2007-2008
Details of the 2007-2008 series of Northern Scholars Lectures.
Jan Erik Rekdal: 'Scandinavian-Celtic Encounters'
Lecture title: Scandinavian-Celtic Encounters. Jan Erik Rekdal is from the Institute for Linguistics and Nordic Studies at the University of Oslo.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 5.15pm
Professor Mart Kalm: 'Modernist Mass Housing in the Soviet Union: a Troubled Heritage'
Lecture title: Modernist Mass Housing in the Soviet Union: a Troubled Heritage.
Tuesday 13 May 2008, 5.15pm
Neuroscience Lecture Theatre, 1 George Square, Edinburgh
Professor Anssi Paasi: 'Finnish Landscape as Social Practice: Mapping Identity and Scale'
Lecture title: Finnish Landscape as Social Practice: Mapping Identity and Scale.
Thursday 1 May 2008, 5.15pm
The Old Library, Institute of Geography, Drummond Street, Edinburgh
Dr Peter Stadius: 'The Mental Mapping of the North'
Lecture title: The Mental Mapping of the North
Thursday 6 March 2008, 6.15pm
Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh
Professor Birger Løvlie: 'Norwegians Studying Education in Nineteenth Century Scotland'
Lecture title: Norwegians Studying Education in Nineteenth Century Scotland.
Thursday 17 January 2008, 6.15pm
Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh
Dr Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson: 'The Independent Northerner: Ideas of the Nordic Element in Icelandic Culture'
Lecture title: The Independent Northerner: Ideas of the Nordic element in Icelandic Culture.
Thursday 22 November 2007, 5.15pm
Location: To be confirmed
Dr Jutta Jokiranta: 'Sociological Approaches to the Dead Sea Scrolls'
Lecture title: Sociological Approaches to the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Thursday 18 October 2007, 5.15pm
Martin Hall, New College, Edinburgh
Professor Knut Andreas Bergsvik: 'The Importance of Landscape and Landscape Perceptions to In-group and Between-group Relations among Hunter-Fishers of Neolithic Western Norway'
Lecture title: The Importance of Landscape and Landscape Perceptions to In-group and Between-group Relations among Hunter-Fishers of Neolithic Western Norway.
Thursday 11 October 2007, 5.15pm
Archaeology Lecture Theatre, High School Yards, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh
Professor Valdis Muktupavels: 'Latvian ethnic music: myths and traditional instruments'
Lecture title: Latvian ethnic music: myths and traditional instruments.
Thursday 4 October 2007, 5.15pm
Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower, Edinburgh