Update 23 September 2009
A seminar of interest to transatlanticists on Friday, 1.10 to 2pm, in the University of Edinburgh, Conference Room, 1st Floor, 27 George Square.
Dr Kimho Ip, University of Edinburgh/Confucius Institute: "Requiem for Travellers - on translocation of cultures"
Update 29 July 2009
Scottish Study Abroad Program
IASH, University of Edinburgh, 2 Hope Park Square, Edinburgh EH8 9NH, Scotland
Dr Jeff Bell (Department of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University and a former Fellow of IASH, University of Edinburgh) is organising a two-week Scottish Study Abroad Program for a small group of his students in Edinburgh from 27 July to 7 August.
There will be lectures each morning (Monday - Thursday) from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Institute's ground floor meeting room. The programme of lectures is below. Anyone interested in attending any of the lectures should contact Ms Anthea Taylor at iash@ed.ac.uk.
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Lecture Programme:
Monday 27 July: "Questions of Identity. Scotland and its People" - Dr. Jeffrey Bell (Philosophy, Southeastern Louisiana University) and Dr. Peter Petrakis (Political Science, Southeastern Louisiana University)
Tuesday 28 July: "Who are the Scots? An Introduction to the History, Culture, and Politics of Scotland" - Dr. Richard Finlay (History, University of Strathclyde)
Wednesday 29 July: "The Protestant Reformation and Scotland" - Dr. Scott Spurlock (History, University of Edinburgh)
Thursday 30 July: "The Glorious Revolution, the Hanoverian Succession, and the Jacobite Rebellion" - Dr. Alex Murdoch (Scottish History, University of Edinburgh)
Monday 3 August: "The Scottish Legal Tradition" - Professor John Cairns (Legal History, University of Edinburgh)
Tuesday 4 August: "The Scottish Enlightenment" - Dr. Nicholas Phillipson (History, University of Edinburgh)
Wednesday 5 August: "18th Century Scottish Culture and Literature" - Professor Susan Manning (English Literature, University of Edinburgh)
Thursday 6 August: "Scotland's Current and Future Role in the United Kingdom and Europe" - Dr. Innes Kennedy (Cultural Studies, University of Highlands and Islands)
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