Prof Bruce Link lecture - 11 December 2007

At the Trades Hall on Tuesday 11 December '07, Prof Bruce Link of Columbia University, New York spoke on 'Health patterns and trends in New York: exploring the idea of fundamental social causes of health status'. 

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Prof Geoffrey Boulton lecture - 29 January 2008

Prof Boulton's lecture - 'Learning to live with an angry planet: human relations with the Earth in the past and future' - was given at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons on 29 January.  A transcript of the lecture will be posted here shortly. 

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Prof James C Scott lecture - 10 March 2008

The third lecture in the series was entitled 'Seeing Like a State: why certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed'.  The lecture took place in the Merchant's House of Glasgow on Monday 10th March '08.  A transcript of the lecture will be posted here shortly. 

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Prof Liz Gould lecture - 22 April 2008 

The penultimate lecture in the series was on 'Positive and negative stress alter brain structure'.  The lecture was held in the Piping Centre on Tuesday 22 April '08.

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Oliver James lecture - 4 June 2008

This final lecture in the series concentrated on the link between "Selfish Capitalism" and mental health.   It took place at The Lighthouse on June 4 2008.

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