Vox Populi – The Voice of the Scottish People
Published: 5 September 2012
With the Independence referendum just two years away, the university is about to embark on a landmark series of lectures that will analyse Scottish opinion – elite and popular - at significant points in the nation’s past.
With the Independence referendum just two years away, the University of Glasgow is about to embark on a landmark series of lectures that will analyse Scottish opinion – elite and popular - at significant points in the nation’s past. Vox Populi – the Voice of The Scottish People will also be serialised in eight major articles in the Scotsman.
Dr Catriona Macdonald, reader in late Modern Scottish History told e-news: “We have eminent speakers from across the UK coming together to give their views on how various groups in Scottish society made their feelings known on topics or events that defined Scotland. These range from the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, the Union of the Crowns in 1603, “wee referenda” on alcohol (and water) at a local level in the 20th century right up to the devolution debates in 1979 and 1997. We are also thrilled to have academics who will be considering how Scots and Scotland were viewed by the English in the 18th century and what impact Scots had on the birth of the United States of America. The talks are open to all, and will be summarised in the Scotsman newspaper.”
The Declaration of Arbroath and its Legacy Tuesday, 25 September, 5:30 pm
Professor Ted Cowan (Glasgow) Gannochy Room
Professor Roger Mason (St. Andrews) Wolfson Medical Building
Chair: Professor Dauvit Broun (Glasgow)
A full programme of events is available at the website http://www.gla.ac.uk/events/voxpopuli/
First published: 5 September 2012
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