Details of the 2010-2011 Inaugural Lectures. All lectures take place at 5.15pm unless otherwise stated. HTML 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 This article was published on Wednesday 28 August 2024
HTML 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
