Noteworthy lectures (audio) Podcast
1) Julia Marton-Lefèvre - The Promise of 2015: Hopes for a New Environmental Enlightenment
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, environmentalist and academic, delivers the final lecture in the 2015 Our Changing World series. This lecture is also part of our Enlightenment Lecture series. In this lecture Ju...Show More
2) Jack Matlock - The Ukrainian Crisis: Reflections on Power in Today's World
Jack Matlock, former US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, delivers the 2015 Fulbright Lecture, entitled The Ukrainian Crisis: Reflections on Power in Today's World. In this lecture, Jack Matlock suggest...Show More
3) Prof. Sir John Beddington - Legacies of the 20th Century and Challenges for the 21st
Professor Sir John Beddington, Former Government Chief Scientific Adviser, and Edinburgh alumnus, delivers the Enlightenment Lecture entitled Legacies of the 20th Century and Challenges for the 21st. ...Show More
4) Gopalkrishna Gandhi - India Yesterday, India Today
The Edinburgh India Institute is delighted to present the inaugural India Day lecture by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. Mr Gandhi's lecture begins at 36:48. www.ed.ac.uk/news/2014/in...Show More
5) Scotland’s Religious Future
Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the School of Divinity, will in conversation with Mike Russell MSP, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning. Th...Show More
6) Does Fair Trade Make a Difference?
February 2014 marks ten years of the University of Edinburgh supporting fair trade, following a student vote to become a Fairtrade University. February 25th also marks one year of Scotland becoming a ...Show More
7) An Audience with Peter Higgs
Professor Peter Higgs gives a talk about the particle that bears his name. The celebrated scientist joins a panel discussion on the Higgs boson, a particle whose recent discovery is regarded as a mile...Show More
8) The Union: an historical perspective - is it Better Together or is Independence the answer?
Professor Tom Devine, Senior Research Professor in History and Director of the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies, delivers his lecture entitled "In bed with an elephant: why has the Union survived ...Show More
9) Robert Cook-Deegan - ConSequences: Some implications of DNA sequencing technology
Robert Cook-Deegan, Director, IGSP Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy, Duke University gives a genomics lecture entitled 'ConSequences: Some implications of DNA sequencing technology'. Organised b...Show More
10) Tom Devine - An Empire of Commerce: Three Centuries of Scottish Enterprise in the East
The General Council Lecture, presented by Professor Tom Devine on Saturday 12 June in Hong Kong. The lecture explores the historical links between Scotland and China. Tom Devine is Director of the Sco...Show More