Historical Conversations Series – University of Glasgow
A free public programme of talks, interviews and panel discussions hosted by the University of Glasgow. Each event will include pop up exhibitions with items from the Glasgow University Library Special Collections.
All events will be held in the lecture theatre of the Kelvin Hall on Tuesdays, starting at 5.30.
For full details and to register click here.
PROGRAMME
19 September 2017: Opening Conversation, Semester 1
T.C. Smout
Chair: Catriona Macdonald
This event is followed by a wine reception sponsored by the Hunterian Museum.
10 October 2017: Medieval Panel
Steve Boardman; Dauvit Broun; Stephen Driscoll
Chair: Thomas Clancy
31 October 2017: Early Modern Panel
Keith Brown; Roger Mason
Chair: Ali Cathcart
14 November 2017: Modern Scotland: cultural, political and social perspectives
Callum Brown; Richard Finlay; W. Hamish Fraser
Chair: Catriona Macdonald
5 December 2017: Eighteenth Century Scotland
Allan Macinnes; Murray Pittock; Chris Whatley
Chair: Stephen Mullen
16 Jan 2018: Opening Conversation, Semester 2
T.M. Devine
Chair: Brian Taylor (BBC)
30 Jan 2018: Highland History
Ewen Cameron; James Hunter
Chair: Martin MacGregor
20 Feb 2018: Gender History
Lynn Abrams; Eleanor Gordon; Jane Rendall
Chair: Catriona Macdonald
13 March 2018: Scotland’s Empire/ Scotland’s Diaspora
Marjory Harper; John M. MacKenzie; Graeme Morton
Chair: Andrew Mackillop
24 April 2018: Scottish History and Scottish Literature
Henry Marsh; James Robertson
Chair: Ted Cowan
This event is followed by a wine reception sponsored by the Centre for Robert Burns Studies.
15 May 2018: Archiving Scotland
Irene O’Brien; George MacKenzie; John Scally
Chair: Lesley Richmond
This event is followed by a wine reception sponsored by Glasgow University Library.