Edinburgh lectures & talks

Renamed Just Festival in 2013, the Festival of Spirituality and Peace was established in 2001 - post 9/11 -…
Acclaimed author, activist, and co-founder of the international climate campaign 350.org – Bill McKibben –…
A team of gardeners, using 40,000 plants, took two months to create this year's animal themed floral clock…
A talk by Dr Victoria Hipkin from the Canadian Space Agency Exploring Mars: Water, Climate, Environments and…
Professor Iain Stewart gives a lecture as part of Edinburgh Zoo's centenary. The talk will be entitled: The…
Professor Andrew Whiten of St Andrews University will be talking about the cultures of monkeys and apes,…
A talk entitled the Fire Signs Group Discussion. Facilitated by SAA Committee (Room 2) We will be…
Carole Bone gives a talk entitled The Good the Bad and the Not so Ugly (Main Hall). Mars and Saturn…
On Saturday 30th March, the University of Edinburgh Canoe Club is thrilled to welcome Olaf Obsommer,…
The Edinburgh International Science Festival marks 25 years, from 23rd March, with two weeks of events that…
In the first of The Royal Scots Club's 2013 winter lectures, Lieutenant General Sir Alistair Irwin will…
Ben Judah is the author of "Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In And Out Of Love With Vladimir Putin", to be…
Join us on Thursday 27 September 2012 for our Carnivore and Panda Talk.
The Edinburgh International Fashion Festival presents a diverse program that includes catwalk shows,…
‘Jesus was a Scotsman’ could be seen as contentious title for a discussion, but it turns out to be a…
The Festival of Dangerous Ideas is a Scotland-wide series of events that "aims to re-establish the importance…
A behind-the-scenes look at creating an exhibition.  From the initial idea to the final presentation,…
Palliative Care has its origins in the modern hospice movement and pioneers such as Dame Cicely Saunders (St…
James Hansen's Edinburgh Medal address, entitled The Case For Young People and Nature, will offer people a…
An American geneticist who led the team that first isolated a gene from the chromosome of a living organism,…