Inaugural Lectures 2008-2009
Details of the 2008-2009 Inaugural Lectures.
All lectures will take place at 5.30pm unless otherwise stated.
| Date and venue | Speaker | Title of lecture | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2008, 2pm - Assembly Hall, New College | James Cox: Personal Chair of Religious Studies (Divinity) | "Dressing Up an African God in Christian Clothing" | |
| 23 September 2008, 2pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Jim Crow: Chair of Classical Archaeology (HCA) | "Earth, Walls and Water: investigating the Archaeology of New Rome" | |
| 28 October 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Peter Higgins: Professor of Outdoor and Environmental Education | "Why indoors? The role of outdoor learning in sustainability, health and citizenship" | |
| 18 November 2008 - Playfair Library, Old College | Neil Walker: Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations | "Out of Place and Out of Time: Law’s Fading Co-ordinates" | |
| 25 November 2008 - Chancellors, ERI, Little France | Allyson Pollock: Chair of International Public Health Policy (HSS) | "On Liberty, Commerce and Public Health Care" | |
| 2 December 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Jill Stephenson: Personal Professor of Modern German History (HCA) | "Is there anything new to say about National Socialism?" | |
| 13 January 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Peter Dayan: Chair in Word and Music Studies (LLC) | "Does music need words?" | |
| 27 January 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Edmund Hopkins: Personal Chair of Economics | "Which Inequality Should We Care About?" | |
| 10 February 2009, 5.15pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Liz Stanley: Chair in Sociology (SPS) | "The Future of Sociology" | |
| 24 February 2009, 5.15pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Natascha Gentz: Chair of Chinese (LLC) | "The Birth of Tragedy in China: Global Routes of a Local Genre" | |
| 10 March 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Professor Greg Walker: Head of LLC | "Acting the Fool at the Court of Henry VIII: Politics, Laughter and Tyranny" | |
| 24 March 2009, 5.15pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower | Morwenna Griffiths: Chair in Classroom Learning (Education) | "Justice, joy and educational delights" | |
| 12 May 2009 - St Cecilia’s Hall, Cowgate | Frank Cogliano: Professor of American History (HCA) | "The Cowardice of Thomas Jefferson" | |
| 26 May 2009, 5.15pm - Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square | Arnold Meyers: Personal Chair of Organology (ECA) | "From Gabrieli to Glen Miller: Evolution and Identity of the Sackbut and Trombone" |