| Speaker:
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Baroness
Helena Kennedy |
Date
and time:
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Thursday
01 October 09, 6.00pm |
| Venue:
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City
Chambers, High Street, EH1 1YJ |
| Chair: |
Councillor
Deidre Brock, Convenor Culture and Leisure Committee, The City of
Edinburgh Council |
| Presented
by: |
The
City of Edinburgh Council |
|
| Speaker:
|
Peter
Lederer |
| Lecture
title: |
Homecoming
Scotland 2009 – helping Scotland to buck the global recession/economic
downturn
Peter
Lederer's speech (MS Word) |
Date
and time:
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Wednesday
14 October 2009, 6.00pm |
| Venue:
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Hawthornden
Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Weston Link (Princes
Street Gardens entrance) |
|
Chair: |
The
Rt Hon George Grubb, Lord Provost of Edinburgh |
| Presented
by: |
The
City of Edinburgh Council |
|
|
| Speaker:
|
Eric
Booth |
| Lecture
title: |
The
Brass Tacks of a 21st Century Culture
|
Date
and time:
|
Thursday
5 November 2009, 6.30pm |
| Venue:
|
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| Chair: |
Joan
Parr, Head of Education, Scottish Arts Council |
| Presented
by: |
Scottish
Arts Council |
|
|
| Speakers: |
Neil
McDonald, Richard Downes, Dr Mark Jardine, Dr Catriona MacDonald,
Ruth Wishart |
| Lecture
title: |
The
making of 'A History of Scotland' |
| Date
and time: |
Wednesday
11 November 2009, 6.30pm |
| Venue:
|
The
Hub, Castlehill, Royal
Mile, EH1 2NE |
|
Chair: |
Ruth
Wishart, Journalist and Broadcaster |
| Presented
by: |
The
Open University in Scotland |
|
| Speaker: |
HRH
Prince El Hassan bin Talal |
| Lecture
title: |
Inching
Towards Peace: A New International Humanitarian Order
Report
by Jennifer Trueland (PDF) |
| Date
and time: |
Tuesday
17 November 2009, 6.00pm |
| Venue: |
The
Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street |
| Chair: |
Lord
Wilson of Tillyorn KT GCMG KStJ, President, Royal Society of Edinburgh |
| Presented
by: |
The
Royal Society of Edinburgh |
|
| Speaker: |
John
Byrne |
| Lecture
title: |
John
Byrne in conversation
|
| Date
and time: |
Thursday
03 December 2009, 6.30pm |
| Venue: |
The
Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street |
| Chair: |
Dr
Gordon Rintoul, Director, National Museums Scotland |
| Presented
by: |
National
Museums Scotland |
| Vote
of thanks: |
Sally
Manuireva, Director of Public Programmes, NMS |
|
| Speaker:
|
Hannah
McGill
|
| Lecture
title: |
Creating
Scotland on Film
|
| Date
and time: |
Wednesday
09 December 2009, 6.30pm |
| Venue: |
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Chair: |
Dr
Richard Butt, Head of Communication, Media & Sociology, QMU |
| Presented
by: |
Queen
Margaret University, Edinburgh |
|
| |
The
New Year's Day Conversation
|
| Date
and time: |
Thursday
01 January 2010, 3.30pm |
| Venue: |
Signet
Library, Parliament Square (next to St. Giles Cathedral) |
| Chair: |
Catherine
Lockerbie |
| Presented
by: |
The
Edinburgh Lectures and Edinburgh’s Hogmanay |
|
| Speaker:
|
Alex
Salmond |
| Lecture
title: |
Choosing
Scotland’s Future |
| Lecture
video: |
View
the video of Alex Salmond's lecture on You tube NEW! |
| Date
and time: |
Tuesday
12 January 2010, 6.30pm |
| Venue: |
The
Sidlaw Auditorium, The Edinburgh International Conference Centre,
The Exchange, Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EE |
|
| Speaker:
|
Professor
Dorrik Stow |
| Lecture
title: |
An
Energy-hungry World: What role for Scotland?
FULLY
BOOKED! |
| Date
and time: |
Thursday
28 January 2010, 7.00pm |
| Venue: |
Edinburgh
Business School Auditorium, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Campus |
| Chair: |
Professor
Andy Walker, Vice-Principal |
| Vote
of thanks: |
Peter
Wilson, University Secretary |
| Presented
by: |
Heriot-Watt
University |
|
| Speaker:
|
Brian
Taylor |
| Lecture
title: |
A
decade of devolution: Where next for Scottish politics?
FULLY
BOOKED! |
| Date
and time: |
Tuesday
02 February 2010, 6.30pm |
| Venue:
|
Lindsay
Stewart Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh Napier University,Craiglockhart
Campus, 219 Colinton Road, EH14 1DJ |
|
Chair: |
Professor
Dame Joan K Stringer DBE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Edinburgh
Napier University |
| Presented
by: |
Edinburgh
Napier University |
|
|
| Speaker:
|
Professor
Sergio Della Sala |
| Lecture
title: |
Neuroscience
in Education: The good, the bad and the ugly
BOOK
ONLINE |
| Date
and time:
|
Tuesday
23 February 2010, 6pm |
| Venue: |
Playfair
Library, Old College, South Bridge |
| Chair: |
Professor
Sir Timothy O'Shea, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The University
of Edinburgh |
| Presented
by: |
The
University of Edinburgh |
|
| Speaker:
|
The
Reverend William Currie Hewitt |
| Lecture
title: |
Scotland
and Malawi – a special relationship
BOOK
ONLINE |
| Date
and time:
|
Monday,
1 March 2010, 6.30 pm |
| Venue: |
Assembly
Hall, The Mound, Edinburgh |
| Chair: |
Ms Fiona Hyslop MSP, Minister for Culture and External Affairs at
the Scottish Government |
| Presented
by: |
The
Scottish Government |
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