Lectures (Archive)

On 11 October at 6pm, Nell Irvin Painter, Edwards Professor of American History (Emerita) at Princeton University, will deliver a public lecture on 'The History of White People'. Professor Painter is a pioneering African American historian whose latest work uncovers the rise of the concept of whiteness, stretching from ancient Greece to twentieth-century America. Her visit to Edinburgh is sponsored by the Fulbright Program and marks Black History Month in the U.K.

The event is free but ticketed. To reserve your ticket please go to:
http://edinburgh-university-72-eorg.eventbrite.com/

The lecture will take place in the Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Old Medical School.

We are very happy to announce this year's Annual Crawford Lecture on the History of Astronomy, which will take place on 6 May 2011, at 5.30pm in the Teviot Lecture Theatre. The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Richard Kremer, Darmouth College, and will be entitled "Two God-Fearing Astronomers from Wittenberg, or How Copernicanism Began in 1540".

For more information, please see the Crawford Project's event page.

A Lecture by Sandra Kaiser, Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, United States Embassy, London

The lecture will take place at 11 a.m., Friday, 8 October 2010, in Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower (ground floor), University of Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh.

This lecture has now had to be cancelled

Public lecture by Professor Alice Brown, CBE, FRSE, FRSA, AcSS, Cipfa.
Emeritus Professor, University of Edinburgh.

With more young women entering higher education and pursuing careers in previously male dominated fields such as law and medicine, can we assume that women now have an equal share of power and influence on policy making in modern society? Professor Alice Brown will reflect on the changing landscape of power and decision-making in twenty-first century Scotland.

Professor Brown has had a distinguished career as Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (2002-2009), and as Professor of Politics, Vice-Principal, and Co-Director of the Institute of Governance at the University of Edinburgh. She has written widely on women in politics, Scottish politics, and constitutional change. She has held many public appointments, and was awarded a CBE in 2009.

The lecture is sponsored by the Vice-Principal for Equality, Professor Lorraine Waterhouse, by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, the School of Political and Social Science, the Gender Equality Research Group, and the Institute of Governance.

The lecture will be chaired by Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland.

The lecture will take place at 6 p.m., Wednesday, 6 October, in Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower (ground floor), University of Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh.

Following the lecture there will be a wine reception and book launch for ‘Women and Citizenship in Britain and Ireland in the Twentieth Century’, edited by Esther Breitenbach and Pat Thane, published by Continuum.

The reception and book launch will commence at 7.15 p.m. and will be held in the foyer area outside Faculty Room South, David Hume Tower. The reception is open to all those attending the lecture.

NB: Please note that the lecture is a ticketed (free) event. To reserve a ticket, click on the following link, and select the event: http://edinburgh-university.eventbrite.com/

Professor Judy Barringer, Personal Chair of Greek Art and Archaeology, will deliver her Inaugural Lecture on Tuesday 23 March 2010 at 5.15pm in Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower. This lecture is open to colleagues and members of the public.

Tuesday 8th December 2009, 6.00 - 8.00pm, St Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate, Edinburgh

This event is free but ticketed, please book online at http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/centres/scdt/events.htm#08122009
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. BOOKING IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE

The Eighteenth Century is the bridge between the old and the new Scotland - the era of the world famous Scottish Enlightenment, industrialisation and urbanisation and the revolutions in society in Lowland and Highland Scotland. In this event the five historians who have done most to interpret this remarkable era over the last four decades will debate, reflect and provoke on the key issues which have challenged and stimulated them during their careers.

• Chair, B P Lenman, Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of St Andrews
  
• T M Devine, Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography, University of Edinburgh, 'The Other Side of Enlightenment'
  
• A I MacInnes, Professor of Early Modern History, University of Strathclyde, 'Securing the Union through Empire'
  
• T C Smout , HM Historiographer in Scotland, 'The Improvers Ethic: the Impact of the Landed Classes on Rural Economy, Society and Environment'
  
• C A Whatley , Professor of Scottish History, University of Dundee, 'John Galt and provincial Scotland: recantation, revision, and enlightenment'

This event is supported by the Economic and Social History Society of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Awards in Arts & Humanities, the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Edinburgh and the Centre for Archive and Information Studies, University of Dundee.

Professor Tom Devine's event at the EIBF has sold out on the first day tickets for the Book Festival went on sale. He is due to speak at 8.00pm on Monday 17 August in the RBS Main Tent, the Festival's largest venue with an audience capacity of 600.

The School's Scottish historians will feature prominently at three of the city's major festivals this year.

Dr James Fraser appears at the Book Festival on 18 August and Dr Julian Goodare at the International Festival on 25 August.Prof Tom Devine will be at the International Festival on 16 August, the Book Festival on 17th and the Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics on 19 August.In addition, on 25 July, he will deliver the keynote address at the Scottish Diaspora Forum, an important event of the Year of Homecoming celebrations, in the Chamber of the Scottish Parliament before a distinguished invited audience.

Further details are available at www.eif.co.uk ; www.edbookfest.co.uk ; www.scottishdiasporaforum.org .