Vox Populi

In a landmark series of seminars running from September 2012 to May 2013 the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies will offer a unique perspective on how the “voice of the people” has been heard in Scotland since medieval times. Historians, political commentators and literary scholars will consider the role that ordinary Scots played in some of the most significant events over the past seven hundred years, and whether their views and opinions were taken into account.

The University of Glasgow has also linked up with the Scotsman newspaper which will publish an abridged version of each talk on the day of delivery.

The seminars are free and open to all.

• Forthcoming lectures in the series

Previous lectures in this series:

• The Declaration of Arbroath and its Legacy
• What Andrew Melville Really Thought of James VI: Popular Sovereignty and the Role of the Magistrate in Early Jacobean Scotland
• Wilkes and Scottish Liberty: The Reception of John Wilkes in The Weekly Magazine
• Vox Populi: Republican Reality: Scotland and the United States of America (1790-1820)
• The Voice of the 'Wee Society': the Referenda Experience in Scottish Local Government since 1868

Find out more:

• Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies

Vox Populi in the media:

• http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/scotland/rhona-brown-a-tale-of-two-britons-1-2736951
• http://www.scotsman.com/news/dr-steven-reid-a-union-of-two-crowns-1-2577461
• http://www.scotsman.com/news/karin-bowie-1707-and-a-nation-divided-on-union-1-2604826
• Listen to the podcast