in Scotland" |
19 October 2004 | Dai Hounsell: Chair of Higher Education | "Teaching and Learning in an Age of Mass Higher Education" |
22 November 2004 | Lynn Jamieson: Chair of The Sociology of Families and Relationships (SPS) | "Interpreting Intimacy: Families, Relationships and Identities" |
7 December 2004 | Antonella Sorace: Chair of Developmental Linguistics (PPLS) | "The bilingual mind" |
25 January 2005 | Jenny Ozga: Professor of Educational Research; Director, Centre for Educational Sociology | "In the Public Interest? Research, Knowledge Transfer and Education Policy" |
15 February 2005 - Lecture Theatre C, David Hume Tower | Angus Macdonald: Professor of Architectural Studies (ECA) | "Structure and Architecture: supporting illusion?" |
22 February 2005 | Kevin Glazebrook: Professor of Management Science (Economics) | "Restless Bandits and the Outsourcing of Warranty Repairs" |
15 March 2005 | Janet Carsten: Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology (SPS) | "Stories of Kinship and Shadows of Memory" |
26 April 2005 | Jozsef Sakovics: Chair in Economic Theory | "Was Durkheim right? A re-examination of professional guilds from the perspective of economic theory" |
10 May 2005 | Christopher Carr: Chair of Corporate Strategy (Economics) | "Why Global Strategy Matters: The Wealth of Nations in the Era of Globalisation" |
7 June 2005 | Charles Raab: Chair of Government (SPS) | "Governing the Safety State" |