Details of previous lectures, including lecture abstracts, can be found here in our archive section. Professor Lauren Hall-Lew Inaugural Lecture Professor Lauren Hall-Lew's Inaugural Lecture from 25th September 2024. Sociophonetic indexicality as a window onto language and society. Professor Alan Gillis Inaugural Lecture Professor Alan Gillis presents his Inaugural Lecture, 'Poetry Reading'. Watch the recording here... Professor Nehal Bhuta's Inaugural Lecture Edinburgh Law School presents: The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Nehal Bhuta Professor Gillian Black's Inaugural Lecture Professor Gillian Black's Inaugural Lecture, 'Happy Families? Privacy and Protection in Family Law' took place on August 2024. Watch the recording here... Professor Tim Milnes's Inaugural Lecture 'Ex Nihilo: Romanticism, Creativity, and the Invention of ‘Literature’', an Inaugural Lecture celebrating the appointment of Tim Milnes as Personal Chair of Romantic Literature and Philosophy. 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