Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Pricing
Podcast Image

Enlightenment lectures (audio)

Prof. Tom Devine - A Puzzle from the Past: Why the Scottish Enlightenment Happened

04 Jun 2018

Description

Professor Tom Devine, the Sir William Fraser Chair of Scottish History and Palaeography, presents the third lecture in the Enlightenment series. Professor Devine is the author or editor of over two dozen books on topics ranging from migration, famine, identity, transatlantic commercial links, urban history, the Highlands and rural social history. Other panel members included Joyce McMillan, chief theatre critic for The Scotsman, Professor Geoffrey Boulton, Vice Principal and Regius Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at the University and James Boyle, former Chairman, Scottish Arts Council and Cultural Commission. Recorded on 7 October 2006 at the University of Edinburgh's McEwan Hall.

Audio
Featured in this Episode

No persons identified in this episode.

Transcription

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Help us prioritize this episode for transcription by upvoting it.

0 upvotes
🗳️ Sign in to Upvote

Popular episodes get transcribed faster

Comments

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.