Inaugural Lectures 2010-2011
Details of the 2010-2011 Inaugural Lectures.
All lectures take place at 5.15pm unless otherwise stated.
| Date and venue | Speaker | Lecture title | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2010, 2pm - Assembly Hall, New College | Brian Stanley: Professor of World Christianity (Divinity) | "Edinburgh and World Christianity" | Lecture abstract and video |
| 19 October 2010 - Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower | Maia Guell: John Sinclair Chair of Economics; Jose Rodriguez Mora: Dugald Stewart Chair of Economics | "Intergenerational Mobility and the Informational Content of Surnames" | Lecture abstract |
| 23 November 2010 - Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower | Professor Timothy Bates: Personal Chair of Individual Differences in Psychology (PPLS) | "What Twins, Genes, and Bodies tell us about Dyslexia, Coalitions, Architecture and Happiness" | Lecture abstract and video |
| 14 December 2010 - Lecture Theatre 183, Old College | James Smith: Chair of African and Development Studies (SPS) | "Can the Future Make Poverty History? The Promise of Science for International Development" | Lecture abstract and video |
| 25 January 2011 - Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower | Professor Richard Williams: Chair in Contemporary Visual Culture (ECA) | "Globalisation's Spectacular Ruins" | Lecture abstract and video |
| 8 February 2011 - Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower | Jake Ansell: Professor of Risk Management (Business) | "Myth and Risk" | Lecture abstract and video |
| 8 March 2011 - Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower | Professor Stephen Cairns (ECA) | "The Architect Designs Everything from the Spoon to the City, and Other Urban Myths" | Lecture abstract and video |
| 15 March 2011 - Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower | Professor Andrew Erskine: Chair in Ancient History (HCA) | "Roman Power, Greek Reaction" | Lecture abstract and video |
| 22 March 2011 - Lecture Theatre 5, Appleton Tower | Professor Simon Kirby: Personal Chair in Language Evolution (PPLS) | "The Language Organism: evolution, culture, and what it means to be human" | Lecture abstract and video |
| 3 May 2011 - Lecture Theatre 183, Old College | Professor Clive Bonsall: Personal Chair of Early Prehistory (ECA) | Farmers, Floods & River Gods: What happened at the Iron Gates of the Danube between 6300 & 6000 BC? | Lecture abstract and video |
| 10 May 2011 - Lecture Theatre 183, Old College | Professor David Howarth: Personal Chair of Baroque Art (ECA) | "Rubens and the Art of Friendship" | Lecture abstract and video |