Past events 1997

Some implications of intelligence as social: Roles and rules as emergent structures, by Dr Esther Goody
(Radcliffe Brown Lecture)

Shakespeare's peculiarity, by Dr G E R Bradshaw
(Shakespeare Lecture)

After class? Social structures and social perceptions in modern Britain, by Professor David Cannadine
(Raleigh Lecture in History)

Poetry of the Caroline court, by Professor Thomas Corns
(Warton Lecture on English Poetry)

Architecture and the spaces in between, by Sir William Whitfield
(Aspects of Art Lecture)

The historical film: Looking at the past in a postliterate age, by Professor Robert A Rosenstone
(Special Lecture)

Life and work in Shakespeare's poems, by Dr C J Burrow
(Chatterton Lecture on Poetry)

What is labour-market flexibility and what is it good for?, by Professor Robert M Solow, FBA
(Keynes Lecture in Economics) [DRAFT TEXT]

Qumran: Founded for Scripture.  The background and significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Professor Dr Hartmut Stegemann.
(Special Lecture on the 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls )

Towards a history of the literatures of Ireland in the Middle Ages, by Professor D N Dumville
(Sir John Rhys Lecture)

The English Constitution, the British State, and the Scottish anomaly, by Professor D N MacCormick, FBA
(Special Lecture at New Senate Hall, Old College, University of Edinburgh - text published in Scottish Affairs, for details contact Ladams@afbl.ssc.ed.ac.uk)

The power of the weak: David Ben-Gurion and the road to Jewish independence, by Professor Shlomo Avineri
(Elie Kedourie Memorial Lecture)

Also note:
The Economics of the Environment, by Professor Partha Dasgupta, FBA (Keynes Lecture in Economics, 26 October 1995) [DRAFT TEXT]