Details of the 2008-2009 Inaugural Lectures. All lectures will take place at 5.30pm unless otherwise stated. HTML Date and venue Speaker Title of lecture 18 September 2008, 2pm - Assembly Hall, New College James Cox: Personal Chair of Religious Studies (Divinity) "Dressing Up an African God in Christian Clothing" 23 September 2008, 2pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Jim Crow: Chair of Classical Archaeology (HCA) "Earth, Walls and Water: investigating the Archaeology of New Rome" 28 October 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Peter Higgins: Professor of Outdoor and Environmental Education "Why indoors? The role of outdoor learning in sustainability, health and citizenship" 18 November 2008 - Playfair Library, Old College Neil Walker: Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations "Out of Place and Out of Time: Law’s Fading Co-ordinates" 25 November 2008 - Chancellors, ERI, Little France Allyson Pollock: Chair of International Public Health Policy (HSS) "On Liberty, Commerce and Public Health Care" 2 December 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Jill Stephenson: Personal Professor of Modern German History (HCA) "Is there anything new to say about National Socialism?" 13 January 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Peter Dayan: Chair in Word and Music Studies (LLC) "Does music need words?" 27 January 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Edmund Hopkins: Personal Chair of Economics "Which Inequality Should We Care About?" 10 February 2009, 5.15pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Liz Stanley: Chair in Sociology (SPS) "The Future of Sociology" 24 February 2009, 5.15pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Natascha Gentz: Chair of Chinese (LLC) "The Birth of Tragedy in China: Global Routes of a Local Genre" 10 March 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Professor Greg Walker: Head of LLC "Acting the Fool at the Court of Henry VIII: Politics, Laughter and Tyranny" 24 March 2009, 5.15pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Morwenna Griffiths: Chair in Classroom Learning (Education) "Justice, joy and educational delights" 12 May 2009 - St Cecilia’s Hall, Cowgate Frank Cogliano: Professor of American History (HCA) "The Cowardice of Thomas Jefferson" 26 May 2009, 5.15pm - Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square Arnold Meyers: Personal Chair of Organology (ECA) "From Gabrieli to Glen Miller: Evolution and Identity of the Sackbut and Trombone" This article was published on 2024-08-28
HTML Date and venue Speaker Title of lecture 18 September 2008, 2pm - Assembly Hall, New College James Cox: Personal Chair of Religious Studies (Divinity) "Dressing Up an African God in Christian Clothing" 23 September 2008, 2pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Jim Crow: Chair of Classical Archaeology (HCA) "Earth, Walls and Water: investigating the Archaeology of New Rome" 28 October 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Peter Higgins: Professor of Outdoor and Environmental Education "Why indoors? The role of outdoor learning in sustainability, health and citizenship" 18 November 2008 - Playfair Library, Old College Neil Walker: Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations "Out of Place and Out of Time: Law’s Fading Co-ordinates" 25 November 2008 - Chancellors, ERI, Little France Allyson Pollock: Chair of International Public Health Policy (HSS) "On Liberty, Commerce and Public Health Care" 2 December 2008 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Jill Stephenson: Personal Professor of Modern German History (HCA) "Is there anything new to say about National Socialism?" 13 January 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Peter Dayan: Chair in Word and Music Studies (LLC) "Does music need words?" 27 January 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Edmund Hopkins: Personal Chair of Economics "Which Inequality Should We Care About?" 10 February 2009, 5.15pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Liz Stanley: Chair in Sociology (SPS) "The Future of Sociology" 24 February 2009, 5.15pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Natascha Gentz: Chair of Chinese (LLC) "The Birth of Tragedy in China: Global Routes of a Local Genre" 10 March 2009 - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Professor Greg Walker: Head of LLC "Acting the Fool at the Court of Henry VIII: Politics, Laughter and Tyranny" 24 March 2009, 5.15pm - Lecture Theatre B, David Hume Tower Morwenna Griffiths: Chair in Classroom Learning (Education) "Justice, joy and educational delights" 12 May 2009 - St Cecilia’s Hall, Cowgate Frank Cogliano: Professor of American History (HCA) "The Cowardice of Thomas Jefferson" 26 May 2009, 5.15pm - Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square Arnold Meyers: Personal Chair of Organology (ECA) "From Gabrieli to Glen Miller: Evolution and Identity of the Sackbut and Trombone"
