Inaugural Lectures 2007-2008
Details of the 2007-2008 Inaugural Lectures.
All lectures will take place at 5.30pm unless otherwise stated.
| Date and venue | Speaker | Title of lecture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2007, 2pm - Assembly Hall, New College | Oliver O' Donovan: Chair of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology (Divinity) | David Hume's Surprise: “Is”, “Ought” and the Transition of Reason to Faith | |
| 25 September 2007 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Richard Rodger: Professor of Economic and Social History (HCA) | Signs of the Times: Building Nationalism at Street Level, Edinburgh 1860-1914 | |
| 9 October 2007 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Peter Nelson: Personal Chair of Music and Technology (ACE) | Music as Technology: What the Machines Tell Me | |
| 23 October 2007 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Alvin Jackson: Sir Richard Lodge Professor of History (HCA) | The Survival of the British-Irish Union, 1800-1920 | |
| 15 January 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Randall Stevenson: Professor of 20th Century Literature (LLC) | Reading the Times | |
| 29 January 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Viv Cree: Personal Chair of Social Work Studies (SPS) | Researching Social Work: Reflections on a Contested Profession | |
| 12 February 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | April McMahon: Professor of Linguistics and English Language (PPLS) | Comparing the Sounds of Accents of English, Past and Present | |
| 15 April 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Judith Green: Professor of Medieval History (HCA) | Power and Identity in Eleventh-Century England: The Tyranny of 1066 | |
| 22 April 2008 - Godrey Thomson Hall, Thomson's Land | Sheila Riddell: Professor of Inclusion and Diversity (Moray House) | Inclusion and Diversity in Education: Tensions and Aspirations | |
| 27 May 2008 - Lecture Theatre 175, Old College | Paul Nugent: Professor of Comparative African History (HCA) | Representation Without Taxation? The Evolving Social Contract in Twentieth-Century West Africa |