The Humanities Lecture Series 2025-26
- All lectures take place on Wednesdays at 5.30pm
- In-person or online
- Venue may vary (please see Eventbrite for details)
- Please register on Eventbrite
Related links:
- Humanities Lecture Series 2024-25
- Humanities Lecture Series 2023-24
- Humanities Lecture Series 2022-23
- Humanities Lecture Series 2019-20
- Humanities Lecture Series 2018-19
- Humanities Lecture Series 2017-18
- Humanities Lecture Series 2016-17
- Humanities Inaugural Lectures 2013-14
- Other events in the School of Humanities
Semester 1
Wednesday 1 October 2025: Professor Steven Reid
Wednesday 1 October 2025 at 5.30pm
Yudowitz lecture Theatre
Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Steven Reid
Inaugural Lecture: The Last King of Scots: Re-assessing the Personal Reign of James VI in Scotland, c. 1585-1603
Inaugural lectures are given by new professors who are invited to give a public lecture to mark the occasion of their appointment/promotion. The lectures are intended for non-specialist audiences, and celebrate not only the new professor’s research field as well as their achievements.
Wednesday 22 October 2025: Professor Michael Given
Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 5.30pm
Yudowitz lecture Theatre
Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Michael Given
Inaugural Lecture: Rock and river, soil and forest, herd and home: Landscape and conviviality in Scotland and Cyprus
Inaugural lectures are given by new professors who are invited to give a public lecture to mark the occasion of their appointment/promotion. The lectures are intended for non-specialist audiences, and celebrate not only the new professor’s research field as well as their achievements.
Wednesday 12 November 2025: Professor Sarah Cook
Wednesday 12 November 2025 at 5.30pm
Yudowitz lecture Theatre
Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Sarah Cook
Inaugural Lecture: Curating art and technology from the Internet to AI
Inaugural lectures are given by new professors who are invited to give a public lecture to mark the occasion of their appointment/promotion. The lectures are intended for non-specialist audiences, and celebrate not only the new professor’s research field as well as their achievements.
Semester 2
Wednesday 11 February 2026: Dr Sim Innes
Wednesday 11 February 2026 at 5.30pm
Yudowitz lecture Theatre
Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Dr Sim Innes
Gaelic song poetry & British Empire conflicts 1874-1903
Wednesday 4 March 2026: Professor Costas Panayotakis
Wednesday 4 March 2026 at 5.30pm
Yudowitz lecture Theatre
Wolfson Medical School Building (Room 253: Yudowitz)
Professor Costas Panayotakis
Fragments of Latin low farce
Wednesday 22 April 2026: Professor Chris Kelp
Wednesday 22 April 2026 at 5.30pm
Lecture Theatre 916
Bute Gardens
Professor Chris Kelp
Inaugural Lecture - title tbc
Inaugural lectures are given by new professors who are invited to give a public lecture to mark the occasion of their appointment/promotion. The lectures are intended for non-specialist audiences, and celebrate not only the new professor’s research field as well as their achievements.