Details of the 2007-2008 Inaugural Lectures. All lectures will take place at 5.30pm unless otherwise stated. HTML Date and venue Speaker Title of lecture 13 September 2007, 2pm - Assembly Hall, New College Oliver O' Donovan: Chair of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology (Divinity) David Hume's Surprise: “Is”, “Ought” and the Transition of Reason to Faith 25 September 2007 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Richard Rodger: Professor of Economic and Social History (HCA) Signs of the Times: Building Nationalism at Street Level, Edinburgh 1860-1914 9 October 2007 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Peter Nelson: Personal Chair of Music and Technology (ACE) Music as Technology: What the Machines Tell Me 23 October 2007 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Alvin Jackson: Sir Richard Lodge Professor of History (HCA) The Survival of the British-Irish Union, 1800-1920 15 January 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Randall Stevenson: Professor of 20th Century Literature (LLC) Reading the Times 29 January 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Viv Cree: Personal Chair of Social Work Studies (SPS) Researching Social Work: Reflections on a Contested Profession 12 February 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower April McMahon: Professor of Linguistics and English Language (PPLS) Comparing the Sounds of Accents of English, Past and Present 15 April 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Judith Green: Professor of Medieval History (HCA) Power and Identity in Eleventh-Century England: The Tyranny of 1066 22 April 2008 - Godrey Thomson Hall, Thomson's Land Sheila Riddell: Professor of Inclusion and Diversity (Moray House) Inclusion and Diversity in Education: Tensions and Aspirations 27 May 2008 - Lecture Theatre 175, Old College Paul Nugent: Professor of Comparative African History (HCA) Representation Without Taxation? The Evolving Social Contract in Twentieth-Century West Africa This article was published on 2024-08-28
HTML Date and venue Speaker Title of lecture 13 September 2007, 2pm - Assembly Hall, New College Oliver O' Donovan: Chair of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology (Divinity) David Hume's Surprise: “Is”, “Ought” and the Transition of Reason to Faith 25 September 2007 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Richard Rodger: Professor of Economic and Social History (HCA) Signs of the Times: Building Nationalism at Street Level, Edinburgh 1860-1914 9 October 2007 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Peter Nelson: Personal Chair of Music and Technology (ACE) Music as Technology: What the Machines Tell Me 23 October 2007 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Alvin Jackson: Sir Richard Lodge Professor of History (HCA) The Survival of the British-Irish Union, 1800-1920 15 January 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Randall Stevenson: Professor of 20th Century Literature (LLC) Reading the Times 29 January 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Viv Cree: Personal Chair of Social Work Studies (SPS) Researching Social Work: Reflections on a Contested Profession 12 February 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower April McMahon: Professor of Linguistics and English Language (PPLS) Comparing the Sounds of Accents of English, Past and Present 15 April 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Judith Green: Professor of Medieval History (HCA) Power and Identity in Eleventh-Century England: The Tyranny of 1066 22 April 2008 - Godrey Thomson Hall, Thomson's Land Sheila Riddell: Professor of Inclusion and Diversity (Moray House) Inclusion and Diversity in Education: Tensions and Aspirations 27 May 2008 - Lecture Theatre 175, Old College Paul Nugent: Professor of Comparative African History (HCA) Representation Without Taxation? The Evolving Social Contract in Twentieth-Century West Africa
