College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Inaugural Lectures 2009-2010

Details of the 2009-2010 Inaugural Lectures.

All lectures will take place at 5.15pm unless otherwise stated.

Date and venue Speaker Title of lecture  
17 September 2009, 2pm - Assembly Hall, New College Jane Dawson: John Laing Professor of Reformation History (Divinity) "Singing the Reformation: the Scottish experience"  
22 September 2009- Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Miriam Meyerhoff: Personal Chair Sociolinguistics (PPLS) "Life Lessons from Linguistics"  
13 October 2009 - Martin Hall, New College Michael Northcott - Personal Chair in Ethics (Divinity) "Climate Change and the Communion of Saints"  
27 October 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower John Macinnes: Personal Chair in Sociology (SPS) "Scotland and the Global Reproductive Revolution"  
3 November 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Jochen Clasen: Professor of Comparative Social Policy (SPS) "Social Policy before the Crisis. Are there any lessons to be learned?"  
2 December 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Hugh Goddard: Professor of the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World (LLC) "So what is the relationship between the world of Islam and the West?"  
15 December 2009 - Lecture Theatre 270, Old College Lesley McAra: Chair of Penology (Law) "Crime and Punishment in a Small Nation: Why Penology Matters"  
12 January 2010 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Douglas Brodie: Chair in Employment Law (Law) "Redressing the Balance: The Judiciary and the Employment Contract"  
26 January 2010 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Fernanda Ferreira: Chair of Language and Cognition (PPLS) "Multiple pathways to understanding language"  
23 February 2010 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Donald Bloxham: Personal Chair of Modern History (HCA) "The Holocaust in European Perspective"  
9 March 2010 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Stephen Osborne: Chair of International Public Management (Business) "Delivering Public Services: Time for a New Theory?"  
23 March 2010 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Judy Barringer: Personal Chair of Greek Art and Archaeology (HCA) "A Cultural History of Olympia and its Monuments"  
25 May 2010 - Lecture Theatre 183, Old College Tom Archibald: Personal Chair of Business Modelling (Business) "Modelling operational decisions in start-up firms: the road to ruin?"