Crichton Conversation with Michael Keating

Where is Europe Heading?

The opening lecture of the 2016/17 series of Crichton Conversations could not be more topical and will be given by Professor Michael Keating. Michael is Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen, part-time Professor at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change. He holds a BA from the University of Oxford and in 1975 was the first PhD graduate of what is now Glasgow Caledonian University. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the British Academy, the Academy of Social Science and the European Academy.

Michael has taught in universities in Scotland, England, Spain, France and the United States and at the European University Institute Florence. From 1988 to 1999, he was Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario. Among his publications are The Independence of Scotland (Oxford University Press, 2009) and Rescaling the European State (Oxford University Press, 2013). He currently holds a senior fellowship in the ESRC UK in a Changing Europe programme.

Doors open at 7pm and the lecture starts at 7:30pm prompt. If you would like to join us afterwards a one-course supper, followed by coffee, will be served 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.

Tickets for the lecture are £5, students free with Valid ID (lecture only), tickets for lecture and supper are £16.

Series sponsored by: Farries, Kirk and McVean