Series 2005-2006
Details for the 2005-2006 series of Munro Lectures.
Professor Lawrence Cohen: "The Operation: Surgery, Modernity and the Concept of Commitment"
Lecture title: "The Operation: Surgery, Modernity and the Concept of Commitment." Professor Lawrence Cohen is from the department of Medical Anthropology at The University of California, Berkeley.
Thursday 11 May 2006, 5.15pm
Lecture Theatre 175, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh
Dr Chris Scarre: "Sacred Geographies? Neolithic Monuments in the Landscapes of Western France"
Lecture title: "Sacred Geographies? Neolithic Monuments in the Landscapes of Western France." Dr Chris Scarre is from the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge.
Thursday 4 May 2006, 5.15pm
Archaeology Lecture Theatre, Old High School, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh
Professor Gil Stein: "Social Identity, Daily Practice and Material Culture in an Ancient Colonial Encounter: Mesopotamians at Hacinebi Turkey, 3700 BC"
Lecture title: "Social Identity, Daily Practice and Material Culture in an Ancient Colonial Encounter: Mesopotamians at Hacinebi Turkey, 3700 BC." Professor Gil Stein is from The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
Tuesday 18 April 2006, 5.15pm
Archaeology Lecture Theatre, Old High School, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh
Professor Gillian Feeley-Harnik: The Coral Life: Geological Metaphors of Creation and Extinction in Nineteenth-Century Great Britain
Lecture title: "The Coral Life: Geological Metaphors of Creation and Extinction in Nineteenth-Century Great Britain." Professor Gillian Feeley-Harnik is from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.
Thursday 2 March 2006, 6.15pm
Lecture Theatre B, George Square, Edinburgh
Professor Albert Ammerman: "Early Voyaging to Cyprus: Prelude to the Neolithic Transitions"
Lecture title: "Early Voyaging to Cyprus: Prelude to the Neolithic Transitions." Professor Albert Ammerman is from the Department of Classics at Colegate University in Hamilton, New York.
Thursday 10 November 2005, 6.15pm
Archaeology Lecture Theatre, Old High School, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh
Dr Peter Bogucki
Lecture title: to be decided. Dr Peter Bogucki is from the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Princeton University.
Thursday 3 November 2005, 6.15pm
Archaeology Lecture Theatre, Old High School, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh