| Homecoming Scotland 2009
St Andrew's and St George's Lecture Series
Come and hear entertaining and informative lectures by leading experts on the people and ideas which created Edinburgh. Lectures are free with a retiring collection for Edinburgh charity Fresh Start. Please join us for tea and coffee before each lecture.
The Scottish Enlightenment
Professor Alexander Broadie
Wednesday July 8 at 2.30pm
“David Hume and the Question of Religion” by Alexander Broadie, Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at Glasgow University, author of several books on the Scottish Enlightenment and on other aspects of Scottish Philosophy and History. Looking closely at David Hume will give people fresh insight into the Scottish Enlightenment, when Scotland led much of the world’s thinking in the 18th century.
The Creation of the New Town
Professor Charles McKean.
Monday July 27 at 6pm
“Rejecting the Scottish Past: the stuttering creation of the new Scottish Civil Society in the new towns of Edinburgh” by Charles McKean, Professor of Scottish Architectural History at Dundee University, author of numerous architectural guides, including Edinburgh, and other books on Scottish architecture, and Chairman of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust.The New Town was created by the Town Council and local landowners in a series of well-planned and beautifully designed developments between 1760 and 1830 despite incessant financial problems. Illustrated.
Burns with Elegance
Frances Cooper (soprano)
with Roderick Long, Shona Jones and Colin Dundas
Tuesday 25th August at 7.30pm
Entry £10 (£8 Concessions)
A Homecoming Concert of Burns song settings by Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann, Liddell performed by Frances Cooper (soprano), Roderick Long (violin), Shona Jones (cello), Colin Dundas (piano), along with Haydn piano trio in E minor, Hob. XV:12 . Interval talk on Burns and St.Andrew’s Church by Margaret Street.
The Reformation, Calvin and Knox
Harry Reid and Joyce McMillan.
Monday September 14 at 6pm
“Why we should be proud of Calvin and Knox and their influence on us” by Harry Reid in discussion with Joyce McMillan. Harry Reid held many journalist posts including Editor of The Herald and has written books on the Church of Scotland, the Scottish Press and Scottish Football. He has recently written “The Reformation: The Dangerous Birth of the Modern World” which includes a defence of Calvin and Knox against the unfairly bad press they often get. Joyce McMillan, who is a leading Scottish journalist and critic will discuss his views with him
Robert Burns in Edinburgh.
Donald Smith
Monday October 5 at 2pm
“Burned and Burning by Donald Smith – a study of Robert Burns’ time in Edinburgh in 1786 and the influence that Burns and Edinburgh society had on each other. Donald Smith is Director of the Scottish Story Telling Centre, previously of the Netherbow Arts Centre and John Knox’s House; he helped to set up the National Theatre of Scotland, has written books about Scottish Theatre, Edinburgh and Scottish Saints and is an enthusiastic expert on Robert Burns.
Kay’s Etchings
Sheila Szatkowski
Monday October 12 at 6pm
“Antics, Architects and Antiquarians” – a selection of 18th and 19th century etchings by John Kay, miniature painter and caricaturist – by Sheila Szatkowski. John Kay produced undreds of portrait and caricatures of Edinburgh characters from 1780 to 1822 – thw time of the Enlightenment, the building of the New Town and the early days of St.Andrew’s Church. Sheila Szatkowski is the author of Capital Caricatures and other books on Edinburgh in the Enlightenment. Illustrated.
The Lost Buildings of Edinburgh
Hamish Coghill
Wednesday October 28 at 6pm
“Lost Edinburgh” by Hamish Coghill, author of “Lost Edinburgh, Edinburgh’s Lost Architectural Heritage”. He will talk about the Edinburgh buildings which have been demolished for various reasons over the centuries. Hamish Coghill is a very experienced and respected Edinburgh journalist.
The Disruption
Professor Stewart J Brown.
Monday November 9 at 6pm
“The Disruption of the Church of Scotland” by Stewart J.Brown, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Edinburgh. On 18 May 1843 the Church of Scotland split when Thomas Chalmers led a large body of commissioners out of the Church’s General Assembly, which met that year in St.Andrew’s Church; eventually about a third of the ministers and perhaps half the lay members would depart to form the Free Church. Professor Brown will examine the long-running disputes leading to the Disruption, the drama in the church on the 18th May 1843, and the profound influence of the Disruption on Scottish life. Stewart Brown has written books on Thomas Chalmers, the nineteenth- century British and Irish Churches and the impact of Christianity on British society.
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