Crichton Conversation with Professor Colin Suckling and Professor Gerard Carruthers

The Scottish Enlightenment: Rooted in Scotland, Influencing the World

The Crichton Foundation is delighted to be including this joint venture in our Conversations Programme, and what a tempting subject for us to end our season of lectures.

Join Professor Gerry Carruthers, who holds the Francis Hutcheson Chair of Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, Colin Suckling, Freeland Professor of Chemistry, University of Strathclyde and others for a discussion of how Scotland in the eighteenth-century helped define the modernity of the world in both culture and science.

Our distinguished speakers will discuss how Scotland in the eighteenth-century helped define the modernity of the world in both culture and science.

What were the key ideas of this period? What were its key inventions? Anatomy, anthropology, the arts, chemistry, economics, history, medicine and philosophy are just some of the areas where the Scottish Enlightenment thinkers made vital contributions. What is the legacy of all this intellectual activity today?

Professor Suckling will introduce the speakers and will be the chairperson for the evening. Professor Alexander Broadie will discuss “Agreeable connexions between Scotland and France.” He will be followed by Professor Sir Tom Devine who will talk about “Scots and Slavery: the darker side of Enlightenment Scotland.”

Doors open at 7pm with lectures beginning at 7:30pm prompt. A one-course supper, followed by coffee, will be served after the question and answer sessions close at 9:00pm. Red or white wine will be available for purchase by the glass from Easterbrook Hall. Please note that supper must be pre-booked at least one week in advance of the event. No refunds will be made for cancellations made less than one week before the event.

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The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland’s National Academy, contributes to the social, cultural and economic wellbeing of Scotland through the advancement of learning and useful knowledge. The RSE was established by Royal Charter in 1783 by key proponents of the Scottish Enlightenment, and now aims to play a leading role in the development of a modern enlightenment that will enable Scotland to contribute significantly to addressing the global challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century.

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 Adam Smith FRSE